It appears that Brian McBride will play his first game back in MLS for the Chicago Fire this weekend and even at the advanced age of 36 he is still a welcome addition to the league. Brian has been a warrior throughout his career with the U.S National Team, for clubs in Germany and England, and also during the start of MLS. Click to continue reading...

Part III: The Post-1998 World Cup Breakout

By now, most of the trailblazers had returned home to play in Major League Soccer (MLS); Caligiuri to Los Angeles, Wynalda to San Jose, Harkes to DC United, and Lalas to New England. Nonetheless, the number of American players in Europe exploded to unprecedented numbers with over 20 playing in Germany alone – a combination of established professionals, young players, and journeymen. Click to continue reading...

While players are now reporting to their European clubs' preseason training camps, we're all still following the movement of American players between various clubs. This got me thinking that after 20 years of following the fortunes of US players in Europe (9 of them as a reporter), its hard not to notice the evolution of the American presence in the European game. Click to continue reading...

Since the start of the MLS season is around the corner, it's time to preview the teams. At espn.com, that means our editor, Jen Chang, divides the teams among the regular writers and assigns us a group of squads to cover. The previews for DC United, the New England Revolution, Colorado and Houston are already up. Click to continue reading...

The U.S. men's national team is less than two weeks away from playing the 500th match in national team history on January 19th against Sweden. In honor of that landmark moment, The U.S. Men's national team soccer blog is asking national team fans a very tough question. Who are the three best U.

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I spent most of the day going back and forth on posting this but I just felt like doing it the more time passed on. Anyways, for those who watched the DC-Chicago game last night may have (or have not) caught a little remark from the one and only Eric Wynalda. During the game, ESPN2 cameras [...] Click to continue reading...

Eric Wynalda jumps back into the playing pool.

Though I didn't mention it during the Galaxy alumni game, Wynalda played in that match as well (so too did Alan Hopkins). Wynalda looked pretty lively, actually and still had skill on the ball.

What was most amusing though, was his frustration with his teammates for failing to spot his runs and get him the ball at the most opportune moments. Click to continue reading...