It’s easy to divide Jurgen Klinsmann‘s tenure as U.S. men’s national team coach into before and after the 2014 World Cup. The USA’s record (W-L-T) before Brazil 2014 in official competition:17-3-2. Since then: 10-8-3. We’ll concentrate on losses within Concacaf in the last year and a half for the new lows. 1. COSTA RICA 4 […]
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Scouting Report: Ticos ride momentum into U.S. match
As it turns out, USA keeper Tim Howard isn’t the only starter who can’t play Tuesday in the second Hexagonal game against Costa Rica. Ruled out of the game at EstadioNacional are defenders Francisco Calvo and Cristian Gamboa, who set up the first goal in Costa Rica’s 2-0 defeat of Trinidad & Tobago on Friday. […]
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USL: New York Red Bulls II clinches title, loses Flemmings
New York Red Bulls II defeated the Harrisburg City Islanders, 4-1, to clinch the 2016 USL regular-season championship, getting a pair of goals from Vincent Bezecourt and RedBulls academy player Noah Powder. Earlier in the day, it announced that a promising first USL season for Junior Flemmings had been cut short by injury. Asuccessful surgical procedure had been […]
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WCQ: What's at stake Friday in Concacaf
After four games, one team — Mexico — has clinched a berth in the Hexagonal, the final round of World Cup 2018 qualifying in the Concacaf zone, and only one team — St. Vincent & the Grenadines– has been eliminated. The USA is one of four teams that can clinch a berth in the Hex […]
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PDL: Ocean City's Walsh takes MVP award
Ocean City Nor’easters forward Chevaughn Walsh, a Jamaican forward by way of Jefferson College, a Missouri junior college, was named the 2016 PDL MVP after scoring a league-high 14 goals andproviding three assists during the regular season. Walsh led the Nor’easters to their first postseason appearance since 2013. His 14 goals were one more than Fresno […]
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Copa Central: Luis Suarez's bad night
Luis Suarezcan’t escape controversy — even when he doesn’t play. Uruguay, a winner of a record 15 Copa America titles, exited the Copa Centenario when it was upset by Venezuela, 1-0. Suarez, who missed the Celeste’s opening loss to Mexico with a hamstring injury, was listed on the Uruguay roster sheet as injured and unavailable […]
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What They're Saying: Wes Morgan
“I feel like I could have done with a few more training sessions, definitely. The manager asked me how I felt and I said, ‘You know, I feel OK.’ So I let him make a decision.” –Leicester City captain Wes Morgan, who was benched by Jamaica coach Winfried Schaefer because he was tired from partying too […]
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Copa Centenario Preview: Mexico and Uruguay a class above in Group C
A new-found defensive resiliency under head coach Juan Carlos Osorio should propel Mexico past Venezuela and Jamaica, though the Caribbean nation showed enough last year at the Gold Cup –beating the USA in the semifinals before falling to Mexico in the final — to rate an outsider’s chance to plucking a point off the two […]
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BeIN Sports adds special Copa Centenario coverage
One vital aspect of soccer’s increased television exposure is how events are treated by non-rights holders that can’t show the games and have limited access, if any, to players andcoaches and training sessions. The Copa America Centenario kicks off a week Friday for a three-week competition of 32 games played in 10 venues that will […]
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Copa Centenario: Final rosters released
The final 23-player rosters for the 16 competing teams in the Copa Centenario were unveiled on Monday. A player listed on a team’s final roster may only be replaced in the event of serious injury upuntil 24 hours before his team’s first match and only from the preliminary 40-player roster. The tournament will open on […]