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Mexico may have the USA's number in associated football (do Pablo Barrera, Giovani dos Santos and Javier Hernandez ring a bell?), but when it comes to American football, they are still relegated to second fiddle. On Tuesday, the USA, under head coach Mel Tjeerdsma, exacted some sort of payback for the demise of their soccer counterparts in the CONCACAF Gold Cup Final by defeating Edgar Zapata's Mexican national team by the score of 17-7 in Innsbruck, Austria. Former Colorado Buffaloes quarterback Cody Hawkins is the USA's main playmaker on offense. Hawkins passed for 267 yards, setting up a couple of ...

A cacophony of noise and laughter can be seen from the playgrounds amidst the high rises in San Francisco’s rough-and-tumble Tenderloin district.  Kids sprint across the hard asphalt with balls launched at them in a game that could be considered as a hybrid between kickball and dodgeball.“First, it’s about enjoying yourself–having fun–and then it’s about expressing yourself as an individual with the ball on the field, and third it’s about being with your friends and working together as teammates,” 1999 World Cup champion and FC Gold Pride forward Tiffeny Milbrett said when asked about the benefits soccer can give to ...

Thinking about Hugh McCutcheon's USA women's volleyball team evokes memories of my first-ever piece I wrote for Bleacher Report. On August 21, 2008, I published an article talking about Cuba's women's volleyball team eating humble pie at the expense of the states during the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Today, I sing the praises of the United States women once again. This time, it's the whole wide world eating humble pie at the expense of McCutcheon's ladies. On Sunday, August 29 at the Beilun Gymnasium in Ningbo, China, the USA swept Japan 26-24, 25-20, 25-23 to win the 2010 FIVB World ...

Any sporting fan who utilizes their right to break out of their shell and follow the Olympic Movement are aware of the Summer and Winter Olympic Games. A daring few are courageous enough to follow the Paralympics. I am, of course, a keen example of this because I published a couple of pieces on the Ice Sledge Hockey tournament held in Vancouver several months ago. But did you know that we also have a Youth Olympic Games? Yes, we actually have an Olympiad for those who legitimately are young enough to compete for the real thing (read: China's women's gymnastics ...

Many of the world's best players throwing and knocking the old horsehide around began their careers playing through the youth systems. There's the PONY League, Cal Ripken, Babe Ruth, and American Legion, among others. But then there is the biggest of them all—Little League. Since 1947, the Little League World Series has been held in the city of Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Teams from the USA, Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia, the Middle East, and Europe contest for the honor of the best Little League All-Star team in the world. This preview will give you a little look at the main protagonists in a ...

I want to go ahead and take time off my usual Los Angeles Galaxy spiels and play-by-plays to reminisce and salute the glories of another in Southern California. It has been more than three months after the fact, but like a phoenix from ashes, the tradition and history of San Diego's most prolific football team rose to lay its claim as the best in America. No, I am not talking about the San Diego Chargers. Heck; they haven't won a Super Bowl yet. I'm talking about the San Diego Sockers of the Professional Arena Soccer League, also known as PASL-Pro. ...

When you think of women and football, the game of soccer comes to mind. The USA have been the best team in the world when it comes to a code of football embraced by every corner of the world. But mention the thought of the USA having an American football team—girdiron—made up of women to the average armchair sports fan in the States and one thought comes to mind: Are you crazy? You can't be serious! Believe it or not, there is a USA Women's National Football team. Coached by John Konecki of the Independent Women's Football League's Chicago Force, this team ...

There is no question that Southern California is a sports-crazy region. In baseball, the San Diego Padres, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, and Los Angeles Dodgers are a top draw. The San Diego Chargers fly the flag for SoCal in the NFL as the debate for expansion in LA rolls right along. The Anaheim Ducks and Los Angeles Kings take center ice in the NHL. The Los Angeles Clippers and Los Angeles Lakers electrify the masses at Staples Center. And at the Home Depot Center, you either bleed Chivas USA red and white or LA Galaxy blue and gold—but certainly not ...

The story circulating like buzzards in the southern skies above AAMI Park has been the talk of the town for some time. Melbourne Storm, who have been dominant during the last few seasons in the National Rugby League, are in a state of transition after word sprung that they went over the salary cap. The Storm won't be playing for points this season, but then again, here in the States the best teams in the NFL only play for wins, losses and draws. But the impact has been intense. The likes of the Victorian Fraud Squad & the Australian Securities and ...

Thursday will go down as a gray day for St. Louis sports. The Los Angeles Sol is not the only club to fold in Women's Professional Soccer. The adage goes, "Misery loves company." In this instance, Missouri and misery are one of the same.St. Louis Athletica has officially shut its doors in a press announcement. And Jeff Cooper, the person making the call, has to be considered one of the most despised men in a number of soccer circles in the city right now."Saint Louis Athletica is a painful outcome from the funding shortfalls and ultimate default by the investors who had ...