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/ 6514 days agoUS Lineup vs Barbados
—————-Guzan———— Moor–DeMerit–Califf—Pearce Kljestan-Bradley-Szetela-Lewis (c) ———Adu———Beasley—– Eddie Lewis captains the team. Danny Szetela gets his first start for the National Team. Thoughts? Feel free to discuss the match in the comments section here or in our live game chat at the Third Half.
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/ 6514 days agoCONCACAF World Cup Qualifying and MLS Reviewed
Costa Rica used the home field advantage of their infamous plastic pitch to dispatch a pesky Grenada side 3-0. The Chicago Fire's Gonzalo Segaras went ninety minutes picking up a yellow card for the Ticos while Shalrie Jospeh as usual gave a workmanlike performance for his nation, Grenada. Guatemala struggled with St Lucia but prevailed […]
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/ 6515 days agoDeRo's Brace Puts Canada into the Group of Death
Dale Mitchell's Canadian side continued its rise in CONCACAF with a 4-1 victory over St Vincent on Friday night and now enters the group of death in CONCACAF with Jamaica, Honduras and presumably Mexico. It can be strongly argued (as it will be here) that four of the five best CONCACAF footballing nations at this […]
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/ 6516 days agoUS Squad for Second Leg vs Barbados
(World Cup Qualifier Caps and Goals in Parenthesis) GOALKEEPERS (3): Dominic Cervi (out of contract: 0/0), Brad Guzan (Chivas USA: 1/1 SO), Chris Seitz (Real Salt Lake: 0/0) DEFENDERS (6): Carlos Bocanegra (out of contract: 12/1), Dan Califf (FC Midtjylland: 1/0), Jay DeMerit (Watford FC: 0/0), Drew Moor (FC Dallas: 0/0) Oguchi Onyewu (Standard de […]
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/ 6516 days agoThe Latest News
Jared Jeffrey Has Signed with a Club in Belgium Chad Barrett had two appalling first half misses yesterday for Chicago in their 2-0 loss to Chivas USA. But Barrett along with team mates John Thorrington and Chris Rolfe have been called into the national team. Sacha Kljestan and Brad Guzan return to the team as […]
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/ 6517 days agoMore U.S. National Call Ups: June 2008
The details of the squad the US will travel with to Barbados this weekend for the second leg of their World Cup qualifying tie has been pretty fairly mum. Snooping around South Florida soccer circles while the National Team is in town I can report that several players will be called in to the team […]
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/ 6517 days agoThorrington, Rolfe Called Up to the US National Team
The details of the squad the US will travel with to Barbados this weekend for the second leg of their World Cup qualifying tie has been pretty fairly mum. Snooping around south Florida soccer circles while the National Team is in town I can report that several players will be called in to the team […]
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/ 6518 days agoSzetela Recalled: Other Released for Second Leg vs Barbados
Danny Szetela was the lone player thus far recalled to the US National Team for the upcoming second leg match against Barbados. I'd expect a new goalkeeper to be added to the squad sometime today. Perhaps Tally Hall or Chris Seitz. The following players have been released: Brian Ching, Clint Dempsey ), Steve Cherundulo , […]
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/ 6519 days agoCONCACAF Champions League: American Sides cannot avoid Mexican Teams
The draw for the group stage of the CONCACAF Champions League was held yesterday and it is entirely possible all five American representatives, three of whom must qualify for the groups stage through the play in stage will all face Mexican teams in group play. Ironically enough, Toronto FC if they qualify for the tournament […]
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/ 6520 days agoCONCACAF World Cup Qualifying Wrap: Mexico Lackluster, T&T in Trouble, US Rolls
I trust we all watched the US match yesterday and if you did not see it, you didn't need to. Barbados missing four of their five best players got rolled by a fired up US squad 8-0. While the scoreline was impressive, many concerns still persist for the U.S. like keeping proper spacing between attackers […]
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/ 6520 days agoCONCACAF Qualifying Wrap
I trust we all watched the US match Sunday and if you did not see it, you didn’t need to. Barbados missing four of their five best players got rolled by a fired up US squad 8-0. While the scoreline was impressive, many concerns still persist for the U.S. like keeping proper spacing between attackers […]
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/ 6521 days agoMatchday: US v Barbados
Well the time for preparation is over. Today the United States begins World Cup qualifying and results now do now matter. The style and performances of the last three friendlies have been dissected and pulled apart, on this web page and others, but now is the time to finally determine whether the United States is […]
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/ 6521 days agoMLS Review: Focus on Internationals
Former Metro star and current Islander Peter Villegas scored a goal for Puerto Rico in Saturday's 2-2 draw with Honduras Every region with the exception of the Euro engaged UEFA confederation has begun qualifying for World Cup 2010. A number of players from Major League Soccer and USL-1 were in action Saturday, representing their countries, […]
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/ 6522 days agoRead This Piece!
Please read Steve Goff’s piece on Santino Quaratna. Once the great hope of American Soccer, Quaranta faced injury, addiction and deceit before finally kicking all of it and emerging as a better person and yes a decent footballer. This is probably the best piece written on an MLS related subject thus far in 2008. Steve […]
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/ 6522 days agoIf You Read One Story This Weekend
Please read Steve Goff's piece on Santino Quaratna. Once the great hope of American Soccer, Quaranta faced injury, addiction and deceit before finally kicking all of it and emerging as a better person and yes a decent footballer. This is probably the best piece written on an MLS related subject thus far in 2008. Steve […]