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The US Women’s national soccer team played their final practice match yesterday against Mexico in preparation for the World Cup in Germany. In a strong yet frustrating at times showing by the US women, they defeated their southern rivals 1-0 thanks to a goal by Lauren Cheney during stoppage time in the second half. Following [...]

Many college bound players believe that coaches will walk around and look for talent. Many players believe that if you are on the right team, at the right tournament, the right school will see you play and you will be set. While this approach is plausible, the way to improve your chances is to do [...]

Although the United States missed out on hosting the 2022 World Cup, our neighbors to the north have successfully won the rights to host the Women’s 2022 World Cup. Sepp Blatter announced the host this past Thursday in his hometown of Zurich, Switzerland following the FIFA Executive Committee meeting. “We would like to thank FIFA [...]

Gift Ideas With a little over a week left until the Christmas season ends, you may be rushing around trying to find that last minute gift for the soccer player in your life. Here are a few gift ideas to help the shopping go a little bit faster. What’s better than staying warm this Winter? [...]

The first time I saw the word futsal, I thought someone had made a spelling error and maybe meant to write futbal instead. For those of you who were confused like me, let’s take a closer look at the differences between futsal and futbal. Futsal, although similar to soccer, is more like indoor soccer with [...]

Perhaps the biggest recent news in soccer, the FIFA World Cup Committee announced the host countries for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. For those not keeping track everyday, the 2018 candidates were: England, Spain/Portugal, Russia, and Netherlands/Belgium. The 2022 candidates were: Australia, Qatar, Japan, USA, and the Korea Republic. On Thursday, it was announced: [...]

The Champions from the 2010 World Cup played their first match since against Mexico on Wednesday and provided some truly entertaining soccer.

In their first international match since the World Cup, Team USA continued to have trouble keeping up as they were defeated by Brazil, 2-0, yesterday night at the New Meadowlands Stadium.

Arguably the next most popular league after the EPL, La Liga is the professional football league of Spain. Currently, it is home to two of the best teams in the world, Barcelona and Real Madrid, as well as a slew of highly talented players. And although La Liga’s level of prestige rivals that of the EPL, there are distinct differences that set them apart.

Before we start discussing other leagues and the teams that play in them, it’s important to understand how different leagues and countries are organized and regulated. As most are already familiar with, FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) is the governing body of practically all things soccer. FIFA separates the world’s soccer teams/countries into different [...]