Recently Injured USA Defender Oguchi Onyewu - What Rustiness?
by Noah Davis and Zac Lee Rigg (Profile/Interview | Goal.com - May 26)
Defender challenged journalists to point out rust in his game. more details | go to article

USA Striker Herculez Gomez - It's Out Of My Hands Now
by Noah Davis and Zac Lee Rigg (Profile/Interview | Goal.com - May 26)
The striker put in the performances and the goals, now he has to wait. more details | go to article

Bob Bradley Thanks Players As He Prepares For Roster Cuts
by Noah Davis and Zac Lee Rigg (Profile/Interview | Goal.com - May 26)
Bradley proves appreciative even as he wields the scalpel. more details | go to article

USA Pair Tim Howard And Stuart Holden Hail EPL Influence Ahead Of England Game
by Noah Davis and Zac Lee Rigg (Profile/Interview | Goal.com - May 25)
World Cup will square club teammates against each other. more details | go to article

Player Ratings: USA 2-4 Czech Republic
by Zac Lee Rigg (Analysis | Goal.com - May 25)
Outmaneuvered by a superior and slicker midfield, the United States warmed up for the World Cup with a loss to the Czech Republic. more details | go to article

USA Winger Alejandro Bedoya Cites Personal Trainer For Meteoric Rise
by Zac Lee Rigg and Terence Steed (Profile/Interview | Goal.com - May 24)
The winger explains his rise to the cusp of the World Cup. more details | go to article

Clint Dempsey Warms To Leadership Role With USA
by Zac Lee Rigg and Terence Steed (Profile/Interview | Goal.com - May 24)
Dempsey knows he's crucial to the American cause at the World Cup. more details | go to article

World Cup Roster Shock, Or Not?
by Andrea Canales, Noah Davis, Shane Evans, Allen Ramsey and Zac Lee Rigg (Commentary | Goal.com - May 18)
The Goal.com editors hash out the latest World Cup rosters. more details | go to article

Player Ratings: Netherlands 2-1 USA
by Zac Lee Rigg (Analysis | Goal.com - March 3)
The wily, flashy Dutch welcomed the Americans to Amsterdam for a bit of a soccer lesson, before a late flurry in the last five minutes of the match made things interesting. more details | go to article

As CBA Expires, MLS Players Refrain From Strike For Time Being
by Zac Lee Rigg (Article | Goal.com - February 25)
A sort of paralysis has crept into Major League Soccer. The current Collective Bargaining Agreement will expire at midnight on Thursday, ushering in, well, nothing. more details | go to article

Player Ratings: USA 2-1 El Salvador
by Zac Lee Rigg (Analysis | Goal.com - February 24)
In the penultimate friendly before the World Cup roster is announced, the USA pulled off a come-from-behind win over a lackluster El Salvador side. more details | go to article

Here, There And Back Again
by Luis Bueno, Andrea Canales, Noah Davis, Shane Evans, Allen Ramsey and Zac Lee Rigg (Commentary | Goal.com - February 23)
The North American editors discuss the upcoming USA match, the MLS labor dispute, and the race for fourth place in the Premier League. more details | go to article

MLS CBA Negotiations Stall As Parties Carry Debate Into Public Sphere
by Zac Lee Rigg (Article | Goal.com - February 22)
Frustrated by a lack of progress behind closed doors, MLS and its players' union hit out at each other publicly as talks over a new CBA heat up. more details | go to article

Does Freddy Adu Deserve A Call-Up To The USA Squad?
by Zac Lee Rigg and Aaron West (Commentary | Goal.com - February 20)
Midfield maestro Freddy Adu has scored in each of his last two games with Aris FC in Greece. The 20-year-old fell out of the picture of the United States national team several months ago, so Americans abroad specialist Aaron West and associate editor Zac Lee Rigg discuss Adu's recent rising stock with an eye on the World Cup in June. more details | go to article

Rate A Player, World Cup Chances
by Luis Bueno, Andrea Canales, Shane Evans, Allen Ramsey and Zac Lee Rigg (Analysis | Goal.com - February 9)
The Goal.com North America editors are back to hash things out regarding the Everton-Liverpool derby and whose chances are improving or not to go to South Africa 2010. more details | go to article