By Chris Tsakonas New York City FC earned its first win of the season after defeating the Philadelphia Union 2-1 at Subaru Park. Hannes Wolf opened the scoring in the 36th minute, while Tayvon Gray netted the game-winner in the ninth minute of second-half stoppage time. New York City capitalizes after slow start It was … Read more
By Chris Tsakonas New York City FC opened the 2026 season with a 1-1 draw against the LA Galaxy at Dignity Health Sports Park tonight. Nico Fernandez Mercau scored the first goal of the year for New York City in the draw. Here are three observations from the season opener. Slow start costs New York … Read more
The Saint Benedict’s boys’ soccer team recently was named the No. 1 team in the country for the 14th time in program history, and on the walls of the Newark school are photos from those teams, including the school’s first top-ranked squad in 1990. Scan the pictures of the 1990 Gray Bees, who were 25-0, and you’ll … Read more
Bravo, Qatar Airways. The Middle East airline helped spark ideas to share from day one of my journey to the World Cup with United Soccer Coaches, Generation Adidas International and SiriusXM FC. The flight from JFK to Doha was 12 and a half hours. Personally, I’ve never been in the air longer on a direct … Read more
DOHA, Qatar — If the U.S Men’s National Team is to advance out of Group B at the World Cup, the contributions of a trio from New Jersey will be essential. Head coach Gregg Berhalter – born and raised in Tenafly – will reflect on the second half of the 1-1 result against Wales on Monday, when he admitted his side … Read more
FIFA President Gianni Infantino made a plea to the 32 teams here in Qatar: Keep political messages and symbols out of the World Cup. On Sunday, U.S. Soccer confirmed that it had purposely published a tweet on the official U.S. Men’s National Team account with an Iranian flag that excluded the Islamic Republic symbol in … Read more
