Soccer 365 Vault

• The 91st Minute: WUSA, A Dream Come True

  Tuesday, 3. April, 2001

  A dream come true. That’s what the eight-team Women’s United Soccer Association represents to a remarkably dedicated group of athletes who have sacrificed so much for so long to make next weekend’s Bay Area CyberRays at Washington Freedom game a reality.

• The 91st Minute: Kicks With the Brits

  Tuesday, 20. March, 2001

  After a short tour of England, Soccer 365’s Dan Herbst looks into the extent of the game on the other side of the pond, and how a long term approach is used to mold young raw talent to produce some of the world’s great players.

• The 91st Minute: Law 18

  Saturday, 24. February, 2001

  There are precisely 17 laws that are listed in FIFA’s Laws of the Game. They range from the field of play (law one) to the roles of the referee and the assistant referees (laws five and six) to offside (law 11) to fouls and misconduct (law 12). So which of the 17 is THE most important law?

• The 91st Minute: Re-Creating the Competitive Cauldron

  Wednesday, 31. January, 2001

  Soccer, says Jeff Agoos with a chuckle, is “Darwinism at its best.” Throughout Europe the game of survival of the fittest takes place every time players hit the pitch, and this Euro-like training intensity can and does occur in the U.S.

• The 91st Minute: Who’s A SAP?

  Sunday, 28. January, 2001

  Sooner or later it had to happen. Only in the Alice In Wonderland-like world governed by FIFA could a club manage to "qualify" to enter a competition amongst champions designed to determine a world champion despite the fact that this team has never won a championship in its history. Better still, they then managed to clinch their ticket to the final stages without the benefit of having actually won a game.

• 91st Minute: Soccer Fan’s Super Bowl Primer by Dan Herbst

  Friday, 19. January, 2001

  It’s that time of year again. You know what I’m talking about. The invitation comes in the mail and you’re obligated to participate in that great American ritual; the Super Bore, eh, Bowl party. What to do?

• The Three-v-Three Rip-off

  Wednesday, 17. January, 2001

  On paper it sounds like a great idea; a national three-vs.-three soccer championship and Soccer365's Dan Herbst looked at the event.

• MLS’ Window of Opportunity

  Monday, 8. January, 2001

  Major League Soccer was facing an uphill battle against a lawsuit and Soccer365's Dan Herbst gave his suggestions on some changes that the league should embrace.