USL Championship Announces Resumption of 2020 Season Following Board of Governors Vote, USLC Set for Provisional Return Date of July 11 The USL Championship Board of Governors voted today, Thursday, June 4, in favor of returning to play for the 2020 season, with a provisional start date set for July 11. While additional information on

The New Soccer Coaches Summit Tackles The Role of the Coach in Times of Unrest. New Two-Day Series Kicks Off June 3 – 9:00 AM PST  #SoccerCoachesSummit2020 #CoachesHelpingCoaches The highly successful Soccer Coaches Summit produced by America Scores Bay Area presented over 150 speakers. Now back with a two-day session, the Soccer Coaches Summit is a

Stand Up To Racism A heartfelt thank you to Columbus crew and Cleveland Browns for speaking up on this. It is critical that non-violent actions address injustices’ otherwise the value of the effort is diminished by the distraction of the violent action. Just when the world did not seem as if it could become darker

Preparing To Play, MLS Clubs Begin Voluntary Small Group Training Sessions Major League Soccer (MLS) today announced that clubs may begin to use outdoor team training fields for small group training sessions in compliance with detailed health and safety protocols that were created in consultation with medical and infectious disease experts.  All small group training

SD Loyal Raises $75K for Rady Children’s Hospital’s COVID-19 Response Challenge Doing it Right is what Landon Donovan is all about. The famed former pro player turned head coach of San Diego’s professional soccer team, San Diego Loyal, epitomizes community-minded leadership. The USL team just raised funds to help the area’s local children’s hospital. Today, San

Sporting Kansas City’s Peter Vermes on MLS’ Return To Play and COVID-19 Testing Sporting Kansas City Manager and Sporting Director Peter Vermes is determined to have his players and technical staff tested for COVID-19 on a regular basis and minimize the risks of spreading the Coronavirus. With COVID-19 testing widely available across the Kansas City

FC Dallas Coach Luchi Gonzalez On Development Needs Variation Here is a quick article with a ton of photos of FC Dallas players back at training. Behind the Scenes at FC Dallas with Head Coach Luchi Gonzalez FC Dallas continued voluntary individual player workouts this week with two staggered training sessions consisting of up to four

Major League Soccer Cancels All-Star Game, Leagues Cup and Campeones Cup Due to the Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic It is sad to hear of so many soccer games and tournaments canceled because of the insidious Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic but the safety of the players, coaches, staff, and fans should always come first. Soccer will return. Just not

UPSL Plans to Resume League Competition in June COVID-19’s historic impact, in the U.S. and globally, will long be remembered. From the pandemic’s impact economically to its unprecedented moratorium on soccer … the Coronavirus has created a two month void of the beautiful game which hopefully will end soon. Now, the UPSL has announced good news.

USL Championship and League One Updates USL announced an extension of the moratorium on training. The United Soccer League (USL) announced today that both the Championship and League One full-sided training moratoriums have been extended.   While this is unfortunate, player safety must reign supreme as we will all get through this Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic.

MLS and USYS Launch Strategic Partnership to Offer New Identification Opportunities US Youth Soccer is the largest youth soccer organization in the country and this new partnership with MLS provides a new inclusive pathway for many youth soccer players across America. This agreement has been in the works for a while and it exciting to

MLS Replaces U.S. Soccer’s Development Academy Boys DA MLS collaborates with founding youth soccer clubs to create a new top-level youth soccer league for boys. This is the new elite youth competition platform that was promised when the U.S. Soccer Development Academy collapsed and it provides year-round high-level matches for MLS club academy teams and