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-5 posts tagged "World Cup"
Inigo Yturralde | Wednesday, August 12, 2020
Soccer, the beautiful game, is captivating more people than ever before in the United States. Professional and youth teams alike are emerging all over the country. It seems like everyday there is news about a new team joining Major League Soccer (MLS) or an American youth team having success abroad. In turn, there is clear
Tobias Hoonhout | Wednesday, March 28, 2018
#TheProcess. No, this column is not about the Philadelphia 76ers, even though my roommate finally thinks the glory days of Philly basketball have returned. It’s about the U.S. Men’s National Team. Now, to say that the United States missing out on the 2018 World Cup is a setback for the sport in the States is
Renee Griffin | Monday, September 7, 2015
With the United States’ Women’s World Cup victory over the summer, Shannon Boxx concluded her professional soccer career the same way she began her time at Notre Dame: with a championship. Boxx, a 1999 Notre Dame grad and a mainstay in the U.S. National Team’s midfield since 2003, was a freshman in 1995. That year, she
Alex Carson | Tuesday, August 25, 2015
It’s August, and that means it’s the most wonderful time of the year. If you know me, even in the slightest, you’ll know I’m a soccer nerd — one step into my room with a wall adorned by scarves should tell you that pretty well. And on the whole, becoming a diehard fan has been an interesting transition
Alex Carson | Wednesday, September 24, 2014
The Hawthorn Hawks play the Sydney Swans on the grandest of stages this weekend in what can only be described as football’s biggest game. That’s Australian rules football, of course. A sport that I remain utterly convinced Americans would love if ever properly introduced to it. But, unfortunately, the rights holders to the Australian Football League