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Wayne Rooney, Major League Soccer and supporting a team that doesn’t care about winning
It was obvious that Kobe Bryant had lost it in his final season as a…
Why don’t most Major League Soccer franchises play their academy starlets?
AMONGST THE FURY of zLAtan deservedly gripping Major League Soccer, a few storylines went unnoticed…
Emperor Cuauhtémoc Blanco
This feature was originally published in the Mexico issue of These Football Times magazine. Consider supporting…
How a culture of producing athletes and accepting mediocrity turned me off the US game
WHEN THE US lost to Trinidad and Tobago last October a classic debate about football…
Major League Soccer and the lasting legacy of Chicago’s 1893 World’s Fair
IN 1893, the World’s Fair: Columbian Exposition was held in the city of Chicago to…
Thierry Henry and the rise to become the modern striking blueprint
Growing up as a Manchester United fan in the era of the Arsenal Invincibles, I perhaps…
Welcome to the manufactured but appealing world of Los Angeles FC
WHEN YOU THINK of Los Angeles, what do you think of? Most would probably name…
US Soccer and the re-imagining of an elitist culture
When I was 15 I moved from my wealthy suburban club to play for a…
Why Major League Soccer is looking to Sweden for a boom in quality
DURING THE LATE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURY, 1.3 million Swedes set off for the…
Spencer Owen and Hashtag United: the revolution will not be televised
SPENCER OWEN’S ‘SPENCER FC’ YouTube channel boasts almost two million subscribers. That’s a lot of…
Columbus Crew, Major League Soccer and relocating the idea of the community football club
IN ACT 1 OF SHAKESPEARE’S TWELFTH NIGHT, we’re introduced to the character of Orsino, and…
Meet Paul Lapointe, the man aiming to shake up the American game as USSF president
Paul Lapointe is a candidate for USSF president, looking to making widespread changes for a…
Deconstructing the American game and the problems so many thought never existed
FOR THE AMERICAN GAME AT-LARGE – from every conceivable angle – nothing is what it…
James and George Brown: the men who changed the face of US soccer
WHO IS THE ONLY SCOTSMAN TO SCORE IN A WORLD CUP SEMI-FINAL? It wasn’t Kenny Dalglish,…
Terry Cooke: the Class of ‘92’s long lost graduate
On the day that legendary Manchester United youth coach Eric Harrison was formally honoured for his…
The endless evolution of David Villa
Confined to his hospital bed, all he could do was stare helplessly at the television.…
Johan Cruyff: the American diaries
Johan Cruyff’s impact on football was far-reaching to say the least. His influence on the…