A spectacular opening weekend to the 22nd MLS season featured a sellout crowd of more than 55,000 in Atlanta, where the Red Bulls came back from a 1-0 deficit to disappoint the huge crowd. FC Dallas moved into second place with a calm, composed defeat of the Galaxy at StubHub Center, and Portland rattled in […]
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USA-Jamaica International Friendly Player Ratings
USA-JAMAICA EXPRESS: Feb. 3 in Chattanooga, Tenn. USA 1 Jamaica 0. Goal: Morris 59. Att.: 17,903. The Americans won their first game of the year, 1-0, against Concacaf foe Jamaica on Friday night. Benny Feilhaber staked his claim to a starting spot by adroitly directing the attack andJordan Morris scored his second goal nearly two […]
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USA-Jamaica: What to look for Friday night
After more than three weeks together, the U.S. men’s national team closes out its winter preparations for the all-important March World Cup 2018 qualifiers against Honduras and Panama. For Friday’sfriendly against Jamaica, not in the Hexagonal, on turf in Chattanooga, look for Bruce Arena to make wholesale changes in the starting lineup. 1. Back with […]
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With first Arena game out of the way, U.S. players can re-focus on task at hand
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) In the first friendly of 2017 and the return of head coach Bruce Arena, the Americansdidn’t lose and didn’t give up a goal. That may not be much to draw from a game against a Serbian “B: team but after surrendering six goals in losses to Mexico and Costa Rica thatprompted […]
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USA-Jamaica: Seven MLS players in Reggae Boyz team
Seven MLS players, including 2016 Goalkeeper of the Year Andre Blake, are in the Jamaican national team for Friday’s international friendly against the USA in Chattanooga, Tenn. The squad alsoincludes three players from the USL. Jamaica did not qualify for the Hexagonal, resulting in the ouster of German Winfried Schaefer as national team coach. Former […]
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Datebook: USA will face Jamaica on turf
The U.S. men’s national team will conclude its winter camp with its first visit to Chattanooga, Tennessee, for a match against Jamaica on Feb. 3. The game at 20,000-seat at Finley Stadium will beplayed on artificial turf, the first U.S. men’s home match on artificial turf since the 2013 Gold Cup. FC Chattanooga set a […]
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MLS Awards: Giovinco and Hedges repeat Best XI picks
Three teams each landed two players on the MLS Best XI announced by the league on Monday. Supporters Shield winner FC Dallas is represented by defender Matt Hedges andmidfielder Mauro Diaz; Eastern Conference champion New York Red Bulls contribute forward Bradley Wright-Phillips and midfielder Sacha Kljestan, and the L.A.Galaxy lists attacker Giovani Dos Santos and centerback Jelle Van Damme. Rounding out the heavily foreign squad […]
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Three goals that killed the American dream of Jurgen Klinsmann
Many and varied are the flashpoints that shaped the national team coaching stint of Jurgen Klinsmann, whoas a player victimized many a defense by his relentless energy and nose for goal. Lacking elegance but brimming with confidence, Klinsmann personified the type of striker notespecially fast nor exceptionally skilled yet wonderfully efficient in the attacking third. […]
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Jurgen Klinsmann, the U.S. years
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) After retiring as a player in 1998, Jurgen Klinsmann moved toSouthern California — an area he had visited many times while on vacation — to live and start a family with his American wife, Debbie. He played for a PDL club team, OrangeCounty Blue Star, in 2003 under a pseudonym […]
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MLS Awards: Blake clear winner as Goalkeeper of the Year
In his third professional season, Andre Blake has ascended to No. 1 among MLS goalkeepers. On Thursday, the league announced Blake as its 2016 Goalkeeper of the Year. Blakeearned the most votes in all three categories — players, media, and team executives — and ended up with a 24.15 combined percentage. Blake endured a rocky […]