Recent Marc Connolly Articles
Give & Go: Chivas USA's Lawson vaughn
by Marc Connolly (Profile/Interview | Goal.com - September 14)
Goal.com USA caught up with the Chivas USA right back to discuss his team's rivalry with the L.A. Galaxy, his preferred position on the field and his lack of a goal celebration. more details | go to article

Give & Go: U.S. U-20 Defender Anthony Wallace
by Marc Connolly (Profile/Interview | Goal.com - July 11)
Goal.com USA conducted a Q & A session with the lanky defender on the eve of his team's game against Uruguay on Wednesday (ESPNU and Galavision, 7:45 p.m. ET) in a Under-20 World Cup Round of 16 match in Toronto. more details | go to article

Weekend Wrap From Ct
by Marc Connolly (Commentary | US National Soccer Players Association - May 29)
After spending the holiday weekend coaching at the Oakwood Premier Invitational in Connecticut and running in to/observing all types of coaches, parents and fans, here are a few notes: more details | go to article

Pot Of Gold
by Marc Connolly and Ian Plenderleith (Analysis | US National Soccer Players Association - May 22)
With the US roster for the Gold Cup about to be announced and the Champions' League final in the same week, USSoccerPlayers' Marc Connolly and Ian Plenderleith had no choice but to get together for another version of the Writers' Roundtable. more details | go to article

Writers' Roundtable: Bob The Builder
by Marc Connolly and Ian Plenderleith (Analysis | US National Soccer Players Association - May 15)
On the eve of the official announcement of Bob Bradley’s hiring as the head coach of the US National Team, USSoccerPlayers’ Marc Connolly and Ian Plenderleith got together to comment on this and look at the recent on-goings in Major League Soccer. more details | go to article

The All Salary Cap Team
by Marc Connolly (Analysis | US National Soccer Players Association - May 8)
If Mo Johnston can buy, sell, and trade players as though it was his personal Fantasy Team, then so can I. more details | go to article

Catching Up With Frank Simek
by Marc Connolly (Profile/Interview | US National Soccer Players Association - March 22)
The first thing you notice about Frank Simek is his total lack of an English accent. more details | go to article

Dempsey Makes His Return
by Marc Connolly (Profile/Interview | US National Soccer Players Association - November 8)
FOXBORO, Mass. (November 8, 2006) -- There was a moment during Wednesday morning's New England Revolution training session when it suddenly became clear that Clint Dempsey was acting like his old self. more details | go to article

A Class Act
by Marc Connolly (Commentary | US National Soccer Players Association - October 10)
USSoccerPlayers (October 10, 2006) -- You'd stand there watching the US National Team train for 45 minutes and never notice for one instant that a 50-year-old was involved in the exercise. But you did know that Mooch was out there. more details | go to article

Player Of The Year Or Mvp
by Marc Connolly (Commentary | US National Soccer Players Association - September 13)
For the longest time, I've argued that each of the professional leagues should have a Player of the Year and a Most Valuable Player. It's the easiest way to honor the top players for their accomplishments while differentiating exactly what their performances meant to their teams. more details | go to article

Choose Your Leader
by Marc Connolly (Commentary | US National Soccer Players Association - September 8)
Those of you who are signed up for our weekly newsletter were asked to respond to us as to which candidate is the right one to replace Bruce Arena as the next manager of the U.S. national team. If you didn't receive it, you can send us your thoughts now. The best ones we look at will be published sometime next week. Needless to say, I'm expecting to see more than a dozen names since it really is a wide-open search. more details | go to article

The Hall
by Marc Connolly (Commentary | US National Soccer Players Association - August 29)
When Sunil Gulati said that Phil Anschutz "shuns the spotlight" he wasn't lying. Here Anschutz was being inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame and surrounded by such luminaries as Walter Bahr and Harry Keough in red blazers. You figured this was the one occasion when he'd maybe let his guard down a bit and revel in everything he's done. more details | go to article

Connolly: Lalas More Than Meets The Eye
by Marc Connolly (Profile/Interview | US National Soccer Players Association - August 29)
ONEONTA, N.Y. (August 29, 2006) -- Alexi Lalas stood there smirking, not more than 10 feet from a supersized television screen showing highlights from his near-decade with the U.S. national team and long professional career. more details | go to article

You're Never Out Of It
by Marc Connolly (Commentary | US National Soccer Players Association - August 18)
The Columbus Crew have only four wins in 23 matches. Four wins. Roma FC, the amateur side out of Dallas, would likely have at least four victories through mid-August if it played in MLS. Same goes for the Charleston Battery. more details | go to article

In The Arena
by Marc Connolly (Commentary | US National Soccer Players Association - August 16)
The FC Barcelona match was a nice story and all, but tonight marks the first match of Bruce Arena's tenure on the Red Bulls sidelines. And thanks to a great run by the side under Richie Williams during the month of July, he faces a situation where a victory this evening against D.C. United -- the club he won two MLS Cups and a CONCACAF Champions Cup titles with -- coupled with a Kansas City loss puts his team in third-place in the Eastern Conference and just one point behind second-place New England. more details | go to article

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