2015 Times Square Cup
This Sunday the 3rd annual Times Square Cup hosted by Street Soccer USA took place in New York City following the Women’s National Team’s celebratory parade last week. The event was held in Times Square and saw over 100,000 bystanders attending the street soccer tournament. The four-a-side competition included a total of 32 teams, with […]
MLS new targeted allocation rule
Major League Soccer just announced their new rule that will help MLS clubs to invest in top-end players. Basically MLS will distribute money amongst all the clubs in the league, to be exact $100,000 per year for the next 5 years totaling $500,000, as a form of investment to the club’s rosters outside of the […]
Klinsmann adds 3 new players to Gold Cup roster
The CONCACAF rules states that each team can make up to six changes to their initial roster after the group stage. U.S. Men’s National Team coach Jurgen Klinsmann will take advantage of that rule replacing three players. The three players that are leaving the team are Jozy Altidore, Alfredo Morales and Greg Garza. Altidore is […]
CA Homegrowns
SAN DIEGO – CA Homegrowns is a feature that tracks the progress of all of professional soccer players from California. Check out the list for some familiar names! Let us know if we left a player out! USMNT – U.S. played against Honduras on July 7th, Haiti on July 10th and Panama on July 13th Chris […]
Preview: USMNT vs Panama – California native, Gyasi Zardes, continues to impress
SAN DIEGO – The U.S. Men’s National Team will look to continue its winning streak and remain perfect in group play at the 2015 Gold Cup on Monday night against Panama in Kansas City at Sporting Park. With first place in the group already clinched and a trip to the quarterfinals booked, Monday’s match offers […]
Gold Cup: U.S. wins against Haiti with difficulty
The U.S. Men’s National Team played its second game of the group phase Friday July 10th against Haiti, in a match that was supposed to be the easiest in this group stage, however, the U.S. struggled to get this win. The end score of 1-0 shows that the win over Haiti wasn’t as easy as […]
USWNT back in the U.S. with first stop in LA
The U.S. Women’s National Team is back in the U.S. to celebrate their long-awaited title. Their first stop was in Los Angeles, where there were over 10,000 fans waiting for them at the fan rally. Some of them got there as early as 4:30 am to make sure they had a good spot. California natives Megan Rapinoe […]
USWNT wins their third world Cup in incredible final against Japan
The final of the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup was played on Sunday July 5th in Vancouver, in a match between the 2011 champions Japan and the United States who last claimed the title 16 years years ago. These two teams were facing each other in a major tournament final for the third time in recent history. […]
Women’s World Cup Final: U.S. gets second chance against Japan
This will be the third time in recent memory that the United States and Japan have met in the final of a major tournament. In the 2011 World Cup Japan won when the match went to kicks from the mark after 120 minutes, then a year later in the 2012 Olympic games the U.S won […]
CA Homegrowns
USMNT – U.S. play next July 3rd against Guatemala Miguel Ibarra – M – Club León: Did not have any games this week. Michael Orozco – D – Club Tijuana: Did not have any games this week. Nick Rimando – GK – Real Salt Lake: started and played for the entire 90 minutes on June […]
The USWNT v Germany in the semi final of the Women’s World Cup
The match between the United States and Germany is arguably more worthy of a final than a semifinal, since Germany is ranked No. 1 and the U.S. is ranked No. 2 in the world. This is the way the bracket broke down though so the U.S. will need to beat the best in order to be the best. […]
Passion Drives Good Officiating
Sprinting down the sideline trying to maintain a good visual of the players and the ball, Randy Hoffman makes his third offside call of the half. A teammate of the player called offside screams and curses at Hoffman questioning his refereeing ability. Hoffman was officiating his second Major League Soccer match between Chivas USA and […]
USWNT beats China and advances to semifinal
The United States played against China in the quarterfinal of the 2015 Women’s World Cup this Friday and beat them 1-0 with a goal from midfielder Carli Lloyd, who was voted Player of the Match. The goal came in the second half, but the U.S. was clearly the better team throughout the match. After a […]
California Homegrowns: Weekly Update
In this Homegrown’s section, we will update you and track progress of the professional soccer players from California. This week the U.S. Women’s National Teams played two games in World Cup, against Nigeria and Colombia. The Men’s Senior National Team and Men’s U20 got back from international duty to their respective clubs and played matches […]
Kickin’ it Challenge: another successful tournament
The Kickin’ it Challenge event that helps bring youth soccer teams together and support the fight against breast cancer was once again a success this past weekend. There were more than 120 teams from all over the state, ages 7 to 18 with an equal number of boys and girls, who were all in alignment with […]
Kickin’ it Challenge fights breast cancer on NBC San Diego
Did you know that 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime? This is a call for action. Monday morning, I went down to NBC in downtown San Diego to help out with a 2 minute segment about one of our amazing benefactors: the Kickin’ It Challenge Soccer tournament partnered […]