Copa Centenario organizers threw out the U.S protests over the red card issued to Jermaine Jones and yellow card handed to Bobby Wood a minute apart in the second half of theUSA’s 2-1 win over Ecuador in the quarterfinals. Jones, Wood and Alejandro Bedoya are all suspended for Tuesday’s semifinal against Argentina in Houston. U.S. […]
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Centenario jams up an already crowded calendar
Aside from the problem of what to name a Centenario-type competition matching the nations of Conmebol and Concacaf — there can’t be another Centenario, obviously — the primary issue will bewhen to play it. This comes up because, for the first time, the beloved European Championship — which snugly fills the void between World Cups […]
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What They're Saying: Gyasi Zardes
“There was a defender right there, so I didn’t want to take a chance. I had to bury it.” — Gyasi Zardes on putting across the line Clint Dempsey‘s shot that appeared to beheaded into the goal at the far post for the second goal in the USA’s 2-1 win over Ecuador in the quarterfinals […]
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USA-Ecuador Copa Centenario Player Ratings
USA-ECUADOR EXPRESS: June 16 in Seattle USA 2 Ecuador 1. Goals: Dempsey 22, Zardes 65; Arroyo 74. RedCards: USA — Jones 52; Ecuador — A.Valencia 52. Att.: 47,322. The USA opened up a 2-0 lead on Ecuador with goals by Clint Dempsey and GyasiZardes, then rode out the final minutes after Ecuador got a goal back […]
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USA-Ecuador: Orozco in line for biggest start of career
After starting the same lineup for three games in a row — something it has never done since the 1930 World Cup — the USA will be forced to make at least one change, at right back, against Ecuador onThursday. DeAndre Yedlin‘s red card means Michael Orozco will likely get the biggest start of his […]
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USA-Ecuador: Both teams regard other as beatable
One of the top soccer venues in the country is about to stage one of the biggest games the national team has played under head coach Jurgen Klinsmann. The Americans, who lost toColombia in the Copa America Centenario opener June 3, kick off the quarterfinals against Ecuador at CenturyLink Field in Seattle on Thursday. The […]
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Guzan seizes chance for No. 1 shirt
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) Tony Meola stifles England in 1993. Brad Friedel excels at the 2002 World Cup. KaseyKeller thwarts Costa Rica with a triple-save in 2005. Tim Howard stones Spain in the 2009 Confederations Cup and dazzles the world against Belgium in 2014. The past few decades ofthe U.S. men’s national team includes these […]
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Klinsmann: Soccer is 20 years behind NBA and NFL
U.S. national team coach Jurgen Klinsmann says soccer shouldn’t be handicapped by the lack of instant replay that prevented the refereeing crew from determining Raul Ruidiaz‘s goalshould have been disallowed for a handball in Sunday’s Brazil-Peru game. “For big decisions, like last night with the handball,” Klinsmann said of the goal that gave Peru a […]
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Copa Central: Brazil cries foul, to no avail
Video replay cannot come soon enough for what happened Sunday night at the Copa Centenario in Foxborough, Massachusetts. Brazil exited the tournament in stunning fashion — well, not so stunning forthe team’s numerous critics — as it lost to Peru, 1-0, on a goal by Raul Ruidiaz in the 75th minute. Replays showed Ruidiaz batted the […]
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Copa Central: A 7-1 result, this time in Brazil's favor
A win over Haiti — even a 7-1 win — is not going to satisfy the critics of Dunga‘s Brazil, but it sets up the Selecao to win Group B and head to MetLife Stadium for a possible showdown withthe USA in the quarterfinals. Neymar‘s absence, plus a string of injuries, left Brazil at less […]