Women’s World Cup Final: Preview from the Expert

There may not be a better person in the world to preview the 2019 Women’s World Cup Final. From 2009 until late 2017, Mirelle van Rijbroek was the director of all things girls’ youth soccer in the Netherlands. She trained, coached, and was an important part of the Dutch girls’ youth system that eventually became […]

Who is Bobby Wood? We’ll have you know!

The young 22 year old striker from Irvine, California has been thrust into the spotlight after two game winning goals against the Netherlands and the World Cup champions Germany. Wood could not have picked a better time to score his first two goals for the senior national team. These victories over two of the world’s […]

USA beats Netherlands in Amsterdam by 4 -3

At one point mid-way through the second half the score was 3 – 1 to the Netherlands, yet the Americans were able to come back and finish the game with a victory, their first win against the Dutch. The hosts thought they had the victory in their hands when the score was 3 -1 and […]

Klinsmann’s views on the U.S. facing Netherlands and Germany

Klinsmann as a German-born former player and now coach knows the quality of European teams and the level they play at. So he is aware of the challenge coming ahead of his men when they face the Netherlands and Germany, but he also believes this will be a great experience to many players who never […]

22-Man Roster Announced for Set of International Friendlies

With the Gold Cup just a month away, the U.S. Men’s National Team head coach Jurgen Klinsmann announced the 22 players that will be making a trip to Amsterdam and Cologne for a set of international friendlies. The USMNT will be facing Germany and the Netherlands, both of which finished in the top three of […]

USA Tick Down One Place in the FIFA’s Rankings

[dropcap type=”1″]D[/dropcap]espite yet another 2-0 victory over Mexico in April, the United States Men’s National Team dropped a place from 27th to 28th. Russia is the team who jumped up above the USA due to their results in European Championship qualifying matches. The US currently have 825 “points” as determined by FIFA whereas the Russians […]