U.S. Soccer Federation president Sunil Gulati's statement at halftime of Saturday's U.S.-El Salvador game that Edgar Castillo had been cleared by FIFA to represent the United States at the senior national-team level was certainly coincidental.
He's listed by the U.S. Soccer Federation as 5-foot-7 (that's generous), 135 pounds (probably accurate). With that wispy frame, soft-spoken José Francisco Torres doesn't look like a guy who might symbolize the future of the U.S. national team. But that has nothing to do with why the U.S. isn't ready for the future.
World Soccer's Paul Gardner recently sat down with U.S. Soccer Federation president Sunil Gulati to discuss the U.S. national team, coach Bob Bradley, MLS and the growing prestige of the game in America -- both inside and outside our borders.
Like it or not, the Bob Bradley Era of the U.S. national team officially begins this week, as the 23 players he called in for the CONCACAF Gold Cup report to camp on Monday.
It's the biggest event in sports, more important to some members of the international community than diplomacy or trade. Little wonder then that soccer's faithful feared disaster when rights to sta...
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