World Cup 2010: From Diners To Bars, We Map Out Best Spots To Watch Soccer's Biggest Party
by Edward Glazyrev (Article | New York Daily News - May 22)
Plotting out where to watch the upcoming World Cup can be a daunting task. Do you view the first tournament ever played on African soil with ale-addled Brits, sangria-swigging Spaniards or Beaujolais-quaffing Frenchmen? more details | go to article

Trying To Solve The 23-Man Roster Equation
by Michael Lewis (Blog Entry | New York Daily News - May 21)
U.S. national coach Bob Bradley gave the Americans off on Friday. It certainly never hurts to recharge one's battery in the need-to-know five minutes ago society during these turbulent twitter, Facebook and blogging times. For Bradley, the extra time away from the field might give him and his hard-working staff an opportunity to take some time to solve international soccer's most engaging equation: the 23-man World Cup roster. more details | go to article

U.S. Defender Oguchi Onyewu Out To Show World Cup Audience That He's Stronger Now Than Before Injury
by Michael Lewis (Profile/Interview | New York Daily News - May 21)
Oguchi Onyewu has something to prove, not to himself, but to the rest of the world. more details | go to article

Heartbreaker! U.S. Soccer Squad Blows 2-0 Lead, Loses To Brazil In FIFA Confederations Cup Final
by Michael Lewis (Result | New York Daily News - June 28)
As well as Team USA played, as much fear as the Americans put into the hearts of Brazil in the opening half of the FIFA Confederations Cup final, this one will be known as the biggest missed opportunity they've ever had. more details | go to article

U.S. Soccer Stuns Egypt, Advances To FIFA Confederations Cup Semifinals
by Michael Lewis (Result | New York Daily News - June 22)
As soccer miracles go, it probably doesn't get any more improbable than this. more details | go to article

Bocanegra Gives U.S. Soccer Head Room In Cup Qualifier
by Michael Lewis (Result | New York Daily News - June 7)
Carlos Bocanegra just followed the fickle, bouncing soccer ball as it traveled from Landon Donovan's foot in the left corner, to Clint Dempsey's head at the far post and off a Honduran defender in front of the net. more details | go to article

U.S. Soccer Defeat Would Qualify As A World Class Crisis
by Filip Bondy (Preview | New York Daily News - June 6)
Nobody is quaking in their cleats quite yet. But if the U.S. national team doesn't win tonight's World Cup qualifier against Honduras at Soldier Field, expect the sort of self-examination not experienced among American soccer officials for two decades. more details | go to article

U.S. Hits Old Rut On Road To World Cup, Falls To Costa Rica, 3-1
by Michael Lewis (Result | New York Daily News - June 4)
The U.S. national team entered the Monster's Cave Wednesday night optimistic and confident that it could finally get a tie or even a win at this unforgiving stadium. more details | go to article

Jozy Altidore's Three Scores Do Trick For U.S. Over Trinidad And Tobago
by Filip Bondy (Result | New York Daily News - April 2)
When Jozy Altidore left the Red Bulls last June to seek fame and fortune in Spain, he soon found himself in the typical soccer purgatory that awaits most young Americans overseas. more details | go to article

Bulls Extend Juan Pablo Angel And MLS Cup Quest
by Michael Lewis (Profile/Interview | New York Daily News - February 16)
Given his importance to the Red Bulls in experience, goal-scoring and leadership, there was nothing more vital in the offseason than getting a contract extension completed for striker and captain Juan Pablo Angel. more details | go to article

Michael Bradley Scores Twice, USA Breezes Past Mexico
by Filip Bondy (Profile/Interview | New York Daily News - February 12)
The art of choosing a favorable soccer venue for a World Cup qualifier is fraught with danger, with unexpected climatic spins and odd fan migrations. You never know what to expect until the gates are opened. more details | go to article

U.S. Bid For World Cup Into Gear
by Michael Lewis (Analysis | New York Daily News - February 2)
For U.S. Soccer president Sunil Gulati, it isn't a matter of if the U.S. is going to host the World Cup, it's a matter of when. more details | go to article

Radio Shack Backs Off From Mexican voodoo Campaign
by Associated Press (Article | New York Daily News - January 29)
RadioShack Corp. will not sponsor a Mexican newspaper promotion that invited fans to prick voodoo dolls wearing American jerseys to boost the country's soccer team in a World Cup qualifier next month against the United States. more details | go to article

Mets' MLS Bid Put Off To 2012
by Michael Lewis (Article | New York Daily News - October 15)
The Mets have decided to wait until the 2012 MLS season at the earliest to own a soccer team because there are no "concrete" plans for a stadium. more details | go to article

Cuban Soccer Stars Pedro Faife And Reynier Alcantara Defect To America
by Filip Bondy (Profile/Interview | New York Daily News - October 12)
When Cuba faced the U.S. in a World Cup qualifier last night, it did so without midfielder Pedro Faife and forward Reynier Alcantara - who both presumably joined the growing legion of that country's soccer-playing defectors to America. more details | go to article