Mexico and Costa Rica can become the first Concacaf teams to clinch berths in the Hexagonal, the final round of World Cup 2018 qualifying. El Tri will advance with a win or tie against Canada onTuesday. Los Ticos will move on if they beat Jamaica at home and Panama and Haiti tie. GROUP A Standings: […]
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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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WCQ: T&T and Guatemala move ahead of USA
Wins by Trinidad & Tobago and Guatemala dropped the USA into third place in their Concacaf World Cup 2018 qualifying group. Mexico beat Canada, 3-0, before 54,798 fans at BC Place inVancouver and will become the first Concacaf team to clinch a berth in the Hexagonal with another win over Canada on Tuesday. El Tri […]
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Copa Centenario: U.S. opponents set for qualifiers
The USA’s three first-round opponents in the Copa Centenario will play their last competitive games before the summer tournament when they take part in World Cup 2018 qualifying. For a look at howColombia, Paraguay and Costa Rica stack up. COLOMBIA. Dates: March 24 — at Bolivia; March 29 — Ecuador. Coach Jose Pekerman is under […]
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WCQ: MLS connections to key Concacaf series
World Cup 2018 qualifying in the Concacaf zone resumes with six home-and-home series in the second of three double dates spread over 10 months. Besides the USA-Guatemala series, Canada can solidifyits chances of reaching the Hexagonal for the first time since 1997 if gets a result in one of its two games against Mexico. The […]
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Copa Centenario: The case for the USA
The USA will have its work cut out at the Copa Centenario, drawing Colombia, Costa Rica and Paraguay, to which it lost the last time it met each of them in friendly games and competitive matches.Group A is lot tougher than the groups the other three seeds drew but it is not an impossible draw. […]
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2016 Copa Centenario Schedule
The USA will play Colombia in Santa Clara, California, Costa Rica in Chicago and Paraguay in Philadelphia in the 2016 Copa Centenario that begins June 3. For Sunday’s complete draw. 2016 Copa Centenario GROUP A: June 3 in Santa Clara USA vs. Colombia June 4 in Orlando Costa Rica vs. ParaguayJune 7 in Chicago USA […]
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U.S. women are headed to Olympics after easy win
The USA easily qualified for the 2016 Rio Olympics with a 5-0 win over Trinidad & Tobago in the semifinals of Concacaf Olympic women’s qualifying at Houston’s BBVA Compass Stadium. It will joinCanada, a 3-1 winner over Costa Rica, as the Concacaf representatives at the 12-team women’s soccer competition. Alex Morgan scored her third career […]
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Concacaf Olympic women's qualifying results
The USA will play Trinidad & Tobago and Canada will meet Costa Rica Friday in the semifinals of the Concacaf Olympic women’s qualifying tournament with berths at the Rio Olympics on the line forthe winners. Canada got hat tricks from Duke’s Rebecca Quinn and Ohio State’s Nichelle Prince as it beat Guatemala, 10-0, and won […]
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USA-Costa Rica Takeaways: USA doesn't mess around
The USA isn’t going to mess around with Olympic women’s qualifying. It wasn’t the 14-0 rout of its opener against the Dominican Republic four years ago, but the 5-0 win over Costa Rica was impressiveenough: the opening goal, by Alex Morgan, came after 12 seconds, and three goals were scored in the first 15 minutes. […]