Sideline Views

I had my recorder out for the mixed zone at the end of the USWNT game in Los Angeles some years ago and one of the stars of the match, after...

We're locked up. At least, if we're being careful, we should be. So much has changed since I last posted to this blog. The biggest c...

For a long time, my issue with Hope Solo was that she got a fair shake as an athlete, instead of being judged by a different standard as a ...

Isn't this the cutest ever?  ' @soccercanales : But @sydneyleroux , the important question is how @bossleroux feels about @D...

It's funny, right after I've been going on about how the USA women's soccer team needs to keep things real instead of presentin...

I remember when I first started covering women's soccer and another reporter mentioned the girlfriend of a top player. He seemed surpri...

Aw, that was a cute bit on the space station, but maybe that's because I'm a sucker for space travel. ESPN's Bob Ley calls the U...

Billy Witz has a nice piece up about how the USA Women winning the World Cup tomorrow could be bad for the team and the women's program...

Hi AC-  I read your blog and enjoy your media criticisms and was wondering what you thought of their Women's World Cup coverage? I th...

1) To me, the shots of Abby Wambach and Hope Solo hugging it out in triumph after the USA's legendary and improbable win over Brazil ye...

USA lineup - Solo; Krieger, Rampone, Buehler, LePeilbet; O'Reilly, Lloyd, Lindsey, Cheney; Rodríguez, Wambach Colombia - Sepulveda; Mo...

Predictions? Give them in the comments. This has been a low-scoring World Cup so far - 2-0 USA is my guess, and I think I'm being genero...

My WNT article about their upcoming tour is up. As I was writing the article, though, I couldn't help but muse on the what-if scenario...

That's Lindsay, of course, who along with Heather O'Reilly is part of the U.S. women's national team 'tweeners - not a veter...

Ok, here's an easy one. This post will have stuff on Hope Solo, so if one is tired of that, don't read the rest of it. Ann's tak...

Back around ten months ago, Hope Solo was at probably at her lowest point. And now

I think if there was ever any doubt that Pia Sundhage is the ideal coach for the U.S. women's team, they've been erased. In gold. Th...

That was a pretty good movie , actually. Rent it sometime if you haven't seen it. It's cool to see Meredith Viera get excited for th...

This is it, people. For country, for glory, for gold. The U.S. versus Brazil. Anthems. All the U.S. players are singing along. Solo, Mitts,...