In my earlier article "MLS in Atlanta? Why Not Make it a Double?" I brought up quite a few areas that warrant further exploration. Several of the discussion points centered around how to make soccer in America as popular a spectator sport as it is a participation sport. My ideas I'm sure are not new, but there seems to be a paucity of information out there for the interested, yet unknowing, average American sports fan. Click to continue reading...

Steve's Stats: Analysis of Goalkeeper Performance at the Quarterfinal Round for 21 June 2008: The Netherlands x Russia
by Steve Amoia for Keeper Skool

The Netherlands has demonstrated some of the best football in the group phase. They defeated France and Italy in their first two games, and only conceded one goal in the process. Click to continue reading...

Well, that only took about 28 years.

After the Philadelphia Fury of the North American Soccer League took their final goalkick back in 1980, men's professional outdoor soccer has returned to Philly, with a 2010 slated kickoff for soccer in the city of brotherly love. The question is: what the heck took so long? Click to continue reading...

While I am pleased for Philadelphia and particularly for the Sons of Ben that the league has chosen to add a 16th team in 2010, I have serious concerns about the rapid expansion of the league and the seeming desire to make a different set of rules for each potential expansion city. Philadelphia probably deserved a team, but did Seattle really deserve one?

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