By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) Marcelo Balboa has carved out a pretty busy life since retiring as a player in 2002. Theformer U.S. international (127 caps, 13 goals) works as an analyst on the Rapids regional broadcasts, in English, and provides commentary for the Spanish-language Univision channels on U.S. nationalteam games and other selected assignments. […]
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What They're Saying: Jozy Altidore
“He’s still a young buck, man. He’s 3 in October. Everybody is the greatest person in the world to him. To be honest, that’s how I want to keep it. Everybody is equal. Idon’t want him to see color or to see race, or anything like that. Everybody is equal. That’s how I’m going to […]
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All hands on deck: Our USMNT picks
Bruce Arena will have a nervous weekend as he watches the players he is counting on for the deciding World Cup 2018 qualifiers against Panama and Trinidad & Tobago get through their clubgames. Key players down the spine are coming back from injuries, so he’ll likely again call in an expanded squad. Three overridingthemes: 1. […]
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What They're Saying: Jozy Altidore
“I dont even have any tattoos.” — Jozy Altidore, in response to Alexi Lalas, who referred to U.S. national team players as “soft, underperforming,tattooed millionaires.” (@JozyAltidore via Twitter)
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Our 23 USMNT players (plus 2) for September
On late Sunday afternoon, we will know who Bruce Arena is bringing into camp for the World Cup 2018 qualifiers against Costa Rica and Honduras. He’ll suit up 23 players for each game. We’vedrawn up a squad of 25 players, one extra for defensive cover and one wild card. Three overriding themes: 1. Gold Cup […]
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What They're Saying: Jozy Altidore
“Kellyn wanted it, but seniority, man, seniority.” — Jozy Altidore (107 caps) on his discussion with Kellyn Acosta (14 caps) before his 30-yard free kick put the USAahead in the Gold Cup final. Acosta and Clint Dempsey also scored in earlier games to give the USA three different players who converted free kicks at the […]
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USA-El Salvador: A night of bites and a twisted nipple
The USA had already staked out a 2-0 lead over El Salvador when the game degenerated in the second half. In separate incidents in the penalty area, El Salvador defender Henry Romero bit JozyAltidore on the back of his left shoulder and twisted his nipple. Afterwards, another U.S. player said he too had been bitten. […]
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USMNT: Time for Gold Cup experimentation is over
U.S. national team coach Bruce Arena says he had no qualms about making six roster changes for the quarterfinals of the Gold Cup and they weren’t pre-planned moves instigated in response to theup-and-down play for the USA in the group stage. Two stats stand out: the six new players have made 503 U.S. caps (vs. […]
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Report: Bradley and Altidore will join USA for Gold Cup quarterfinals
Sources told Goal.com that Michael Bradley and Jozy Altidore will join the U.S. national team from Toronto FC for the knockout stages of the Gold Cup. Each team can make up to sixchanges for the quarterfinals. Players must come from its provisional roster of 40 players.