Like many of us (and I hope all of us), we’re watching the World Cup, cheering every amazing play and groaning over missed opportunities. In listening to the commentators, a recurring theme is about the state of the USA defense. It just seems that we can’t put together a really first class defense. The problem [...]
U.S. U-17 women beat Haiti 9-0, then offer hugs
We were playing a very tough team and the score had been going back and forth. My players had control of the ball and after a few passes one player made a pass across the front of the goal. His team mate made a great run and with a nice touch placed the ball to [...]
As we start a new year I was reflecting on the previous soccer season. I happened across two videos from the previous year, one of a youth soccer game where a player shoves the opposing player to the ground then stomped on his chest. The other was the hair-pulling player from New Mexico. Luckily, I [...]
The last two weekends have been difficult for my youth soccer team. With injuries, illnesses and other activities we’ve had problems fielding a full team. The first weekend we started the game with nine players on the field and managed to have a player show up at half time so we could complete the game [...]
