PORTUGAL-USA EXPRESSNov. 14 in LeiriaPortugal 1 USA 1.Goals: VitorinoAntunes 31; McKennie 21.Att: 19,017. The USA’s first game since the 2018 World Cup qualifying failure, a 1-1 tie at Portugal, will be remembered for theexceptional debut performance by 19-year-old midfielder Weston McKennie and the blunder by 22-year-old goalkeeper Ethan Horvath. USA Player Ratings:StartersPlayer (Club) GP/G2 Ethan […]
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USL Final: Louisville City-Swope Park Rangers
LOUISVILLE-SWOPE PARK EXPRESSNov. 13 in Louisville, KentuckyLouisville City 1 Swope Park Rangers0Goal: Lancaster (Williams) 88.Att.: 14,456. Louisville City is 2017 USL champion thanks to 1-0 win over Swope Park Rangers, theSporting Kansas City farm team that settles for the USL runner-up prize for a second straight year. • The Hero: Cameron LancasterLouisville City’s leadingscorer Luke […]
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NASL Final: Deltas shrug off uncertainty to beat Cosmos
Expansion team San Francisco Deltas wrapped up a memorable season that might be its last by beating the New York Cosmos, 2-0, Sunday night in the NASL final. Here are three takeaways fromthe match that could be the last ever played by the Deltas, who have lost millions of dollars in their first season and […]
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USA-Canada: Rapinoe finishes comeback year with big performance in 3-1 win
USA-CANADA EXPRESS: Nov. 12 in San Jose USA 3 Canada 1. Goals: Ertz (Rapinoe) 11, Morgan (Press) 57, Lloyd(Morgan) 80; Beckie (Prince) 50. Att.: 17,960. A pair of Bay Area college products — Julie Ertz and Alex Morgan — and Carli Lloyd scored to give theUSA a 3-1 win over Canada in its final game […]
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USA-Canada: Americans lucky to get out of BC Place with draw
USA-CANADA EXPRESS: Nov. 9 in Vancouver, B.C. Canada 1 USA 1. Goals: Leon (Sinclair) 56, Morgan (Short) 31.Att.: 28,017. The USA and Canada played to a 1-1 tie Thursday night in the first of two friendlies before a crowd of 28,017 fans, higher than that for any Whitecaps or BCLions (CFL) game at Vancouver’s BC […]
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USA-England, Very poor start dooms tentative Americans
The USA’s quest to reach the U-17 World Cup semifinals for the first time since 1999 ended with a 4-1 quarterfinal loss to England, which had a 2-0 lead by the 14th minute and was up 3-0 before theJosh Sargent put the Americans on the scoreboard in the 72nd minute. USA-ENGLAND EXPRESSOct. 21 in Goa,IndiaUSA […]
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USA-Paraguay: U-17s Weah, Carleton and Sargent run wild in historic 5-0 victory
A 5-0 win over Paraguay sends the USA to the U-17 World Cup quarterfinals, where it will face the winner of Tuesday’s England-Japan game. USA-PARAGUAYEXPRESS: Oct. 16 New Delhi, India USA 5 Paraguay 0. Goals: Weah (Akinola) 19, Weah (Vassilev) 53, Carleton(Sargent) 63, Sargent (Carleton) 75, Weah (Carleton) 77. Att.: 34,895. A big-time victoryThe USA’swin […]
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USA-Colombia Game Report: Loss creates more difficult path for Americans at U-17 World Cup
After starting the U-17 World Cup with two wins that clinched second-round passage, the USA fell, 3-1, to Colombia. A costly defeat, as it dropped the USA from first place in Group A to third place,which likely means a more formidable round-of-16 opponent and one or two days less rest before its next game. USA-COLOMBIA […]
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Trinidad & Tobago-USA World Cup Qualifying Player Ratings
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO-USA EXPRESS Oct. 10 in Couva, Trinidad Trinidad & Tobago 2 USA 1 Goals: own goal (O.Gonzalez) 17, A.Jones 37; Pulisic 47. The USA will miss the 2018 World Cup after 2-1 loss to Trinidad & Tobago, which had a fortuitous start thanksto Omar Gonzalez’s 17th-minute own goal. But the failure was a team […]
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USA beats Ghana for superb start to U-17 World Cup
The USA is off to its best start at the biennial U-17 World Cup since 2005. On Monday, Ayo Akinola scored in the 75th minute to give the USA a 1-0 win following its 3-0 win inthe opener against host India on Friday. USA-GHANA EXPRESS Oct. 9 in New Dehli, India USA 1 Ghana0 Goals: […]