Jozy Altidore made his 100th appearance for the USA last Sunday, becoming, at age 27, the second youngest player to reach that milestone after Landon Donovan, whowas 26 when he got his 100th cap. We spoke with Altidore about his youth soccer days, important qualities he believes coaches need at all levels, and his off-field […]
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LA17: Sunny days are coming
Sunny Los Angeles? The first day of the NSCAA coaches convention in downtown Los Angeles hardly lived up to its billing. But the weather is expected to get better for the rest of the week. SOCCER AMERICA: Visit the Soccer America staff at Booth 427, straight ahead, to your left, as you enter the Exhibit Hall, […]
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U.S. Men: Altidore edges Wood for top scorer
Thanks to a spectacular second half of the season with Toronto FC, Jozy Altidore finished as the top scorer among U.S. men’s players for club (first and second division) and country in2016. Altidore, who swept the 2016 U.S. Soccer Male Player of the Year and U.S. Player of the Year awards, edged U.S. teammate Bobby Wood. […]
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Awards: Altidore named U.S. Player of the Year again
Jozy Altidore won the U.S. Player of the Year award for the second time, receiving 52 first-place votes from 136 media members in the annual balloting conducted by Futbol de Primera. BorussiaDortmund teenager Christian Pulisic and U.S. captain Michael Bradley finished second and third, respectively Altidore, who battled back from hamstring injuries, helpedToronto FC reach […]
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MLS Playoffs: Toronto FC wins game for the ages
Regardless of how it ends, this MLS postseason is evolving into an incredible story. In this tale’s penultimate game on Wednesday, a team wracked by a history of failure rewardedthe largest home crowd in its history by winning its biggest game, and stretching the limits of MLS postseason drama. Goals by five different players powered […]
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MLS Playoffs: Toronto FC rally closes gap at Montreal
The All-Canada clasico started late and was well worth the wait. Reeling from a 3-0 deficit, buffeted by deafening crowd, and laboring on the artificialturf at Olympic Stadium, Toronto FC struck back with goals five minutes apart by Jozy Altidore and Michael Bradley to emerge from the Eastern Conference finals first leg down only a […]
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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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Klinsmann's promises of progress are not to be found
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) Two games and two depressing defeats into the Hexagonal, the USA is still in a good position toqualify for Russia 2018. And therein lies the problem, and the problem is not the Concacaf allotment of three automatic qualifiers plus a playoff spot. The problem is that the Americans,while not as good […]
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Asleep at the wheel, an old U.S. habit
By Paul Kennedy (@pkedit) First things first, the better team won on Friday night. Mexico coach Juan CarlosOsorio recalled Carlos Vela and Giovani dos Santos, starting them together in attack for the first time since he took over as coach and the first time since the 4-4 game againstTrinidad & Tobago in the group stage […]
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MLS Playoffs: Toronto blowout sets up Canadian clash
Instead of a New York derby, a Canadian showdown will determine the Eastern Conference representative in the 2016 MLS Cup. Toronto set up the duel with Montreal by crushing New York CityFC, 5-0, in the second leg of their semifinal series Sunday at Yankee Stadium. Sebastian Giovinco’s hat trick, just the fourth in MLS playoff […]