The USA plays Ecuador in its first Copa Centenario warm-up since MLS players entered camp. The game should give fans an idea how the USA might open the tournament against Colombia even though it willbe without Geoff Cameron, who is still rehabbing a hamstring injury suffered on the final day of the English Premier League […]
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Klinsmann sets Copa Centenario goal: semifinals
U.S. national team coach Jurgen Klinsmann says the Copa Centenario is on a par with the European Championship — a case can be made that the top 10 teams are tougher — but that hasn’t stoppedhim from setting a lofty goal for the USA: the semifinals. The CopaCentenario will feature eight teams — five of […]
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Philadelphia Union embarks on its toughest stretch of games to date
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) In presenting the Philadelphia Union with a daunting run of games one-third of the way through the 2016season, those who formulate the MLS schedule have provided an ideal field test for this question: Just how good is the Eastern Conference leader? The Union plays in Orlando Wednesday,five days after beating D.C. […]
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Why Mexico is a Copa Centenario favorite
In addition to the oddity of the USA hosting the 100th anniversary edition of the South American championship, the Copa America Centenario, there’s also a fair chance that the winner could be anon-South American team: Mexico. The Copa America, first staged in Argentina in 1916, started inviting guest teams in 1993, when the USA and […]
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Copa Centenario: U.S. leagues heavily represented
The USA’s roster for the Copa Centenario includes 10 current MLS players, but 17 other MLS players are on the rosters of the other 15 teams that were unveiled on Monday. Copa Centenario: Rosters The San Jose Earthquakes lead all teams withfour players bound for the Copa Centenario. Six other players play for NASL teams, […]
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Copa Centenario: Final rosters released
The final 23-player rosters for the 16 competing teams in the Copa Centenario were unveiled on Monday. A player listed on a team’s final roster may only be replaced in the event of serious injury upuntil 24 hours before his team’s first match and only from the preliminary 40-player roster. The tournament will open on […]
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Copa Centenario: Luis Suarez might play for Uruguay after all
Despite confirmation of the hamstring injury he suffered in Sunday’s Copa del Rey final, Barcelona star Luis Suarez will join Uruguay’s national team on June 1 ahead of the Copa Centenario.Barca issued a statement that Suarez will begin his rehabilitation in Barcelona, then join Uruguay in the United States, where a final decision on his […]
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USA-Puerto Rico Takeaways: Wood and Yedlin shine
The USA played the first of three friendlies before the Copa Centenario Sunday when it beat Puerto Rico, 3-1, in their first meeting in Bayamon. The Americans, starting only seven players who will goto the Copa Centenario, had almost 75 percent of possession but struggled in the afternoon heat — 88 degrees at kickoff — […]
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U.S. Copa Centenario roster: Klinsmann on his 50-50 calls
U.S. national team coach Jurgen Klinsmann named his 23-player roster for the Copa Centenario. He said there were a lot of 50-50 decisions, about whom he’d take to the Copa Centenario andspecifically whom he’d start in goal. He took Michael Orozco over Omar Gonzalez, Timmy Chandler over Edgar Castillo and Tim Ream, Perry Kitchen over Danny […]
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Perry Kitchen finds a new niche in Scotland
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) Why did Scottish club Hearts pursue former D.C. United midfielder Perry Kitchen and sign him to anice contract in March? Among his many attributes, he’s not a poser. So said D.C. United U-23 coach Richie Burke, a native of Liverpool who coached in Scotland beforetaking his post with the MLS club […]