Little Player Power In Major League Soccer
by Ian Plenderleith (Commentary | When Saturday Comes - February 23)
The 2010 Major League Soccer season is due to kick off in just over a month, but don't get too excited. A good old-fashioned labour dispute over player contracts could mean that the season is either delayed or cancelled altogether if the players go on strike. more details | go to article

Scotland Should Look To Canada
by Ian Plenderleith (Commentary | When Saturday Comes - September 14)
Canadian club football has enjoyed a resurgence in the past couple of years. Toronto FC have quickly become a significant success in commercial and cultural terms (though less so on the field of play), since they started up in Major League Soccer last year, and were one of just three teams in the league to turn a profit in 2007. more details | go to article

The Left-Back Conundrum
by Ian Plenderleith (Analysis | US National Soccer Players Association - February 8)
Wednesday’s game against Mexico in Houston will have given US National Team coach Bob Bradley plenty to think about in just about every position bar goalkeeper. At the top of his list of priorities, however -- written in bold and underlined in red -- should be the word ‘left-back.’ more details | go to article

Where The Soccer Hall Of Fame Weekend Falls Short
by Ian Plenderleith (Commentary | US National Soccer Players Association - August 28)
How can soccer in the United States complain that the game does not receive the recognition it deserves when it doesn’t even grant proper recognition to its best players? more details | go to article

How Will Beckham Fit Into The Headlines?
by Ian Plenderleith (Analysis | US National Soccer Players Association - July 13)
The arrival of David Beckham will mean a crisis for soccer in the United States. Not for the game itself, but for the people who write soccer headlines in the nation’s media. more details | go to article

MLS Q&A: Adam Cristman
by Ian Plenderleith (Profile/Interview | US National Soccer Players Association - June 27)
Few outfield players make the transition from college soccer to the professional game as smoothly as New England Revolution’s exciting young forward Adam Cristman, 22. more details | go to article

Live: USA - Mexico
by J Hutcherson and Ian Plenderleith (Blog Entry | US National Soccer Players Association - June 24)
Live blog during the Gold Cup Final. more details | go to article

Motivational Coaches No Use Without Soccer Savvy
by Ian Plenderleith (Analysis | US National Soccer Players Association - June 22)
Bruce Arena is the tenth coach in the history of the New York Major League Soccer franchise, and the team’s never even come close to winning a title. By contrast, four-times MLS Cup champion DC United has only fired two coaches in its 12-year existence. more details | go to article

Back To The Drawing Board?
by Ian Plenderleith (Preview | US National Soccer Players Association - June 22)
So much for the hope that Bob Bradley would have a clearly established pecking order in place by the final of the Gold Cup. more details | go to article

Live: USA - Canada
by J Hutcherson, Bill Urban and Ian Plenderleith (Blog Entry | US National Soccer Players Association - June 21)
Live blog commentary of CONCACAF Gold Cup Semifinal more details | go to article

Live Commentary: USA - Panama
by J Hutcherson and Ian Plenderleith (Result | US National Soccer Players Association - June 16)
US Soccer Players' columnists Ian Plenderleith and J Hutcherson blog the game. more details | go to article

MLS Weekend Review: Goals And Fans Up, Yellow Cards Down
by Ian Plenderleith (Result | US National Soccer Players Association - June 11)
USSoccerPlayers (June 11, 2007) -- There were over three goals per game in Major League Soccer games leading up to and over the weekend, while attendances were also healthier thanks to big crowds in Toronto, Chicago and D.C., taking the season’s average back up over 15,000. more details | go to article

Striker Swapping's The New Craze
by Ian Plenderleith (Analysis | US National Soccer Players Association - May 23)
In the 1970s, wife-swapping was very much in vogue in the suburbs, but the trend seemed to die out with the Dutch Elm. In an exciting new variant, Major League Soccer has revived the fad, only its teams are swapping strikers instead. Also: can we play you every week? (DC vs. Chivas) more details | go to article

D.C. United's Heavy Schedule
by Ian Plenderleith (Analysis | US National Soccer Players Association - May 22)
D.C. United has been invited again to play in the Copa Sudamericana after finishing third in this year’s CONCACAF Champions’ Cup. Also: Adu looking back on DC dog days. more details | go to article

Pot Of Gold
by Marc Connolly and Ian Plenderleith (Analysis | US National Soccer Players Association - May 22)
With the US roster for the Gold Cup about to be announced and the Champions' League final in the same week, USSoccerPlayers' Marc Connolly and Ian Plenderleith had no choice but to get together for another version of the Writers' Roundtable. more details | go to article