[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
men’s national team
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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 […]
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Beckerman copes with life on the bubble
[WORLD CUP COUNTDOWN] The numbers game, the pecking order, guys on the bubble, how many defenders, how many midfielders …. it all makes for greatdiscussion and rampant speculation about which 23 young men U.S. coach Bob Bradley will chose for the 2010 World Cup. Those young men, however, know that getting swept upin the vortex […]
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Rating the Tampa 20's chances
[USA-SALVADOR] Wednesday’s match against El Salvador in Tampa (TV: ESPN Classic, Galavision, 7 pm ET) will likely be the last time many of the U.S. players willtake to the field in a U.S. national team uniform before Coach Bob Bradley names his 23-player squad for the World Cup. As few as two or three MLS […]
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Bocanegra endures rough night
[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: […]