For most national soccer teams, playing a tournament on home turf is a huge advantage. For the USMNT, it is usually the opposite.
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Suriname stuns El Salvador in 2026 World Cup qualifying
Dhoraso Klas scored in the 81st minute and Suriname stunned El Salvador 2-1 on Monday in a 2026 World Cup qualifying match, taking their first victory over the Salvadorans since 1968.
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What Mauricio Pochettino got right and wrong about American fan support
Our favorite American soccer fan story concerns the 1989 USA-Guatemala World Cup qualifier in New Britain, Conn.
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USA-Guatemala Gold Cup Player Ratings
The USA reached the Gold Cup final with a 2-1 win over Guatemala thanks to the brilliance of Diego Luna.
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USA-Guatemala: Another Gold Cup win, dramatic, exciting, but anything but easy
The USMNT got the wins the program desperately needed at the Gold Cup.
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Upstart Guatemala has strong American influence
Guatemala is Concacaf’s great underachiever.
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Gold Cup: Field complete for 2025 finals
The final seven teams punched tickets for this summer’s Gold Cup.
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MLS Preseason: Nguyen checks in with Revs; Anibaba, three draft picks sign
The roster that head coach Brad Friedel will take into his inaugural campaign at the New England helm is beginning to take shape. Disgruntled attacker Lee Nguyen, whosat out the first two weeks of preseason training after asking to be traded, has come into camp. The back line has been bolstered by the signings of veteran Jalil […]
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Former Guatemalan judge pleads guilty in soccer bribes case
Former Guatemalan judge Hector Trujillo pleaded guilty to wire fraud and conspiracy in the soccer corruption probe after admitting to Federal authorities he took hundreds of thousands of dollars inbribes for sports marketing contracts from a Miami, Florida, sports marketing company. Trujillo, general secretary of Guatemala’s soccer federation when he was arrested in December 2015 […]
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NWSL: Waldrum is out as Houston head coach
Randy Waldrum, who left his job as head coach at Notre Dame, one of the most successful women’s programs in the country, to take over as the Houston Dash head coach for its launch in 2014, isout. The Dash and Waldrum agreed to part ways just seven games into the 2017 season. Assistant coach Omar […]