The U.S. under-20 national team wrapped up its trip to San Pedro Sula with a second 2-1 win over the Honduras under-20 national team Sunday at Estadio Morazan. Columbus Crew rookie Romain Gall scored his team-high fourth goal of the year in the first half, and Lynden Gooch, who had flown in from Englandafter playing […]
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U.S. U-20s win at San Pedro Sula
San Pedro Sula is no easy place to play as the USA (2-1 loser in the 2013 Hexagonal opener) and Canada (8-1 loser four months earlier) found out in World Cup qualifying, so the U.S. under-20 nationalteam’s 2-1 win over its Honduran counterpart at the Estadio Morazan should not be taken lightly. Romain Gall and […]
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Concacaf Under-17 Championship schedule set
The U.S. under-17 national team was drawn with host Honduras, Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago, Cuba and the winner of the El Salvador-Guatemala playoff in Group A at the 2015 Concacaf Under-17Championship Feb. 27-March 15 in San Pedro Sula. The Honduras-USA match March 8 at the Francisco Morazan Stadium will be a chance for revenge for […]
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MLS Trade Central: Monday's deals
Orlando City signed 19-year-old Honduran international striker Bryan Rochez as its second Designated Player after Brazilian great Kaka. Rochez has scored 30 goals in 62 games for Real Espana (highlights) since making his pro debut in October 2012. Hemade his debut for Honduras at the Copa Centroamericana in September. Los Catrachos finished fifth and must […]
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Deja vu as USA lets Honduras off the hook
[INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY] There was a sense of déjà vu to the USA’s second match during the October fixture window. Like against Ecuador, the USAopened brightly against Honduras with a goal within the first 10 minutes, had its moments during the remainder of the first half and then … Most worrying, JurgenKlinsmann‘s men had a tired […]
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USA concedes late again to wind up tied
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) The USA again played a strong first half and took a 1-0 lead but againconceded a late equalizer to wind up in a 1-1 tie with Honduras Tuesday in Boca Raton, Fla. Here are a few thoughts in the immediate aftermath of the game: NEW CANDIDATE AT CENTERBACK? Jermaine Jones as […]
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USA-Honduras Player Ratings
By Mike Woitalla (@MikeWoitalla) In a performance that ranks among the USA’s most miserablein recent history, Jozy Altidore provided the only American highlight with a superb 10th minute goal. Honduras entered this friendly in Boca Raton, Fla., coming off losses toMexico, Guatemala and El Salvador. Its only wins in 11 games since last May came […]
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Altidore and Bedoya's Homecoming
For U.S. men’s national team regulars Jozy Altidore and Alejandro Bedoya, Tuesday’s game against Honduras at FAU Stadium in Boca Raton represents a homecoming, as Altidoregrew up in Boca and Bedoya grew up in nearby Weston, where he won a state title with St. Thomas Aquinas High School. Between them, the pair has done their […]
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Three big storylines to follow in USA-Honduras
[INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY] The U.S. national team’s youth movement should give way to its returning 2014 World Cup veterans as the USA closes out a two-gamehomestand with a match against Concacaf rival Honduras Tuesday in Boca Raton, Florida (live at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN, WatchESPN and UniMas). Here are three storylines to follow in the […]
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Ticos crowned again, Pappa and Penedo win top honors
[COPA CENTROAMERICANA] Costa Rica won its eighth Central American title, beating Guatemala, 2-1, in the final of the Copa Centroamericana at the Los AngelesColiseum on Saturday. Both teams had already qualified for next year’s Gold Cup, but a place in the 2016 Copa America Centenario also went to the Ticos as the champions. MLSplayers swept […]