The U.S. under-23 national team finished with a split of its two games on its European tour when it fell to Denmark’s U-34s, 1-0, on Tuesday before 1,322 fans in Lyngby. Andreas Cornelius, who has six senior caps for Denmark, had the game’s lone goal in the 52nd minute.
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Altidore polarizes the soccer world once again
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) His critics would have you believe that against Denmark JozyAltidore scored a goal and set up another and did little else. I beg to differ. Not that he did enough to merit rave reviews. The Danes were rugged and composed defensively aside from thetwo incisive serving balls that produced the goals, and […]
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Klinsmann: 'We did a lot of good stuff'
The USA’s 3-2 loss at Denmark on Wednesday gives Coach Jurgen Klinsmann’s team a post-2014 World Cup record of 2-4-2 (win-loss-tie). But despite Denmark’s dominance and anotherlate-game collapse, Klinsmann said he saw “a lot of positives” from his team. “I think we gave them an eye-to-eye game and we could have won it, but we […]
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For long periods, USA looked lost against Danes
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) The USA national team took a pair of one-goal leads but still lost, 3-2, toDenmark Wednesday in Aarhus. Well, apparently a 4-4-2 formation isn’t the solution for the U.S. national team. Nor is it the problem. Seldom during did a 3-2 loss to Denmark Wednesday did the Americans look cohesive or […]
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Denmark-USA Player Ratings
The USA scored two goals against the run of play and led 2-1 for 17 minutes in the second half, but lost 3-2 to Denmark in Aarhus on Wednesday. Nicklas Bendtner scored thefinal two goals of his hat trick in the 83rd minute and in stoppage time. Goals by Jozy Altidore and Aron Johannsson earned […]
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Game Summary: Denmark 3 USA 2
Nicklas Bendtner‘s hat trick gave Denmark a 3-2 win over the USA, which had led 1-0 and 2-1. It marked the fifth time in the last seven games the USA led ortied going into the 75th minute and gave up goals that cost it the lead or the game. This was the first time the […]
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USA-Denmark: Missing list grows with Dempsey injury
The U.S. national team visits Denmark for the first time since 2009 to play the Danish national team in Aarhus Wednesday (3 p.m. ET, ESPN, UniMas, UDN) in itsthird international of the year. Veterans, young players and a couple of new faces are all in the mix. USA: Big names left out of team for […]
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Klinsmann hands out the kudos
The USA’s next match is less than a week away — next Wednesday against Denmark in Aarhus — and Jurgen Klinsmann gave some idea of whom he might callup in comments he made in an interview with U.S. Soccer. Klinsmann praised the playof John Brooks and Timmy Chandler, who have been consistently starting at HerthaBerlin and […]
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Danes in turmoil over bonus dispute
With a week to go before it hosts the USA in a friendly in Aarhus, the Danish national team has a labor dispute hanging over it. Talks on a new collective bargaining agreement coveringbonuses between the DBU, the Danish federation, and Spillerforeningen, players’ union, collapsed on Sunday. Stars Christian Eriksen, Daniel Agger and Nicklas Bendtner […]
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U.S. U-23s headed to Europe for March friendlies
The U.S. under-23 men’s national team will continue its preparations for Olympic qualifying in October when it travels to Bosnia and Denmark for matches at the end of March. TheU-23s, coached by Andreas Herzog, will play Bosnia March 27, in Tuzla and Denmark four days later. “With six months before the start ofOlympic qualifying, this […]