“At the end we were able to score three goals in the second half so it was better than the first half but still not as good as this team can play. I believe as the tournament goes by, we’regoing to see a little bit better USA team.” — Coach Vlatko Andonovski, after the USA […]
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Watch: How the U.S. women beat Haiti to start on road to Tokyo 2020
Thanks to goals by Christen Press, Lynn Williams, Lindsey Horan and Carli Lloyd, the USA opened its Olympic qualifying campaign witha 4-0 win over Haiti.
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American referees Karen Abt, Alicia Messer and Jennifer Garner picked for Concacaf championship
U.S. Socccer referee Karen Abt and assistant referees Alicia Messer and Jennifer Garner were selected for the 2020 Concacaf Women’s U-20Championship, which serves as the region’s U-20 World Cup qualifying competition. American Sandra Serafini was selected to serve as an assessor at the tournament that takesplace Feb. 22-March 1 in the Dominican Republic. Karen Abt, […]
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Tuesday Morning: What's in the News
1. Mauricio Isais, an 18-year-old Texas native who grew up in North Carolina, made his Liga MX debut, coming on for the last 19minutes of Leon’s 3-0 win over Pachuca. Isais is playing for Leon on loan from Pachuca, which discovered the attacking midfielder at the 2017 Sueno Alianza de Futbol’s showcase. Pachuca and Leon […]
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Gregg Berhalter: 'The culture of the team is strong'
An attraction of the USA’s friendly against Costa Rica on Saturday: You can count on witnessing national team debuts. Twelve members of the USA’s 22-man are uncapped. Teenagers Ulysses Llanez, Julian Araujo and BryangKayo The game comes one year after Gregg Berhalter‘s first game at the U.S. helm. Two losses to archival Mexico and the first loss […]
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Watch: A decade of goalkeeper howlers
The folks at Bundesliga TV were kind enough to compile the league’s Top 10 Goalkeeper bloopers of 2010-2019 — including the keeper who was taking a drink.
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Three things to know about … Haiti's women's national team
The Grenadières, the region’s fastest developing national team, took the USA to penalties in the 2018 Concacaf U-20 semifinals. They won’t be expected to hold off the USA in their Olympicqualifying opener in Houston on Tuesday, but the game will be a good test for their young team. Olympic qualifying: Tuesday — USAvs. Haiti, 8:30 pm. […]
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Calendar: Concacaf Olympic Women's Qualifying Tournament TV schedule
Group A Jan. 28 in Houston, Texas Costa Rica 6 Panama 1. USA 4 Haiti 0. Jan. 31 in Houston,Texas Haiti vs. Costa Rica 5:45 pm. (Fox Soccer Plus) USA vs. Panama 8:30 pm. (*Fox Soccer Plus, TUDNxtra) *Available on FoxSports.com and Fox Sports app at FS1 levelauthentication. Feb. 3 in Houston, Texas Panama vs. […]
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USA vets Alejandro Bedoya and Dax McCarty assess the Gregg Berhalter approach
It’s been a difficult transition for the U.S. men’s national team since the disastrous qualifying campaign for the 2018 World Cup. It took a year before Gregg Berhalter, notnecessarily a popular choice for the job, was brought in as head coach, and his team’s inconsistent form and often piddling results while building around young talent […]
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Watch: Kobe Bryant on the joy and lessons he got from soccer
In 2018, Kobe Bryant, at the Aspen Institute’s Project Play Summit, shared his soccer history, as well as insights on coaching and parenting. Skye EddyBruce of SoccerParenting.com attended and reported: “My favorite paraphrase from the interview: My coaches gave me the cake, I put the icing on it.” Bryant was born in Philadelphiain 1978. He […]