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Football Soccer Formula 1 Rugby Racing Golf Blogs TennisPublished: August 16, 2012
Mexico blanked the United States in the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup final 5-0. Mexico came from behind in the 2011 Gold Cup final 4-2, which led to U.S. Soccer Federation relieving head coach Bob Bradley. On August 11, Mexico won the Olympic gold medal by beating Brazil while the United States team failed to even qualify. With the likes of young, rising stars Javier Hernandez, Oribe Peralta and Giovani...
Published: June 5, 2012
Ten years ago today, the United State’s men’s national team scored a huge upset, one that would propel the team to where it is today. June 5, 2002 marked the Americans’ opening game of the 2002 FIFA World Cup against Euro 2000 semifinalists Portugal. Not much was expected of the United States after they floundered in the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France, losing all three group stage...
Published: August 9, 2011
The United States Men’s National Team is going through an identity crisis. All that’s left is changing the flag from red, white and blue to the black, red and gold of Germany. The signing of Jürgen Klinsmann as head coach of the senior team gives this team an increasingly strong German presence, one that had already begun to develop prior to the new skipper’s arrival. Klinsmann...
Published: June 8, 2011
When the United States took on Canada in their opening match in the Gold Cup on Tuesday, the U.S. put their A-team on the field. That is, their A-team minus one usual starter: Oguchi Onyewu. The mainstay in the Yanks starting lineup since 2005 was benched for Tuesday’s match. Onyewu has had Gold Cup success before, scoring an extra time winner in the semifinal match in 2005 and being named to...
Published: February 10, 2011
Since he entered MLS as the youngest American athlete to sign a contract with a professional sports team, a lot has been said about Freddy Adu—some of it good, some of it bad. Adu has had some highs and some seemingly low lows. He’s bounced around from club to club, unable to establish himself anywhere. Still, he’s only 21 years old, so there’s still time for him to make his...
Published: November 9, 2010
At the beginning of the summer of 2009, Oguchi Onyewu was enjoying a wildly successful soccer career. He was a mainstay in the U.S. Men’s National Team starting defense, and he completed a transfer to Italian giants AC Milan. Things haven’t gone smoothly since then. He has made only two appearances with Milan—a friendly against Club America in the World Football Challenge and a Champions...
Published: October 15, 2010
One of the more positive things that Bob Bradley did in his first four years as manager of the U.S. National Team was to expand the player pool. He brought in an abundance of players to friendlies and competition matches, and a relatively large number of players earned their first caps under him. Now in his next World Cup cycle, you can expect more of the same from Bradley. Since the World Cup, Omar...