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Vancouver Whitecaps captain Jay DeMerit has ruptured his Achilles tendon and will be out indefinitely.

As the post-mortem of Honduras 2, USA 1 continues to evolve in the days since last Wednesday's loss in San Pedro Sula, new (old) names get tossed into the proverbial hat as players who might help solve some of the U.S. team's problems so keenly evide...

David Beckham and Landon Donovan won the fans' vote for Major League Soccer's All-Star First XI, the first step in selecting the team that will take on European champion Chelsea later this month in Chester, Pa. MLS on Sunday announced the first 11...

Jeff Carlisle hands out our midseason Major League Soccer awards.

CARSON -- Two games in and so much is going so well for Chivas USA, enough so that with a just a little more attacking spark the Goats might be streaking toward something special. Instead, they're 0-2-0, haven't found the net, and have seen two ou...

CARSON -- Chivas USA held most of the possession and played superb defense all over the field Saturday night, but -- as with its fine effort in last weekend's Major League Soccer opener -- it wasn't enough. Vancouver scored from a 68th-minute corn...

Jack Graul says independent film Rise & Shine: The Jay DeMerit Story highlights the precarious path of a professional footballer and the fine line between success and failure.

"The Jay DeMerit Story," which debuted in the UK this week, provides plenty of interest in itself, but will it inspire other budding filmmakers to explore soccer's untold stories? Michael Cox takes a closer look after chatting with DeMerit.

New York takes another transcontinental trip this weekend as the Red Bulls make their inaugural visit to Empire Field on Saturday to face the Vancouver Whitecaps. The Red Bulls will look to leave their four-game winless streak in Rain City after b...

In an exclusive interview with Sunil Gulati, the president of the United States Soccer Federation, Brent Latham gets the inside scoop on Gulati's vision for the future of the U.S. developmental program.

Blog | Conversation | May 27, 2011

Soccer players have their unique paths to get to the professional ranks, but Vancouver Whitecaps FC defender Jay DeMerit's is as rare as they come. The former University of Illinois-Chicago standout and one-time Chicago Fire Reserves player has se...

Will Charlie Davies get the call? Is Juan Agudelo a lock? Luke Cyphers and Doug McIntyre attempt to answer some big questions for the U.S. national team heading into the Gold Cup.

Blog | Conversation | May 04, 2011

The two most recent friendlies revealed plenty about the U.S. men's national team, with the performances of several young players providing encouraging signs.

The result may have been inferior to the U.S.'s 1-1 draw with Argentina on Saturday, but the Americans were a vastly superior team in their 1-0 loss to Paraguay, writes Leander Schaerlaeckens.

After getting an unlikely 1-1 result on grit against Argentina on Saturday night, the U.S. faces Paraguay in Nashville, Tenn., on Tuesday. Here are four key questions heading into the game.

The U.S. deserves credit for fighting back to a 1-1 draw against Argentina, but that can't whitewash the clear problems in the team's midfield, writes Jeff Carlisle.