It's over. The waiting, the driving to hell and gone, the wondering, the money, the nights off Route 99, years upon years of effort and struggle. His and mine. Result....  The kid's going to play soccer in college, or that's the hope. He's been invited; he'll have to make the team, but he's been invited. No scholarship but he's in.....

And now a little advice.  Remember that the soccer-industrial complex is no different than say, the SAT-industrial complex.  The business model is the…

Spring rains in Northern California delayed the start of our soccer season; Parks & Rec doesn't want its grass fields ruined by cleats deployed too soon after a storm.

But this past weekend, the rains subsided, the sun came out, and the youngest head coach I know personally (or have ever seen in this…

A center back does not often get a chance at glory in the form of scoring a winning goal, but that's exactly what happened last weekend in a State Cup game in Brentwood, a former farming area turned suburb in Northern California.

On a cold, windy day, it was one of those games that seemed to be going all wrong…

How many times have we seen a player reach the end line of the field, make a great cross and no one from his team was there, ready to score?

How many times have we seen a team lose the ball in attacking and a couple of defenders have to face a counter attack from 3 or 4 opponent players because nobody else comes back to help?

How many times have we seen a team who's shape was 3 or 4 defenders in front of their own keeper, 3 or 4 players at half field and a couple…