Lionel Messi made his first appearance for Barcelona since returning from summer vacation on Wednesday night against Italian giant AS Roma in the annual Joan Gamper Trophy showcase.It’s great to see him back to his scoring and creating best. He is probably happy to be home, too — that is, in Barcelona, not Argentina. As […]
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Player Ratings: USA reaches new low in Klinsmann era
Of the 16 matches the USA has played at competitive tournaments in the Jurgen Klinsmann era, its four lowest-rated performances — and five of the sixlowest-rated performances — took place at this year’s Gold Cup. For a look how Soccer America rated the U.S. players. Average Team Ratings:2013 GOLD CUP (Average: 5.96) 6.09 USA-Belize 5.45 […]
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Maradona: Don't coddle Messi
Argentine World Cup winner Diego Maradona says it is time to stop coddling Lionel Messi after Argentina lost the Copa America final, with the Barcelona star scoring just one goal insix games. “It’s logical to fall, it is easy,” Maradona told Argentine paper Ole. “We have the best player in the world, one who can go […]
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CBF Starts Initiative to Improve Brazilian Soccer
The Brazilian soccer federation (CBF) will summon former players, national team coaches, foreign coaches, club coaches and media representatives to help find a way of improving soccer in thecountry after a series of disappointing results in international tournaments. The decision comes less than a week after Brazil was eliminated in the quarterfinal of the Copa […]
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Jorge Messi Defends Leo From Argentina Criticism
Lionel Messi’s father, Jorge Messi, defended his son against claims that his Argentina career should be classed a failure. The four-time Ballon d’Or winner has longbeen touted as the best player of all time but plenty of Argentines believe he will always rank behind Pele and Diego Maradona unless he tastes international glory. Argentina recentlylost the […]
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USA's World Cup Win Sets U.S. Soccer Ratings Record
The U.S. women’s national team’s 5-2 victory over Japan in the Women’s World Cup on Sunday attracted an audience of 25.4 million viewers, making it the most the most-watchedsoccer game in United States history, The New York Times reported Monday. It not only exceeded the previous record for a Women’s World Cup of 17.9 million, […]
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Lalas Responds to Donovan's Twitter Jibe at Klinsmann
Landon Donovan hailed the impact of veteran USA striker Abby Wambach during the U.S. women’s 2-0 win against Germany in the Women’s World Cup semifinal on Tuesday, but healso took the opportunity to launch a thinly veiled dig at U.S. men’s coach Jurgen Klinsmann, who famously decided not to take Donovan to the 2014 World […]
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Why (Non-American) Men Cheat at Soccer
Like many of you, Off The Post has been thoroughly enjoying the Women’s World Cup in Canada, and is looking forward to an intriguing set of quarterfinal match-ups, beginning Friday. Aswe’re in the middle of a two-day pause, it makes sense that pubs like USA Today and The New York Daily News are trying to […]
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Klinsmann: the Good, the Bad, the Ugly
As most of you already know, USA coach Jurgen Klinsmann had a distinguished international career as a player, reaching the pinnacle of the sport by winning both the 1990 World Cup and the1996 European Championship with Germany. The California resident also had an impressive goal-scoring record with his national team, hitting 47 goals in 108 […]
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Donovan: I Will be Around Longer Than Klinsmann
USA legend Landon Donovan says he’ll be involved with the United States team longer than any coach, including Jurgen Klinsmann. In an interview with the Bleacher Report, Donovan talksabout his frosty relationship with Klinsmann, saying: “Now I see sort of the big picture of it and I know I’m going to be around a lot […]