[WORLD CUP COUNTDOWN] The U.S. national team team won’t have to worry about midfielder Jose Francisco Torres‘ Mexicanseason extending into next week. Pachuca fell to Toluca, 1-0, on Saturday and was knocked out of the Torneo Bicentenario playoffs. Seven other players on the provisional 30-man roster were in actionon Saturday, all in MLS … Goalkeepers […]
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U.S. injury updates: Bocanegra and Johnson
U.S. national team captain Carlos Bocanegra received permission from French club Rennes to take part in Friday’s ceremonies to hand over the U.S. bid for the2018 or 2022 World Cup because he won’t play in Saturday’s season finale at Boulogne. Bocanegra will have missed the last three games of the seasons because of abdominal problems.He […]
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Convey makes (belated) case
[MLS] In Saturday’s rematch of teams that have already met, New England gets a chance to atone for a 2-0 loss in San Jose, for which Bobby Convey’s excellent form – five assists – kindled faint hopes he might get a call. He didn’t. When he came back to MLS last spring, Conveydiscussed how his […]
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Those called, and those not
[MLS] The last day of play before teams lose players to their national teams for World Cup training camps features mostly interconference games. Only Easternfoes Kansas City and Chicago stay on their side of the divide; by the end of the week, will Western teams have padded their 15-6-6 edge, or will the East have […]
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Angry Davies: 'I'm definitely ready to play'
[USA] Charlie Davies blames Alexandre Lacombe, president of French club Sochaux,for not making the USA’s 30-man preliminary squad for the World Cup and not having a chance to win a spot on the 23-player final roster at the camp that begins Monday in Princeton, N.J. “Luis Attaque!” Podcast “I’m very angry because I feel FC […]
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SA POLL: Which U.S. forwards should go to World Cup?
[USA] U.S. national team team coach Bob Bradley named six forwards to his preliminary list of 30 players for the WorldCup. Who should he take to South Africa? poll by twiigs.com What do you think of the U.S. forward pool? Who should go to South Africa? Who should stay at home? Let us know here.
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USA gets first World Cup injury scare
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Only 24 hours after U.S. coach Bob Bradley revealed the 30 players he will choose from to pick hissquad for the World Cup, he got his first injury scare when forward Eddie Johnson came off with a possible hamstring injury in the first half of his Greek clubAris’ match against AEK Athens — […]
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Pachuca rallies after Torres leaves
[AMERICANS ABROAD] As he came off the field shortly after the hour mark, Jose Francisco Torres shook his head. The U.S.international midfielder, named Tuesday to the provisional 30-man World Cup squad, was on the bench as Pachuca rallied for a second time to tie Toluca, 2-2, in the first leg of their semifinal seriesin Mexico’s […]
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Hahnemann: 'We're really settled in'
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Goalie Marcus Hahnemann, picked up by the USA for the 2010 World Cup after a strong season at Wolves,got more good news on Wednesday when the English Premier League club extended his contract for another season. Hahnemann, 37, had a clause in his agreement that called for a contractextension if Wolves stayed up […]
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Candidates take the field one more time
[USA] The final matches for players summoned to the pre-World Cup U.S. training camp start on Wednesday with the most prestigious. Fulham coach RoyHodgson danced around the topic of whether English striker Bobby Zamora, who didn’t participate in the team’s final training session prior to the Europa League finalagainst Spanish club Atletico Madrid, would be […]