The USA, which plays Mexico on Sunday, enters Matchday 6 of the Hexagonal in third place, its highest position since the final round of qualifying started in November. It will have a better senseof how it stands after Tuesday when the other two games will be played. Of particular interest: Panama vs. Honduras. For the […]
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Hexagonal: USA well positioned to move into top three
Last in the Hexagonal after two games under Jurgen Klinsmann, the USA is well positioned to move into the top three on Thursday if it beats last-place Trinidad & Tobago and Mexico and CostaRica, the top two teams in the Hexagonal, beat or tie Honduras and Panama, respectively, at home. HexagonalSchedule: MATCHDAY 5 June 8 […]
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Hex Files: Rivals load up on MLS players
Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico and Panama have named their teams for the next two games in the Hexagonal, and they include 20current and 12 former MLS players. Trinidad & Tobago has yet to announce its complete squad.
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Hex Files: Injured Panama captain Baloy drops out
Panama lost captain Felipe Baloy, who was injured playing for Tauro in Panama’s Torneo Clausura final on Saturday and will be sidelined 3-6 weeks with a hamstring injury. It adds to CoachHernan Dario Gomez‘s concerns about his backline ahead of a pair of Hexagonal matches. Gomez will have only 11 players at training, which opens […]
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NWSL: Waldrum is out as Houston head coach
Randy Waldrum, who left his job as head coach at Notre Dame, one of the most successful women’s programs in the country, to take over as the Houston Dash head coach for its launch in 2014, isout. The Dash and Waldrum agreed to part ways just seven games into the 2017 season. Assistant coach Omar […]
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Datebook: USA will close out home WCQ slate in Orlando
The U.S. men’s national team will play at the new Orlando City Stadium for the first time when it closes out its home schedule in the Hexagonal against Panama on Oct. 6. Three times before, the USAhas clinched its berth in the World Cup finals on the ninth day of the Hexagonal. It closes out Concacaf […]
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Panamanian Amilcar Henriquez shot and killed outside home
Amilcar Henriquez, who played for Panama in the 1-1 tie with the USA in March, was shot and killed in Nuevo Colon on Saturday. He was leaving his home when a gunman shot him several times. Twoother men were also shot in the attack. One died and the other was in a local hospital. On […]
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What They're Saying: Bruce Arena
“From what I remember about Concacaf qualifying, it hasn’t changed a whole lot in 12 years. It’s just a battle. The referee wasn’t going to call too many fouls. It was aslugfest for 90 minutes.” — Bruce Arena, who in his second stint as U.S. coach returned to Central America for the first time and […]
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USA-Panama: Three takeaways from big road tie
The USA is back on track for a berth in the World Cup. It still sits in fourth place, a point behind Panama, after its 1-1 tie with the Canaleros in Panama City, but that’s a lot better than theposition in which it sat for more than four months after opening losses to Mexico and […]
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USA-Panama: Multiple changes likely despite big win
A 6-0 thrashing of Honduras has re-started the U.S. World Cup qualifying campaign, and the Americans are in Panama City with a 2-0-1 record in qualifiers in thatlocale, yet hit once again by injuries. Defender John Brooks (sinus infection) and midfielder Sebastian Lletget (sprained foot), who scored the first goal against Honduras,are sidelined, but midfielder […]