TYAC Soccer Show: USA Defeat France; England awaits
The guys break down the US win over France, preview the England game and talk about why none of it may matter since Holland could win.
Don’t know much, but hard not to like the “dark horse” Dutch at the FIFA World Cup
Now through to the semifinals, perhaps pundits will finally take Holland’s chances of winning the country’s first World Cup seriously.
Why the Dutch have dazzled in France.
Explaining the Rise of Canadian Men’s Soccer through e-mail to In-Laws
Canada are on the verge of a Gold Cup semifinal, ahead of schedule as their golden generation comes of age.
Jon Levy explained this to his Canadian in-laws.
TYAC Soccer Show: USA-France Preview
The USWNT braces for a tough World Cup quarterfinal against host France on Friday.
We preview it in a pod.
Tobin Heath: American Magic Maker, Soccer Idol
On the incredible Tobin Heath, who, as one of soccer’s great magic makers, helps give soccer its music and soul.
With fierce belief and a stout defense, this Canadian team feels different
In Grenoble, a city famous for defensive fortifications, Canada emerged as a team that has found a defensive identity- and with it- a chance to win a World Cup.
With a country behind them, Amandine Henry wills France towards a World Cup breakthrough
If France’s golden generation finally make an international breakthrough this summer, you can bet immaculate midfielder and captain Amandine Henry will have led the way.
Neil Blackmon on Henry, and why this time, it may be different for France.
TYAC Soccer Show: Caitlin Murray on the USWNT
Caitlin Murray, the author of the wonderful new book “The National Team: The Inside Story of the Women who changed Soccer”, joins us for a discussion of the FIFA Women’s World Cup and the USWNT.
In France, women’s soccer readies for its greatest showcase, despite continuing fights for equality off it
Loaded with star power and more competitive than ever, this Women’s World Cup promises to be one of the greatest World Cups ever played. In spite of that, or perhaps because of it, the battles off the field to remedy the pay and working conditions inequities that plague women’s soccer are fiercer than ever.
We preview the tournament, which begins Friday in Paris.
Taking Inventory of the questions facing the USWNT after the Send Off Series
The United States enter the World Cup with the deepest team in the world and plenty of star power. But there are questions in defense and midfield that leave the Yanks vulnerable. John Halloran explores the questions that linger after the Send-Off Series.
US U20s are promising and hope is a good thing, but the hard part of development is what comes next
The American U20 team is giving an American fan base still reeling from the World Cup qualification failure a much-needed injection of hope for the future.
That’s tremendous, and the class has great promise.
But history instructs the hard part of development is what happens next.
In mesmerizing performance, US U20s respond, handle Nigeria: TYAC Analysis
With their backs to the wall, the US U20s played some of the most riveting soccer we’ve seen from an American men’s team in years Monday against Nigeria.
Our thoughts on what all that potential means for the program- and what the result means for the tournament.