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Football Soccer Formula 1 Rugby Racing Golf Blogs TennisPublished: August 9, 2015
Everywhere you turned over the last seven days, there was news involving someone in the United States men’s national team talent pool. On the pitch, the European contingent kicked off domestic league and cup campaigns, including Brad Guzan, who impressed in between the pipes for Aston Villa. Off the field, plenty of comments about USMNT players as well as transfer news and rumors dominated...
Published: August 2, 2015
As preparation for the Confederations Cup play-off in October against Mexico begins, the United States men’s national team is looking for its top players to round into form so that it can qualify for the tournament in Russia in 2017. Unfortunately for one of the squad’s first-choice center-backs, he carried his rough patch of form into his return at the club level. With all eyes on him,...
Published: July 19, 2015
BALTIMORE — The United States men’s national team delivered a statement to the rest of CONCACAF on Saturday with a 6-0 win over Cuba in the Gold Cup quarterfinals. Thanks to their six-goal outburst, which was fueled by Clint Dempsey‘s first-career international hat trick, the Yanks backed up manager Jurgen Klinsmann’s claim that they are the best team in the competition. The...
Published: July 17, 2015
The United States men’s national team will kick off the knockout phase of the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore against Cuba on Saturday afternoon. The Yanks are seen as heavy favorites to advance to the semi-final round, but as we have seen so far in the competition, no result is guaranteed. Although their backs will be against the wall on Saturday, Cuba...
Published: July 16, 2015
As the United States men’s national team prepares for its CONCACAF Gold Cup quarterfinal showdown with Cuba in Baltimore on Saturday, there is a different composition to the group at the forward position. With Jozy Altidore leaving the squad after the group stage, Clint Dempsey is the only experienced international forward left on the roster. The scorer of 44 goals for the Yanks, three of which...
Published: July 16, 2015
After 90 minutes of thoroughly entertaining, or heartbreaking, depending on where your loyalties stand, action at the Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina, Mexico are set to face Costa Rica in the quarter-finals of the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup. El Tri only have themselves to blame for finishing second in Group C to Trinidad and Tobago, who they played to a 4-4 draw with on Wednesday...
Published: July 14, 2015
First place in Group C will be on the line Wednesday night at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina, as Mexico take on Trinidad and Tobago in the final group game of the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup. Mexico surprisingly dropped to second in the group Sunday after their 0-0 draw with Guatemala, which came a few hours after Trinidad and Tobago earned their second win of the competition by defeating...
Published: July 14, 2015
The recurring theme that has haunted the United States men’s national team over the last few years reared its ugly head once again on Monday night at Sporting Park. For the first 45 minutes of the 1-1 draw versus Panama, the back four of Timmy Chandler, Ventura Alvarado, John Brooks and Fabian Johnson struggled to deal with the pressure brought forth by Panama in the final Group A match...
Published: July 12, 2015
One of the most intriguing stories in American soccer closed another chapter this week as Freddy Adu announced his departure from Kuopion Palloseura in Finland. Adu, who has played for 11 different teams since he began his career in 2004, looks like he has a new home already lined up in a lower tier of the American soccer pyramid. In the top division of the game in North America, a few...
Published: July 11, 2015
Mexico will look to extend their terrific start at the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup on Sunday against Guatemala in Group C action at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. El Tri easily handled Cuba by a 6-0 score in Chicago on Thursday night, while Guatemala fell at the hands of Trinidad and Tobago in the opening match of the group. Due to the potential for Mexico to clinch...