Sideline Views

MLSsoccer's Jonah Freedman hops back to his old SI.com stomping grounds to produce a Fortunate 50 piece on the highest-paid American at...

Raul Macias is spreading the gospel of soccer.

It's not often that I get to combine my enthusiasm and experience in both soccer and education, but as guest editor for READ Futbol Mund...

Ah, the joys of AYSO! Many people in the U.S., including Cobi Jones, first kicked a soccer ball around in AYSO. Besides introducing kids to ...

Justin Rodriguez profiles Charles Renken . I actually think Charles will have an easier time of it because Freddy Adu came before him. Peopl...

Paying for field access has become part of the price of the beautiful game for some. On the one hand, it's a great thing that soccer fie...

About a year ago, I talked to Brad Friedel about his plans for a youth academy in Ohio. It was actually still in the process of being built ...

Sometimes the beautiful game connects with people in a beautiful way.

Someone pointed out to me the moment he knew the U.S. was going to defeat Brazil for the gold medal. It was during the break for the overtim...

Part of me is really skeptical about teams abroad tapping into the U.S. youth soccer market. I mean, unless they naturalize a bunch of playe...

The United States has countless numbers of unearthed gems that will never get discovered. Some go unnoticed because of financial situations,...

Nice girls play tough.

This morning I was covering the Adidas ESP girls' camp for TopDrawerSoccer. There will be a story up on that site later, but for now, h...

More pictures from the Gatorade event. Sorry they're so dark - my camera is pretty puny. Kevin Love was the male winner. The basketball ...

I don't want to excuse the Uruguayan players who reacted the way they did after losing to the U.S. - I saw part of what the video showed...

I've already told my story about playing on a boys' team. I don't want to make it seem that dramatic, though, because honestly,...

At the U15 match versus the SoCal Blues, a coach from USC stopped by. A couple of the Blues speculated that he was there to recruit. "T...

Following coach Manny's theme that kids don't play enough. . .

The last games of the U14 boys national team camp. Coach Manny offered some interesting thoughts on what young soccer players need most to d...

The Galaxy Rios youth program looks to have run into something of an extortion threat from Coast Soccer League, at least according to one of...