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 […]

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 […]

U.S. U-23 MNT wraps up college ID camp

SAN DIEGO – The U.S. U-23 Men’s National Team finished up its first College ID camp with an exhibition match against the senior Club Tijuana team. The camp took place at the National Training Center in Carson, California. The U.S. won the match by 3-1, with goals from Pau Salcedo. Mac Steeves and Brandon Vincent. […]

California Homegrowns Weekly Update

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 Chris Wondolowski – F – San Jose Earthquakes: Started and played the entire 90 minutes against Houston Dynamo […]

CA Homegrowns Weekly Update

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 Chris Wondolowski – F – San Jose Earthquakes: Started and played for the entire 90 minutes against Portland […]

CA Homegrowns: Weekly Update

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 Jamaica on July 22nd for the Gold Cup semifinals for the Gold Cup semifinals, losing […]

CA Homegrowns: Zardes scores in USMNT victory

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 Cuba on July 18th for the Gold Cup quarterfinals, winning 6-0 Chris Wondolowski – F […]

San Jose Earthquakes signs Californian Marc Pelosi

SAN Jose – Marc Pelosi is finally going back home after spending 4 years in England with Liverpool. The 21-year old who was once one of the biggest American prospects is also part of the U-23 U.S. National Team. Pelosi is from Sunnyvale, California and grew playing soccer with De Anza Force club until he started playing […]

CALIFORNIA HOMEGROWNS: WEEKLY UPDATE

USMNT – U.S. played a friendly match against Guatemala on July 3rd and won 4-0. Chris Wondolowski – F – San Jose Earthquakes: Chris subbed in for Jozy Altidore in the 68th minute and scored the fourth and last goal for the U.S. in the 86th minute. Nick Rimando – GK – Real Salt Lake: […]

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. National Teams had some important games going on. For the USWNT, the U.S. played against Sweden in the Women’s World Cup, then there was a friendly match for USMNT against Germany and the […]

Julian Green out of the Gold Cup

The German-born player will not be on the U.S. roster for the Gold Cup, not only because of his poor performance with the U-23 team during the Toulon Tournament, but also because he has been struggling this year. According to coach Klinsmann, he will ve given a time off from the U.S., after going through […]

Toulon Tournament and the U.S. U-23 Team

The Toulon Tournament takes place in France from May 17th to June 7th with 10 National U-23 teams participating. This is a great event for young players to get international experience, and also provides excellent preparation for the CONCACAF Olympic qualifying phase which begins in October. Andi Herzog, the U-23 U.S. head coach commented “Toulon is […]