Eric Wynalda

  • Irvin Parra

    Las Vegas Lights FC striker Irvin Parra out Saturday after comments

    LAS VEGAS — Las Vegas Lights FC forward Irvin Parra is facing disciplinary action from the team following his startling claim on Instagram about some Lights players not receiving due compensation. The length of Parra’s punishment is unclear, but he won’t suit up with his teammates Saturday against New...
  • American Outlaws - U.S. Soccer - Athlete Council

    How Athlete Council bloc arrived at vote for Carlos Cordeiro

    ORLANDO, Fla. — Coming out of this weekend’s USSF Annual General Meeting and presidential election in Orlando, the role of the Athlete Council has been especially scrutinized. The council, whose bloc of votes — comprising 25.8 percent of the electorate and 51.6 percent of the votes needed to win...
  • Preki

    Preki expected to be head coach of Cal United FC

    Soc Takes has learned that Predrag Radosavljević (Preki) is poised to take over as the first head coach of Cal United FC. The nascent club, at present poised to play in the NASL in 2018, was initially expected to begin the season with Eric Wynalda at the helm. Recently, Wynalda...
  • calendar shift

    Opinion: U.S. Soccer calendar shift necessary, possible

    Following the United States’ failure to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, several days of robust discussion took place regarding changes that need to be made to the way the sport of soccer is governed and marketed in the United States. Most of the conversations centered on familiar...
  • Soc Takes

    Soc Takes Pod Ep. 34: Paul Lapointe on his candidacy for USSF president

    U.S. Soccer presidential candidate and UPSL Northeast Conference manager Paul Lapointe shares his wide array of ideas to improve the sport across all levels domestically. The panel covers everything from pay to play, pro/rel and equal pay for the USWNT, to making the position of U.S. Soccer president a...
  • Eric Wynalda

    Wynalda asked about Pulisic during traffic stop

    File this one under awesome freaking tweets. Former U.S. men’s national team ace and current Fox Sports commentator Eric Wynalda got asked about current USMNT ace Christian Pulisic. Seems like a normal occurrence, right? Wynalda probably gets inquiries about the already polished Borussia Dortmund attacker often. But this time...