[AMERICANS ABROAD] Carlos Bocanegra’s string of solid outings came to an end Sunday night when he was taken off athalftime of Rennes’ 2-1 loss to visiting Lille. His “2” rating (out of a possible 10 in the France Football ratings) was the worst of anyone on the field. Lille has one of the mostdangerous attacks […]
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Bradley takes 20 players to Tampa
[USA-SALVADOR] U.S. national team coach Bob Bradley named the 20 players he will take to Tampa for Wednesday’s friendlyagainst El Salvador. Four players in the national team at the Home Depot Center were droppped: goalkeepers Kevin Hartman and Zach Thornton and defenders Omar Gonzalez and Michael Orozco. For the U.S. roster … U.S. Roster: GOALKEEPERS: […]
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Spector victorious in U.S. duel
[AMERICANS ABROAD] U.S. teammates Jonathan Spector, starting again at leftback, and Jozy Altidore, a second-half sub, squared off Saturday in the English Premier League. Spector’s West Ham romped with a 3-0 victory over HullCity, which is back in relegation danger. Eight Americans played in the top two levels of English soccer on Saturday. For all […]
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Recovering Onyewu trains some with USA
U.S. and AC Milan defender Oguchi Onyewu took part in portions of a U.S. training session Thursday morning at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., marking the first time he hasstepped on the field with a team since rupturing a patellar tendon in his knee on Oct. 14 last year Onyewu trained for about […]
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Davies: 'I've come a long way' [VIDEO]
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Charlie Davies is back in France at Sochaux four months after being seriously injured in a caraccident that took the life of another passenger in Northern Virginia on the eve of the USA-Costa Rica World Cup qualifier. In a lengthy and quite revealing interview for the Sochaux web site,Davies talks about his injuries, […]
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Gomez hits late winner for Puebla
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Herculez Gomez scored his second goal for Puebla, coming off the bench and hitting the winner withthree minutes left in a 1-0 win over San Luis. Sammy Ochoa, Jose Francisco Torres and Marco Vidal all played in losing efforts in Mexico, while Maurice Edu returned to action for Rangers in its 1-0 win […]
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Dempsey is recovering well
Fulham manager Roy Hodgson says injured American star Clint Dempsey should return to action before the end of theseason, putting him ready for the World Cup. Hodgson said Wednesday that “his progress is good and he is working very hard to recover. The medical staff are very happy with him.” Dempsey damaged his right knee […]
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USA to get sendoff against Czech Republic and Turkey
[DATEBOOK] The USA will face 2006 World Cup opponent Czech Republic and Turkey in its two final warmup matches before heading to South Africa for the World Cup.The Czech Republic game will be played May 25 at a site to be announced — Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Conn., has been mentioned as a possible […]
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Reclusive Lacen responds to Algeria's call
[WORLD CUP COUNTDOWN] Most players would jump at the chance to join their national team. French-born Mehdi Lacen, basedat Spanish club Racing Santander, took almost three weeks to respond to calls from the Algerian national team that he had been called up for the Desert Foxes’ game against Serbia Wednesday inAlgiers. When Lacen didn’t respond […]
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Gulati: 2010 very, very important for American soccer
By Paul Gardner The election of Sunil Gulati as President of the United States Soccer Federation four years ago was unquestionably one of the most important events inthe history of the sport in this country. It brought to the office, for the first time, someone who combined all the vital qualities necessary — an American-reared […]