U-20 World Cup host New Zealand retains hopes of qualifying for the round of 16 as one of the third-place teams after its 5-1 thrashing of tiny Myanmar gave the island nation four points from threegames in Group A. In the other Group A clash, second-place USA lost 3-0 to group winner Ukraine. In Group […]
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USA-Panama Player Ratings
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) Two of the USA’s most important players scored the goals by which theAmericans regained some momentum by beating Panama, 2-0. Michael Bradley scored his 13th national-team goal from a corner kick and Clint Dempsey joined LandonDonovan in the 40-goal club by tacking on a second goal before halftime. The Americans avoided the second-half collapses […]
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Three takeaways from USA-Panama
By Paul Kennedy (@pkedit) The USA ended its five-gamewinless streak, beating Panama, 2-0, before a crowd of 20,271 fans at StubHub Center to end a four-week January camp. Michael Bradley scored a rare Olimpico andClint Dempsey scored his 40th international goal to break open a scoreless match late in the first half. Here are three […]
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USA-Panama: Three storylines to follow
The aftermath of the USA’s 3-2 loss to Chile Jan. 28 has been just as intriguing, and in some cases as controversial, as the game itself. Another round of criticisms from head coachJurgen Klinsmann regarding his players and the league in which most of them play, MLS, has provoked strong reaction among fans, reporters and […]
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Scouting Report: Panama's Canaleros go young
Panama’s squad for Sunday’s friendly against the USA at StubHub Center includes three MLS players as well as six other players based at foreign clubs, but the big surprise is Coach Hernan Dario Gomez‘s inclusion of six U-20s, including Luis Pereira, winner of the Golden Ball at the Concacaf U-20Championship. The six U-20callups — Michael […]
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U-20 opponents load up on U.S. talent
When the USA begins play at the Concacaf Under-20 Championship in Jamaica, it will go up against a lot of familiar faces. As many as nine of the other 11 teams in the tournament will have players bornor bred in the United States or playing for MLS clubs or U.S. college teams. In Group A […]
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Pulisic golazo closes out Panama City sweep
[USA U-17 MEN] Weaving through the defense and completing a run of 30 yards with a left-footed blast, ChristianPulisic scored his 12th goal of 2014 to give the USA a 1-0 win over Panama and a sweep of the Panama Under-17 Tournament in Panama City. The championship was the fourth for the U.S. U-17s inthe last 10 […]
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U.S. under-17 men's national team roster
[PANAMA U-17 TOURNAMENT] U.S. under-17 men’s national team head coach Richie Williams named a 20-player roster forthe four-team Panama U-17 International Tournament Oct. 1-5 at Estadio Maracana in Panama City. The USA will face Costa Rica on Wednesday, Oct. 1, followed by Canada on Oct. 3 and hostPanama on Oct. 5, with all games played […]
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Three more teams clinch Gold Cup berths
[COPA CENTROAMERICANA] Guatemala, El Salvador and Panama joined Costa Rica in clinching berths in the 2015 Gold Cup following the conclusion of group play at theCopa Centroamericana. Guatemala’s 2-0 win over Honduras in which Seattle Sounders’ Marco Pappa tied a Guatemala record with his third and fourthgoals of the Copa Centroamericana left the Catrachos having […]
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Beckerman celebrates wedding
[SEEN AROUND TOWN] How do you spend the last weekend before the start of the U.S. national team’s three-and-a-half week camp? KyleBeckerman got married to longtime girlfriend Kate Pappas Saturday at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in downtown Salt Lake City. They met at Rio Tinto Stadium in 2009 when Beckerman was doing a video shootfor […]