For many Americans, win = good and loss = bad. It’s ingrained in the psyche of a sporting nation that values hundreds of points in a single game — the highest entertainment consisting of a series of start-stop mini games that bear no resemblance to the intricate processes that dictate the 90 minutes of play on a soccer field.
The United States opened U-20 World Cup play with a frustrating 2-1 loss to Ukraine in Bielsko-Biała, Poland, on Friday. Ukraine scored with its first shot on target, but the U.S. responded with a brilliant 14-pass move to equalize. However, despite holding 67 percent of possession and registering 10 shots, Ukraine scored the game-winner off a corner kick in the 51st minute.
On Wednesday, May 22, Seattle Sounders and USMNT centerback Chad Marshall announced his retirement.
While he never quite broke into the USMNT first team with only 12 appearances, Marshall will go down as one of the best American centerbacks to ever play the game.
The inaugural Concacaf Nations League schedule was announced Tuesday.
The United States, the seeded team in Group A, will host Cuba on Oct. 11 and Canada on Nov. 15. The away legs are Oct. 15 in Canada and Nov. 19 in Cuba.
The #USMNT has learned its schedule for this fall's @CNationsLeague group stage vs. and .
DaMarcus Beasley is calling it a career.
In his 20th year as a professional soccer player, Beasley announced Monday this season would be his last.
— DaMarcus Beasley (@DaMarcusBeasley) May 20, 2019
The list of the 10 fastest Premier League players from the 2018-19 season is out, and the man at the top of the rankings is a bit of a surprise. But the biggest surprise is the position of the man coming in at No. 9.
For more almost a decade now, Bill Hamid has been a stalwart goalkeeper in Major League Soccer. At 19, he became the youngest goalkeeper to win a regular-season MLS match, beating Tim Howard’s record by four days.
Hamid has now made 200 appearances for D.C. United — and Wednesday night’s was arguably his best performance yet.
The question is: Will it get him some playing time with the USMNT?
Bruce Arena, the magnificently arrogant New Yorker who was at the helm of the biggest disaster in U.S. soccer history, is back in the coaching ranks.
The New England Revolution hired Arena as its head coach and sporting director on Tuesday morning.
Cristian Roldan is not known for his scoring. And when he does score, it's typically nothing special; he's just in the right place at the right time.
That's what makes the past two weeks that much more amazing.
The Seattle Sounders and USMNT midfielder hit not one, but two world-class volleys over that period — the first coming against Minnesota United last week and the second against the Houston Dynamo last night.
Here's a look at Roldan's equalizer against the Loons on May 4.