Mike Woitalla

Enjoy World Cup history here: 🔗socceramerica.com/soccer-america…

⚽️📺John Shrader and I discuss the art of soccer play-by-play commentary. @Shrader_Media

📺Watching games on @FOXSports makes me wonder if the analysts are paid by the word and whether the play-by-play guys know they're supposed to tell us who's on the ball.⚽️ (Speaking with John Shrader @Shrader_Media) youtu.be/hP86dhHijtg?si…

@michaelkruse A much needed financial boost after three straight men’s World Cup failures.

Learned reading this that Germany starting next year will wear not Adidas but Nike. nytimes.com/2026/07/09/bus…

Great to be on and share some of opinions, such as how: @FOXSoccer play-by-play announcing falls short.

This just drove by. Always wondered how many new customers Bank of America pulled in thanks to bloody, broken nose image of poor Diego Luna. Hopefully he got something out of it.

They’re playing Stars Spangled Banner an hour before the Spain -Belgium game at Los Angeles Stadium.

I asked Tab Ramos about the #USMNT lack of World Cup progress vis-à-vis America youth soccer. He cited: 👎The proliferation of "useless competition." 👍The Tom Byer @tomsan106 push for "soccer at home." 🔗socceramerica.com/tab-ramos-on-t…

A once in a lifetime way to get to a World Cup stadium. I won’t do this twice.😃⚽️

@TheS_Resource Decades of British coaches.

Every football nation has challenges. Mark Warburton believes he knows the biggest one facing player development in the United States. Speaking on BBC Football Daily, he said: "The biggest problem for USA football, they will pay some up to $6,000-$7,000 a year to play football. It's the pay to play model over here... Sporting JAX has an academy with 10,000 kids. There are others with 15,000. This is big business, so you will have coaching on money over here, way into the six figures. I could go to the UK and get ex players, qualified Pro Licence and A Licence coaches on a fraction of what these guys over here earn, but right now that's the biggest problem they have in the US in terms of player development." Whether you agree or disagree, it's a perspective that raises important questions. Should a child's opportunity to develop in football depend on what their family can afford? Does a pay to play model help raise standards or does it unintentionally reduce the size and diversity of the talent pool? I'd be interested to hear the views of coaches, parents and players, particularly those with experience of the US system.

In my latest Q&A with @RamosTab I asked: "Can you see an argument for @ussoccer retaining a coach who hasn’t led the team above the round of 16 plateau?" 🔗socceramerica.com/tab-ramos-on-t…

@Shrader_Media @annkillion Me too

@annkillion That struck me as well.

Is Stu Holden dropping U2 lyrics into his commentary in honor of Moroccan keeper Bounou (known as Bono)? He just said France still hasn't found what it's looking for.

🇺🇸Steve Cherundolo has been named head coach of the U.S. U-23 men’s national team that will compete at the 2028 Summer Olympics. Here's an indepth Q&A with Cherundolo from December 2025 by @ScottJFrench socceramerica.com/steve-cherundo…

Single-cycle coaches are the international norm. 🇺🇸The USA excited the nation with its play in its earlier games. In its most important match, Pochettino’s #USMNT collapsed in dramatic fashion. socceramerica.com/rehire-pochett…

This is a must-listen, excellent podcast: @RobStoneONFOX with Bruce Arena Bob Bradley Gregg Berhalter podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/coa…

🇺🇸Credit to #USMNT players for facing questions with poise after painful loss to Belgium. 🇧🇪 Here's what they said when asked to explain the disappointing performance: socceramerica.com/usa-flames-out…

New with @mgfleming12: FIFA quietly suspended the USMNT team manager and the U.S. Soccer VP of security ahead of Monday night's loss in Seattle. frontofficesports.com/fifa-us-soccer…

Wow. Even @RichardDawkins is chiming in on the #USMNT

Europe’s largest circulation daily, the German tabloid Bild Zeitung, headlined its piece on #USMNT game with: USA OUT! After Trump Scandal over Red Card Belgium gets revenge for the soccer world.

#USMNT captain Tim Ream said the “noise” around Donald Trump intervening in the lifting of Balogun’s red-card suspension had no impact on his team’s performance.