The USA plays the first of three games in June when it hosts Venezuela Saturday in a friendly at Sandy, Utah, home of Real Salt Lake. Who head coach Bruce Arena starts will be a good indicatorof who and how he’s thinking of playing five days later when the USA hosts Trinidad & Tobago in […]
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What They're Saying: Landon Donovan
“From an ego standpoint, I would love to have that record forever. From a human perspective, and as someone who is a U.S. soccer fan and wants to see the game continue to develop, I hope thatrecord gets broken 100 times.” — Landon Donovan, whose USMNT record of 57 career goals Clint Dempsey is chasing. […]
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NWSL: Waldrum is out as Houston head coach
Randy Waldrum, who left his job as head coach at Notre Dame, one of the most successful women’s programs in the country, to take over as the Houston Dash head coach for its launch in 2014, isout. The Dash and Waldrum agreed to part ways just seven games into the 2017 season. Assistant coach Omar […]
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Arena: USMNT frontline 'real strength' heading into June
Dom Dwyer has been the hottest American striker with five goals for Sporting Kansas City the last two months, but the newly naturally U.S. citizen might have to wait until the Gold Cup to get acall-up from U.S. national team head coach Bruce Arena because of its depth up front. U.S. national team forwards:PLAYER TEAM […]
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MLS Power Rankings: FC Dallas maintains top spot
By knocking off previously unbeaten Sporting Kansas City, FC Dallas held top spot in Soccer America’s MLS Power Rankings. Maynor Figueroa scored just his second MLS goal and FCD notched itssecond shutout of the season against SKC. Victories for Orlando City, Portland, and Houston moved those teams into the top five, and just outside that […]
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MLS Power Rankings: FC Dallas stays on top
The only two teams still unbeaten, FC Dallas and Sporting Kansas City, occupy the top two spots in Soccer America’s MLS Power Rankings after getting results on the road. FCD gave up alast-second goal but still came home from San Jose with a 1-1 tie and SKC turned in an impressive performance to prevail against […]
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MLS Power Rankings: FC Dallas stays on top
Top-ranked FC Dallas shook off the disappointment of elimination from the Concacaf Champions League by beating Minnesota United, 2-0, and big wins for Portland, Sporting Kansas City, and Orlando Citymoved them into the top four of Soccer America’s MLS Power Rankings. Losses sent New York City FC, Columbus, and Colorado tumbling in the other direction. […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Crew SC and Dynamo move up
With FC Dallas idle because of its Concacaf Champions League commitments, Columbus and Houston continued their winning ways to ascend the Power Rankings into second and fifth, respectively. At the other end of the rankings, three teams — D.C. United, Vancouver, and Minnesota United — won their first games of the season to rise of […]
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Dempsey: Qualifying for the World Cup is bigger than breaking scoring records
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) A hat trick of excellent goals in a romp at home, a simple tap-in to salvage a qualifying pointon the road. So it goes for Deuce, Clint Dempsey, formerly the Texas trailer-park kid and first-round draft choice of the New England Revolution, in a land far away the scorer ofone […]
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What They're Saying: Christian Pulisic
“Clint’s an easy guy to play with. He’s strong, he’s technical, he makes good runs and he always gives good support. That’s exactly what you need from a forward, andhe’s clinical.” — Christian Pulisic, saluting Clint Dempsey, with whom he started for the first time on the national team and who scored a hat trick […]