[GOLD CUP] The USA has owned the Gold Cup semifinals, or close to it. It’s played in 12 Gold Cup and reached the semifinals 11 times. And in the 10 previous finalfour appearances, it has won eight times. The victories include two of the great wins in the history of the national team program — […]
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Najar makes most of big occasion
[GOLD CUP: Quarterfinals] Andy Najar, who settled in Alexandria, Va., only 50 milesaway and won the MLS Rookie of the Year award with D.C. United in 2010, picked the right time to score his first international goal for Honduras. It gave the Catrachos a 1-0 win over Costa Rica thatreturned them to the Gold Cup […]
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U.S. Player Ratings: Donovan dazzles against El Salvador
By Ridge Mahoney EddieJohnson came off the bench to score with his first touch and break open a tight game in which Landon Donovan scored one goal and set up the other four in a 5-1 defeat of ElSalvador in the Gold Cup quarterfinals Sunday. Donovan’s strong play throughout the match, despite his squandering of […]
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Dynamic Donovan leads USA to rout over El Salvador
[USA-EL SALVADOR] Landon Donovan set up four goals and scored one as the USA thumped El Salvador, 5-1, in a Gold Cup quarterfinal win on Sundayin Baltimore. Donovan said that since returning to the national teamafter his four-month break from soccer “every game is an audition.” If so, this tryout phase for the USA’s all-time […]
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Klinsmann: La Selecta poses 'huge hurdle'
[USA-EL SALVADOR] El Salvador eliminated the USA prematurely the last time it hosted a regional championship, and La Selecta will attempt to do the same when itplays the U.S. national team Sunday in the quarterfinals of the Gold Cup. A crowd of more than 71,000 fans — many of them Salvadoran supporters — is expected […]
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Mexico-Panama, the rematch is set
[GOLD CUP: Quarterfinals] Two-time defending champion Mexico moved into the semifinals of the Gold Cup, but it wasn’t easy. RaulJimenez, the only player who pulled double duty at both the Confederations Cup and Gold Cup for Mexico, scored in the 84th minute to give the Tri a 1-0 win over Trinidad & Tobago and set […]
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USA-El Salvador sells out fast
[GOLD CUP: Quarterfinals] Less than two months after Jurgen Klinsmann poo-pooed the idea of having the USA play ElSalvador, a USA-El Salvador match has turned out to be one of the hottest soccer tickets ever offered. It took less than 72 hours after the quarterfinal pairings were set for Sunday’s Gold Cupdoubleheader — USA-El Salvador […]
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'Bank of Soccer' sponsors Liga MX
By Paul Kennedy and Ridge Mahoney Mexico’s Liga MX kicks off the 2013 Torneo Apertura Friday night with twogames — including Tijuana-Atlas on ESPN3 at 10:30 p.m. ET — and it will known as Liga BBVA Bancomer. BBVA’s Vicente Rodero, said that thesponsorship reinforces the Spanish bank’s commitment to Mexico and promoting sports. “The BBVA […]
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Big Salvadoran crowd expected for U.S. game
[GOLD CUP: Quarterfinals] Attention turns Baltimore’s M&T Bank Stadium, where the USA faces El Salvador Sunday in the first game of a doubleheader that alsopits Honduras against Costa Rica. Thanks to the presence of El Salvador and Honduras, both countries with a high concentration of immigrants on the East Coast, organizers are hoping the doubleheaderwill […]
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Klinsmann recalls three starters
[USA MEN] U.S. national team coach Jurgen Klinsmann took advantage of the Concacaf rule implemented for the 2013 Gold Cupthat allows teams to make up to four changes for the knockout stage of the competition. He brought in Omar Gonzalez, MattBesler and Eddie Johnson, who all started the last two qualifiers, as well as Alan […]