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U.S. Soccer’s Nations League roster includes Folarin Balogun

A week ago B.J. Callaghan, an assistant coach with the men’s national soccer team, was packing to take his daughter from Chicago to North Carolina for a lacrosse tournament when he got a phone call telling him he was being promoted. Anthony Hudson, the team’s interim manager, was leaving for another job and Callaghan would […]

Commentary: Galaxy President Chris Klein’s exit was inevitable

When Bruce Arena left the Galaxy for the U.S. national team after the 2016 season, club President Chris Klein and Dan Beckerman, CEO of the team’s parent company AEG, vowed to take the team in a new direction. They succeeded, with the last seven years marking the worst stretch in franchise history. So Tuesday, Beckerman […]

Los Angeles FC eye Champions League crown in Leon clash

Los Angeles FC will attempt to become only the third Major League Soccer team to win CONCACAF’s top club competition when they face Mexican side Leon in the first leg of the Champions League final on Wednesday. A year after the Seattle Sounders ended more than two decades of futility by MLS teams, LAFC are […]

USMNT Interim Coach Anthony Hudson Quits, Replaced By B.J. Callaghan

Anthony Hudson quit as interim head coach of the U.S. men’s soccer team on Tuesday, just two weeks before he was to lead the Americans in the CONCACAF Nations League semifinals. He was replaced by B.J. Callaghan, another holdover from former coach Gregg Berhalter’s staff. Hudson’s departure was announced just six days after the U.S. […]

B.J. Callaghan named new interim U.S. men’s soccer coach

B.J. Callaghan will coach the men’s national team during this summer’s CONCACAF Nations League and Gold Cup tournaments, replacing Anthony Hudson, who has served as the team’s interim manager since January. Callaghan has served with the USMNT since 2019, joining the program as the strategy analyst before being elevated to an assistant coach. He is […]

LAFC is pushing to defy history, win CONCACAF Champions League

A year ago, Brian Schmetzer solved the riddle that had bewildered MLS managers for more than two decades by leading Seattle to a CONCACAF Champions League title. The Sounders’ one-sided win over Pumas marked the first time this century an MLS team won the region’s most prestigious club competition — and the first time a […]

Motherhood has given Julie Ertz new appreciation of soccer

When Julie Ertz walked off the field after collecting her bronze medal for the U.S. at the Tokyo Olympics, it was as if she stepped into the witness protection program: She immediately disappeared. Traded by her club team four months later to Angel City FC, she failed to show up to the team’s first training […]