Albert Puig: American Soccer is Growing and Players Are Becoming More Intelligent Each Day. Albert Puig is a former FC Barcelona Youth Technical Director and now the Assistant Coach of New York City FC. A globally respected leader in player development, Puig’s famed La Masia developed the likes of Andres Iniesta, Gerard Pique, and Lionel

DICK’S Sporting Goods Sells Blue Sombrero and Affinity Sports Subsidiaries Today’s announcement represents a unique, industry-shaping opportunity and creates the leading cloud-based provider of websites, registration, payments and league management tools for youth sports organizations with over $1 billion of payments managed. On August 22, 2019, Dick’s Sporting Goods completed the sale of two of its

Major League Soccer Awards Expansion Team to St. Louis St. Louis becomes first MLS club led by female majority ownership group; Team to kick off MLS play in 2022 in a new downtown soccer stadium MLS Commissioner Don Garber officially announced today that MLS has awarded an expansion team to the city of St. Louis. The

U.S. Women’s National Team’s Gender Discrimination Lawsuit Against U.S. Soccer Update With the mediation for the World Cup winning U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team’s pay-discrimination lawsuit against the U.S. Soccer Federation hitting the skids and the trial date now set for May 2020 — in the midst of preparations for the Olympics — it is time to

Healthy Nutrition Tips For Air, Car and Hotel Travel For Youth Soccer Players and Teams Traveling to tournaments or weekend games can be stressful on the body and mind. Nutrition can play a key role in achieving high performance. Smart Nutrition for Soccer Players from Amy Dirks. Discover what makes this column so different: Read Meet

Who Is Teaching Our Kids Leadership Skills? Exploring what it means to be a leader on and off the pitch … how are we helping youth players become great leaders? While leadership means many things, it is the capacity to turn vision into reality, to motivate with integrity and inspire — challenge with encouragement and

Hope Solo to Join beIN SPORTS as Co-host of New Show “Weekend Winners” Sports Hope Solo is fearless in front of the goal and now steps up to show the world her skills in front of the camera talking soccer. And, proving brains can come without arrogance, Solo talks a good game. Hope Solo is,

Taking on one of the most iconic club teams in US soccer history, ASC – San Diego took on the New York Cosmos in the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) 2019 Semifinal ASC San Diego was ready to battle the New York Cosmos in the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) 2019 Semifinal. With a national