[USA SPOTLIGHT] The U.S. national team played without Landon Donovan and ClintDempsey on the field at the same time for the first 11 games of the Jurgen Klinsmann era and survived. But what was unimaginable was that Donovan,Dempsey and Michael Bradley, the three key players in the USA’s front six for the last five years, […]
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'We The Pharaohs,' Bob Bradley's Egyptian journey
[VIDEO PICK] Much has been written about Bob Bradley‘s journey to Egypt, where he is coaching its national team, thePharaohs, in their quest to reach the 2014 World Cup. Jefferey Plunkett, who played on Bradley’s 1993 Princeton team that went to the NCAA Final Four– traveled to Egypt to chronicle Bradley’s experiences. The result is […]
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BeIN Sport grabs U.S. away World Cup qualifiers
By Paul Kennedy Yousef Al Obaidly, managing director of beIN Sport, says Al-Jazeera’s new soccer channelis the place for U.S. soccer fans — though they’ll have to scramble to find it if they want to watch the Jamaica-USA World Cup 2014 qualifier live from Kingston on Sept. 7. A week afterits launch, Bein Sport announced […]
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Reggae Boyz prepared to beat USA
[INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLIES] Jamaica tuned up for its World Cup 2014 qualifiers against the United States with a 2-0 win over El Salvador thanks to a pair ofgoals by Luton Shelton. The game was the first of two friendlies Jamaica coach Theodore Whitmore has linedup to prepare for the two-game series with the USA Sept. 7 […]
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U.S. moves add intrigue to Mexico match
[MEXICO-USA] You’ve got to give Maurice Edu some credit. Faced with the prospect of playing centerback against Mexico’s formidable array ofattackers in their home fortress, Edu confidently referred to playing in the middle at the 2008 Olympic Games. The fact he’s rarely played there since didn’t seem to faze him, nor did the possibilityof being […]
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Soccer tops Olympic tweets, MLS TV gets boost, Bein Sport USA launches
By Paul Kennedy Olympic soccer’s popularity among young viewers was evident in social media. Twitter reported that soccer had the most Twitter conversation with well over 5 million Tweets. Other popular sports: swimming, thetrack & field, gymnastics and volleyball. MAKING A LIST. U.S.women’s star Alex Morgan ranked as the seventh most-clicked athlete on NBCOlympics.com … […]
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Mattocks gets Reggae Boyz call-up
[JAMAICA] Vancouver Whitecaps rookie Darren Mattocks, who has scored seven goals since returning to action aftersuffering burns in a kitchen fire in March, is among nine MLS players called in to represent Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz in Wednesday’s friendly against El Salvador at Washington’s RFK Stadium. The game isone of two tuneups Jamaica has scheduled in […]
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MLS-laden U.S. squad to face Mexico
San Jose Quakes coach Frank Yallop was talking with a reporter near the team’s locker room after a 2-1 win over Seattle Saturday night when defender StevenBeitashour ambled by. “Good night, Steve,” said Yallop. “See you in Montreal.” (The Quakes play the Impact at Stade Saputo Saturday.) With that not-so-subtle hintthe coach let it be […]
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Federation wants Bradley to explain shock exit
[EGYPT] Bob Bradley‘s Egyptian national team only managed a 1-1 tie with the Central African Republic and exited AfricanCup of Nations in the preliminary round of qualifying for the 2013 finals with a 4-3 loss on aggregate. The defeat is considered one of the biggest upsets in the history of the African Cup of Nationsand […]
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'Lucky pants' cost Bendtner heavily
The “lucky pants” displayed by Danish striker Nicklas Bendtner during a European Championship match turned out to be not so lucky, and rather expensive. UEFAhas suspended him for one match — Denmark’s next World Cup 2014 qualifier — and imposed a fine of $126,000 for flashing the sponsored waistband of his underpants while celebrating a […]