A home victory over Sporting Kansas City and a road point in Columbus was just enough to edge surging Colorado ahead of the LA Galaxy in the Soccer America MLS Power Rankings. A 2-2 tiein Philadelphia was the Galaxy’s second deadlock in the past three games and ran its unbeaten streak to eight. The Rapids […]
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Klinsmann failed test in Guatemala City
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) The song remains the same. Perhaps it was inevitable that the U.S. unbeaten streak against Guatemala inqualifying play had to end, but the timing sure was lousy. The USA is riding a bleak streak of ineptitude against Concacaf opponents, both in friendlies and games that count. Since stumblingagainst Jamaica and Panama […]
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Panama and Haiti complete Copa Centenario field
The final two teams in this summer’s Copa America Centenario were determined as Panama and Haiti won Concacaf play-in games in Friday in Panama City. The host Canaleros crushed Cuba, 4-0, while Haitiedged Trinidad & Tobago, 1-0. Panama and Haiti join 2015 Gold Cup champion Mexico, 2013 Gold Cup champion and host United States, reigning […]
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U.S.-based players called up for Copa Centenario play-ins
Four current MLS players — Panamanian Anibal Godoy (San Jose) and Trinidadians Cordell Cato (San Jose), Kevan George (Columbus) and Joevin Jones (Chicago) — are among theplayers in camp for Friday’s Copa Centenario play-in matches in Panama City: Panama vs. Cuba and Trinidad & Tobago vs. Haiti. Players from the NASL and USL were also […]
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WCQ: Concacaf semifinal round two preview
Panama, which opened World Cup 2018 qualifying with a 2-0 win at Jamaica, can consolidate its position with a win on Tuesday when it hosts Costa Rica, which will be without the Montreal Impact’s Johan Venegas, Oscar Duarte and Celso Borges, who were all injured in the 1-0 win overHaiti.
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Panama City will host Copa Centenario playoffs
Two matchups — Panama vs. Cuba and Trinidad & Tobago vs. Haiti — will be played as a doubleheader on Jan. 8 at the Estadio Rommel Fernandez in Panama City, Panama, to determine the final twoberths in the 16-team Copa Centenario. The two winners will advance to next summer’s special edition of the Copa America […]
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Concacaf Olympic Qualifying: Day 3
Concacaf Olympic Qualifying: Day 3 Canada remained alive in Olympic men’s qualifying with a 3-1 win over Panama, which for the second game in a row finished with 10 players. On Fridaynight, Mexica and Panama opened with victories. For the complete television schedule. Concacaf Olympic Qualifying Results: GROUP A Oct. 1 in Kansas City, […]
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Concacaf Olympic Qualifying: Day 1
Panama rallied from a 1-0 deficit after seven minutes to tie Cuba, 1-1, in the opening game of the Concacaf Olympic men’s qualifying tournament. The Canaleros featured two players — Miguel Camargo and Abdiel Arroyo — who beat the USA in the third-place game at the 2015 Gold Cup, and one player — Roberto Chen […]
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Klinsmann Passes the Buck on USA's Gold Cup Failure
Speaking to the Washington Post ahead of the USA’s friendly against Peru in D.C. on Friday night, U.S. men’s national team coach Jurgen Klinsmann, in a wide-ranging two-part interview with Steve Goff, talks about histeam’s disappointment at the Gold Cup this summer, as the USA, which went into the tournament as the favorite, lost 2-1 […]
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Wednesday Night: Dramatic late show in Seattle
For a team in a funk for much of the last two months, the Seattle Sounders needed this, even if it was only in a Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League game. Down 1-0 at home to Olimpia of Hondurasin the 90th minute, the Sounders rallied for two goals, the second on a penalty kick in the […]