On December 2, 2018, Earnie Stewart and USSoccer hired Gregg Berhalter as the new coach of the Men's National Team ending the team's year plus term of suspended animation and disappointing a large segment of the fan base that hoped for someone different, more exotic. By Peter Nolan

Long-simmering tensions between U.S. Soccer and the Women's National Team arose again today, International Women's Day, with a New York Times report that all 28 players in the USWNT player pool have sued the governing body for engaging in "institutionalized gender discrimination." By Peter Nolan

With Brexit looming is the English Premier League in jeopardy of forfeiting its status, self-proclaimed though it may be, as the "best" and "most entertaining" league in the world? By Peter Nolan

With the January Transfer window set to close in a matter of hours, a trio of big money moves has put Major League Soccer in the spotlight and in the process validated Commissioner Don Garber's December proclamation that MLS must "become more of a selling league."