World Cup Chances Slip Away For Davies
by Mark Zeigler (Profile/Interview | San Diego Union Tribune - May 12)
It’s been an emotional year for the 23-year-old forward: from becoming a regular starter on the national team to nearly dying in a horrific car crash to miraculously halving an anticipated 12-month rehabilitation to getting the phone call from Bradley on Monday that no player wants to get. more details | go to article

Success Still Elusive Goal
by Mark Zeigler (Analysis | San Diego Union Tribune - July 8)
Women's soccer struggles a decade after glory more details | go to article

Surviving In A House Of Horrors
by Mark Zeigler (Preview | San Diego Union Tribune - June 3)
From time to time you'll see these lists of venues with the greatest home-field advantage in sports. Some people say it is Louisiana State's Tiger Stadium. Some say Duke's Cameron Indoor Stadium. Some say the frozen tundra of Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wis. more details | go to article

MLS Exposed As Inferior Talent By Other Leagues
by Mark Zeigler (Analysis | San Diego Union Tribune - March 11)
You probably haven't heard of the CONCACAF Champions League, which is a good thing if you're a Major League Soccer fan intent on believing you're watching the best soccer in the region. more details | go to article

Some Major Teams On Shaky World Cup Ground
by Mark Zeigler (Analysis | San Diego Union Tribune - February 25)
Tickets for the 2010 World Cup went on sale this week. You click on a link on www.fifa.com, set up a credit card account and enter a lottery for tickets ranging from $80 for a first-round game to $900 for a premium seat at the final. Get lucky in the lottery, and you could be going to South Africa next year. It also might be the only route into the stadiums for several high-profile national teams. more details | go to article

Will Voodoo Pin The Americans?
by Mark Zeigler (Profile/Interview | San Diego Union Tribune - February 8)
This time, Mexico's national soccer team chartered a jet instead of flying commercial. more details | go to article

Dalby Enjoying MLS After European Odyssey
by Mark Zeigler (Profile/Interview | San Diego Union Tribune - October 15)
Give Greg Dalby this much: The unknown doesn't spook him. more details | go to article

Was Sanchez Firing As Inevitable As His Hiring?
by Mark Zeigler (Analysis | San Diego Union Tribune - April 2)
There are two ways to look at the directors of the 18 Premier League clubs who control soccer in Mexico, who hired Hugo Sanchez as national soccer coach and who fired him on Monday. more details | go to article

Outspoken Goalie Flying Solo After Being Dumped
by Mark Zeigler (Analysis | San Diego Union Tribune - September 30)
Apparently it's all Hope Solo's fault. U.S. national women's soccer coach Greg Ryan still has his job, and so does the federation press officer who reportedly tried to bar Solo from speaking with the media. more details | go to article

U.S. Women Suffer 'Worst Loss,' Against Brazil
by Mark Zeigler (Result | San Diego Union Tribune - September 28)
Americans shut out in World Cup semis more details | go to article

Winnin' Time
by Mark Zeigler (Preview | San Diego Union Tribune - September 26)
U.S. hopes it can step up its play in Women's World Cup semifinal vs. Brazil more details | go to article

Women Earn Tie In World Cup Opener
by Mark Zeigler (Result | San Diego Union Tribune - September 12)
The U.S. women's national soccer team unveiled new gold jerseys earlier this summer as a brash tribute to its glorious past and a sartorial declaration of its intentions to reclaim the World Cup title it lost in 2003. more details | go to article

Sidelines
by Mark Zeigler (Result | San Diego Union Tribune - September 12)
El Tri vs. Brazil; 'Roo report: kangaroo leather soccer shoes and California state law. more details | go to article

Who Are Those Gals?
by Mark Zeigler (Profile/Interview | San Diego Union Tribune - September 9)
In 1991, a young, talented and largely anonymous U.S. national team went to China for the inaugural Women's World Cup of soccer. Sixteen years later, little has changed. more details | go to article

Women's World Cup
by Mark Zeigler (Preview | San Diego Union Tribune - September 9)
Preview of the tournament starting Monday. more details | go to article