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/ 6449 days agoEddie Johnson makes Cardiff Debut
Eddie Johnson made his debut with Cardiff City yesterday in a 2-1 League Cup victory over MK Dons who featured Jemal Johnson in the midfield. Both Americans played the full 90 minutes and Eddie Johnson is in the process of getting himself match fit and comfortable at his new club. Cardiff Manager Dave Jones stated […]
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/ 6449 days agoHubris: August 27, 2008
The CONCACAF Champions league was built up as Major League Soccer's opportunity to show how well it sides perform while in season. The complaint about the now retired Champions Cup was that it was played during the MLS preseason. However, despite a flattering scoreline the first match of the Champions League showed how outclassed outside […]
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/ 6449 days agoHubris: Aug. 27, 2008
The CONCACAF Champions league was built up as Major League Soccer's opportunity to show how well it sides perform while in season. The complaint about the now retired Champions Cup was that it was played during the MLS preseason. However, despite a flattering scoreline the first match of the Champions League showed how outclassed outside […]
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/ 6449 days agoAre CONCACAF Officials Biased toward the US?
Supporters of the United States national team (myself included) have complained openly and often about the officiating we’ve received at the last two world cups including an apparent handball on Torston Frings on the goal line in the 2002 Quarterfinals which was missed by EPL official Hugh Dallas and the almost criminal call by […]
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/ 6449 days agoAre CONCACAF Officials Favorable towards the US?
Supporters of the United States national team (myself included) have complained openly and often about the officiating we've received at the last two world cups including an apparent handball on Torston Frings on the goal line in the 2002 Quarterfinals which was missed by EPL official Hugh Dallas and the almost criminal call by Dr. […]
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/ 6449 days agoShould the Deuce be Cut Loose?
The lone American goal scorer from World Cup 2006 now has consistently played so poorly for the national team if the opponent is not Barbados, that his presence seems to actually help stagnate the side. Dempsey’s last good performance for the National Team against a decent opponent was last October in Switzerland. At the time […]
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/ 6449 days agoShould the Deuce be Cut Loose?
The lone American goal scorer from World Cup 2006 now has consistently played so poorly for the national team if the opponent is not Barbados, that his presence seems to actually help stagnate the side. Dempsey's last good performance for the National Team against a decent opponent was last October in Switzerland. At the time […]
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/ 6451 days agoSheva's Milan Move: A Score to Settle?
The last two plus years I've viewed with some amusement the dismissive nature with which the British media has viewed Andriy Shevchenko's football career thanks to his failures with Chelsea. Many in the British media have judged Sheva as a complete waste of a player and have used his troubled time at Chelsea to ridicule […]
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/ 6451 days agoCONCACAF Champions League: American Sides Unlikely to make Impact
Oswaldo Sanchez and Santos Laguna are among the favorites The CONCACAF Champions League begins Tuesday night with four of the six participating US and Canadian based teams in action. Here are my favorites for the tournament and what sides from the US & Canada have a realistic shot of advancing deep in the competition. Favorites: […]
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/ 6451 days agoCONCACAF Champions League: Odds of Success
The CONCACAF Champions League begins Tuesday night with four of the six participating US and Canadian based teams in action. Here are my favorites for the tournament and what sides from the US & Canada have a realistic shot of advancing deep in the competition. Favorites: Santos Laguna (MEX) Saprissa (CRC) UNAM Pumas (MEX) Cruz […]
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/ 6451 days agoYanks in the Motherland: Aug. 24, 2008
Brad Friedel Conceded three goals in Aston Villa's 3-2 loss to newly promoted Stoke City. Tim Howard Made three saves in Everton's 2-1 win over West Brom. Clint Dempsey Played 13 uninspiring minutes in Fulham's 1-0 win over Arsenal. Jay DeMerit Went the full 90 in Watford's 3-2 loss to Nottingham Forest Bobby Convey Played […]
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/ 6452 days agoAmericans in Germany: Matchday Two
Steve Cherundolo Returned quickly from US National Team duty to play 18 + minutes for Hanover in a 1-1 draw with Energie Cottubus barely 36 hours after the US match concluded . Matt Taylor Played 60 minutes in Koblenz 0-0 draw with FSV Frankfurt. Gregg Berhalter Played 77 minutes in 1860 Munich's 2-1 loss to […]
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/ 6453 days agoBob Bradley's Tactics: Set Pieces Make the Difference
Under Bob Bradley the USMNT has become reliant on set pieces for scoring and quite possibly more dependent on its center backs than any top 50 national team/photo from US Soccer For all the criticisms of Bob Bradley’s tactics by commentators including myself, the continued success rate the United States enjoys on set pieces is […]
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/ 6453 days agoBob Bradley and Tactics: Set Pieces Make the Difference
For all the criticisms of Bob Bradley's tactics by commentators including myself, the continued success rate the United States enjoys on set pieces is remarkable. This is all the more remarkable when you consider the trouble the United States had scoring on set pieces in the 1999 to 2003 period after Eric Wynalda, Marcello Balboa […]
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/ 6453 days agoSven's Green Revolution: Doomed to Failure?
Sven Goran Eriksson confers with Cuauhtemoc Blanco/Reuters Photo El Tri’s come from behind victory against Honduras in the first match of group play Wednesday at Azteca should not be an occasion to gloss over the very real problems CONCACAF’s traditional superpower faces. Honduras’ ability to control large portions of the match at Azteca with a […]