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/ 6144 days agoJay DeMerit and Charlie Davies: Profiles in Player Development
Two of the biggest stars in the Confederations Cup for the United States have been Jay DeMerit and Charlie Davies. Both are players that did not come up through the traditional development system for US Soccer (including the National Academy in Bradenton, Florida which neither attended) and both are players Bob Bradley avoided playing for […]
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/ 6144 days agoGold Cup Squad with Commentary
Like Mexico, the US has called a clear "B" team for the North American Championship tournament leaving the door open for someone else to possibly win the event this year. (It won't be Trinidad and Tobago though because they failed to qualify). Here is the squad with some analysis: GOALKEEPERS (3): Jon Busch (Chicago Fire), […]
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/ 6145 days agoWhere Does The Spain Game Rank All Time?
I know we played this game the other day after the Egypt match, but let's revisit it again. Where does the Spain game compare to the matches described below in the Post 1990 history of the US Men's National Team? The 1950 World Cup win versus England obviously was the best pre 1989 result for […]
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/ 6145 days agoMLS Talk Podcast #92: Historic USA Win Sends National Team to FIFA Confederations Cup Final
The United States National Team made history on Wednesday by defeating World #1 Spain 2-0 in South Africa to reach the first final in a FIFA event in the nations history. Martin Rogers of Yahoo! Sports and Bruce McGuire of DuNord Futbol join host Kartik Krishnaiyer to discuss Bob Bradley's tactics, where this victory ranks […]
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/ 6145 days agoSpain 0: USA 2- ONE FOR THE AGES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Periodic updates here during the game and remember our post game show available at about 8pm ET via ITunes and this website: Final Player Ratings Howard 8 Spect0r 7 DeMerit 9 Onyewu 10 Bocanegra 7 Clark 8 Bradley 6 Donovan 9 Dempsey 8 Davies 9 Altidore 8 Feilhaber 7 Casey 5 Bornstein 7 Tactical Breakdown: […]
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/ 6146 days agoConfederations Cup: Why the US Has A Chance
Spain is on a record tying unbeaten run and faces a US team that suffered their worst ever defeat to Brazil last week. But this match isn't as easy a call as many pundits would make it out to be. While the Spanish are a formidable side, perhaps the best in the world currently, they […]
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/ 6146 days agoEPL Talk Podcast: Setanta Sports Update
Setanta Sports Shane O'Rourke joins host Kartik Krishnaiyer to discuss the status of the network in North America on the day Setanta UK went into administration and stopped broadcasting. O'Rourke also answers questions about Setanta-i, their new broadband product, as well as answering questions about the status of GAA and rugby on its channel. You […]
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/ 6146 days agoThe ESPN Empire Strikes Back
On English language websites yesterday the big news surrounding ESPN is about the network acquiring Setanta's package to air Premier League matches in the UK. But perhaps bigger news was made stateside as ESPN returned to showing regular European league football for the first time since losing La Liga rights in the early part of […]
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/ 6147 days agoJay DeMerit: Difference Maker
Jay DeMerit's story is well know to most US Soccer supporters. From the Chicago and the PDL to a pub league in England to the Premier League, DeMerit's grit and determination have transformed a player nobody wanted in MLS or the A-League (USL-1) into a regular USMNT call up. But now in the FIFA Confederations […]
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/ 6148 days agoWhere Does the Egypt Game Rank?
In terms of US National Team history very few days have matched yesterday in terms of pure drama. Just three days after Team USA equaled its worst ever loss to Brazil and six days after the national teams worst loss to Italy since 1934, the US found itself in a position to clinch passage to […]
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/ 6148 days agoEgypt 0:3 USA: Bradley's Changes Pay Off
FIFA.com Photo We've complained about the lack of character and urgency from the US team when compared to their predecessors. Previous US teams rose to the occasion against perceived world powers Italy and Brazil. This team did not. But when facing a less formidable team in Egypt, this US […]
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/ 6148 days agoMLS/USL Review
Musa Otieno (leftmost) captained Kenya to a critical World Cup Qualifying win yesterday. But the insistence on the American leagues, MLS and USL to play through international breaks meant Otieno was not available for his club side Cleveland City who lost twice at home in three days to Miami FC. ESPN 2 achieved it's highest […]
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/ 6149 days agoEPL Talk Podcast: Misha Sher
Episode 119 features an interview with Soccerex Director of Business Development Misha Sher. Hear about Sher's football background as a youth player in the Ukraine (part of the USSR in those days), his college and professional career in the United States at Ohio Wesleyan and in the A League (now USL-1). After moving to the […]
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/ 6149 days agoThoughts on the US Gold Cup Squad
PER CONCACAF here is the preliminary squad the US submitted, I believe yesterday to the Confederation. This squad will be trimmed to 23 players next week. Goalkeepers: Brad Guzan, Marcus Hahnemann, Troy Perkins, Luis Robles Defense: Jonathan Bornstein, Danny Califf, Steve Cherundolo, Jay DeMerit, Clarence Goodson, Eric Lichaj, Chad Marshall, Michael Orozco, Michael Parkhurst, Heath […]
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/ 6150 days agoMLS/USL News
Matt Reis was the hero in the 2008 Superliga Final/AP A day after the US suffered its worst ever loss to Brazil and four days after our national team was beaten by Italy by the worst scoreline since 1934 let's refocus temporarily on the club game. (I suspect thanks to the disgraceful US performances of […]