USA-GUATEMALA EXPRESS March 25 in Guatemala City Guatemala 2 USA 0. Goals: Morales 7, Ruiz 15. ————— The USA’s 21-game unbeaten streak against Guatemala, dating back to 1988, ended when it suffered an embarrassing 2-0 loss in their World Cup 2018 qualifier in Guatemala City. The USAplayed a dreadful first half during which it quickly […]
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USA is going for the sweep against Guatemala
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) Six points should clinch. The objective for back-to-back games against Guatemala Friday and Tuesday isclear: win them both, even if road wins can be very hard to find in Central America, and attentions will be divided — as was the player pool — by a do-or-die Olympic playoff series for the […]
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Christian Pulisic might join USA in Columbus
German club Borussia Dortmund announced that its 17-year-old American, Christian Pulisic, was called up to the U.S. national team for the two World Cup qualifiers against Guatemala, but he hasbeen retained in Dortmund because of an infection. He could still join the national team for the second game Tuesday in Columbus, Ohio. It is not […]
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U.S. Debate: The DeAndre Yedlin dilemma
Few U.S. players generate as much debate among fans and the media as 22-year-old DeAndre Yedlin. He burst on the scene in 2013, winning the starting job at right back for the Seattle Sounders,and within a year was a surprise pick for the World Cup. DeAndre Yedlin: GF/G TEAM, YEAR 31/1 SeattleSounders, 2003 25/0 Seattle […]
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Our 23 U.S. players for the Guatemala series
By Paul Kennedy (@pkedit) The USA can clinch its ticket to the Hexagonal if it beats Guatemala in both games of their home-and-homeseries that begins next Friday and Trinidad & Tobago at least splits against St. Vincent & the Grenadines. Jurgen Klinsmann says the goal is to do just that — take three points in […]
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WCQ: Guatemala picks MLS trio, recalls Ruiz
Guatemala coach Walter Claveri named 23 players — including MLS players Marco Pappa, Moises Rodriguez and Rodrigo Saravia — for the two World Cup 2018 qualifiers againstthe USA on March 25 and March 29. Back in the squad is star Carlos Ruiz after his long suspension for striking a referee was reduced. Guatemala’s 2-1 loss […]
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WCQ Countdown: Guatemala wins in Claveri's debut
Guatemala warmed up for its make-or-break World Cup 2018 qualifying series against the USA in March with a 3-1 win over Honduras in Walter Enrique Claveri‘s first game as the Chapines’coach. Claveri took over for Argentine Ivan Franco Sopegno, who quit as national team coach and returned to Comunicaciones. His contract was set to expire […]
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What They're Saying: Federal magistrate Judge Robert M. Levy
“I think you all need to get to Citibank.” — Federal magistrate Judge Robert M. Levy, agreeing to let Guatemalan judge and soccer official Hector Trujillo, arrestedon a Disney cruise ship and charged in the FIFA corruption scandal, begin home detention in Newark, New Jersey, as long as Trujillo family members in the courtroom came […]
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WCQ: U.S. opponent Guatemala in chaos as coach quits
World Cup qualifying in Concacaf is littered with stories of national teams whose dreams quickly evaporated because of mismanagement. In the case of Guatemala, which is slated to face the USA twice inMarch, it suffered the whopper of all setbacks. Guatemalan soccer federation president Brayan Jimenez, and its secretary general, Hector Trujillo, were indicted by […]
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Seattle sends Pappa to Colorado Rapids
The Seattle Sounders continued the process of shedding players in the aftermath of its summer spending spree by sending Guatemalan Marco Pappa to the Colorado Rapids in exchange for generalallocation money. Pappa spent the last two seasons with the Sounders. Hehelped Seattle win its first ever Supporters’ Shield and the U.S. Open Cup in 2014, […]