Brian McBride took some time out from the Fire's pre-season camp in Los Angeles to answer readers' questions. Here are his responses: What exactly did Daniele De Rossi say to you after he received a red card for an elbow on you in World Cup 2006? Thank you so much for bring...

A voice. David Beckham can come back or go. Players change. Managers change. Announcers are the key to building a TV audience for sport. What's football without John Madden? What made Chicago baseball so memorable, other than Harry Carey?  Hockey has Don Cherry. Basketball has Dick Vitale. The beau...

The U.S. kicked off the final round of qualifying with a win in Columbus tonight, continuing their decade long streak of going unbeaten against Mexico at home. Michael Bradley was the man of the match, scoring a goal late in the first, and then again in stoppage time to secure the victory. Overall I...

It's hard enough getting away from Luis during the season. Now he's haunting me during the winter months as well. I figured he had better things to do like play Rock Band 2, play with his X-Men figurines and work on his next profile picture for his blog, but I guess I don't know him as well as I tho...

The last time Chad Barrett spoke with U.S. Men's Olympic Team coach Peter Nowak, he was told he shouldn't worry about not getting called in for the Toulon International Tournament in May. "He told me he would take me to the next camp," said Barrett, 23. "There hasn't been a camp since...

If I don't know the answer to one of your questions, I'll usually email someone that does. Unfortunately, my Tribune email has been down. And since I don't use the phone, I have no other way of getting a hold of people. (I absolutely hate talking on the phone. I might be the only guy who asks for an...

The United States began the long trek to the 2010 World Cup with a rout of Barbados, who I am now convinced is possibly one of the worst national soccer teams in the world. The U.S. won 8-0, scoring in the very first minute of the game and not letting up after that. The goals came with such frequenc...

Last night's exhibition against Argentina in front of a very enthusiastic crowd in the Meadowlands was the U.S. national team's best demonstration of soccer yet this year. Thanks to Tim Howard's incredible saves, vigorous and intelligent defense, and a willingness to attack Argentina, the U.S. came ...

So the U.S. Men's national soccer team battled Spain in Setander yesterday and-predictably-lost, though only by a score of 1-0 (though it could've been worse, as two Spanish shots hit first the crossbar and then the right post.) Overall it was a much better outing than the game last week against Eng...

So yesterday was a great day for soccer fans, if you don't mind watching one of your two favorite teams give up a late goal and lose 3 points, and you don't mind watching the other indulge in lackluster and unimaginative play against one of the best teams in the world. First the US: the squad starte...