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The United States men’s national team takes on Ukraine on Wednesday in an international friendly, the last such game most of the USMNT’s European players will be a part of prior to the U.S. opening up its World Cup camp in May. The game kicks off at 2 p.m. ET and will be televised on ESPN2, WatchESPN and UniMas. Here is how the U.S. is likely to line up. Begin Slideshow Read More →
Published: February 27, 2014
It hasn’t been the easiest season this year for many Americans playing abroad, whether it’s been the rough season Jozy Altidore has suffered through at Sunderland, or the fact that so many high-profile Americans in Europe, lacking regular playing time, have been forced to come home. Still, there have been more than a few bright spots this season. Here are the 10 best American players abroad...
Published: February 26, 2014
An interesting tweet made the rounds last week, comparing the World Cup accomplishments of United States men’s national team star Landon Donovan to a number of world football superstars. The tweet put Donovan’s World Cup statistics (5 goals in 12 games) next to those of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Wayne Rooney, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, who, combined, have nearly three times more World...
Published: February 24, 2014
Since it was announced that Julian Green would be joining the United States men’s national team for their training camp prior to the team’s March 5 friendly against the Ukraine, many American fans have been talking about how his addition to the team could affect the U.S.’s World Cup hopes. But adding Green to the roster would mean someone else gets left off. Here’s who it’s...
Published: February 23, 2014
After a horror show of injuries over the past few weeks, a number of Americans abroad, including John Anthony Brooks and Jonathan Spector, returned to action this weekend. With the United States men’s national team set to play a friendly against the Ukraine in just 10 days, this has to come as welcome news to American fans and U.S. head coach Jurgen Klinsmann. Besides Brooks and Spector, Eric...
Published: February 20, 2014
With the news on Friday that German-American Julian Green will be training with the United States men’s national team prior to the team’s March 5 friendly against the Ukraine, many American fans became instantly excited about the prospect of him playing for the USMNT in this summer’s World Cup. Despite Green’s agreement to train with the team, he has not yet filed his one-time...
Published: February 19, 2014
With only four months left before the United States men’s national team heads to Brazil for the World Cup, one of the major concerns for head coach Jurgen Klinsmann and U.S. fans has to be the form of the team’s key goalscorer, Clint Dempsey. In six games on loan with Fulham this winter, he’s scoreless. Last fall, he only scored one goal in 12 games for the Seattle Sounders....
Published: February 16, 2014
It was a rather quiet week for Americans playing abroad, save one giant announcement—that Bayern Munich product and German-American Julian Green will be training with the U.S. squad prior to their friendly against the Ukraine in March. The news was initially reported by German newspaper Bild and confirmed shortly thereafter by ESPN’s Jeff Carlisle via Twitter. But Green will apparently...
Published: February 14, 2014
Two weeks ago, in a friendly against South Korea, Chris Wondolowski scored two goals for the United States men’s national team, once again sparking the debate about whether or not he should represent the team at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Wondolowski’s international path over the past few years has been an uneven one. As the leading scorer in Major League Soccer in 2010, 2011 and 2012,...
Published: February 12, 2014
DeAndre Yedlin enjoyed a sudden rise in 2013, going from a relative unknown to a Major League Soccer All-Star and even popping up on the United States men’s national team radar by the end of the year. Yedlin is one of many current MLS youngsters who are a product of the soccer factory created at the University of Akron by Caleb Porter, who now coaches the Portland Timbers. Yedlin played two seasons...