USA-PORTUGAL EXPRESS: Nov. 8 in Estoril Portugal 0 USA 1. Goal: McDonald 42. Att.: 980. The USA opened its final trip of the 2018 women’s season with a 1-0 win over Portugal before a sparse crowd at the Estadio Coimbra in the Lisbon suburb of Estoril. JessicaMcDonald‘s goal in the 42nd minute was enough to […]
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USA-Canada Concacaf Women's Championship: USA overcomes pounding to win regional title
USA-CANADA EXPRESS: Oct. 17 in Frisco, Texas USA 2 Canada 0. Goals: Heath 2, Morgan 88. Att.:6,986. Their spots in next year’s Women’s World Cup already secured, the USA and rival Canada slugged it out for the Concacaf Women’s Championship in rainy North Texas on Wednesday night.The USA won its sixth regional championship with a […]
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USA-Peru Men's Friendly Player Ratings
USA-PERU EXPRESSOct. 16 in East Hartford, Conn.USA 1 Peru 1. Goals: Sargent 49; Flores 86.Att.: 24,959. Despite having less than 32 percent of the possession, the USA nearly pulled off a victory over Peru. The 18-year-old Josh Sargent gave CoachDave Sarachan‘s team a 1-0 lead early in the second half. But the Peruvians equalized in […]
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USA-Jamaica Concacaf Women's Championship: USA headed to France after scoring early and often
USA-JAMAICA EXPRESS: Oct. 14 in Frisco, Texas USA 6 Jamaica 0. Goals: Heath 2, 29, Rapinoe 15, Ertz 21,Morgan 33, pen. 84. Att.: 7,555. The USA qualified for the 2019 Women’s World Cup with a 6-0 victory over Jamaica on Sunday night at the Concacaf Women’s Championship, joiningCanada, a 7-0 winner over Panama, as the […]
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USA-Colombia Men's Friendly Player Ratings
USA-COLOMBIA EXPRESS Oct. 11 in Tampa, Fla. USA 2 Colombia 4. Goals: Acosta 50, Wood 53; Rodriguez36, Bacca 56, Falcao 74, Borja 79. Att.: 38,631 In an entertaining 4-2 Colombia win over the USA, the Americans contributed a little bit to the fine display of soccer.Two goals in three minutes, by Kellyn Acosta and Bobby […]
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USA-T&T Concacaf Women's Championship: Another day, another rout
USA-TRINIDAD & TOBAGO EXPRESS:Oct. 7 in Cary, North CarolinaUSA 7 Trinidad & Tobago 0Goals: Morgan 9, 50, Lavelle 41, 43, Dunn 45, Horan 49, Heath 58.Att.: 3,996 The USA’s 7-0 win over Trinidad & Tobago sends it into the ConcacafChampionship semifinal having outscored three foes 18-0. On Sunday, Coach Jill Ellis‘ team can book a […]
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USA-Panama Concacaf Women's Championship: Lloyd shows class in another easy U.S. win
USA-PANAMA EXPRESS: Oct. 7 in Cary, North CarolinaUSA 5 Panama 0. Goals: Mewis 5, Lloyd 23, 29, 48,Press 32. Att.: 7,532 Once again, the USA was barely challenged, winning its second game at the Concacaf Women’s Championship with a 5-0 win over a young and inexperiencedPanama playing in the final round of qualifying for the first […]
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USA-Mexico Concacaf Women's Championship: World champs make it look ridiculously easy
USA-MEXICO EXPRESS: Oct. 4 in Cary, North Carolina USA 6 Mexico 0. Goals: Rapinoe 3, 70, Ertz 47, Morgan57, 80, Heath 61. Att.: 5,404. The USA’s road to France and the 2019 Women’s World Cup got off to an impressive start with a 6-0 win over Mexico in Cary, North Carolina. Megan Rapinoe opened the […]
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USA-Mexico Men's Friendly Player Ratings
USA-MEXICO EXPRESS:Sept. 11 in Nashville, Tenn.USA 1 Mexico 0. Goal: Adams 71.Att.: 40,194. Mexico played the more cohesive soccer in this clash of youngsters until El Tri forward Angel Zaldivar‘s 67th-minute red card. The USA respondedquickly to the ejection with 19-year-old Tyler Adams‘ first national team goal for a 1-0 win on Tuesday in Tennessee.
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USA-Brazil Men's Friendly Player Ratings
USA-BRAZIL EXPRESS: Sept. 7 in in East Rutherford, N.J. USA 0 Brazil 2. Goals: Firmino 11, Neymar(pen.) 43. Att.: 32,489. In what resembled a game of rondo for much of the time — Brazilians playing midfield keepaway as the Americans chased in vain — the USAfell, 2-0, in New Jersey to the Selecao in Brazil’s […]