Worse Than Wal-Mart
by Richard Snowden (Commentary | Soccer365 - February 19)
Major League Soccer has made many improvements over the years but one area they still lag behind is in regards to player movement. And this was once again made clear when the Wizards opted not to pick up the option year for goalkeeper Kevin Hartman and Soccer 365's Richard Snowden has his say on the matter. more details | go to article

A Draw Worth Getting Excited About
by Richard Snowden (Profile/Interview | Soccer365 - December 7)
For the U.S. National Team, Christmas came a few weeks early this year. more details | go to article

Quality Gap Still Evident Between U.S., Mexico
by Richard Snowden (Commentary | Soccer365 - February 8)
Perhaps the single best word to describe the U.S. national team's performance against Mexico this past Wednesday is tentative. more details | go to article

Snowden Says "U.S. Soccer: Its Own Worse Enemy"
by Richard Snowden (Analysis | Soccer365 - January 5)
With the opening match in CONCACAF Final Round World Cup Qualifying right around the corner and with the potential of a group of freshman players suiting up for the Red, White and Blue, 365’s Richard Snowden looks at the current impasse between players as US Soccer over the player contract and gives his two cents worth. more details | go to article

New And Improved Pro-40 Select Would Help
by Richard Snowden (Commentary | Soccer365 - April 13)
When Major League Soccer and the U.S. Soccer Federation set up the Project-40 player development program in 1997, the major goal was to give participants as much high-quality playing time as possible. Despite the good intentions, the program as originally conceived was unable to live up to expectations although 365’s Snowden thinks some tinkering could help improve upon the current structure and help develop more of our top prospects. more details | go to article

Reversing the Downward Spiral
by Richard Snowden (Commentary | Soccer365 - April 1)
The same old "Chicken Little/sky-is-falling" references are getting decidedly tired and hackneyed, so let's try a different tack. The good ship U.S. soccer is still very much afloat and underway, but it is limping along at far less than full steam these days, having suffered multiple torpedo hits as a direct result of its crew falling asleep on duty. more details | go to article

Getting America with the Program
by Richard Snowden (Analysis | Soccer365 - March 19)
Back on January 18, the U.S. national team opened its 2004 schedule against Denmark at the Home Depot Center in a game managed – perhaps "mismanaged" would be a better term in this particular instance – by a Mexican referee. For any valuable lessons U.S. coach Bruce Arena may have taken from the match, though, American soccer might be able to take a different sort of valuable lesson from the two other nations represented on the pitch that day. more details | go to article