If the USA was looking for positives to build upon heading into the winner-take-all game against Mexico Oct. 10 at the Rose Bowl, it sure didn’t find many. What did it learn? Danny Williams can strike a ball, but we already knew that. Only Williams’ goal in the 90th minute spared the USA from suffering […]
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USA-Brazil Preview: Oct. 10 lineup comes into focus
No team has dominated the USA quite like Brazil, winner of 16 of 17 meetings, including the last nine in a row. But Tuesday night’s friendly isn’t just about ending that losing streak. It’s aboutpreparing for the Oct. 10 Confederations Cup playoff against Mexico. Here are three storylines to follow. U.S. Friendly: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 […]
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Klinsmann makes roster changes for Brazil game
As planned, U.S. national team head coach Jurgen Klinsmann has added Toronto FC midfielder Michael Bradley and ChicagoFire goalkeeper Sean Johnson to his roster for Tuesday’s game against Brazil and goalkeeper William Yarbrough returned to Leon in Mexico. ButClint Dempsey, who scored and assisted in the Seattle Sounders’ 2-1 win over TFC, will stay in […]
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Latest line on MLS MVP race: Giovinco, Feilhaber, Keane 1-2-3
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) A wave of new signings and other player moves during the summer transferwindow has significantly altered the chase for playoff spots, and a few other developments have altered the landscape for the top individual awards subject to the voting process. The return tohealth of Obafemi Martins, an MVP finalist last year, […]
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U.S. national team vets coming and going
U.S. men’s national team coach Jurgen Klinsmann named the initial squad of 23 players who will gather for friendlies against Peru and Brazil in the finalpreparation games before the Oct. 10 playoff game against Mexico at the Rose Bowl for a spot in the 2017 Confederations Cup. Four 2014 World Cup starters who did not […]
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Unsettled picture puts cloud over U.S. national team's playoff prospects
By Paul Kennedy (@pkedit) The USA-Mexico match for a place in the 2017 Confederations Cup is eightweeks away, but it is not too early to take a look at some of Jurgen Klinsmann‘s lineup decisions. He certainly has enough to make. Indeed, it is hard to remember a time in the modern era when the […]
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MLS All-Star Game is good, could be better
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) There’s nothing wrong with the MLS All-Star Game, so why wouldCommissioner Don Garber and the Board of Governors seriously consider changing it is beyond me. It certainly ain’t broke. However, since such discussions have taken place and willcontinue, it’s a worthy topic. There are pros and cons to each of the […]
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We hand out our MLS Midseason Awards
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) All 20 teams are beyond the midpoint of their seasons and there are only threemonths remaining in the eight months of MLS, but the All-Star Game is a symbolic convergence and so a good time to reflect and also look head. It’s quite possible that significantplayers will emerge from those registered […]
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Drogba and Gilberto: A tale of two DPs
For the second time in a year, the Fire missed out on a major signing, but this time it was able to parlay its resources into an alternative. Montreal traded regular and targeted allocationmoney to Chicago for the MLS rights to Ivorian striker Didier Drogba, who has negotiated a deal reported to be worth $3 […]
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USA's Identity Crisis
Sure, it was a game that didn’t really matter, but it was also a game that nobody really wanted to see, either. Despite the appearance of the U.S. men’s national team in the Gold Cupthird-place game against Panama on Saturday, Fox Sports decided to keep the match on its also-ran station, FS2, opting to show […]