Olympic dream turns into nightmare in Nashville

by Paul Kennedy

[OLYMPIC QUALIFYING] Canada earned a deserved 2-0 win over a very poor USA team on second-half goals by Doneil Henry and Lucas Cavallini in Saturday's Concacaf Olympic qualifier in Nashville, Tenn. The loss set up a nightmare scenario for USA, which will likely need to beat El Salvador just to ... Read the whole story

What They're Saying

by Soccer America

"What the f*** the USA losing to Canada we never lose to them!!!! Go on boys dig in." -- Veteran U.S. forward Eddie Johnson, new to Twitter, with thoughts many U.S. fans share after the USA's 2-0 loss to Canada in Olympic qualifying. (Twitter) Read the whole story

U.S. Player Ratings: Americans flunk Canada test

by Mike Woitalla

[USA-CANADA REPORT CARD] Perhaps the Americans will bounce back, qualify for the Olympics, and the Nightmare in Nashville will be forgotten. But the creativity needed to unlock a defense-minded foe was lamentably lacking in the 2-0 loss to Canada. Soccer America's Mike Woitalla grades the U.S. players ... Read the whole story

Olympic qualifying this week ...

by Soccer America

[SCOREBOARD] El Salvador beat Cuba, 4-0, in Saturday's opening game in the Concacaf Olympic men's qualifying tournament at LP Field in Nashville, Tenn. It got two goals from Andres Flores and one each from Lester Blanco and CSU Bakersfield product Richard Menjivar to move into first place in Group A ... Read the whole story

MLS Rewind ...

by Soccer America

[WEEK 3] Chivas USA pulled the biggest upset of the young MLS season when it won, 1-0, at Real Salt Lake on rookie Casey Townsend's goal, the Goats' first goal in three games. The Philadelphia Union dropped its third straight game, going down, 1-0, at the Chicago Fire. The New ... Read the whole story

Gatt scores tie-breaking goal in opener

by Paul Kennedy

[AMERICANS ABROAD] Norwegian champion Molde's decision to recall Josh Gatt, scheduled to compete for the USA in Concacaf Olympic qualifying, proved to be a wise one. Gatt scored what proved to be the decisive goal in Molde's 2-1 win over Stromsgodset. Read the whole story

'O Captain! My Captain!'

by Christen Press

[THE PITCH] In her latest blog, Christen Press writes about becoming receptive to new ideas and adding new skills to her repertoire as a striker. She compares herself to a traveler leaving room in her luggage for "souvenirs" and learns to swallow her pride to get a fresh perspective from ... Read the whole story

Gomez makes it seven goals in last five games

by Soccer America

[VIDEO PICK] Herculez Gomez made it seven goals in his last five games, scoring on a powerful header off a corner kick to the far post in Santos' 2-0 win over Queretaro. Read the whole story

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