STARTERS
Frank Dell'apa who covers soccer in our country as well as anyone over the past 20 years has started a blog, Soccer Confidential, to help us all keep tabs on the interesting stuff that only he can dig up. I love it. Welcome to blogland Frank. (Dell'apa's main gig was with the Boston Globe, where last year he was removed from the soccer beat to cover the Boston Celtics NBA team. Click to continue reading...

TEAM USA GOLD CUP
Up Next - Quarterfinal Match:
-Sat Jul 18
USA v Panama - 7pm Central on FSC
Venue: Lincoln Financial Field - Philadelphia PA
dN
The Philadelphia Inquirer writes about the type of players on the current USA team.
dN
John Smallwood of the Philadelphia Daily News says the USA team is building depth. Click to continue reading...

Bob Bradley has exceed expectations as the head coach of the US National team, and Kerith Gabriel of the Philadelphia Daily News writes about how Bradley has brought a level of consistency to US Soccer as well.
"It's fun watching the fruits of your labor," Bradley said. "To witness the hours of planning, preparation and practice turn into a win is the most gratifying feeling any coach can have. Click to continue reading...

Peter Nowak head coach of the Philadelphia Union has asked Josh Gros to join his coaching team. "I hadn't talked to him for a few months, but he called me out of the blue to offer me the position," Gros said. "Obviously, I didn't hesitate to take it."

"The whole concept for me behind this relationship is that Josh was always the one guy you could rely on and really trust to get job done no matter the position you put him in," Nowak, hired May 28 as the Union's first head coach, told the Philadelphia Daily News earlier this week.

Click to continue reading...

John Smallwood of the Philadelphia Daily News talks about the excitement surrounding the hire of Peter Nowak as the new head coach of the Philadelphia expansion team of MLS.
PIOTR "PETER" NOWAK is a big name and a good hire to be the Philadelphia Union's first coach.
Unless the Union wanted to extend its coaching search beyond the U. Click to continue reading...

STARTERS
Those rumors of Piotr Nowak becoming the first coach in Philadelphia are happening again today and this time they are proof positive. There is an announcement being made on Thursday.
-And the Sons of Ben announce that they will be watching next weeks Costa Rica v USA game with their teams new coach. Click to continue reading...

Call it change. Call it luck. Call it redemption. Call it bravery. Call it what you will - it's gold and it's real and it stays! The USWNT defeated Brazil 1-0 yesterday in extra time after putting on a gritty performance on the pitch on a wet, humid, Beijing night. [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Congratulations to the Golden USWNT . Click to continue reading...

The news wires are now full of player profiles, match reports, you name it, as the US women's soccer team gears up for its gold medal match versus Brazil on Thursday morning. This team is living up to the Nike Women's World Cup hype of several months ago ... the greatest team you've never [...]SHARETHIS. Click to continue reading...