What is American Soccer Online?

      American Soccer Online (ASO) is a non-profit web site created to help promote the development of soccer as a professional sport in the United States.

      Soccer is just starting to once again establish itself as a professional sport in America. The average American does not know much about soccer. ASO wants to help change that. ASO wants to increase people's awareness of the various soccer leagues and organizations that exist in America. ASO wants to help new-comers understand how the various minor and major leagus (such as the United Soccer Leagues, Major League Soccer (MLS), and Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA)) work together with the governing bodies of soccer (such as the United States Soccer Federation, the Football Confederation and FIFA) to promote and better the sport of soccer.

      ASO also wants to provide soccer fans with information on the various Cup competitions that are held in the North American region, including when the competitions will take place, what teams will participate, and where soccer fans can either watch the Cup competition or obtain news about a resulting match.

What can American Soccer Online do for you?

      With the many Cup competitions, assorted leagues, and various soccer organizations that exist in the world, soccer can be a confusing sport to follow, especially for new-comers. ASO wants to organize all this information into one site. It wants to be your "one-click" source for understanding soccer events, leagues, and organizations. ASO can provide you with all the information you need to become a well informed soccer fan in the United States. ASO will provide a foundation of understanding of the various soccer organizations, leagues, and events that exist, and then provide links to sites that you can visit to obtain more in-depth information.

      Use ASO's home page as a switchboard to obtain all the latest news evolving around American soccer. You can then use the "Standings and TV schedule" section to find out how your favorite teams are doing and when you can watch them on TV. The "Cups of the Americas" page can inform you of what competitions are comming up and what countries or club teams will be taking part in them.

What you can do for American Soccer Online.

      American Soccer Online is a non-profit website created and maintained by one person, me. I will do my best to provide soccer fans with an informative site and any help is always welcomed.

      First you can help ASO just by simply using the website. It's encouraging for me to see ASO get many hits a day; to see that fans are finding ASO to be very useful source for soccer news and information. This encouragement helps me to provide you with a better service.

      Secondly, you can help ASO, and most importantly the sport of soccer, by submitting columns concerning Major League Soccer, the US National Team, MLS games you attended or watched on TV, or anything relating to soccer in North America. They can even be opinions that you'd like to share with the rest of the soccer comunity. They don't have to be long, all I ask is that they are well written. Please send your columns to [email protected]. If you would like your email address included in the posting of the article, so people can write back to you, just let me know.

     Also, if you have any ideas as to how I can better this site, or if you notice any errors in the information I provide, please let me know. Thank you for all your support!

About the ASO Logo.

      The American Soccer Online (ASO) logo is the exclusive property of ASO and may only be used for ASO business by ASO. ASO business is defined as any activities appropriate and necessary for the operation and promotion of ASO. Any use of the logo for any other purpose, to include commercial purposes, is prohibited unless written permission is obtained prior to use from ASO. Such unauthorized use will subject the user, whether an individual, social organization or business, to ASO disciplinary action and all profits from such use shall be transferred to ASO. Any profits made by ASO will be donated to the United States Soccer Foundation