The USA will enter the 14th edition of the Gold Cup with multiple goals. They begin with erasing the memory of the 2015 tournament, where the USA was often outplayed and finished fourth,its worst finish since 2000. Beating Mexico — which is the defending champion and beat the USA in the 2015 Concacaf Cup — […]
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USA -T&T World Cup 2018 Qualifying Player Ratings
Two more goals by teenager Christian Pulisic and several solid performances enabled the USA to beat Trinidad & Tobago, 2-0, on Thursday. USA-Trinidad & Tobago: Highlights Right back DeAndre Yedlin and forward Jozy Altidoreearned assists on the goals by Pulisic, who has scored seven in just 15 international appearances. The Americans survived a header off […]
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What They're Saying: Bruce Arena
“As of now, it’s Tim Howard. It’s two good games, and we’ll have to see how these guys look over the next couple weeks. But we have good goalkeepers here, sothat’s the least of my worries.” — U.S. national team coach Bruce Arena on his current No. 1 in goal, ahead of Brad Guzan, Nick […]
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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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USMNT: MLS horror shows in goal raise concerns
It’s not too early to think about the USA’s two June World Cup qualifiers against Trinidad & Tobago in Colorado and Mexico in Mexico City that follow the friendly against Venezuela on June 3 inSandy, Utah. Of concern, again, is the situation in goal, where the three keepers who suited up for the March qualifiers […]
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What They're Saying: Pablo Mastroeni
“I think there was a security issue there. After the game, there are fans in this tunnel where players are walking. It’s like me walking a foot away from an angry fan who has been drinking allgame long and is saying, ‘Howard, you suck!’ What do you say? What do you do? Who in his […]
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MLS: Players union challenges security in Howard incident
After Colorado goalkeeper Tim Howard was hit with three-game suspension for foul language directed toward a fan at the Rapids’ MLS match at Sporting Kansas City and altercation with a fan aftergame, MLS Players Union raised questions about the security at Children’s Mercy Park. “We are disappointed with the league’s handling of the situation involving […]
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What They're Saying: Tim Howard
“A lot’s been written about my timetable, but nobody called me or my surgeon. There were a lot of assumptions, but I was always focused on my 16 weeks that passed last Wednesday.” –Colorado Rapids goalkeeper Tim Howard, after he played his first game since being injured in the USA-Mexico qualifier on Nov. 11. A […]
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Bruce Arena: 'We're caught up to speed' on USMNT pool
Former U.S. national team coach Jurgen Klinsmann was notorious for waiting until the last minute to make decisions. His successor, Bruce Arena, is expected to announce onWednesday his squad for the critical World Cup 2018 qualifiers against Honduras and Panama. The first qualifiers of the year in the Hexagonal always pose a challenge for the […]
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USMNT: Arena examines next task: cutting down roster
Bruce Arena says he and his staff are looking at a pool of about 40 players from which he will bring about 25 players into camp in San Jose, California, to prepare for the March World Cup 2018qualifiers against Honduras and Panama. He talked on Thursday about whom he’s looking at and what the team […]