Category: Sports Writing

  • Olympic Stories: Team USA doctor shares experience, advice for soccer players competing internationally

    For sports fans all over the globe, the Olympic Games provides the chance to watch the best athletes in the world compete for the highest stakes. And already, the 2024 Games in Paris has provided memorable moments for Americans. The men’s 4×100-meter freestyle relay team won the country’s first gold medal. Team USA, led by […]

  • Jamal Thiaré scores sneaky game-winner to lift Atlanta United over Toronto FC

    Atlanta United created magic Saturday night at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Seven minutes into second-half stoppage time, the 1-1 contest between Atlanta United and Toronto FC appeared to be on its final breaths. Atlanta had just made a last stand on a corner kick that Toronto goalkeeper Luka Gavran gathered up. As time ticked down, the Eastern […]

  • The Pineda Standard: How Atlanta United’s new coach wants to compete at a high level

    Originally published on ATLUTD.com The pause endures. The studio is dark except for a couple softbox fixtures illuminating the center of the room. A man sits alone on a stool chair that has a short backrest. Gonzalo Pineda looks calm, his fingers intertwined. He wears black training pants and a gray practice jersey that puts […]