A few weeks ago, US Soccer unveiled the new national team crest. Some people liked it. Some did not.
Ignoring the possibility US Soccer plagiarized the crest from a Florida youth baseball league, we wanted to get an actual expert opinion on the new crest. So we got five.
Ya no está Johan Cruyff, el jugador que revolucionó el fútbol a principios de los 70. Cruyff personificó la famosa filosofía del Fútbol Total, pero no ganó la Copa Mundial de 1974, la única en la que jugó.
Cruyff como jugador ganó tres Balones de Oro antes de retirarse del fútbol internacional en 1977, el año antes de que Holanda jugara de nuevo en una final de la Copa del Mundo. Desafortunadamente Argentina '78 terminó como Alemania Occidental '74. Holanda no pudo vencer a la anfitriona Argentina en la final, y volvió a ser subcampeona.
The 2016 MLS season marks A.J. DeLaGarza’s eighth season with the LA Galaxy, effectively making him the longest tenured player on the roster.
But of course, this hasn’t always been the case. In fact, if not for a good combine and the keen eye of an LA Galaxy assistant coach, DeLaGarza might not be in the position he is today.
Orlando City have signed 34-year-old Brazilian attacker Julio Baptista, who is famous for two things.
Thing number one is enjoying a long career with the likes of Sevilla, Real Madrid, Arsenal and Roma, scoring 94 senior goals so far and earning 47 caps (with five goals) for Brazil between 2001 and 2010..
Thing number two is being completely terrifying (his nickname is "The Beast").
Being the President of the United States has its perks. It opena a lot of doors. You can meet pretty much anyone you want. Except, as Barack Obama found out recently, Lionel Messi.
While visiting Argentina, Obama noted in a speech that his daughters had wanted to meet the reigning Ballon d'Or winner, but he couldn't make it happen. In contrast, they did get to meet Pope Francis, the leader of the Catholic Church.
The United States heads into its Olympic qualifying playoff against Colombia bearing both the brunt of national pressure and the knowledge that they’re coming up against, in many ways, superior opposition.
The schedule for the 2016 North American International Champions Cup was announced earlier today, and we're pleased to say that there are some tasty fixtures to look forward to. Some of the biggest matches include Real Madrid vs PSG in Columbus, Ohio and Bayern Munich vs Real Madrid in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The tournament also features Chelsea, Liverpool, AC Milan, Inter, Celtic and of course, Leicester City and Barcelona.
Didier Drogba is not above playing with US players, as the Sacramento Republic (which sounds like the name of a newspaper) found out when Drogba spent 10 days training with the team.
The Ivorian former Chelsea striker found himself training with the USL side because of his issues with playing on turf, which his team, the Montral Impact, say makes his knee swell up. Drogba missed the Impact first two games of the season due to concerns about playing on turf (he made his season debut in Saturday's 2-0 loss to FC Dallas).
There are a lot of great tournaments in sports; there is The Masters, the UEFA Champions League, the NFL playoffs, the US Open, Wimbledon. the list goes on and on. But if you ask me there are two that are better than all the rest, and they are The World Cup and March Madness. These are the two greatest tournaments in the world.
Undoubtedly Soccer is experiencing an uptick in terms of growth in the USA.
The numbers from the last three years are enough make any sports fans become very optimistic about soccer's future.
People have tried to popularize soccer in the USA before, most notably with the North American Soccer League in the 1970s, but soccer is more popular in the U.S. right now than it has ever been.