[WORLD CUP COUNTDOWN] About the only sure thing in the U.S. attack is that Jozy Altidore will be one of the strikers atthe World Cup in South Africa. But he isn’t taking anything for granted. Nor is he counting out his friend, the injured Charlie Davies. “If I amselected,” Altidore said in a satellite television […]
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England keeper recalls 1950 U.S. loss
With the USA and England facing each other in their 2010 World Cup opener, recollections of their previous World Cup clash — a shocking 1-0 U.S. win in 1950 — continue to stream in. This timeit’s England goalkeeper Bert Williams, who is now 90 years old. “It’s been 60 years,” said Williams, who was beaten […]
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Clues embedded in U.S. squad for Netherlands game
[USA] The U.S. men’s national team coach Bob Bradley has named a 20-player roster to face the Netherlands at AmsterdamArenA Wednesday (TV: 2:30 p.m. ET, ESPN2 and Galavision). The squad includes several surprises … Recalled for the first time since the Confederations Cup is DaMarcus Beasley. Also back is Rangers teammate Maurice Edu after a […]
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What They're Saying
“There were some good efforts, as a whole, things that we’ve been trying to get at in a camp in January and then into February. There were some positive things on the field tonight and again,in these kind of games, showing the qualities on the field, when you get down, trying to push at the […]
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U.S. Player Ratings: Ching heads class
[USA REPORT CARD] Soccer America’s Ridge Mahoney rates the U.S. players after their 2-1 win over El Salvador on Wednesday in Tampa.U.S. Player RatingsStartersRating Player (Club) GP/G
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Holden makes EPL debut
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Stuart Holden made his English Premier League debut for Bolton Wanderers on Wednesday in its 4-0 lossat Tottenham. The former Houston Dynamo midfielder played the entire 90 minutes. Holden started the game in the middle of midfield but later moved to his more familiar position out wideon the right side. Brad Guzan was […]
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Americans rally for late win
[USA-EL SALVADOR] What can you say about a game in which a goalkeeper makes several outstanding saves, but gifts the other team both of its goals? And how to evaluate the guy who’s playing out of position, again, commits a howler to hand the opposition a goal, yet does just about everything else well if […]
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Norway-based Goodson eyes World Cup spot
[USA-EL SALVADOR] Two years ago, defender Clarence Goodson left the USA after discussions about a new MLS contract broke down and a foreignoffer came through unexpectedly. His departure not only came shortly after he earned first cap in a 2-0 defeat of Sweden at Home Depot Center, but opened up a whole new world: that […]
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Valencia gets better of Spector
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Jonathan Spector again lined up at left back for West Ham, this time against his old club ManchesterUnited, but he was no match for Ecuadoran winger Antonio Valencia, who served up two goals for Wayne Rooney in United’s3-0 at Old Trafford on Wednesday. On the first goal in the 38th minute, Spector gave […]
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Alvarez brothers to face Yanks
[USA-EL SALVADOR] Following the departure of national team coach Carlos de los Cobos, now at the Chicago Fire, ElSalvador will make its debut under interim coach Luis Rugamas when it faces the USA on Wednesday in Tampa. The Salvadoran squad includes seven starters from theteam that lost to the USA, 2-1, in World Cup 2010 […]