Photos from Russia. Thank you to the following people who continue to share photos with me. Cherif - LA based coach/director with legendary World Cup experiences. Odds are whoever scores the winner in the final will have a picture with Cherif on social media within 10 minutes. Kenny - former [...]
Sally Ziemer with former US Women's National Teams players Mia Hamm and Kristine Lilly at Manhattan Beach My daughter Sally and I are in the LA area to watch the Sacramento Republic take on Major League Soccer's Los Angeles FC at the brand new Banc de California stadium. [...]
Players from the Columbus Crew celebrate after beating FC Dallas 1-0 in stoppage time in the US Development Academy under 16/17 playoffs -p/c US Soccer If the US plans to have success in the 2026 World Cup, they are banking on the US Soccer Development Academy to lead [...]
Yesterday I reached out to Mexico to congratulate a friend on the win against Germany. This particular coach was part of the process developing the young generation of Mexican players, including coaching Hirving “Chucky” Lozano, who scored the winning goal for Mexico. The story begins in the summer of 1999, [...]
Credit to Mexico. They did what many thought was impossible. They knocked off Germany today 1-0 in an exciting game from start to finish. Mexico had a game plan and executed it well. They believed they could win and did. You could see the emotion in the Mexican players at [...]
Soccer is a global sport, a language which is spoken around the world. It is never so evident as during the World Cup, when countries come together to compete, but also unite to celebrate. A few examples: Today I traded texts with a good friend Sascha. He is Dutch, but [...]
I'm looking forward to all thee games on Sunday but Mexico vs Germany is the one I am most excited about. I picked Germany to win it at, so with that comes the expectation that they will beat Mexico. I just returned from a Sonoma Academy alumni event tonight and [...]
Saturday, June 16th - Wishing I was in Copenhagen, Lima or somewhere in Russia. I'd even take being in San Ramon with Kevin and his father... Kevin getting his Danish on... Cheering on the Danish team in Russia, from San Ramon...you have to love the World [...]
Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat trick to give Portugal a 3-3 tie with Spain I have never liked Ronaldo. I have only watched him play live once - in the 2010 World Cup against Brazil (in South Africa) - and his performance and attitude were both disappointing on [...]
Portugal vs Spain This game is not to be missed and the recent drama in the Spanish camp will only fuel the fire. Both teams have world class players, a history of international success (with some failure mixed in too) and as neighboring countries a bitter rivalry that is almost [...]
