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Books and freelance work by Beau Dure

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    • Ranting Soccer Dad
    • Before the Apocalypse
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    • 2012: The Year That Saved Women’s Soccer
    • How the Hell Did I End Up Cageside?
    • Why the U.S. Men Will Never Win the World Cup

Category: soccer

On Twitter, advocacy, hostility and objectivity

My Dad was an intellectually rigorous man. He majored in philosophy, racing through college so he could lead a platoon … More

sports media, twitter

Upcoming coverage/career plans

Mid-major announcement to start with: Ranting Soccer Dad now has its own site. I’m not married to the design yet, … More

The best post-T&T pro-promotion/relegation argument

Predictably, Soccerocalypse has brought out the usual arguments from the promotion/relegation crowd: Youth development will be so much better! Players … More

promotion/relegation, us soccer

Here’s what WON’T help U.S. Soccer

“That’s right, folks! Step right up and get your miracle elixir! Cures everything from chronic flatulence to an inability to … More

us soccer

RSD 14: The next U.S. Soccer president?

The problems in U.S. Soccer run deeper than the water that flooded Ato Boldon Stadium in Trinidad and Tobago before … More

steven gans, sunil gulati, us soccer

Women in U.S. Soccer leadership

No, it’s not a blank post. The Guardian recently posed the question of whether a woman could be elected U.S. … More

us soccer

Promotion/relegation propaganda/reality, Part 5: Cons

You’ve read about the pro/rel pros, the history of the U.S./Canada debate, and the major players in the U.S. (including … More

england, mls, promotion/relegation

Alex Morgan’s ejection from Epcot: Not a big deal, not not newsworthy

Let’s first get rid of the notion that male athletes or public figures would not make the news if they … More

Spirit season recap and a post-Vegas anti-cynicism rant

In the wake of the Las Vegas massacre, the Ranting Soccer Dad podcast opens with a few thoughts on why … More

guns, las vegas, washington spirit

Spirit, Reign play a legitimately entertaining soccer game

Things didn’t bode well Saturday. Traffic heading up the Beltway to Maryland was worse than usual. The SoccerPlex didn’t have … More

nwsl, seattle reign, washington spirit

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