Hamish Nieh

Every national team coach has his favorites. Those mainstay players that always manage to make the lineup card no matter how out of form they appear or who’s waiting in the wings to take their place. It’s about having earned …

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Coming off an extremely unlikely, and equally historic, triumph against Mexico in their final friendly tune up, Team Jurgen Klinsmann now confidently enters the first of two CONCACAF World Cup qualification matches against Jamaica… but the road through Kingston looks …

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With the recent EPL debut of Houston Dynamo product Geoff Cameron an undeniable success (he received “Man of the Match” honors in Stoke City’s scoreless draw against Arsenal), we now look to the next batch of MLS-ers poised and postured …

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Never one to shy away from publicly exposed quarrels or full on media bouts, Olympic gold medalist Hope Solo (and her newly published memoir) has, yet again, placed herself at the epicenter of a highly scrutinized controversy. In similarly contentious …

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Despite the pleasant moniker bestowed upon these contests by FIFA, international “friendlies” between the United States and Mexico are usually about as chummy as a night out with Drake and Chris Brown at a New York City night club… meaning …

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Soccer has always been a sport predicated on somewhat subjective measurables; many coaches, scouts and trainers finding the majority of what they need to know from a player’s actual play on the field, rather than his respective averages and scores …

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Deep in the furthest Pacific Northwest reaches of Major League Soccer, a fully-engaged Seattle Sounders helped kick off Chelsea’s pre-season tour of the United States. Blue versus a light sea foam-ish green was the scene, a decidedly mild color combination …

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The New York Cosmos have officially returned to the professional ranks of American soccer… and this time it’s not just for a brief merchandising blitz. This is a sports franchise that carries a great deal of baggage, some filled with …

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Beckham. Henry. Keane. And now Nesta. There are some very internationally recognizable names gracing today’s Major League Soccer ranks to be sure, but why does it still seem like the West-ward movement remains a feeble trickle instead of a rising …

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