[AUSTRIA-USA] The USA finished the year with all sorts of season records, including the most goals per game (2.22), but it couldn’t buy a goal Tuesday in Vienna,losing to Austria, 1-0. Poor finishing was a problem on a night when a bunch of chances were created, but the USA also ran into bad luck as […]
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U.S. Player Ratings: Bad night for bubble players
By Ridge Mahoney Good games by several regulars and so-so displays by a few players on the bubble were the main points of a 1-0 loss to Austria inVienna that closed out the 2013 schedule for the United States. Starters: RATING PLAYER (CLUB) GP/G 6 Tim Howard (Everton/ENG) 96/0. Only his last save — a […]
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A (record) year of ups and downs
By Paul Kennedy The Jurgen Klinsmann era began with question marks about the U.S. national team’s abilityto score goals, and it will head into a World Cup year with the same questions. For the first time since early in Klinsmann’s era, the USA was shut out in back-to-back games,falling to Austria, 1-0, in Vienna on […]
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Poyet: Sunderland Needs to Play to Altidore's Strengths
Sunderland coach Gus Poyet said he believes that Jozy Altidore’s lack of goals in the Premier League this season is down to the Black Cats failure to play tothe striker’s strengths. The USA international, who arrived from Dutch side AZ over the summer for $13 million after scoring 31 goals in his final season for […]
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Four numbers to remember
[AUSTRIA-USA] By just about every measure, this has been a very successful year for the U.S. national team. It won its third third Hexagonal and fifth Gold Cuptitle. It enters Tuesday’s season finale against Austria at Vienna’s Ernst-Happel-Stadion (TV: NBC Sports Network and UniMas, 2:45 pm ET) already assured of finishing with the best winning […]
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LeBron James talks up football
By Paul Kennedy and Ridge Mahoney Tuesday is the day MLS is scheduled to announce Orlando as MLS’s 21st team, but there is other big news on theexpansion front out of Florida. On Monday, NBA superstar LeBron James confirmed he’s had preliminary talks about teaming up with David Beckham, who has been exploring using his […]
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Report: West Ham Favorite to Land Dempsey on Loan
According to Sports Direct News, West Ham United has become the frontrunner to land Clint Dempsey on loan this January. A source tells the Web site that Hammers boss SamAllardyce is searching for more goals as striker Andy Carroll recovers from injury.
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A wish list for the 2013 U.S. finale
By Ridge Mahoney Here’s what I’d like to see during the last USA match of 2013, a friendly against Austria Tuesday in Vienna: NO INJURIES. This is as basic a request as it gets in competitive sport, and the main reason so many people — fans, coaches, players, pundits — would do awaywith friendlies altogether. […]
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Klinsmann on a game of two halves
[SCOTLAND-USA: Reaction] There were few positives to take away from Friday’s 0-0 at Scotland. Jurgen Klinsmann likedwhat he saw from subs Aron Johannsson and Brek Shea after a first half not to his pleasing. For Scotland, the result wasgreeted positively, especially given the fact it had lost to the USA, 5-1, in their previous meeting 17 […]
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What They're Saying
“I was so pissed at him. I remember thinking, Just f****** put it in and you get to go to the biggest tournament in the world. You’ll remember it forever. He was a guy who thought he was a shoo-in butdidn’t put the work in. Thankfully, he got left off because that would have been […]