A month ago in the Rose Bowl, the U.S. national team lost the mother of all rivalry games with Mexico. Soccer federation president Sunil Gulati stuck to his guns and retained head coach andtechnical director Jurgen Klinsmann, and the second World Cup cycle with the former German international in charge officially starts in the city […]
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MLS Wednesday: Toronto FC finally reaches the playoffs
They’ve waited through nearly nine full seasons and 288 regular-season games. Now TFC fans can plan for their firstpostseason party. Needing just a tie against the Red Bulls at BMO Field to clinch its first postseason slot since joining MLS in 2007, TFC rode past the Eastern Conference leader, 2-1, with goalsfrom Herculez Gomez and […]
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Business Report: Michael Bradley signs with Puma
U.S. national team midfielder Michael Bradley signed a long-term contract with Puma to wear its latest offerings of cleated footwear while playing andcaptaining the Toronto FC and the USA. He will the face of American soccer for Puma, beginning with Saturday’s USA-Mexico game, and will be featured in future campaigns and marketing initiatives forstatement cleated footwear […]
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What They're Saying: Michael Bradley
“Certainly when you talk about the United States in a bigger way, one of the beautiful things about our country is the ability for people from all over the world to come here and live and work and, insome ways, make new lives for themselves. And that’s something that I’m personally very proud of, so […]
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My 23 for Mexico
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) Just about every U.S. fan is anxious to see who will be picked to face Mexicoin the Rose Bowl Oct. 10 in the first, and perhaps only, Concacaf Cup and here’s one man’s plan starting from scratch, not selecting from the designated list of 35 players already submitted toConcacaf. This is […]
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Slog of frustration weighs on Toronto and Montreal and march to MLS playoffs
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) While rival Vancouver rides along atop the Western Conference as clearlythe class of Canada, the Eastern representatives, Toronto FC and Montreal, are mired in a slog of frustration. Both are embroiled in the playoff race from which six Eastern Conference teams willemerge, and neither is close to clinching. Both teams are […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Red Bulls take over first place
Fighting back from a 2-0 deficit to beat Chicago, 3-2, moved the New York Red Bulls past the LA Galaxy and into top spot in Soccer America’s MLS Power Rankings. All of the top six teams except the Galaxy posted victories last week and though several teams are close to clinching playoff berths the balancedraces in […]
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Bad day at the office or bad omen?
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) Any team can have a bad day at the office, especially when thoseself-proclaimed masters of the game tear through the foyer and boardroom and lunchroom at will, flicking balls here and there as several Brazilians did in that famous Nike airport ad of several yearsago. Tuesday night at Gillette Stadium, the […]
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Klinsmann's Silver Lining Playbook
So, the U.S. got its clock cleaned against Brazil last night, while Mexico, its opponent in the Confederations Cup playoff in Pasadena on Oct 10, was unlucky not to beat World No. 1 Argentina. Where are the silver linings? Well, to be clear, there aren’t many — this was definitely a poor performance. Whether it […]
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What They're Saying: Michael Bradley
“We didn’t think we were the best team in the world when we beat the Netherlands and Germany this year. And we don’t think we’re the worst team in the world now.” — U.S. captain Michael Bradley after the 4-1 loss to Brazil on Tuesday night. (