The level of soccer in MLS is on the rise. No longer is a move to Scandinavia, Mexico or lower level European leagues necessarily a step up. With many Americans struggling for minutes abroad, here are 18 players who should think about coming home.
Goal celebrations: PSP’s Ryan Pine rains on the parade of those raining on the parade.
There weren’t too many positives to be taken from the Union’s loss in LA. But for US supporters there were plenty of positives to take from the recent USMNT friendlies. Not that Eric Wynalda would agree.
The Union’s Zack MacMath and Amobi Okugo both started in the US U-20 team’s 4-0 win over Suriname on Tuesday.
Brendan Burke, the coach of the Union’s Premier Development League partner club Reading United, was recently named coach of the Union’s reserve team. He talks to the PSP about his additional responsibilities and what the club seeks to achieve through the Reserve League.
“Don’t cut corners or take plays off,” Brian Carroll tells the PSP. This is how an unassuming Wake Forest midfielder has grown into a defensive lynchpin for two MLS Cup winning teams. Also, he has an amazing new nickname…
It’s hard to enjoy three points when this year’s win looks like so many losses from 2010.
Ahead of his team’s match against Philadelphia, Dynamo head coach Dominic Kinnear talks to the PSP about tactical preparations, getting young talent ready for MLS, and how Houston will return to the playoffs in 2011.
Timothy Chandler has burst onto the Bundesliga scene this year at the young age of 20 and guess what, he holds a United States passport. Time to get to know the National Team hopeful.
The schedule for the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup has been released. The US plays June 7, June 11 and June 14 in Group C. The June 25 final will be played at the Rose Bowl.
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