By Jerry Beach

Simon Riddiough, the head coach of the Hofstra women’s soccer team, spent about two minutes of a 21-minute interview Tuesday afternoon discussing why he’s content at the Long Island school and not planning to see if he can replicate his success with a higher-profile Power Five school that would offer the resources and opportunities to make a deep NCAA Tournament run that are generally lacking in the mid-major arena.

Here are the 11 positions in soccer, ranked from best to worst. Note that this is a completely objective ranking that cannot be questioned in any way.

I’m just gonna put it out there: July 7, 2019, was a great day for women’s sports in the United States.

“It saddens me to fall short of a dream that I have worked so hard for. While competing at the highest level, I've always strived to be the best person I could be, through both the good times and bad. I believe in the future of this sport and I am excited to be a part of it.”

At the moment, the U.S. women's national team is everything you want from a team defending a World Cup title: fluid, saucy, and ruthless. 

I-35 is lined with bluebonnets, fast food chains, and land so open you can see the smallest slope.