By Paul Gardner What to make of the sudden burgeoning of Mexican soccer, in particular the appearance of so many good young players? That, of course, is amisleading statement. Because there is nothing sudden about the rise of Mexican youth soccer. As with so many overnight sensations, there is a lengthybackground here. My first experience […]
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Gold Cup final smashes Fox Soccer viewing record
[TELEVISION WATCH] Fox Soccer’s broadcast of Saturday’s Gold Cup final between the USA and Mexico drew 954,000 viewers, the largest audience in its history by awide margin. The 954,000 viewers made the Gold Cup final the most-watched soccer match on English-language cable television since the 2010 World Cup and more than doubled FoxSoccer’s previous record […]
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Bradley fiddles while the USA burns
By Paul Gardner Losing a vital home game is never going to look good. When your opponent comes back from 2-0 down, when it scores four goals and could easily have hadmore … well, the coach and the players have to be ready for a blizzard of abuse. So Bob Bradley and his team are […]
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U.S. player ratings
[USA-MEXICO REPORT CARD] In his first start for the USA in two years, Freddy Adu was outstanding, but the U.S. defenseendured a long evening at the Rose Bowl. Soccer America’s Paul Kennedy grades the U.S. players … StartersRating Player (Club) GP/G 4 Tim Howard (Everton/ENG) 65/0. Under siege all game butcould not pull off big […]
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Mexico comeback inevitable
[GOLD CUP SPOTLIGHT] Mexico rallied from two goals down in the first half to beat the USA, 4-2, in the final of the 2011 Gold Cup before 93,420 fans at the RoseBowl. The title was the sixth for Mexico, which defended its Concacaf title and advanced to the 2013 Confederations Cup. There was an air […]
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Mexico and USA set for another Gold Cup clasico
[USA-MEXICO] After 24 games in 12 cities spread across 20 days, the two Concacaf powers are set for another showdown when the USA and Mexico play for the GoldCup title Saturday at the Rose Bowl. Neither team has taken as a smooth a path as it would have liked to the 2011 Gold Cup final, […]
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OBITUARY: Dennis Marshall (1985-2011)
Dennis Marshall, who scored the equalizer for Costa Rica in its Gold Cup quarterfinal match on Saturday at the New Meadowlands Stadium, was killed Thursdayafternoon, along with his wife, Meylin Masis Castro, when his Mazda collided with a truck 12 miles east of the Costa Rican capital of San Jose in themountainous region of El […]
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Gold Cup is huge success at gate and on television
[BY THE NUMBERS] A case can be made that the Gold Cup is the most popular of the regional championships. In addition, the 2011 edition of the Concacafchampionship is set to break a scoring mark not seen since 1996 and has been a ratings success on Univision and Fox Soccer. 5 Saturday’sUSA-Mexico final will be […]
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From the U.S. locker room …
[REACTION] U.S. players admitted Panama was again a hard team to break down in their rematch, but they said they played much better the second time. For whatClint Dempsey, Landon Donovan and Freddy Adu, who teamed up for the winninggoal, had to say … Clint Dempsey: “It was a frustrating match in the sense that […]
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U.S. Player Ratings
[USA-PANAMA REPORT CARD] The USA gained revenge for a 2-1 loss to Panama in group play by posting a 1-0 win with a Clint Dempsey goal in theGold Cup semifinals. Strong games by several players, and a great return to the national team for Freddy Adu — last seen playing for the USA at the […]