Sean Golden

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‘Memo’ Ochoa has been a mainstay for Mexico but is he still their man in 2026?

Guillermo Ochoa has spent half his life as the last line of defense for Mexico’s national team. Still holding it down as a top option for Mexico at goalkeeper at age...

Why the rise of the dual national is a very good thing for U.S. Soccer — on both sides

Ricardo Pepi represents the firepower the U.S. Soccer can boast heading into the 2026 FIFA World Cup as a forward its men’s national team can legitimately build a future around. At...

Uruguay has won two World Cup titles but there are four stars on its uniform. Here’s why

Uruguay is one of the most celebrated soccer nations on the planet. Much of its notoriety does come from its heyday as despite boasting a major world title in recent memory,...

Soccer great Pelé passed two years ago this month. Here’s why his legacy forever lives on

Two years ago this month, soccer lost arguably its greatest-ever player in Edson Arantes do Nascimento — better known worldwide simply as Pelé. Pelé died on Dec. 29, 2022, at age 82,...

Get to know Linda Caicedo, soccer’s fastest rising female star

Currently, there might not be a more explosive women’s player in the world than Linda Caicedo. At just 19, the Colombian-born Caicedo has become one of the fastest rising stars in...

Messi might be the GOAT, but it’s impossible to forget the greatness of Diego Maradona

Diego Maradona will forever be remembered as one of the greatest players to don a uniform for both club and country. Before Lionel Messi — and to some even after Messi...

Lionel Messi would love to win an MLS title. But he definitely doesn’t need to

Lionel Messi has won just about everything there is to win in world soccer — on both the international and club level. So it’s surprising that the one trophy some would...

Argentina’s run of success in world soccer is bolstered by its belief in not just Lionel Messi

In international men’s soccer, there are three teams hailing from South America ranked among the 10 best nations in the world. Colombia comes in at No. 10, Brazil at No. 8,...

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