File this under "More BarcaUSA rumors".

Perhaps it is due to the fact that there has been all kinds of soccer news going on, US Open Cup Championship, CONCACAF Champions League, European Leagues etc that this story has gone for the most part un-noticed. Or perhaps it is because it has mainly been making the rounds in Spanish language media such as Univision and ESPN Deportes but this story could be the biggest of today. Click to continue reading...

One of the top destinations on the Internet for soccer news and conversation is BigSoccer.com, but many of us don't know much about the man who created the mega popuar site. That is, until now. Enjoy the interview with BigSoccer founder Jesse Hertzberg: The Gaffer (TG): When was BigSoccer launched and how did you come up [. Click to continue reading...

I'm happy to see that the Bay Area (San Jose, to be specific) will be joining the WPS for the 2009 season.  "Play kicks off in the spring of 2009, with WPS teams based in the Bay Area, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New Jersey/New York, St. Louis, and Washington, D.C. The league will expand [...] Click to continue reading...

Here we go!  As the USWNT soccer news slowly dwindles, the news on the political front picks up.  Here's a link to Michelle Obama's speech from last night (text and video), and here's a link to video and an article with Obama's daughters interacting with (and interrupting) him last night.  And below, a new Obama [. Click to continue reading...

Nick at We Want Rapidman felt the Colorado Rapids, with new coach Gary Smith at the helm, would be fired up and ready to play at RFK Stadium against DC United. Unfortunately that wasn't the case with the Rapids losing 3-0.

View From The Couch takes a look back at the Clavijo Era. Note that the talk on the street was that Clavijo was a coach in name only.

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With a relatively lazy Friday as far as soccer news is concerned, I thought I'd put out a quick primer for the weekend's most interesting matchups. This is something I'll be doing sporadically throughout the year, though more so for domestic and continental cup competitions (when English teams are involved) rather than the Premierhip. Click to continue reading...

With a relatively lazy Friday as far as soccer news is concerned, I thought I'd put out a quick primer for the weekend's most interesting matchups. This is something I'll be doing sporadically throughout the year, though more so for domestic and continental cup competitions (when English teams are involved) rather than the Premierhip. Click to continue reading...

With a relatively lazy Friday as far as soccer news is concerned, I thought I'd put out a quick primer for the weekend's most interesting matchups. This is something I'll be doing sporadically throughout the year, though more so for domestic and continental cup competitions (when English teams are involved) rather than the Premierhip. Click to continue reading...

Here's a nice write-up from Merrill in American Soccer News.  It will, indeed, be interesting to see how the WPS shapes the look of US Soccer in the years to come.  As for Merrill ... philosophy professor, eh?  Nice. Next up for the WPS?  WPS Teams submit U.S. WNT Player preferences to the League Tuesday, September 02, [. Click to continue reading...

Live tonight on WNRI AM1380 and www.RevolutionRecap.com from 7:05 till 8PM ET tune in to Revolution Recap for discussion of the Revs elimination from the U.S. Open Cup at the hands of D.C. United on Tuesday, defeat against the last place San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday, and upcoming league match against D. Click to continue reading...

Tomorrow at 6AM we'll start the next leg of the Olympic tournament journey. There's not a lot in the way of soccer news in the interim. The WNT Blog is a good place to track the USWNT's travels and preparation for tomorrow's showdown with Canada. An upbeat and determined Canadian squad is [...]SHARETHIS. Click to continue reading...

I've been taking some time this morning to catch up on Olympic soccer news and, in particular, how the Swedish team is doing. Their performance at the Olympics has paralleled that of the USWNT in ways that have surprised me, as I thought they'd be one of the stronger sides coming out of the [...]SHARETHIS. Click to continue reading...

The match kicks off at Dicks Sporting Goods Park in a few hours. Rapids have only won once in their last five and twice in their last 10. They've been scoring goals, with only Columbus and Houston keeping them out of the net (incidentally both of those games were at home).

Toronto hasn't tasted victory in nearly 2 months.

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I would like to be the first to welcome everyone to sonsofsoccer.com. Sons of Soccer consists of 7 relatively intelligent and passionate soccer fans. This space will be ours to talk about, share, and bring together our small soccer community. Whether it be international games, top flight leagues or just the recent soccer news in our [. Click to continue reading...

  We're less than a day away from the Olympics starting, and with no real soccer news to report yet today, we're going to do a little guessing.  Below are the Olympic groups and then below that, you place the teams that win and come in second in their groups where they are supposed to be. [...] Click to continue reading...

Today is a slow day for soccer news, so I'm bringing you some opinion and food for thought.  With the US men starting their Olympic push on thursday, all eyes are on Peter Nowak and what lineup he will use.  Nowak has arguably the strongest set of players ever on a US Olympic team, so [...] Click to continue reading...

July 27th's show is available now as an MP3 archive at RevolutionRecap.com and on iTunes.

The show featured New England Soccer News' Brian O'Connell, in studio, and American Soccer News' Lisa Eisenmenger. Also included are prerecorded comments from Paul Mariner, Shalrie Joseph and Jeff Larentowicz from Sunday morning's practice and Michael Parkhurst from Olympic training. Click to continue reading...

Live tonight on WNRI AM1380 and www.RevolutionRecap.com from 7:05 till 8PM ET tune in to Revolution Recap for discussion of the MLS All-Star game, the Revs SuperLiga draw with Chivas USA, and the upcoming semifinal with Atlante F.C.

Tonight's Guests (July 27th):
Brian O'Connell (in studio) - New England Soccer News Writer

Plus comments from Paul Mariner, Shalrie Joseph and Jeff Larentowicz from today's practice. Click to continue reading...

American Soccer News is an online magazine covering U.S. soccer. It has been around since Major League Soccer's inception in 1996 and relaunched for this season. For more information contact its editors at editor@american-soccer-news.com. David Beckham and the MLS All-Stars beat West Ham United 3-2 last night at BMO Field, marking . Click to continue reading...

American Soccer News is an online magazine covering U.S. soccer. It has been around since Major League Soccer's inception in 1996 and relaunched for this season. For more information contact its editors at editor@american-soccer-news.com. English football has certainly taken its share of abuse lately. Click to continue reading...

Except I have no link to prove it. Oh well. If you read this blog regularly, you already know all about Jose Francisco Torres and how he told me he turned down a chance to play for the United States in the Olympics this summer.

I decided to write a bit on him during my weekly Tuesday column for the Press-Enterprise. Click to continue reading...

John McCain made another Bush-worthy geography gaffe yesterday - this time on "Good Morning America." Sorry, John, Iraq and Pakistan don't actually share a border. (As an aside, I've always wished that some brave member of the press would ask Bush, during a press conference, to point to Iraq on a map. Click to continue reading...

My new friend, Chris Courtney from Letters From Vagabondia, has written a great piece tracking the evolution of the American player in Europe. Chris had the enviable job of actually getting paid to cover US Players in Europe as a writer and reporter for Soccer Times! He has done a great job of capturing the trends and key names in his Part 1 post (1980s to the mid 1990s). Click to continue reading...

Galaxy beat writer Scott Wolf gave a few tidbits of today's story in blog posts Friday and here we learn just how happy Coach Ruud Gullit is to punt Abel Xavier. So are we, Ruud, so are we.

A massive crowd is expected in New York for David Beckham, sorry, today's game (3:30 p.m. live on Fox Soccer Channel).

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L.E. Eisenmenger at American Soccer News has written an incisive review of MLS and its academy system. Find the article here.

For the first nine parts of our series on player development in the USA, go here. Click to continue reading...