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SoccerWire Q&A: Chicago coaching vet Rory Dames talks NWSL, ECNL, player “evolution”

This week SoccerWire.com caught up with Chicago Red Stars and Eclipse Select SC coach Rory Dames to talk NWSL, ECNL and the wider evolution of top female players in the United States.

Halftime: Reflections at the midpoint of NWSL’s inaugural season

Professional player and guest SoccerWire.com columnist Joanna Lohman makes her return this week, with a look at the state of affairs in the National Women's Soccer League at the halfway point of its inaugural season.

Game changer: MLS announce N.Y. expansion team with Man City, Yankees

Major League Soccer commissioner Don Garber announced Tuesday that a partnership of global sports powers, Manchester City Football Club and the New York Yankees, has acquired MLS' 20th expansion club. The new team will be named New York City Football Club (NYCFC) and expects to begin play in 2015.

Newtown Parent Connection, Inc. (NPC) announces Soccer Revolution fundraiser in New Britain

Special commentary: A veteran youth coach’s perspective on tryouts

It's tryouts season, one of the most intense periods in youth soccer, and Soccerwire.com is very proud to present a column on this controversial topic by special contributor @soccerinTN, a veteran coach with more than a decade of experience in all levels of U.S. youth soccer.

From the ground up: The rise of the Portland Timbers youth system

Olney-Bethesda, Philly Union, Phoenix FC admitted to U.S. Soccer Development Academy

The U.S. Soccer Development Academy continues to expand in number and quality of competition as three elite clubs are joining the Academy starting in the 2013-14 season. Olney-Bethesda (Olney/West Bethesda, Md.), the Philadelphia Union (Wayne, Pa.) and Phoenix FC (Tempe, Ariz.) were selected following an extensive review process of the technical and programmatic aspect of each club.

Soccerwire Q&A: Manchester City’s Gary Hopkins on the City Soccer initiative