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Interview

Here is a copy of interview I did for LTA Agency.
Q: You have been a long time critic of US Soccer why is it?
SB: Because the federation is guilty of mismanagement when it comes to women’s football.
Q: In what way?
SB: Their mission statement is to “develop soccer at all recreational and competitive levels.” Ask any [...]

All Underrated Team

Thinking about which WPS players are not appreciated as much as they should be, by most casual fans, at least. Here’s my All Underrated Team:
Burke (Sky Blue), Carney (Chicago), O’Hara (Gold Pride), Averbuch (Sky Blue), Yamaguchi (Atlanta), Seger (Philadelphia), Sauerbrunn (Washington), Bachmann (Atlanta), Fletcher (Sky Blue), Sawa (Washington), Engen (Chicago).
It’s no coincidence that Chicago is [...]

Systems only start the game

All coaches, from Tony DiCicco in Boston to Paul Riley in Philly and Brian Boswell at Ajax, see the game differently and will set up their teams to reflect their ideas of how football should be played. But one thing that is common to all successful teams is the discipline side of things in terms [...]

Nogueira defending Riley is a mismatch

Contrary to what my friend Charlie Naimo believes, it was not bad luck or poor officiating that the Red Stars lost 3:2 to FC Gold Pride last weekend. And it was not bad luck that they finished 6th and failed to make playoffs in 2009 and again this season as I write may finish 6th [...]