The weather has not yet appreciably warmed in New York, but we are in full swing after the mid-winter break. Running goalkeeper sessions on windy, zero-degree nights with keepers of all ages and abilities has revealed a very telling pattern: the best
The Dust Bowl
When I was a kid and football madness ruled my life, I built a pitch in my back garden. It wasn’t much of a pitch, really; just two wooden five-a-side goals sunk into the earth about thirty yards apart. I strung second-hand nets onto the goals, and
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Tonight it’s warm. My windows are open to a breeze that comes across the Gulf Stream and coral reefs of the Florida Keys. My dog Blake lies asleep at my feet. Every half-hour or so he looks up at me, making sure I’m still with him. He might wonder
Soccer Players and Fast Cars: A Sometimes Dangerous Mix
While playing for River Plate, Diego Buanotte had to recover from injuries he suffered in a car accident in which he was involved on December 26 - 2009. Buanotte was the "lucky one" as three friends traveling with him in the car were killed. His
Letter from San Diego – Soccer in a Divided Region
The geography of San Diego is unlike most American cities. Snaking up in a narrow band inland to the north, with the bulk of the city sandwiched along the Pacific coast, a section of the city sits along the United States-Mexico border, cut off from
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