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by Ridge Mahoney
[HEXAGONAL] Unlike people in many professions, soccer players seldom sulk or mope after a disappointing game, usually because there's another one right around the corner. Except for those rare occasions when a season or cup run ends in excruciating fashion, players must get on with it. After scraping out a ...
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by Soccer America
"Obviously they (USA) will have at the back of their minds that we were the last team to defeat them in a World Cup qualifier (last year) so I think they are going to want to come at us and we would need to frustrate them for as long as ...
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by Soccer America
[HEXAGONAL] History favors the USA when it meets Trinidad & Tobago in World Cup qualifying Wednesday in Nashville, Tenn., (TV: 7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN2, Galavision.
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by Paul Kennedy
[HEXAGONAL] It's only the third day of World Cup 2010 qualifying in the Concacaf zone, but Mexico and Honduras meet in a critical match for both teams Wednesday in San Pedro Sula (TV: Telemundo, live, 9:30 pm ET). If one team loses, look for its coach to be on his ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[HEXAGONAL] Ever wonder what the impact of a tense match like Saturday's World Cup qualifier between the USA and El Salvador has on a coach? El Salvador coach Carlos de los Cobos was hospitalized Sunday, complaining of dizziness. He was released Monday and joined the short-handed Salvadoran national team for ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[WORLD CUP 2010 QUALIFYING] On Wednesday, the first team could qualify for the 2010 World Cup, joining host South Africa in the 32-team field. Australia would clinch a berth in the finals with a victory over Uzbekistan in a game that kicked off at 5 a.m. ET and a tie ...
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by Mike Woitalla
[YOUTH] The coach of Scituate, Mass., U-8 girls team resigned after parents complained about his introductory e-mail, which encouraged players to eat "undercooked red meat" and play like a "Michael Vick pit bull." The coach wrote that his players should be ready for "bumps, bruises and even bleed a little ...
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by Soccer America
[OFF THE POST] Uzbekistan's coach prepares his team with a training method that has his players take aim at backboard with a hole slightly bigger than the ball. Players who miss the hole must move behind the wall, place their face in the hole, and await their teammates' shots.
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