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Ranting Soccer Dad blog and podcast
- Referee diary: Unexpected tripleheader and an unbelievable goalMonday morning My body is yelling at me as I sit in front of a lower cabinet, scrounging for first aid supplies. An ankle wrap and some tape for the “Compression” part of the “RICE” […]
- NWSL’s leadership void compounds hurricane damageOn Monday, Campbell University and Coastal Carolina University agreed to move their football game from Saturday to Wednesday and play it at Campbell instead of Coastal Carolina, a brief sojourn for Chanticleers fans. (Coastal Carolina […]
- Who goes from Academy to USL?Three coincidental bits of reading today (for two of them, thanks to Jason Davis for mentioning them on today’s show): At The Athletic, Will Parchman ranks all 23 MLS-affiliated academies. At SoccerWire, Charles Boehm has […]
- Want to make soccer a “top sport” in the USA, Mr. Infantino? Here’s your checklistLet’s say this first about the White House visit by FIFA president Gianni Infantino and U.S. Soccer president Carlos Cordeiro: The “red card to the media” stunt was disgraceful. Maybe Infantino is unaware that the […]
- U.S. Soccer coaching education: One foot forward, one foot firmly stuck in the mudU.S. Soccer just unveiled its new grassroots coaching modules for 7v7, 9v9 and 11v11, making it much easier for parent coaches to learn what they need to know for working with players who will go […]
- High school soccer participation: Good news for a change? No, but …After all the gloomy talk of declining youth soccer participation rates, we got a bit of promising news this morning — high school soccer participation rates are up. (HT: Soccer America) Naturally, I’m going to […]
- My assistant ref debutIs 48 too late to debut in yellow? I guess not. I was the AR2 for two U14 boys tournament games this morning. Everyone there was a little shaken at the outset because, in the […]
- Washington Spirit report: Meet the new boss …Taylor Smith won the ball at the back and surged down the right channel into open space. Mallory Pugh went out wide. A couple of passes threatened to unlock the Utah defense. I don’t remember […]
- Does firing Jim Gabarra really help the wayward Washington Spirit?When the WUSA went away, Jim Gabarra stayed. He coached a mix of kids and pros who were hanging around D.C., still wearing the name Washington Freedom. He lugged ball bags around the Maryland SoccerPlex. […]
- Another option for U.S. games: A European Super LeagueSo the prospect of hosting La Liga games in the USA and Canada is … kind of unlikely? Let’s look at other options. I’ve long suggested cup competitions could be held here — maybe the […]
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