Miro Rys: US football’s first teenage star was killed before his prime
The striker looked like he could be the future of soccer in America. But fans never got to discover how far he could go
February 2019
Is promotion and relegation any closer in US soccer?
America’s international teams go through ups and downs but the issue of promotion and relegation in domestic leagues refuses to die
December 2018
'Hockey with a ball you could see': the Major Indoor Soccer League turns 40
Forty years ago the Major Indoor Soccer League debuted, an Americanized version of the beautiful game promising end-to-end action and goals, goals, goals
October 2018
How the birth and death of the NASL changed soccer in America forever
This week marks the 50th anniversary of the North American Soccer League’s foundation. The competition’s influence can still be seen today
April 2018
Rocco Commisso offers $500m investment to fund NASL
The owner of the New York Cosmos has offered to put half a billion dollars into the North American Soccer League over the next 10 years
November 2017
Sportblog
From Raúl to ruin: the rise and fall of the NASL, once MLS's challenger
The New York Cosmos and San Francisco Deltas meet in the title game this weekend. It could end up being the league’s final ever game
September 2017
Sportblog
The anti-Beckhams: the UK footballers choosing to start their careers in the US
MLS has long been derided as a retirement home for aging stars. But some young English players are choosing to kickstart their careers in the States
August 2017
FC Cincinnati's fairytale US Open Cup run continues into semi-finals
Sportblog
Why are foreign soccer stars buying up lower league teams in the US?
June 2017
Schweinsteiger falls and Nesta shines on night of shocks in US Open Cup
Netan Sansara: 'Why can't there be successful British Asian footballers?'
May 2017
Sportblog
How MLS clubs are undervaluing prospects from the US lower divisions
Could homegrown imports like Minnesota United’s Christian Ramirez help MLS get over its reluctance to mine talent from the NASL and USL?
April 2017
US pro soccer's 50th anniversary: 'They called us communists and midgets'
Dr Joe Machnik: American soccer's renaissance man
March 2017
Sportblog
I tried out for the New York Cosmos. Would I make the grade?
When Pele’s old club announced they were holding open tryouts, I, a 31-year-old journalist with no professional football experience, dared to dream
February 2017
The joy of six
The Joy of Six: weirdest trades in sports history
Gabriel Baumgaertner: If you thought the DeMarcus Cousins deal was strange, that’s nothing. We look back at the six weirdest player swaps in sports history
January 2017
NASL severs ties with president and drops from 12 to eight teams
Bill Peterson is out as president of the troubled North American Soccer League, which is cutting from 12 teams to eight
December 2016
Sportblog
Are the New York Cosmos dead again, or waiting for another resurrection?
Sportblog
Howard's history-making men's soccer champions needed to be twice as good
November 2016
Messi, Lahm and ... Sidwell? How much would Pelé's New York Cosmos cost today?
In the 1970s, the Cosmos created a team of stars, including Franz Beckenbauer and Carlos Alberto – and an equivalent team today would set you back plenty
