| TheOriginalWinger

I first met Mark Kirby last year while I was in New York. Our mutual friend Adam Spangler introduced us and he told me that Mark and his business partner George were in the process of trying to start up a soccer magazine. Both had spent considerable time in the publishing world working for some of the magazines that you and I most likely read. We ended ...

What is LifeKraze "LifeKraze is an online community where people encourage each other to be active offline. It’s the competition you find in your favorite games. It’s the benefits of a loyalty program. It’s the lasting connections of a social network, built around a dedication to changing lives. It’s LifeKraze, and it’s a unique environment ...

Been incredibly fortunate this year to work with the man behind some of the most important moments in the history of soccer in the United States, iconic play x play man JP Dellacamera. Great dude, a person no one has a bad word to say about and the guy who's brain I get to pick every single week......  

I met the man above when I was just 20 years old, having signed with Major League Soccer back in 1997 (via one of the first Project 40 signings) and then allocated to the New England Revolution.  Never did I think that the man who was my General Manager with the Revs would turn out to be one of the greatest people I've ever met and someone I would be ...

A couple of weeks ago I stumble across a Twitter handle called Charity Ball that helps get soccer balls to impoverished kids. I think this sounds very cool so I start following them. Shortly after I get an email saying that the organization is interested in seeing if there is a way that Bumpy Pitch and Charity Ball could do something together. I say of ...

When people talk about American soccer, or American soccer players, one attribute is often discussed. We're fighters. We work hard. We've always had to punch above our weight. (more...)

There are always a handful of people in any industry that seem to know just about everything and everyone. These people always seem to be in the right place at the right time, know the right people and have information and access that the vast majority of people just don't. In the case of American soccer, Grant Wahl is that guy. (more...)

Jason Kreis is not the first to make the jump from MLS player to MLS coach. But there seems to be something different not only about how he made the jump, but how he has done in a role he had never undertaken before. Going from player to head coach virtually overnight was not something we are all that accustomed to, so not only was there some shock ...