By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) Four months ago in a 6-0 stomping of Honduras that restored equilibrium to the U.S. Hexagonalcampaign, Clint Dempsey hit a hat trick that included a sneaky free kick over the keeper to the far post. On Saturday in a Gold Cup semifinal against Costa Rica, Dempseyeyed a free kick from somewhat […]
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What They're Saying: Landon Donovan
“From an ego standpoint, I would love to have that record forever. From a human perspective, and as someone who is a U.S. soccer fan and wants to see the game continue to develop, I hope thatrecord gets broken 100 times.” — Landon Donovan, whose USMNT record of 57 career goals Clint Dempsey is chasing. […]
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NWSL: Waldrum is out as Houston head coach
Randy Waldrum, who left his job as head coach at Notre Dame, one of the most successful women’s programs in the country, to take over as the Houston Dash head coach for its launch in 2014, isout. The Dash and Waldrum agreed to part ways just seven games into the 2017 season. Assistant coach Omar […]
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What They're Saying: Landon Donovan
“I think the Swansea name will get bigger and bigger in America and elsewhere. I think most likely every preseason should be in America. That makes sense for a lot of reasons. You have to keepbuilding the profile and promoting it. Eventually the hope is that this becomes America’s club one day.” — Landon Donovan, […]
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Dempsey: Qualifying for the World Cup is bigger than breaking scoring records
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) A hat trick of excellent goals in a romp at home, a simple tap-in to salvage a qualifying pointon the road. So it goes for Deuce, Clint Dempsey, formerly the Texas trailer-park kid and first-round draft choice of the New England Revolution, in a land far away the scorer ofone […]
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What They're Saying: Landon Donovan
“I am surprised. What surprises me is we don’t seem — in the last five or six years — to have progressed a lot. That’s concerning. In the past, you could blame a lack of resourcesor that not enough people cared. Now we have everything we need. We should be further along.” — Former U.S. […]
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What They're Saying: Landon Donovan
“You have to find something meaningful. That you’re passionate about and do every day. Having that opportunity, presented here now in my new hometown, it was a really easy commitment forme. I’m really glad it’s come about.” — Landon Donovan, who retired for the second time after the 2016 MLS season and moved to San […]
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What They're Saying: Bruce Arena
“I think they’re both technically very good players. They run very well with the ball and also for their age they are and they were incredibly confident players. So I think there are somesimilarities.” — U.S. national team coach Bruce Arena, asked to compare Christain Pulisic and Landon Donovan. (Facebook)
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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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What They're Saying: Landon Donovan
“Never want to see someone lose their job. I have no doubt that this talented group of players will qualify for Russia ’18.” — Landon Donovan, whom Jurgen Klinsmann cutfrom the 2014 U.S. World Cup team, on Klinsmann’s firing as U.S. national team coach. (Twitter @landondonovan)