Portland’s stumble out of the gate as defending champion started in San Jose, and on Wednesday it gets another chance to atone at home. Both teams are missing key players away on internationalduty for the Copa Centenario. On the second weekend of the season, a 2-1 loss to the Quakes that featured a long-range golazo […]
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Is buzz over Klinsmann's babes justified?
By Paul Kennedy (@pkedit) The USA has been so disappointing so often during the Jurgen Klinsmann era that you have to wonderwhat to make of the optimism surrounding its chances at the Copa Centenario. Suddenly, the USA is being labeled as serious Copa contenders. There are reasons to back up that claim. TheUSA’s home-field advantage […]
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What They're Saying: Jurgen Klinsmann
“This is a little bit like two years ago. We talked about that with the Ghana game before Brazil, before the World Cup started, we made it kind of like our final. We start the tournament with afinal.” — U.S. national team coach Jurgen Klinsmann, saying his team needs a good result in Friday’s Copa […]
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Copa Countdown: Argentina threatens pullout; Navas out
There’s good news and bad news for fans hoping to see Lionel Messi play for Argentina at the Copa Centenario. The good news: Messi is doing better after suffering a painful back injury in Friday’s friendly game against Honduras. The bad news:The Argentine federation (AFA) executive committee will meet Tuesday to decide whether to pull […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Rapids still first, Philly now third
The Philadelphia Union emerged from an arduous road trip to Orlando and Colorado with a pair of ties that was enough to slide into third place in the Soccer America MLS PowerRankings behind the Rapids and FC Dallas, which held second by securing a 0-0 tie at San Jose. Philly took over third from the LA […]
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USA-Bolivia: Klinsmann's men enter Copa on a roll
By beating Bolivia, 4-0, in Kansas City on Saturday, the USA enters the Copa America Centenario on a four-game win streak. The competition hasn’t been formidable during Coach JurgenKlinsmann‘s fine-tuning for Friday’s opener against Colombia at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, but refreshing are signs of a new generation working itself into the team. […]
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USA-Bolivia International Friendly Player Ratings
USA-BOLIVIA EXPRESS: May 28 in Kansas City, Kansas USA 4, Bolivia 0. Goals: Zardes 26, 52, Brooks 37, Pulisic 69. ———————————– A feeble display by Bolivia confirmed its placing among the Conmebol doormats, yet several Americans strengthened their cases for Copa Centenario minutesby rolling to a 4-0 victory Saturday in Kansas City. Gyasi Zardes scored […]
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Messi Update: Argentine star moving uncomfortably but no broken bones
Lionel Messi injured his back and ribs in a Copa Centenario warmup game for Argentina against Honduras but didn’t suffer any broken bones. He was scheduled to fly back to Barcelona for a courthearing while his teammates fly to California to prepare for the Copa Centenario. “We did a scan on him at the stadium […]
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Floridian ready to battle USA for Bolivia
Alejandro Melean was born and raised in Florida and grew up facing U.S. midfielder Alejandro Bedoya, whom he battled in club ball in Florida and later in college, and he’ll get anotherchance to play against Bedoya when he suits up for Bolivia against the USA Saturday in their Copa Centenario warmup game in Kansas City.
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Copa Centenario: Castillo replaces Chandler on U.S. roster
The USA called in Edgar Castillo to replace Timmy Chandleron its roster for the Copa Centenario. Chandler suffered a thigh strain while playing for Eintracht Frankfurt in Monday’spromotion-relegation playoffs against Nuremberg. Castillo missed Saturday’s USA-Bolovia game as he was with Monterrey for the Torneo Clausura final in Mexico. He started the USA’s last twoWorld Cup qualifiers […]