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Ending "pay to play" in youth soccer? Everyone wants to, but the devil's in the details.

The trend of European teams playing in the U.S. began decades before the ICC. The trophy remains locked away in Poland...

Confused by the craziness that is US youth soccer? You're not alone. Here's a path towards a better future.

Many leagues offer a higher caliber of play at club level, but the tradeoffs leave parents asking if there's a better way.

Life on these shores used to demand a mastery of both. Here are five players who were the best of soccer's renaissance men.

"The WUSA had the international drawing power of England’s Premier League. The NWSL is closer to MLS."

The U.S. won the first Olympic women's soccer competition in 1996 in Atlanta, and many of those players are still involved in the game. Beau...

“Parents just don’t understand,” said Will Smith and a whole lot of soccer coaches. For years, the coaches may have been right. Parents typically didn’t play the game, and they didn’t have many resources to educate themselves. Show up with an accent and an embellished resume, and you can fool any parents to send their kids your way.

The Ultimate Fighter isn’t the only way into the UFC. Most fighters still ascend through the regional organizations to the big show.

The typical path to The Ultimate Fighter today: Send in an application, go to a tryout with a couple hundred others, and hope.

Does The Ultimate Fighter want the best fighters or the most interesting personalities?

The format of The Ultimate Fighter has changed little over the years. Fighters live and train together, then fight their way to “a contract” (though, usually,

A Survivor must survive tough conditions. A Top Chef has to cook something.

MMA is governed by the Unified Rules. The Ultimate Fighter is governed by Dana White.

Rich Franklin is not one of the more controversial figures in UFC history. He tended to respond to trash talk with gentle self-deprecating wit. He has given

“It's rarely the best fighter that wins the show. It's the person that can stay focused the longest. It's easy to get caught up with a whole bunch of

Day 1, Season 1. The fighters check out the gym. They’re impressed. They check out the house. They’re even more impressed.

“I'll never forget being at the airport once we all got out. We all went in different directions, and I turned my phone on. I've got all these messages and

I am the author of a book called Inside The Ultimate Fighter.

Joe Buck is a seasoned broadcaster. Royce Gracie has plenty of media appearances under his belt. So we may never know why Buck felt the need to ask Gracie,