[AMERICANS ABROAD] Eddie Johnson is the latest American to move to Mexico, joining DaMarcus Beasley at Puebla. Johnson, who has 42 caps for the USA, has been without a team since his contract with Fulham expired in the summer. In August, it was announcedthat Johnson would be returning to MLS, where he had played for […]
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Philadelphia adds another Tico
[MLS TRANSACTIONS] Philadelphia Union continued its Central American buying spree with the acquisition of Costa Rican left back Porfirio Lopez from Chinese club Dalian Haichang. The 26-year-old was on loan to Alajuelense and won the 2011 Costa Rican summer and winter championships. For all theoffseason player movement … CHICAGO FIRE IN: Orr Barouch (permanent transfer,Tigres/MEX) Jay […]
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Klinsmann announces winter camp roster
[USA MEN] U.S. national team head coach Jurgen Klinsmann called in 20 players to the training camp roster that will runJan. 3-26 in the United States and Panama. The USA will host Venezuela on Jan. 21 at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. Four days later, it faces Panama at the Estadio RommelFernandez […]
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What They're Saying
“It was an entertaining game. We saw again a lot of interesting things from our players that we wanted to see. As a group we are growing. We knew going into the locker room up 3-1 at halftimethat it wasn’t finished. They proved that and caused us big problems. The team stood against it and […]
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Revs hire Heaps to replace Nicol
[MLS] Jay Heaps became the latest former MLS player to move quickly into the head coaching ranks when the New EnglandRevolution named the former defender as its new head coach, replacing Steve Nicol. Heaps was the MLS Rookie of the Year with the Miami Fusion in1999 and moved to New England in 2001. He played […]
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Keller wins Goalie of the Year
[MLS AWARDS] Retiring Seattle Sounders goalie Kasey Keller was voted the 2011 Allstate MLS Goalkeeper of the Year. Heplayed in every minute of every game for the Sounders, who finished with the second-best record in MLS this season. Keller, 41, won a league-high 18 games this season and led allstarting goalkeepers in MLS in […]
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At last, the U.S. offense breaks out
[SLOVENIA-USA] It’s what we’ve been waiting for since Jurgen Klinsmann took the helm in July: An entertaining, attack-minded performance fromthe USA. Here’s why we’re much more optimistic about Klinsmann’s rebuilding process after the 3-2 win at Slovenia on Tuesday. … (Click here for U.S. Player Ratings.) GOALS, THANK GOODNESS. The Americans,who had scored only twice in […]
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Desperately seeking signs of progress in Paris
[USA CONFIDENTIAL] Results in these friendlies — now four losses, one tie and one win in the Jurgen Klinsmann era — aren’t supposed tomatter. We’re to be looking for step-by-step improvement as the team heads toward World Cup qualifying next summer. So was there progress on display when the USA fell, 1-0, to Les Bleus […]
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U.S. player ratings
[USA-FRANCE REPORT CARD] Another inept USA offensive performance yielded a 1-0 loss to France in which the Americans spent most of the game defending andmanaged just five shots. Soccer America’s Ridge Mahoney grades the U.S. players … Starters: GRADE PLAYER (CLUB) GP/G 7 Tim Howard (Everton/ENG, 71/0). He was about all that stood between France […]
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Another loss, another game without a goal
[FRANCE-USA] France beat the USA 1-0 thanks to sub Loic Remy‘s goal in the 72nd minute in their friendly Friday at theStade de France. The loss dropped the USA’s record to 1-4-1 under Jurgen Klinsmann with two goals in six games. Remy easily held off the challengeof Clarence Goodson on a ball played over the […]