Klinsmann Broke Off US Talks Partly Over MLS
by Ronald Blum (Profile/Interview | Yahoo - May 25)
Juergen Klinsmann broke off talks to become coach of the U.S. football team in 2006 because he wasn’t guaranteed top players the following summer for two preparation tournaments ahead of World Cup qualifying. 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

USA Forward Edson Buddle Focused On Hard Work
by Andrea Canales and Terence Steed (Profile/Interview | Goal.com - May 23)
The fastest way from Point A to Point B is hard work says Buddle. more details | go to article

Entering World Cup, Landon Donovan Finds Himself In A Good Place For U.S. Men
by Steven Goff (Profile/Interview | Washington Post - May 19)
For about 90 minutes Tuesday on a rain-slicked soccer field, Landon Donovan continued his fitness training as part of the U.S. national team's preparations for the World Cup in South Africa. 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

Country Before Club
by Andrea Canales (Profile/Interview | Goal.com - May 17)
LA Galaxy players glad to lose teammates. more details | go to article

Two Strikers Score Their Way Into The Picture
by Billy Witz (Profile/Interview | New York Times - May 17)
Herculez Gomez, like each of his four siblings, was named after a Greek god. Edson Buddle was named after a Brazilian one — Pelé, the soccer deity whose given name is Edson Arantes do Nascimento. more details | go to article

Herculez Gomez Ready To Give USA His Best Shot
by Joseph D'Hippolito (Profile/Interview | USA Today - May 12)
In five months, Herculez Gomez has emerged from a state of personal doubt to a place in history — and could find a place on the U.S. World Cup team. more details | go to article

It Took Two To Make Gomez Go Right
by Andrea Canales (Profile/Interview | Goal.com - April 30)
Mexico and the USA both contributed. more details | go to article

Goals Galore? Think Again
by Paul Gardner (Commentary | Soccer America - March 3)
I would have thought that it was by now blindingly obvious that goals are, in the soccer sense, an endangered species. They occur much less frequently than they have ever done in the 150-year history of the sport, and the chances of there being a sudden surge in scoring I can confidently predict at absolute zero. more details | go to article

AC Milan Loan Star David Beckham Will Return To MLS Insists Chief Don Garber
by Adrian Fisk (Profile/Interview | Goal.com - March 2)
Don Garber, commissioner of the MLS, is adamant David Beckham will once again play for Los Angles Galaxy after his loan deal with AC Milan expires. It has been reported that England’s former captain is reluctant to return the United States, but Garber insists Beckham will return and build on his current popularity. more details | go to article

Landon Donovan Declares: "I'll Be Back!"
by David Prentice (Profile/Interview | Liverpool Echo - February 24)
IT was only voted the 37th greatest movie line of all time. more details | go to article

Soccer Players Forced To Choose Between High Schools And Academies
by Dave Thorpe (Analysis | Carson Daily Breeze - February 22)
High school soccer teams in the South Bay always have shared elite players with club teams. Players often compete in club, then arrive in time for the high school season already in soccer shape, having been taught by top-notch coaches. So high school coaches - many of them also club coaches themselves - benefit from players competing in club soccer. But in recent years, prep coaches have been losing more elite players and are becoming increasingly disgruntled because of local soccer academies snatching the top prep players. more details | go to article

Wizards Win Luis Gil Lottery
by Gianfranco Panizo (Blog Entry | Soccer By Ives - February 22)
According to sources, Gil would prefer to play for one of the Los Angeles-based teams or the Seattle Sounders, making a trade possible. Gil originates from Garden Grove, California. more details | go to article

Doing The Right Thing In Donovan Dilemma
by Martin Rogers (Commentary | Yahoo - February 22)
Depending on how you look at it and who you are, Landon Donovan’s spectacular loan move to Everton has been a dream come true, a poisoned chalice, a blessing in disguise and a winning lottery ticket. more details | go to article