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How the economy is changing the world of sports fans

Outtakes with Tim Howard

U.S. ex-pat, and current Everton keeper, Tim Howard talks to Kenny Mayne about playing soccer abroad.

The World's Game (According to Us)

President Obama threw his weight behind the U.S. World Cup bid this week with some lovely words about the world's game. "As...

Bob Bradley

After the collapse in Germany, America needs him. But for how long?

The World's Game (According to Us)

On Monday, U.S. Soccer announced that former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger had joined the U.S. World Cup bid committee. Kissinger, a lifelong soccer fan, helped organize the 1994 Cup, and...

Big Finisher

...native of New Jersey and the son of Haitian immigrants, scored 19 goals in 25 games with the U.S. under-17 squad in 2005 but flew under the radar as a second-rounder in...

The Morning According to Us

...gift for oddly predictive headlines, claims today that David Beckham will "be booed upon his return to the U.S." To back the claim, the paper cites the words of Alexei Lalas, the former American...

Life of Reilly

For the price of a bus token, you can see NBA hoops. Really.

Although the U.S. Soccer Federation didn't get the cold weather advantage it wanted when it scheduled this...

The World's Game (According to Us)

...tried to humiliate us … And now they've really gone and done it.'' Mexican resentment of the U.S. goes back at least to 1848, when Winfield Scott marched into Mexico City and the...

The World's Game According To Us

On April 1, 1985, a now-iconic article by George Plimpton appeared in Sports Illustrated, profiling a Mets pitching prospect named Hayden "Sidd" Finch...

The World's Game According To Us: The Seattle Sounders

...seem like the sign of poor youth development and a weak talent pool. Critics have been bashing the U.S. and MLS development system for a long time, but recently teams have begun to beef...

Baby, You're The Greatest

Want to know what sport your kid should play? Why wait? Everybody into the gene pool!

Over Here

Sure, David Beckham went from premier league prodigy to global pop star, but can he make soccer matter in America?

Reporting From: 12 Years of Metro Soccer

...years, while I can't say that MLS has become part of the mainstream sports culture in the U.S., it has successfully carved out its own niche. Look no further than the intimate soccer...