Miguel Herrera has been fired as the coach of the Mexican national team for allegedly punching a journalist after a vote by the Mexican soccer federation’s boardof governors. Herrera is alleged to have attacked an Azteca TV reporter at Philadelphia International Airport on the morning after Mexico’s 3-1 win against Jamaica in the CONCACAF Gold […]
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Report: Mexico Coach Punches Journalist
Hours after Mexico clinched its seventh Gold Cup title to set up a Confederations Cup playoff with USA in October, reports emerged claiming that manager Miguel Herrera punched ajournalist. According to NBC Sports, the incident in question has yet to be confirmed, but Herrera is alleged to have punched TV Azteca’s Christian Martinolli at Philadelphia Airporton Monday […]
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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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Gold Cup Takeways: Mexico rides class players to crown
After controversy-marred victories in the its quarterfinal and semifinal, Mexico swept aside an early challenge from Jamaica to win the 2015 Gold Cup final, 3-1, Sunday in front of a raucous crowd of68,930 at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia. Mexico took command in the 31st minute when Andres Guardado, who after the game was named […]
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ICYMI | MLS: Pirlo debut in doubt, Jones close to return
NYCFC head coach Jason Kreis is noncommittal about Andrea Pirlo‘s status this weekend. Jermaine Jones is nearing a return at New England following a second sports-hernia surgery. Sheanon Williams, the longest-tenured player at the Philadelphia Union, was traded toHouston. 1. Pirlo trains but debut is iffy Two training sessions into their working MLS partnership, midfielder […]
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Smile Jamaica! (No Jurgen, No Cry)
Off The Post can count on one hand the number of times he’s watched an entire game while already knowing the final score. Most soccer people refuse to do this, and for good reason: thepassion that you feel for the game is completely drained, and every touch, tackle and hopeful forward run has this weird […]
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USA gets reminder the red, white, and blue is not sacrosanct on Concacaf fields
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) Bluntly put, U.S. head coach Jurgen Klinsmann took the rightapproach to the Gold Cup but got the wrong outcome. He picked a team to win the competition rather than further develop the players he deems most promising, and the pairing of youngcenterbacks Ventura Alvarado and John Brooks got the nod for […]
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USA-Jamaica Takeaways: U.S. exit is no surprise
There’s no mincing words. The USA’s 2-1 loss to Jamaica in the seminal of the Gold Cup is the biggest setback of the Jurgen Klinsmann era. The defeat, whichwill require the USA to play in a playoff in October if it wants to represent Concacaf in the 2017 Confederations Cup, should come as no surprise […]
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USA-Jamaica Gold Cup Player Ratings
USA-JAMAICA EXPRESS: July 22 in Atlanta USA 1 Jamaica 2. Goals: Bradley 48; Mattocks 21, Barnes 36. ———————————————– Jamaica defeated the USA, 2-1, to move into the Gold Cup finalfor the first time. Goals by MLS players Darren Mattocks and Giles Barnes gave the Reggae Boyz a 2-0 halftime lead.Michael Bradley scored three minutes into […]