The 2023 Major League Soccer season gets underway at the end of February, and excitement for the new campaign is already palpable. Last season saw Los Angeles FC build a squad full of superstars such as Gareth Bale…
Gregg Berhalter's contract has expired and we're unsure of the next move for the manager or the US Men's National Team. Jurgen Klinsmann and Bruce Arena left little to the imagination when they each lost their position as USMNT…
2022 Ended for the Americans with a painful knockout loss to Holland 3-1. The young team had shown well in the Group stage. While they were unable to close out the Wales match due to a defensive error…
Thomas Deschaine, better known as US Keeper (USKeeper) put together a fantastic graphic on how many Americans have been in Top 5 European & UCL leagues by Year (by kit).
Each of the top 5 leagues are represented &…
Josh Wynder, 17-year-old Centerback for Louisville City FC in the USL & Marcus O'Malley from Chasingacup.com talked about his growth.
It's only August, but he's had a year:
2nd year CB for LouCity at…
Marcus O'Malley (@chasingacup) & Marcus Chairez (@chai_asc) talking about his bi-weekly MLS USMNT YNT coverage ranking the top 25 under 21 players in Major League Soccer.
Discover who Marcus ranks as his top players, who has…
Gideon Sutherland (@GideonSuth), Alex Calabrese (@amcalabrese12) & Marcus Chairez (@chai_asc) put their combined youth national team brainpower together to develop the Spring 2022 Top 50 U20 edition.
Rank
Player
Position
Club
Birth Year
1
Ricardo Pepi
CF
Augsburg
2003
2
Kevin Paredes
WF
Wolfsburg
2003
3
Justin Che
CB
Hoffenheim
2003
4
Axel Perez
AM
Lyon
2007
5
Cruz Medina
CM
San Jose
2006
6
Jonathan Gómez
FB
Real Sociedad
2003
7
Obed Vargas
DM
Seattle
2005
8
Adrian Gill
CM
Barcelona
2006
9
Pedro…
Justin Moran (@kickswish) and Marcus O'Malley (@chasingacup) Knocking if Around discussing USMNT's attacking side of the ball:
USMNT player pool update
who can help the forward line in March?
how do players' club roles affect national team play?
how…
Marcus O'Malley founder of Chasingacup.com joined Pete Douhit (@11yanks), Filippo Silva (@tacticalmanager) & Derek Richey (@thestraightredcard) on the US Soccer Council to discuss the previous USMNT World Cup Qualifying Window, the final window and how expectations of Gregg Berhalter…
Justin Moran (@kickswitch) and I breakdown Gregg Berhalter ahead of the final WCQ window.
I've written at length around the challenges for dual nationals aand Michelle Schmidt on the dual national panic, especially in light of David Ochoa and Julian Araujo choosing to play for Mexico instead of the United States as Mexican-American…
The USMNT begin a crucial series of games in late January, the first three of their final six for 2022 World Cup Qualifying. They currently stand in second place, however the gap between first and fourth is only two…