USA-ECUADOR EXPRESS: May 25 in Frisco, Tex. USA 1, Ecuador 0. Goal: Nagbe 90.Att.: 9,893. ———————————————— Halftime subs Bobby Wood and DarlingtonNagbe revived a sluggish U.S. attack and in the final minutes they teamed up to score the goal by which the U.S. beat Ecuador, 1-0. The Americans started poorly and seldomtroubled the Ecuadoran defense in the first half but […]
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MLS Countdown: Morris takes mature route
Passed over for a spot on the 23-man Copa America Centenario roster, rookie Jordan Morris said all the right things speaking to reporters at a Sounders training session on Tuesday. U.S. head coach Jurgen Klinsmann cited the sharp form of Quakes forward Chris Wondolowski, who has netted seven goals in the campaign, as one reason […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Rapids stay top
Colorado prevailed in Seattle, 1-0, to run its unbeaten streak to eight games and retain first place in the Soccer America MLS Power Rankings. FC Dallas jumped ahead of the Galaxy intosecond place by winning, 4-2, at New England, and Philadelphia jumped two places by knocking off D.C. United, 1-0. The Union is unbeaten in […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Big win moves RSL to top spot
Real Salt Lake turned in perhaps the most impressive road performance of the young MLS season to hand Sporting Kansas City its first loss, 2-1. New England, Seattle and Chicago got their firstvictories, but D.C. United, which squandered a 1-0 lead in San Jose, and Columbus stayed winless. Week 5 Results April 1 New England 1, […]
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Projecting USA's Copa America Centenario roster
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) March wasn’t the best month for U.S. Soccer’s elite men’s teams and thus the plan goingforward for head coach Jurgen Klinsmann is rife with possibilities. Had the USA swept Guatemala, Klinsmann might have taken a different approach at the Copa America Centenario in June.It will probably clinch a berth in the […]
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MLS Countdown: Internationals return from duty
The days immediately following the FIFA fixture dates are anxious ones for club coaches unsure of how fit their players will be when they rejoin their teams. Counting the U.S. U-23 s pickedby head coach Andi Herzog for the Olympic playoff series against Colombia, more than 70 MLS players were summoned by their national teams. […]
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USA-Guatemala Takeaways: Doom and gloom premature
Dire warnings after the USA’s 2-0 loss to Guatemala were premature as it made easier work of Los Chapines, 4-0, Tuesday night in Columbus, Ohio. The victory eases the pressure on JurgenKlinsmann heading into June’s Copa Centenario and puts the USA in good shape to advance to the Hexagonal.
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USA-Guatemala: Win needed to avert crisis
It would be a wrong to call the USA’s match against Guatemala a must-win game. The USA could still advance in World Cup 2018 qualifying without a win. But after Friday’s debacle in Guatemala City,anything but a win will trigger alarm bells that will be hard to turn off. “There’s a sense of urgency tomorrow […]
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Klinsmann failed test in Guatemala City
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) The song remains the same. Perhaps it was inevitable that the U.S. unbeaten streak against Guatemala inqualifying play had to end, but the timing sure was lousy. The USA is riding a bleak streak of ineptitude against Concacaf opponents, both in friendlies and games that count. Since stumblingagainst Jamaica and Panama […]
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USA is going for the sweep against Guatemala
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) Six points should clinch. The objective for back-to-back games against Guatemala Friday and Tuesday isclear: win them both, even if road wins can be very hard to find in Central America, and attentions will be divided — as was the player pool — by a do-or-die Olympic playoff series for the […]