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/ 6530 days agoUS Squad for Argentina Match
Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Birthdate Caps/G Hometown Club Adu, Freddy M 5'8" 140 6/2/1989 6/0 Potomac, Md. SC Benfica (Portugal) Beasley, DaMarcus M 5'8" 145 5/24/1982 74/15 Ft. Wayne, Ind. Glasgow Rangers (Scotland) Bradley, Michael M 6'2" 175 7/31/1987 18/1 Cedar Grove, N.J. SC Heerenveen (Holland) Califf, Dan D 6'1" 175 3/17/1980 16/1 Orange, Calif. […]
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/ 6530 days agoPlayers Ratings for England and Spain match
If we were to view this series of three friendlies for the US as a tournament, the national team would be failing miserably. Let's take a look at the player ratings I have given for the Spain and England matches to determine where each member of player pool currently stands. The ratings are on a […]
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/ 6530 days agoNews & Notes
Beginning today the American Soccer Show goes to twice a week. Today's show will feature a recap of US-Spain and a conversation with Duane Rollins about TFC and the Canadian National Team. In the upcoming weeks while qualifying for the national team begins, the American Soccer Show is going to be more US National Team […]
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/ 6531 days agoA Tale of Two Halves
Last night's US performance against Spain is difficult to classify but after all that's what happens in friendlies when you are experimenting. On one hand I was more disappointed with the performance last night than against England because the team has now been together for almost ten days and seemed to fall into the age […]
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/ 6532 days agoUS-Spain LIVE Commentary and Blog
SECOND HALF 1-0 Full Time. A better effort than last week but still a huge gap in class between the US and its opponent is exposed. Freddy Adu was my man of the match but of course we only saw him for 45 minutes. Stoppage Time: Eddie Johnson with a weak shot from the right […]
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/ 6532 days agoUSA-Spain Live Blog
Join me right here in this space from 4 pm ET/1 pm PT for a live running commentary of the US-Spain match from Santander.
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/ 6533 days agoMLS Power Rankings: June 3, 2008
1- New England Coming from a two goal deficit late to salvage a draw shows the character of a winner. 2- Chicago A week off and a week to focus on the possibility of brining in Brian McBride. But do you really want to upset the chemistry of this side right now? 3- Toronto FC […]
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/ 6533 days agoBradley's Bucket: Something Needs to Change
We've discussed several times recently on the American Soccer Show the "bucket" formation employed by US Coach Bob Bradley. Part of me sympathizes with why Bradley is using this formation: from my vantage point the US has less attacking talent currently than at any point since the 1994 World Cup. However, the lack of creativity […]
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/ 6534 days agoMLS Weekend Thoughts: June 2, 2008
Jeff Cunningham had a great finish for TFC’s second goal but didn’t finish his other opportunities leaving me to believe Cunningham is most certainly in decline and may not after all catch Jaime Moreno and Ante Razov as the top two MLS scorers all time. The Galaxy’s young guns didn’t get a result without […]
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/ 6534 days agoMLS Wrap and Other Notes
This weekend's MLS action was tainted by the continued insistence of the league not to break or at the very least reduce its schedule for international matches. Landon Donovan, Brad Guzan, Mo Edu, Frankie Hejduk and Rico Clark should not have to take a long flight after one international match only to take a similar […]
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/ 6534 days agoOPINION: MLS Weekend Watered Down
This weekend's MLS action was tainted by the continued insistence of the league not to break or at the very least reduce its schedule for international matches. Landon Donovan, Brad Guzan, Mo Edu, Frankie Hejduk and Rico Clark should not have to take a long flight after one international match only to take a similar […]
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/ 6535 days agoMLS Internationals: June 1, 2008
A new page listing the current MLS players who have represented their national teams has been added. Click on the link on the above bar to access the page. Once again if any of my information regarding caps and goals is inaccurate please let me know!
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/ 6536 days agoUS National Team Current Player Pool
An updated player pool (with the players that no longer figure into Coach Bradley's plans for at least the summer deleted) can be found by clicking the tab on the toolbar on top of the blog. The player pool page will be updated after every US match.
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/ 6536 days agoThe Wembley Experience: Lessons About Hooliginism for MLS
My experience at Wembley Stadium the other night for the US-England game was outstanding. Not only because of the atmosphere and enthusiasm around international football at England’s National Stadium and throughout London (Although I will point out that this visit reinforced a long held belief of mine having visited both cities on multiple occasions that […]
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/ 6536 days agoThe Wembley Experience: Lessons About Hooliginism
My experience at Wembley Stadium the other night for the US-England game was outstanding. Not only because of the atmosphere and enthusiasm around international football at England's National Stadium and throughout London (Although I will point out that this visit reinforced a long held belief of mine having visited both cities on multiple occasions that […]