[USA-HONDURAS] The USA has come a long way since it slumped to a 2-1 loss to Honduras in the heat of San Pedro Sula in early February. It went unbeaten in its nextfive games in World Cup 2014 qualifying to open a six-point lead on the fourth-place Catrachos, and it’s run off nine straight wins […]
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A flaw in Jerry's World
[GOLD CUP: Semifinals] The USA plays Honduras for the third time this year — the rubber match in a series that saw the teams split their World Cup qualifiers –when they meet Wednesday in the semifinals of the Gold Cup followed by Mexico-Panama. But the operative word here isn’t rubber. It’s concrete as in what […]
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Corona Represents 'What America Looks Like'
One of the most impressive emerging stars for the U.S. national team at this year’s Concacaf Gold Cup has been Joe Corona, a Californian of Mexican and Salvadoran descent.Corona scored the second goal in the Americans’ 5-1 rout of El Salvador in the Gold Cup quarterfinal on Sunday. Though Corona represents the U.S. internationally, he […]
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Semifinals produce some of USA's greatest moments
[GOLD CUP] The USA has owned the Gold Cup semifinals, or close to it. It’s played in 12 Gold Cup and reached the semifinals 11 times. And in the 10 previous finalfour appearances, it has won eight times. The victories include two of the great wins in the history of the national team program — […]
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USA-El Salvador match draws 1.2 overnight rating on FOX
By Paul Kennedy and Ridge Mahoney Sunday’s USA-El Salvador match on FOX drew a 1.2 overnight rating, which means 1.2 percent of all households withtelevisions tuned in to the match in Nielsen’s survey of the top 56 U.S. metered markets. Soccer ratings tend to fall as the final ratings account for all markets, taking in […]
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U.S. Player Ratings: Donovan dazzles against El Salvador
By Ridge Mahoney EddieJohnson came off the bench to score with his first touch and break open a tight game in which Landon Donovan scored one goal and set up the other four in a 5-1 defeat of ElSalvador in the Gold Cup quarterfinals Sunday. Donovan’s strong play throughout the match, despite his squandering of […]
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Dynamic Donovan leads USA to rout over El Salvador
[USA-EL SALVADOR] Landon Donovan set up four goals and scored one as the USA thumped El Salvador, 5-1, in a Gold Cup quarterfinal win on Sundayin Baltimore. Donovan said that since returning to the national teamafter his four-month break from soccer “every game is an audition.” If so, this tryout phase for the USA’s all-time […]
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Has the USA found its answers up front?
By Ridge Mahoney Not so long ago, scoring goals seemed a big enough problem for the U.S. national team that head coach Jurgen Klinsmanndipped into the ranks of German reserve teams in search of a reliable striker. Terrence Boyd was laboring for Borussia Dortmund’sreserves while being tracked by U-23 head coach Caleb Porter and Klinsmann. […]
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Klinsmann: La Selecta poses 'huge hurdle'
[USA-EL SALVADOR] El Salvador eliminated the USA prematurely the last time it hosted a regional championship, and La Selecta will attempt to do the same when itplays the U.S. national team Sunday in the quarterfinals of the Gold Cup. A crowd of more than 71,000 fans — many of them Salvadoran supporters — is expected […]
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Sean Johnson: Keeper of the Future
[USA MEN] Nick Rimando may be expected to start in goal again when the USA faces El Salvador in the Gold Cup quarterfinals on Sunday, but thatdoesn’t mean Sean Johnson didn’t pass a crucial test with his performance against Costa Rica last Tuesday. For Rimando, a 34-year-old with 14 years of MLS experience andperennial third-stringer […]