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/ 3164 days agoMost-attended soccer friendlies in US during summer of 2017
Another round of the annual summer friendlies has come and gone. And as has been the case for the last several years, they have been a smashing success both in terms of attendance at the games and people watching on TV. This summer saw three of the biggest clubs in the world in the US […]
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/ 3180 days agoUSA vs. Jamaica Gold Cup final preview, TV times and team news
The theme for the US throughout most of this Gold Cup was that they needed to start playing much better if they wanted to win the whole thing. Well, the competition got tougher in the semi-finals and the US played their best game of the tournament, defeating Costa Rica 2-0 to advance to a record […]
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/ 3184 days agoUSA vs. Costa Rica Gold Cup semifinal preview
The US has made its way into the semi-finals of the Gold Cup, but if they want to win the whole thing or even advance to the final they are going to need to play much better than they have thus far in the tournament. Many thought that with the addition of the regulars like […]
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/ 3187 days agoUSA vs. El Salvador preview, TV times and team news
As was the case with their first two games of the Gold Cup, the US was somewhat underwhelming in their 3-0 win over Nicaragua on Saturday, if only because it could have and should have been more than three. Dom Dwyer and Joe Corona both missed penalties but thanks to a late Matt Miazga goal, […]
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/ 3191 days agoUSA vs. Nicaragua preview, TV times and team news
While the USMNT did not get the Gold Cup off to a great start against Panama on Saturday, it was going to be alright because the next two opponents were Martinique and Nicaragua, teams that the US should score a ton of goals against and cruise past without much effort. Except, that’s not the way […]
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/ 3194 days agoUSA vs. Martinique preview, TV times and team news
It’s a safe bet to say that the USMNT did not get off to the start that most fans and players wanted it to see at the Gold Cup with a less than stellar 1-1 draw against Panama in Nashville on Saturday. But Panama has been something of a thorn in the side of the […]
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/ 3199 days agoUSA vs. Panama preview, TV times and team news
It was a good June for the USMNT and July has certainly started the same way as the US beat Ghana 2-1 in a tune-up for the upcoming Gold Cup. When the US roster was released, it was Dom Dwyer who grabbed all the headlines and it was Dom Dwyer who grabbed all of the […]
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/ 3205 days agoUSA vs. Ghana preview, TV times and team news
The summer is certainly off to a good start for the USMNT. They got four out of a possible six points in World Cup Qualifying (which included a draw at the always formidable Azteca Stadium in Mexico City) and threw in a draw against Venezuela for good measure. While the World Cup Qualifying campaign certainly […]
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/ 3226 days agoMexico vs. USA preview, TV times and team news
It’s probably safe to say that, despite being just 18 years old, Christian Pulisic is the real deal. He’s got just 15 caps to his name but already has seven goals, basically averaging a goal every other game. None of those seven goals were more important than the two he scored on Thursday night in […]
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/ 3228 days agoUSA vs. Trinidad and Tobago preview, TV times and team news
Well, there wasn’t too much to be gained from the USA’s friendly against Venezuela on Saturday night and now that it’s been played, it’s safe to say that not much was gained from it, with the possible exception of going a full 90 minutes at high altitude (which will be critical for the upcoming trip […]
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/ 3233 days agoUSA vs. Venezuela preview, TV times and team news
June is an extremely critical month for the USMNT. Bruce Arena has come in for his second stint as manager and settled things down after a disastrous start to World Cup Qualifying that resulted in the firing of Jurgen Klinsmann. Arena got a win and a draw in the January Camp and managed to grab […]
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/ 3301 days agoPanama vs. USA preview, TV times and team news
After Friday night’s overwhelming win over Honduras, many US fans are breathing a massive sigh of relief. Had the US not picked up all three points, they would have been in extremely dire straits trying to qualify for the World Cup in Russia next year. But nobody needed to worry as the US went up […]
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/ 3354 days agoUSA vs. Jamaica preview, TV times and team news
The second coming of Bruce Arena as USMNT manager did not exactly get off to a great start as the US played to an incredibly dull 0-0 draw against Serbia on Sunday. The game itself was nothing to write home about and very few (if any) US players did anything to help or hurt their […]
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/ 3358 days agoUSA vs. Serbia preview: Bruce Arena’s first game again
There is somewhat of a trend in society right now where what’s old is new again. That certainly appears to be the case with the US Men's National Team (USMNT) as former manager Bruce Arena retakes the reigns after the dismissal of Jurgen Klinsmann in November. Arena was the US manager from 1998 until 2006 […]
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/ 3404 days agoTop 40 most-attended soccer games in the United States in 2016
With 2016 winding down, it’s time to take a look at the most-attended soccer games in the United States. Looking back at 2016, there were 43 games that were attended by 40,000 people or more. That's a slight decrease from the 45 games that achieved that mark in 2015, but an increase from 2014 when there were 35 […]