Posts by Andrew Lewellen
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Turning Back the Wave: USMNT Wins in Mexico for the First Time
Before Wednesday’s friendly between the U.S. and Mexico in Mexico City, there was talk. Lots of talk. Of the United States’ 0-1-23 all-time record in Mexico. Of the Estadio Azteca, the buzzing cauldron where the crowds of 100,000-plus El Tri fans usually taunt American players and shower them with liquids, varying in form from alcoholic […]
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Real Madrid Bring Hollywood to Los Angeles
In January 1992, when I was 11 years old, I piled into my travel soccer coach’s conversion van with a bunch of teammates and set out from Ann Arbor, Michigan, to watch the U.S. National Team play the Commonwealth of Independent States (better known as the former Soviet Union) at the Pontiac Silverdome. I’ll be […]
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Three Things About Andre Villas-Boas and Tottenham’s Trip to Los Angeles
1. He Means Business At a pregame press conference on Monday afternoon at the Home Depot Center, Andre Villas-Boas, Tottenham Hotspur’s new manager, stepped onto the stage with an air of authority and control. Tension filled the room. Reporters, who only moments before had been joking about the sarcastic questions they might ask the manager, […]
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The Future of U.S. Soccer: Homegrown Players
In the fourth in a series of posts on the future of U.S. soccer, Andrew Lewellen looks at Major League Soccer’s hotly debated Homegrown Player rule. For Part I of the series, on the recent changes in high school and youth soccer, click here. For Part II, on the 1990 World Cup’s impact on the […]
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Eat My Goal: Jose Villarreal Gets on the Board for L.A. Galaxy
With 20 minutes left in Wednesday night’s game at Vancouver and the Galaxy down 2-0, L.A. coach Bruce Arena decided to put in Jose Villarreal. It would only be Villarreal’s second professional appearance. The 18-year-old, one of L.A.’s two “Homegrown” players, hails from Inglewood — that’s right … Inglewood — and MLS actually allowed the […]
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The Future of U.S. Soccer: The College Game
In the third in a series of posts on the future of soccer, Andrew Lewellen looks at the hotly debated role the college game plays in the U.S. soccer landscape. For Part I of the series, on the recent changes in high school and youth soccer, click here. For Part II, on the 1990 World […]
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The Future of U.S. Soccer, Part II: The Age of Determination
In the second in a series of posts on the future of soccer, Andrew Lewellen looks back on a pivotal moment in U.S. soccer history — the 1990 World Cup — and how it changed the trajectory of the sport in the States. For Part I of the series, on the recent changes in high […]
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The Future of U.S. Soccer, Part I: The High School Debate
In the first of a series of posts on the future of soccer in the United States, Andrew Lewellen looks at the U.S. Soccer Federation’s efforts to centralize the development of youth talent. Check back next week for Part II, when Andrew takes a look at a pivotal moment in U.S. soccer history — the […]
