Archive for the ‘US Soccer’ Category
Thursday, May 16th, 2013
On Thursday afternoon the United States men's national soccer team announced its roster for its upcoming slate of five games, and Landon Donovan was left off of it.
Jurgen Klinsmann's team will play two friendlies against Belgium and Germany, then jump into three important World Cup qualifiers against Jamaica, Panama and ...
Posted in International Soccer, Soccer, US Soccer | 1 Comment »
Monday, March 26th, 2012
The United States' soccer team will not be headed to the Olympics thanks to an epic goalkeeping gaffe.
The U.S. Under-23 team tied El Salvador 3-3 on Monday night, ending its Olympic dream, but the play that cost them a trip to London will be remembered for quite some time.
Young keeper ...
Posted in Olympics, Soccer, US Soccer | 4 Comments »
Wednesday, August 10th, 2011
USA vs. Mexico: Live Blog
Posted in Live Blogs, Soccer, US Soccer | 13 Comments »
Thursday, July 28th, 2011
Bob Bradley was relieved of his duties as U.S. national team coach Thursday. And it's not a day too soon.
Don't get me wrong. I appreciate everything Bradley accomplished during his tenure, including beating world No. 1 Spain at the Confederations Cup and winning a World Cup group with England in ...
Posted in International Soccer, MLS, Soccer, US Soccer | 3 Comments »
Monday, July 11th, 2011
After watching the United States women's soccer team's incredible comeback in the 2011 Women's World Cup quarterfinals against Brazil, I had a ton of things rushing through my head. What heart. What an improbable comeback. What a match. How cool was that to watch? Oh, and I have fallen helplessly, ...
Posted in Chicks Man, International Soccer, Soccer, US Soccer | 12 Comments »
Friday, December 3rd, 2010
I meant to get up in time for the live announcement by FIFA as to where the 2018 and 2022 World Cups will be hosted. But working til 1 a.m. usually prevents me from waking before 1 p.m. So I missed it. Luckily, I had plenty of ...
Posted in 2022 FIFA World Cup, International Soccer, Qatar, Sepp Blatter, Soccer, US Soccer | 4 Comments »
Thursday, March 4th, 2010
Alright U.S. Soccer, do us all a favor. Cancel the remaining friendlies leading up to the World Cup. Pull the entire roster from club play, send them to a beach resort where lovely women will massage them daily. Provide them with hyperbaric chambers to sleep in.
We’re less than 100 days ...
Posted in Charlie Davies, Clint Dempsey, International Soccer, Oguchi Onyewu, Ricardo Clark, Stuart Holden, US Soccer, World Cup 2010 | 7 Comments »