'The Daily Show' Tackles American Soccer
by Brian Straus (Profile/Interview | AOL/AOL-Sports/Fanhouse - May 21)
It turns out that the fortunate members of the U.S. national team at this week's training camp were the ones who only had to answer dozens of questions about tactics, Wayne Rooney, how last year's Confederations Cup prepared them for this summer and also Wayne Rooney. Those who drew the short straw were left to face a far more daunting inquisition from John Oliver of The Daily Show. more details | go to article

Dynamo Remain At A Loss
by Brian Straus (Result | Houston Chronicle - May 27)
WASHINGTON — The Dynamo managed their first goal in 275 minutes during Saturday night's match against D.C. United, a highlight-worthy, second-half strike from Dwayne De Rosario. more details | go to article

Straus: Calling For A Regional Tournament
by Brian Straus (Commentary | US National Soccer Players Association - August 16)
USSoccerPlayers (August 16, 2006) -- I had the good fortune to attend Saturday's New York Red Bulls-Barcelona friendly at the Meadowlands, and was struck by, well, the friendliness of it all. more details | go to article

Straus: Weekend With The Owls
by Brian Straus (Commentary | US National Soccer Players Association - August 2)
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (August 2, 2006) -- It was pretty clear to me right away that there were two problems with the song being shouted by about a dozen Sheffield Wednesday Football Club supporters inside The Old Toad, a reasonably authentic English pub nestled on a tree-lined street in Rochester, N.Y., more than 3,000 miles from Hillsborough. more details | go to article

Straus: The Evolution Of Freddy Part Ii
by Brian Straus (Profile/Interview | US National Soccer Players Association - June 21)
WASHINGTON (June 21, 2006) -- The U.S. national team players were good role models for Adu during Bruce Arena's large-scale training camp at the Home Depot Center back in January. It was exactly the sort of eye-opening experience that Adu needed going into his third season with D.C. United. more details | go to article

The Evolution Of Freddy
by Brian Straus (Profile/Interview | US National Soccer Players Association - June 6)
WASHINGTON (June 6, 2006) -- He may have matched him trick for trick in that Sierra Mist commercial, but as it turns out, Freddy Adu is no Pele. He will not play in and win a World Cup at 17, nor will he single-handedly change the planet's perception of American soccer with his preternatural and precocious skill -- not yet, anyway. more details | go to article

Olsen Primed For Inclusion
by Brian Straus (Profile/Interview | US National Soccer Players Association - May 2)
WASHINGTON (May 2, 2006) -- College all-American, US Soccer Young Male Athlete of the Year, MLS Rookie of the Year, MLS Cup MVP, Olympian. more details | go to article

O'Brien Making A Run At The World Cup
by Brian Straus (Profile/Interview | US National Soccer Players Association - April 11)
John O'Brien returned quietly to Southern California last December with an injured groin and a bag of reasonably hard-to-come-by soccer souvenirs. more details | go to article