culture
Dot The Map
We're back and this time, I've got a friend. As a man once dubbed the "Soccer Eagle" who then turned that nickname into a running bit that I've now revived for this extremely serious weekly newsletter/brain dump on the sport of
USMNT
The Most Broke
Hi! So I'm back. Apologies for the interruption in regular service here at Soccer Eagle—my trip and broadcast schedule in Albuquerque for last week's big Meow Wolf Night show for New Mexico United's annual collision of art and soccer prevented me from squeezing
morning kickaround
Moves and Grooves
The newsletter takes on a slightly different look this week, thanks to a bit of a time crunch at the Soccer Eagle home office. Why is there a time crunch, you are surely asking? Because Morning Kickaround, the thrice-weekly webshow I'm doing on YouTube with Rob Kerr is
USMNT
What A Poch Believes
USMNT roster time is a truly special time in the world of American soccer. Nothing brings out the angst and self-loathing quite like the naming of fewer than two dozen players to represent our aspiring soccer nation, regardless of the stakes. It's probably more indicative of our psychosis
USMNT
Forget It Jake, It's USMNT Town
Paxten Aaronson, a 21-year-old Philadelphia Union academy product who left the Union to join Eintracht Frankfurt after making just over 40 total appearances for the club, is coming back to MLS. Aaronson is joining the Colorado Rapids as a DP, leaving behind (for the moment) the dream of making it
MLS
American Soccer Sack
I'm pulling out a sack of various American soccer topics for this week's newsletter, something I'm thinking I might do more of in the future. Before I jam my arm into the sack and pull out the first item, could you do me a
history
How We Remember
Heyo, it's a newsletter post from your friend Jason. For the second newsletter in a row, we're talking American soccer history. That makes sense, since it's one of my favorite subjects. It also makes sense because the universe hath provided.
MLS
Sniff Sniff
Arrivederci! Insigne and Bernardeschi are done in Toronto and process of rebuilding the wake of their destruction can now begin. We all anxiously await MLSE's next move, which is undoubtedly to spend eye-watering money on yet another questionable high-profile arrival from Europe. Agents are drooling in places like
MLS
Major League Something
Turns out the recently crowned European champion, a team that routed an Inter Milan outfit celebrated for its defensive stability and technical acumen, is a little bit better than a Major League Soccer team made up of players who haven't seen their prime since Harry and Meghan were
MLS
The Miami Slide
But Messi, a bad guy? That's also about resentment. MLS fans, many of whom have followed the league and their clubs for years, resent that the league orbits the Messi star 30 years after its founding.
MLS
The MLS Calendar: Hot Or Cold?
You're probably already up on the saga of Major League Soccer's potential calendar swap that picked up speed on Thursday morning last week only to come to a screeching halt by late Thursday afternoon. The upshot is that, as SBJ reported, MLS could have voted on