USA-COSTA RICA EXPRESS:Feb 2 in San Jose, CaliforniaUSA 2 Costa Rica 0. Goals: Lletget (Lewis) 80,Arriola (Lletget) 88.Att.: 13,656 In Gregg Berhalter‘s second game at the helm, following last week’s 3-0 win over Panama, the USA outplayed and beatCosta Rica, 2-0, on Saturday. Especially dominant in the second half, the USA got its deserved win […]
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USA-Panama: Men's Friendly Player Ratings
USA-PANAMA EXPRESS:Jan. 27 in Glendale, ArizonaUSA 3 Panama 0. Goals: Mihailovic (Baird) 40,Zimmerman (Lima) 80, Ramirez (Lewis) 88.Att.: 9,040 Seven players made their USA debuts in Coach Gregg Berhalter‘s first game at the helm — a 3-0 winover Panama, also a team in the midst of rebuilding — and for the most part the debutants […]
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USA-Spain: Women's Friendly Player Ratings
SPAIN-USA EXPRESS:Jan. 22 in AlicanteSpain 0 USA 1. Goal: Press 54.Att.:9,182 How would the USA rebound from getting outplayed and beaten by France, 3-1, last Saturday? On Tuesday against Spain, following a poor first 45 minutes, halftime sub ChristenPress‘ solo effort earned the Americans a 1-0 win in what was the first encounter between the […]
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USA-France: Women's Friendly Player Ratings
FRANCE-USA EXPRESS:Jan. 19 in Le Havre, FranceFrance 3 USA 1. Goals: Diani (Cascarino) 9, Diani(Torrent) 57, Katoto (Bussaglia) 78; Pugh (Lloyd) 91+.Att.: 23,000. Overconfidence during preparations for this summer’s World Cup won’t be a problem for the USA thanks toits feeble performance in a 3-1 loss to France that ended the Americans’ 28-game unbeaten streak. […]
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USA-Italy: Men's Friendly Player Ratings
USA-ITALY EXPRESS:Nov. 20 in Genk, BelgiumUSA 0 Italy 1. Goal: Politano 94+.Att.: 13,500 The USA neglected the attack part of its counterattack approach against Italy and was fortunate to escape with a 1-0 loss on Tuesday. Dismal Italian finishing andsome big saves from goalkeeper Ethan Horvath kept the game scoreless until stoppage time. Not until […]
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USA-England Men's Friendly Player Ratings
USA-ENGLAND EXPRESS:Nov. 15 in LondonEngland 3 USA 0. Goals: Lingard 25, Alexander-Arnold 27,Wilson 77.Att.: 68,155. The young U.S. players will not bring back good memories from playing in famous WembleyStadium. On their heels from the kickoff, they were down 2-0 by the 27th minute, never looked capable of competing with the 2018 World Cup semifinalist, […]
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Scotland-USA Women's International Friendly: Pugh and Morgan combine for sweet gamewinner
SCOTLAND-USA EXPRESS:Nov. 13 in PaisleyScotland 0 USA 1. Goal: Morgan 39.Att.: 3,790. The USA finished 2018 undefeated, with an 18-0-2 record, thanks to a 1-0 win at Scotland on Tuesday. The narrow win was the USA’s second of a two-game Europe tour– after it qualified for the 2019 World Cup by winning last month’s Concacaf […]
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USA-Portugal Women's International Friendly: Narrow victory gives USA 500 wins
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 […]