“I’m going to have my window shade down and try to fall asleep.” — Seattle Sounders head coach Sigi Schmid, on landing at ToncontinInternational in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, where the Sounders will face Olimpia in the Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League on Wednesday night. Schmid said he is not a big fan of the airport, consideredone of […]
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Wednesday Night: Dramatic late show in Seattle
For a team in a funk for much of the last two months, the Seattle Sounders needed this, even if it was only in a Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League game. Down 1-0 at home to Olimpia of Hondurasin the 90th minute, the Sounders rallied for two goals, the second on a penalty kick in the […]
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USA's Identity Crisis
Sure, it was a game that didn’t really matter, but it was also a game that nobody really wanted to see, either. Despite the appearance of the U.S. men’s national team in the Gold Cupthird-place game against Panama on Saturday, Fox Sports decided to keep the match on its also-ran station, FS2, opting to show […]
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Klinsmann and the Elephant in the Room
The U.S. men’s national team might have topped the “Group of Death” at the CONCACAF Gold Cup, but by most accounts, Jurgen Klinsmann’s men largely failed to impressdespite amassing seven points from three games in a group containing Honduras, Haiti and Panama. “I said from the beginning that this will be very, very tough,” coach […]
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Major roster changes reflect concerns over U.S. play at Gold Cup
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) My greatest surprise at the 23 players chosen by head coach Jurgen Klinsmann for Gold Cup group play was the surprise evoked from so many segments of the soccer community. Fitnesseventually knocked Davis off the roster, and Klinsmann replaced him with left back Greg Garza. The switch enabled Klinsmann to start […]
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USA-Panama Takeaways: Proactive approach again absent
U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann is big on stressing that his players take a proactive approach, but they’ve been anything but proactive so far at the Gold Cup,where they’ve been outshot 50-20 after three games. For thethird straight game, the USA came out on its back foot, but for the first time at the Gold Cup trailed, 1-0. A […]
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Gold Cup: Haiti advances with upset win
Haiti advanced to the quarterfinals of the Gold Cup for just the third time when it beat Honduras, 1-0, on Monday to finish second in Group A behind the USA. French product Duckens Nazon had the game’s lone goal in the 21st minute. The 21-year-old forward also scored the late tying goal in the Grenadiers’ […]
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Gold Cup: Panama and Honduras play to draw
For the second game in a row, Panama, the 2013 Gold Cup runner-up, took the lead only to have to settle for a 1-1 draw after conceding the tying goal late in the game. The result gave the USA theGroup A title after it beat Haiti, 1-0, to give it six points in two games. […]
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USA-Honduras Gold Cup Player Ratings
USA-HONDURAS EXPRESS: July 7 in Frisco, Texas USA 2 Honduras1. Goals: Dempsey 25, 64; Discua 69. Att.: 22,357.————————–The USA opened itsGold Cup campaign with a 2-1 win over Honduras thanks to two Clint Dempsey goals. The Catrachos came out strong and troubled the USA for much of the game — but failed to beatgoalkeeper Brad […]
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Scouting Report: USA opens against reshaped Catrachos
The USA begins its Gold Cup title defense against a familiar foe, Honduras, in the second game of a doubleheader on Tuesday night at sold-out Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas. The Americans are ona roll, having won four straight games, while the Catrachos are struggling with a post-World Cup hangover. View image | gettyimages.com 1. Dempsey […]