Over the course of those years, the youth game has morphed into a pay-for-play structure in which the best clubs are generally the ones that come at a high price, giving youth athletes whose parents ...

The World Cup is over. Soccer's greatest spectacle featured Brazil's fifth championship, eight goals from the remarkable Ronaldo and a surprising performance by the U.S. team. But sports fans in the ...

Former New York Times writer Harvey Araton's novel reveals a raucous life of a youth athlete, and lessons we can all learn ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Christian Pulisic was supposed to be in St. Louis on Tuesday, preparing to play in the national soccer team’s Gold Cup semifinal with Guatemala. Instead he was standing under a freeway overpass in ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My daughters play competitive soccer. It is understood, and often in the rule book, that the parents of one team sit on one side of the field and the parents of the other team sit ...

Dan Seemuth is a former volunteer and current board chair of the Genesis Youth Foundation. The first question seemed logical: "Who are you here to cheer for?" My two adult daughters and I had settled ...

Discriminatory laws have led to lower sports participation among young trans athletes. So this independent club is giving ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y.— During childhood trips to countries like Colombia and Costa Rica, Staten Island teen Matteo Varela witnessed a scene that stayed with him long after the vacations ended: groups of ...