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REID | Lionel Messi Represents the Pattern, not the Exception: The Problem with the MLS

REID | Lionel Messi Represents the Pattern, not the Exception: The Problem with the MLS

By Owen Reid November 11, 2023

Lionel Messi’s signing with Inter Miami CF this past summer was undoubtedly the most notable Major League Soccer (MLS) signing ever made. The winner of eight Ballon d’Ors, four Champions Leagues and...

COMMENTARY | D.C. United Kicks Off Season with Historic Win over Expansion Team Charlotte FC

COMMENTARY | D.C. United Kicks Off Season with Historic Win over Expansion Team Charlotte FC

By Rushil Vashee March 4, 2022

With fans from across the East Coast packed into Audi Field, D.C. United played its first regular-season match in 111 days. And Charlotte FC played its first one ever. Carolina Panthers and Charlotte...

WEXELBLATT | Quarterbacks, Goalies, Pitchers Are More Similar Than They May Seem

WEXELBLATT | Quarterbacks, Goalies, Pitchers Are More Similar Than They May Seem

By Jake Wexelblatt July 20, 2020

When analyzing the greatness of professional athletes’ prowess, fans quickly compare within sports and not across them. Instead, fans should look across the athletic aisle for intersport comparison...

HAMPERS | Soccer in US Market Shows Encouraging Signs

HAMPERS | Soccer in US Market Shows Encouraging Signs

By Dean Hampers January 25, 2019

Despite being the most popular sport across the globe, soccer has seldom enjoyed popularity in the United States. The fall of 2017 brought a potent reminder of the United States’ lag in soccer relative...

CRAIGE: MLS Still Lags Behind Premier Competition

CRAIGE: MLS Still Lags Behind Premier Competition

By Vanessa Craige July 29, 2016

With just two weeks to go until the return of the English Premier League, it is somehow getting harder to wait that long. Fortunately, ESPN has started broadcasting most of the International Champions...

Men’s Soccer | Allen, Muyl Sign Pro Contracts

By Darius Iraj January 22, 2016

Georgetown is officially a soccer school. Following the Georgetown men’s soccer team’s historic winning 2015 season, the Hoyas made a big splash in Major League Soccer’s offseason with two signings:...

IRAJ: Passionate Fans Drive Recent Rise of MLS

IRAJ: Passionate Fans Drive Recent Rise of MLS

By Darius Iraj December 4, 2015

This past Sunday, I witnessed some of the purest passion for sports in New York and possibly in the nation. As I have done many times before, I took two trains and walked 20 minutes before I got to Red...

CRAIGE: Soccer Provides Unique Appeal Internationally

CRAIGE: Soccer Provides Unique Appeal Internationally

By Vanessa Craige August 31, 2015

Football. To those of us living in the good old United States, it represents our passion for watching guys try to beat the living snot out of each other while chasing around a weird leather ball. We live,...

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Sophomore defender Joshua Yaro, the Big East Defensive Player of the Year, helped Georgetown record 10 shutouts this season.

Men’s Soccer | Yaro Forgoes MLS Draft, Stays at GU

By Andrew May January 13, 2015

Over winter break, the Georgetown men’s soccer team’s sophomore defender Joshua Yaro decided to remain at Georgetown and declined a contract with Major League Soccer. The contract would likely...

SANTAMARIA: DC United Benefit from MLS

By Paolo B. Santamaria September 12, 2014

Sports in the District of Columbia are known for their turnaround teams, with the Wizards and the Nationals gradually evolving from mediocrity into their current status as playoff contenders. However,...

MEN’S SOCCER | Riemer to LA, Wiese Receives Top Award

By Ryan Bacic January 25, 2013

Forward/midfielder Andy Riemer may have been ignored in last week’s MLS SuperDraft, but he was one of the first off the board Tuesday in the league’s Supplemental Draft, going sixth overall...

Holden’s Woes Weigh on America

By Matt Bell October 18, 2012

The United States men’s national team has struggled recently, and despite reaching the Hexagonal — the final stage in World Cup qualifying — there is one key performer whose availability for his...

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