By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) It took a lot longer than it should have, but U.S. Soccer and the United States Women’s NationalTeam Players’ Association finally hammered out a collective bargaining agreement. The new deal will upgrade the women’s per-diem payments and travel accommodations to equalthose of the men’s national team, as well as continue U.S. […]
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What They're Saying: Michael Bradley
“For us, the reality is simple. We let ourselves down in the first two games and that means that our margin for error is now very, very small.” — U.S. national team captainMichael Bradley on what is at stake in the next two World Cup 2018 qualifiers after losses to Mexico and Costa Rica left […]
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U.S. roster announcement: Bruce Arena's return marked by a singleness of purpose
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) When he names his roster Wednesday (on FS1’s UEFA Champions League pre-game show at about 3:10p.m. ET) for the Hexagonal matches against Honduras and Panama, U.S. head coach Bruce Arena will not be assessing the state of the national team. His job is to get at least fourpoints and preferably […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Red Bulls' rally takes them to top
A spectacular opening weekend to the 22nd MLS season featured a sellout crowd of more than 55,000 in Atlanta, where the Red Bulls came back from a 1-0 deficit to disappoint the huge crowd. FC Dallas moved into second place with a calm, composed defeat of the Galaxy at StubHub Center, and Portland rattled in […]
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What They're Saying: Bob Bradley
“Michael and I have talked about it a lot. I was very proud of the way he handled it. The way this has been handled is not what America is all about. So yes I feel very strongly aboutit.” — Bob Bradley on how son Michael Bradley, the U.S. men’s national team coach, spoke out […]
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MLS players express opposition to Trump travel ban
A day after U.S. men’s national team captain Michael Bradley came out in opposition toPresident Donald Trump‘s travel ban on citizens from Syria, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Yemen, Somalia and Sudan entering the United States for 90 days, the MLS Players Union issued a statement Monday from executive director Bob Foose in support ofBradley:
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What They're Saying: Michael Bradley
“When Trump was elected, I only hoped that the President Trump would be different from the campaigner Trump [and] that the xenophobic, misogynistic and narcissistic rhetoric would be replaced by amore humble and measured approach to leading our country. I was wrong. The Muslim ban is just the latest example of someone who couldn’t be […]
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USA's January Camp: It's all about the here and now
By Paul Kennedy (@pkedit) When Bruce Arena accepted the job as U.S. national team coach for a second time in November,he came armed with a binder containing the names of 48 players, his depth chart for the team. By comparison, Jurgen Klinsmann‘s initial squad of seniornational team players called into last year’s January camp consisted […]
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MLS Positional Rankings: Kljestan, Felipe, Alonso top the midfield slots
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) For players who toil in the middle of the park, roles and classifications often overlap as tactics andformations change from game to game or even within a game. Coaches and general managers and pundits talk of a “No. 10,” the playmaking hub around which the attack revolves,yet in many leagues around […]
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What They're Saying: Michael Bradley
“I dropped my son off at school this morning and I saw, every kid that walked into the school had a TFC jersey on and most of the parents as well, so you could feel it in this city that people havereally taken notice, people are proud. Tonight was a special night and in 10 […]