Mid-major announcement to start with: Ranting Soccer Dad now has its own site. I’m not married to the design yet, … More
Category: women’s soccer
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
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
No one injured in Spirit-Breakers game
Neither the Washington Spirit nor the Boston Breakers tanked Saturday night’s game to get the No. 1 draft pick. For … More
Promotion/relegation propaganda/reality, Part 3: U.S. Soccer
There’s no organization in the world quite like U.S. Soccer. That’s not a compliment. That’s not an insult. It just … More
Podcast, Ep. 10 – Ronnie Woodard on women in coaching, youth soccer madness
Tennessee Soccer Club’s Ronnie Woodard is a legit women’s soccer pioneer — first scholarship player and goalkeeper at Duke, … More
Podcast, Ep. 9 — Girls’ Development Academy with Travis Clark, plus a soccerpolitical rant
The podcast starts this week with a bit of a political rant. The news on DACA is hard to ignore, … More
Podcast, Ep. 8 — Youth development and women’s soccer with Kris Ward
Kris Ward has done a bit of everything in coaching at a relatively young age — high school, Development Academy, ODP, college, … More
Spirit-Red Stars: A mad night at the SoccerPlex
There’s just a lot of anger in the world right now. Our president took a break from Twitter ranting to … More