Us Soccer

One aspect of soccer in the US and around the world that has increasingly gotten more attention as technology and tools have improved is this concept of a game model. In short, a game model is just a model of how a team wants to play or aims to play…

Oakland Roots are enduring their worst run of form in this young season. After beating Indy Eleven 3–0 in the Midwest, the Roots lost 2–1 at home to Hartford Athletic before dropping road games in the league to Loudoun United and in the US Open Cup to Sacramento Republic. Hosting…

Prior to last Tuesday night, the last US Open Cup game I attended was six years ago during my undergraduate program at UC Davis. I witnessed the Sacramento Republic upset Real Salt Lake (albeit with a number of Real Monarchs players involved) 3–1. …

USMNT Social Media has been ablaze the past 48 hours with speculation that Foloran Balogun could be signing his one time switch from England to the USA. It’s no wonder why it’s felt like a Red Bulls press. The USMNT is noticeably weakest at the #9, and despite the potential…

In short, yes… but it isn’t exactly that simple. There was spectacular play and moments of individual brilliance but the games never really felt in their control for a full 90 minutes. The USWNT performed well over the course of their 3 SheBelieves Cup matches — Mal Swanson was transcendent…

Sunday’s game against Japan saw the USWNT sustain heavy pressure from the whistle, after an errant pass off the hop led to a tough slog through the first 10 minutes. However, as Vlatko Andenowski bellowed his adjustments, the team reacted and initially found the way forward. “A win is a…

The USWNT’s 2–0 victory over Canada Thursday night highlighted so much about how the US need to play as they continue to build momentum into this summer. The high aggressive press had Canada’s backline under pressure from the initial whistle and led to 5 attacks in the first 5 minutes…

The US Soccer Board Of Directors meeting kicked off Thursday with Cindy Parlow-Cone saying that the aftermath of Qatar was, “a sad and unfortunate situation, but I believe we’re handling it in the right way and the investigation should be completed in the coming weeks.” That investigation comes after Berhalter…