A three-time winner of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America writing award, Charles Cuttone has been working in or writing about soccer for more than 40 years, in a career that began working in the public relations department of the New York Cosmos in 1975, and has included serving as a team executive and owner, international games promoter, product developer and licensee, writer, editor and web developer.

For the past ten years he has served as executive editor of Soccer News Net, managing Big Apple Soccer, Chicagoland Soccer News, Dallas Soccer News, DC Soccer News, LA Soccer News, New England Soccer News, Philly Soccer News and Sunshine Soccer News.

His 2006 article, The Best Goalkeeper You’ve Never Heard Of, written for PhillySoccer News.com won the National Soccer Coaches Association Writing Award for Best College story. His 2009 article Like A Huge Win: U.S. Emotional Over a Meaningless Draw won the NSCAA Award for best deadline/game story. He again won the NSCAA Award in 2014, for his national column, Threads in Soccer’s Colorful Tapestry.

Always interested in the history of soccer and other sports, he developed the first soccer player register for the North American Soccer League guide in 1977, and then did the same in 1979 for the American Soccer League. His research has also appeared in the league guides of Major League Soccer and the Major Indoor Soccer League.

His career as a writer has included covering the 1994 World Cup, the 1999 and 2003 Women’s World Cups, the Super Bowl and World Series.