By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) In the first friendly of 2017 and the return of head coach Bruce Arena, the Americansdidn’t lose and didn’t give up a goal. That may not be much to draw from a game against a Serbian “B: team but after surrendering six goals in losses to Mexico and Costa Rica thatprompted […]
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Four MLS players make Copa Centroamericana Best XI
Host Panama’s Harold Cummings (San Jose) and Armando Cooper (Toronto FC), El Salvador’s Darwin Ceren (San Jose) and Costa Rica’s Francisco Calvo (Minnesota United) were allnamed to the Best XI at the Copa Centroamericana that wrapped up on Sunday. Honduras, which won the tournament, led all teams, with four players on the team: Jairo Puerto, […]
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Copa Centroamericana: Ortiz scored twice in Tico debut
Recent D.C. United signing Jose Guillermo Ortiz scored two goals in his international debut to lead Costa Rica to a 3-0 win over Belize on Sunday at the Copa Centroamericana. Minnesota Unitedacquisition Johan Venegas scored the third goal. The only other MLS player to start for the Ticos was Portland signing David Guzman. Rubilio Castillo […]
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MLS Moves: Quakes sign defender Harold Cummings
The Quakes have added well-traveled Panamanian centerback Harold Cummings, who is joining his sixth club in as many seasons. “I have seen a lot of Harold during his time with Panama,” said head coach Dominic Kinnearin a team press release. “He’s a very aggressive,intimidating young center back, who will add a good amount of strength […]
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MLS Moves: Guzman leaves Saprissa for Portland
A true denizen of the “Monster’s Cave” will tread the fields of MLS next year. The Portland Timbers announced Thursday they have acquired midfielder Daniel Guzman,who has won five Costa Rican league titles with Deportivo Saprissa, in a transfer. Guzman has played 184 league matches for Saprissa and Cartignes, with which he started his pro […]
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MLS Moves: Saprissa captain Machado signed by Houston
Aldolfo Machado, an international teammate of Sounders centerback Roman Torres, has been acquired by Houston in a transfer from Costa Rican powerhouse Saprissa. Machado, 31,has played 130 games for Saprissa and won the Costa Rican league’s foreign player of the year award three times since joining the club in December, 2013. He has also earned […]
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Three goals that killed the American dream of Jurgen Klinsmann
Many and varied are the flashpoints that shaped the national team coaching stint of Jurgen Klinsmann, whoas a player victimized many a defense by his relentless energy and nose for goal. Lacking elegance but brimming with confidence, Klinsmann personified the type of striker notespecially fast nor exceptionally skilled yet wonderfully efficient in the attacking third. […]
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Hex Files: The Panama threat
It isn’t be too early to start peeking at the other games going on in the Hexagonal, in particular the Panama-Mexico game, which kicks off simultaneously to the Costa Rica-USA game on Tuesday night.Now that Mexico beat the USA — on U.S. soil — U.S. fans will want Mexico to beat up on the other […]
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Hex Files: Costa Rica injuries mount
Costa Rica will be without two starters — center back Francisco Calvo and right back Cristian Gamboa — for Tuesday’s game against the USA at San Jose’s Estadio Nacional. The Ticos werealready without starting center backs Oscar Duarte and Giancarlo Gonzalez, who missed the 2-0 win at Trinidad & Tobago with injuries. Calvo is injured […]
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Hexagonal: Road teams sweep all three games
Panama pulled a stunning upset in the opening game of the Hexagonal, beating Honduras, 1-0, at San Pedro Sula’s Estadio Olimpico, one of Concacaf’s most dreaded venues. In the other Hexagonal game,Costa Rica won at Trinidad & Tobago, 2-0, to give the road teams a clean sweep of all three games on Day 1. Fidel […]