By Ridge Mahoney Memorable wins are becoming the norm for the U.S. national team. A Jozy Altidore hat trick erased a 2-0 deficit as theAmericans rallied to beat Bosnia-Herzegovina, 4-3, in Sarajevo on Wednesday. Never before had the U.S. senior team come back from a two-goal deficit in Europe to post a victory. Altidoreand midfielder […]
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USA closes in on Spanish record
[THE STREAK] After the 4-2 loss to Belgium on May 30 in Cleveland, the idea that the USA would then run off 12 straight wins would have been fantasy. Just like idea that the moribund U.S. attack would be transformed into the swashbuckling crew that scored four second-half goals Wednesday for the most improbable win […]
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Jozy, Jozy Jozy
By Paul Kennedy It’s impossible to think of a better performance a U.S. forward has ever put on than what JozyAltidore did on Wednesday night in Sarajevo. Not just the three goals and assist he had in the space of 32 minutes that silenced the capacity crowd at Asim Ferhatovic Hase Stadium. But his workfor […]
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Whose game is it any way?
By Paul Kennedy Every sport should be so lucky to have young men like Landon Donovan, Clint Dempsey and Robbie Rogers.says he told Donovan it was a “bad plan.” Whether it was a good plan or badplan — and we all know how it’s turned out — it was Donovan’s plan and no one else’s, […]
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Hall inductions for Moore and Vermes on Oct. 11
[DATEBOOK] Former U.S. national team forwards Joe-Max Moore and Peter Vermes willbe inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame on Oct. 11 in a ceremony before the USA-Jamaica World Cup 2014 qualifier that night at Sporting Park in Kansas City, Kan. Induction 2013,presented by Eurosport, will take place at 2 p.m. CT on the […]
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What They're Saying
“What has happened over the past 18 years with Major League Soccer is a fairy tale. The league is getting stronger … but as a coach, you have to ask what are the differences to the Premier League toSerie A, Bundesliga, Spain, Brazil or Argentina and evaluate where your players are at.” — U.S. national […]
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Brad Evans, the anti-Chandler
[USA MEN] The absence of Clint Dempsey and other MLS regulars from the team Jurgen Klinsmann called in for Wednesday’s U.S. game against Bosnia is easy to explain. Evans will get a chance to permanently rip off the “fill-in” tag at right back, but he’ll have his hands full Wednesday against Lazio left winger Senad […]
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FIFA gives Johannsson green light
[USA MEN] FIFA approved 22-year-old striker Aron Johannsson‘s petition to switch national teams, making him eligible toplay for the U.S. national team, beginning with Wednesday’s game against Bosnia-Herzegovina at Asim Ferhatovic Hase Stadium in Sarajevo. Johannsson formerly represented Icelandcompetitively at the U-21 level, requiring FIFA approval for the switch. Having been born in Alabama to […]
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The new world order and ESPN FC
By Paul Kennedy There was a time when the idea of ESPN launching a daily soccer show would have had us jumping up and down. But there’s so much soccer on theair these days — and more to come with Saturday’s debut of the EPL on NBC and Fox Soccer Daily airing for the first […]
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Dempsey Opens Up About MLS Return
In an interview with Sports Illustrated’s Grant Wahl, Clint Dempsey cites family as one of the main reasons for his decision toreturn to MLS and the Seattle Sounders from Tottenham Hotspur in the English Premier League. In fact, the versatile forward says he didn’t even consult Spurs coach AndreVillas-Boas once he learned that a move […]