Raging Bull All Grown Up And Leading The English
by Jeré Longman (Profile/Interview | New York Times - June 3)
The life and times of Wayne Rooney, England’s star and star-crossed forward, can be floridly traced in the body art of his tattoos. more details | go to article

Bolton Offers US Midfielder Holden New Deal
by Associated Press (Profile/Interview | Yahoo - May 26)
Bolton wants U.S. midfielder Stuart Holden to sign a new deal despite a leg injury restricting him to just three appearances for the Premier League club. more details | go to article

Coyle In Move To Hold On To Stu
by Marc Iles (Profile/Interview | Bolton News - May 26)
Stuart Holden has been offered a one-year extension to his current contract at Wanderers. more details | go to article

USA Pair Tim Howard And Stuart Holden Hail EPL Influence Ahead Of England Game
by Noah Davis and Zac Lee Rigg (Profile/Interview | Goal.com - May 25)
World Cup will square club teammates against each other. more details | go to article

Self-Assured Beasley Glad To Have Another Chance
by Jeré Longman (Profile/Interview | New York Times - May 25)
It seemed the most innocuous of plays, a short corner played from Landon Donovan to DaMarcus Beasley at the Confederations Cup last June. Except the ball rolled under Beasley’s foot and was whooshed downfield by Brazil for a searing counterattack goal. more details | go to article

Landon Donovan Has Mind, Game In Sync For World Cup
by Kelly Whiteside (Profile/Interview | USA Today - May 25)
Four years ago, Landon Donovan was in a very different place. Amid high expectations, Donovan wilted, as did his U.S. men's soccer team, which exited the 2006 World Cup without a victory in the first round. more details | go to article

U.S. Goalies' Reach Extends Across Atlantic
by Jack Bell (Profile/Interview | New York Times - May 24)
When Tim Howard was 6 or 8, his career path was already being MapQuested by a coach who perhaps did not know about tactics but did understand proportion. more details | go to article

Altidore Hopes To Assert Himself After Year Of Worrying About Others
by Jeré Longman (Profile/Interview | New York Times - May 23)
It was night in England on Jan. 12, just before his bedtime, when Jozy Altidore began to get the troubling news that an earthquake had struck Haiti, birthplace of his parents, home to more than two dozen relatives. more details | go to article

Altidore And Life In The Fast Lane
by Jack Bell (Profile/Interview | New York Times - May 21)
Jozy Altidore will be wearing the same new, flashy, lightweight soccer cleats, his in garish yellow, as Lionel Messi and David Villa in next month’s World Cup. He has joined a worldwide advertising campaign for Adidas with two of the game’s big stars. It is fast company. more details | go to article

Bringin' It All Back Home: Many American Players Training For World Cup Get To Visit US
by Ronald Blum (Profile/Interview | Google News - May 21)
Brad Guzan appreciates the little things about World Cup training camp. For instance, the food. more details | go to article

Creative Feet Of Texas Key For U.S. In S. Africa
by Jeré Longman (Profile/Interview | New York Times - May 20)
He prefers bass fishing in the United States to carp fishing in England. Otherwise, Clint Dempsey, a young man from East Texas, is quite comfortable in southwest London. more details | go to article

Sir Alex Ferguson Discusses The State Of American Soccer And Future Of MLS
by Terence Steed (Profile/Interview | Goal.com - May 20)
Sir Alex Ferguson was in New York to promote Manchester United’s summer tour of the United States, but he also gave his opinion on the potential of Major League Soccer and America’s chances at the World Cup. more details | go to article

Gil Could Be The Next Big Thing
by Scott French (Profile/Interview | ESPN - May 19)
The future of American soccer just might be a pimply, unassuming kid from Garden Grove who before his 16th birthday had wowed some of the world's biggest clubs, then rebuffed their offers and signed with Major League Soccer. more details | go to article

Donovan Pushes Ahead, Looking Inside
by Jeré Longman (Profile/Interview | New York Times - May 19)
Round and round the soccer field Landon Donovan ran with his teammates during a fitness test Tuesday morning, silent, drenched in the cold rain, chasing something ineffable about himself and his career. more details | go to article

US Players Faced With Proving Themselves
by Barry Wilner (Profile/Interview | Yahoo - May 18)
Before the U.S. team tries to establish itself on soccer’s biggest stage, several players must prove themselves worthy of being on the squad that goes to South Africa. more details | go to article