SoCal Teenagers Living the Dream

It was a near perfect afternoon for Lynwood native, Ulysses Llanez. Imagine growing up in Southern California with the dream of playing soccer at the highest level possible. Add to that the opportunity to play for the US Mens National Team in your home town at just the age of 18. That is exactly what […]
Tokyo 2020 is coming! US Men’s Olympic Soccer 101

2020 is an Olympic Year. All those sports Americans barely know exist in any other year — we love watching them all. Like Team Handball — why isn’t that a bigger deal here in America? It looks so fun! But back to soccer… Olympic Soccer 101 Soccer, of course, is an Olympic sport. It’s not […]
For U.S. Men’s National Team success begins or ends at U-23 level

Facing the prospect of failing to qualify for the 2016 Olympics, the U.S. U-23 Men’s National Team (MNT) saved face on Tuesday night in Salt Lake City defeating Canada, 2-0, in the third place match at the 2015 CONCACAF Men’s Olympic Qualifying Championship. The victory advances the U-23 MNT to a home and away series against […]
USMNT in Olympic Qualifying

On August 18th the CONCACAF group stage parings of national teams for the the upcoming Olympic qualifying games in Rio de Janeiro was announced. The U.S Men’s Olympic team was matched with Canada, Cuba and Panama in Group A. The U.S. is looking to better its 2011 campaign when they finished in third-place behind El Salvador and […]
USMNT and Olympic squad struggle with schedule conflict

Failure to win the 2015 Gold Cup was bitterly disappointing for the U.S. Men’s National Team and now the consequences are being felt. USMNT head coach Jurgen Klinsmann knew as soon as the U.S. was eliminated from the Gold Cup that the path from there on would be tough. Not only will the U.S. have to play […]
Women’s Olympic qualifying will take place in Texas

In February of 2016, the U.S. Women’s National Team and all the other nations that are part of CONCACAF will be heading to Texas for the Women’s Olympic Qualifying Championship. The two cities that were announced by confederation to host the matches are Houston and Frisco. This tournament will decide the 2 teams that will […]