[VIDEO PICK] Portland rookie Darlington Nagbe‘s juggling golazo in July against Sporting Kansas City was voted 2011 MLS Goal of the Year. Nagbe, 21, was born in Liberia and lived in Europe before at age 11 moving with his family to Ohio. After helping Akron win the 2010 NCAA title in his junior year he […]
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More Americans headed overseas for training
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Midfielder Kyle Beckerman and several other U.S. national team players are going to stay in Europe a bit longer foroffseason training, with Germany the preferred destination. MLSsoccer.com reported Wednesday that Beckerman, Robbie Rogers, Juan Agudelo and PerryKitchen would start training camps in Germany this week. Beckerman told the Real Salt Lake Web site […]
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Barrieu takes post in Middle East
[UNITED ARAB EMIRATES] Frenchman Pierre Barrieu, who served as fitness coach on the last three U.S. World Cup teams, hastaken a post as head fitness coach and assistant coach with the United Arab Emirates’ national team. Barrieu, who relocated with his family to Dubai in September, was out of a jobwhen Jurgen Klinsmann took over […]
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Boyd scores again in 1-1 tie
[U.S. UNDER-23 MEN] Borussia Dortmund striker Terrence Boyd scored a great solo goal three minutes after coming off thebench as the U.S. U-23 national team wrapped up its 10-day training camp in Germany with a 1-1 tie against a Bayer Leverkusen team that featured U.S. international David Yelldell in goal. In the 72nd minute, Boyd […]
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Universal and Telemundo to air Olympic qualifying
[TELEVISION WATCH] Universal Sports Network and Telemundo will air Concacaf’s men’s and women’s qualifying tournaments next year. Universal Sports Network has exclusive English-language rights of all matches featuring the United States and the finals from each of the tournaments. Telemundo will provide exclusive Spanish-languagetelevision coverage of both tournaments in the United States. The women’s tournament […]
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USA opens World Cup 2014 qualifying in June
[DATEBOOK] The USA will begin its quest to qualify for the 2014 World Cup on June 8, 2012, when it hosts tiny Antigua & Barbuba in the opening game of thesemifinal round in the Concacaf region. Also in Group A are Guatemala and Jamaica. The six-game schedule consists of three double fixture dates, one of […]
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Carlos Bocanegra joins the 100 club
[MAKING A LIST] U.S. captain Carlos Bocanegra’s appearance in Tuesday’s 3-2 win over Slovenia marked his 100th game for the USA, joining11 other players who’ve hit the century mark. The 32-year-old defender debuted for the USA in December of 2001, under Coach Bruce Arena, after his second season with MLS’sChicago Fire. The Southern Californian who […]
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“It’s always important to get a win, and tonight was important for a lot of reasons. It was the last game of the year, we wanted to get back to winning ways, and it’s going to be a long timeuntil our next game, so we wanted to have a good taste in our mouths.” — […]
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U.S. player ratings
[SLOVENIA-USA] Though officially credited with just 11 shots, the USA played its best offensive game of the JurgenKlinsmann era while beating Slovenia, 3-2, on Tuesday, and its attackers get high marks. Soccer America’s Ridge Mahoney grades the U.S. players … Starters: 5 Tim Howard (Everton/ENG, 72/0). Came up with a vital save during a furious […]
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Rosales named top newcomer
[MLS AWARDS] Seattle Sounders midfielder Mauro Rosales was the runaway winner of the 2011 MLS Newcomer of the Yearaward. The award honors the player with previous professional experience who makes the biggest impact in his first season in Major League Soccer. The 30-year-oldArgentina joined Seattle in 2011 and emerged as one of the top […]