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/ 1296 days agoUSMNT-Japan preview: USA in penultimate World Cup tune-up
With the World Cup drawing ever closer, US Soccer scheduled two friendlies for the USMNT. The pair of fixtures test the mettle of the team and see how the stack up before they ship out to Qatar in November. The pair of friendlies are a refreshing change of pace. Opponents Japan and Saudi Arabia are […]
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/ 1406 days agoUSA-Uruguay preview: USMNT youth face Uruguayan stars
The final series of home games prior to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar got off to a flying start for the US as they were resounding 3-0 winners against a Morocco team that will also be in Qatar this November. It saw Brendan Aaronson open the scoring, Tim Weah get back into form, and […]
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/ 1441 days agoTop 20 overlooked cities that USMNT should consider for home games
The US Men's National Team (USMNT) faces a unique challenge in planning out locations for future games. There are 50 states spread out across thousands of miles. Yet, there are only so many games to go around. Many other countries around the world, especially within CONCACAF, are geographically small. Island nations and Central American countries […]
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/ 1473 days agoU.S. looks to secure spot in Qatar in finale against Costa Rica
The U.S. felt good about its qualifying chances heading into the final game of qualifying in 2017. Bruce Arena and co. beat Panama by four goals in Orlando and traveled to Trinidad & Tobago. All the USMNT really had to do was show up, and they held a spot in Russia. Of the 27 potential […]
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/ 1475 days agoUSA vs. Panama preview: USMNT cannot afford any slip-ups
Throughout the history of the US Men's National Team (USMNT) attempting to qualify for various World Cups, one venue has stood out above all other as a venue where it is immensely difficult to get a result. Azteca Stadium in Mexico City has held that place in the American soccer psyche for many years but […]
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/ 1478 days agoMexico-USA Preview: USMNT on verge of World Cup 2022 berth
The ghost of the failure to qualify for the 2018 World Cup continues to lurk in the shadows for the US Men's National Team (USMNT). Indeed, despite being in second place in the Octagonal with three games to play, many fans are a nervous wreck. The players seem to be hyper-aware of it as well, […]
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/ 1528 days agoUS-Honduras: USMNT faces must-win game in freezing conditions
The promising start to the final stretch of World Cup Qualifying was derailed on Sunday when the US lost against Canada. Despite the US going over 35 years without losing a game to Canada, Head Coach Gregg Berhalter has now managed to lose to Les Rouges twice in the last 26 months, both abject disasters […]
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/ 1565 days agoUSWNT attendance in 2021 dips due to COVID, lack of success
This year brought many things to celebrate for the US Men’s National Team. The same cannot be said for the US Women’s National Team. On one hand, the men's side pulled in its highest audience in recent years while lifting the CONCACAF Nations League and Gold Cup. Contrarily, the USWNT failed to even reach the […]
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/ 1606 days agoUSMNT travels to Jamaica following huge rivalry win
Some things in life are just meant to be. After Friday night’s 2-0 win by the US over Mexico, it certainly seems like Dos a Cero is one of them. The U.S. played home World Cup Qualifiers against Mexico in the state of Ohio a total of six times. The first five occurred in Columbus, […]
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/ 1640 days agoU.S. hosts Costa Rica after weekend defeat in World Cup Qualifying
The United States Men's National Team always seem to face various stumbling blocks during World Cup Qualifying. During the campaign to qualify for South Africa 2010, Costa Rica pounded the U.S. in San José. Then, Mexico beat the Americans in the Estadio Azteca. Finally, Bob Bradley's squad dropped points again against Costa Rica, this time […]
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/ 1678 days agoUSA-Canada preview: USMNT needs maximum points
The first World Cup Qualifying game for the USMNT since the debacle against Trinidad & Tobago was somewhat anticlimactic. A thunderous rendition of the El Salvador national anthem created an electric atmosphere which gave way to a game that saw very few clear-cut chances for either team. In the end it finished 0-0 with each […]
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/ 1713 days agoUSA vs. Mexico preview: Gold Cup Final promises fiery game
It seems that the theme for the U.S. at this Gold Cup has been, 6-1 thrashing of Martinique aside, winning ugly. Two of the three Group Stage games finished 1-0 (against Haiti and Canada). Then the quarterfinal against Jamaica finished 1-0. And so naturally then the semi-final against Qatar played out the same way, with […]
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/ 1716 days agoUSA vs. Qatar preview: Gold Cup Final awaits
Much like most of the Group Stage (and much like the Gold Cup quarter-final two years ago against Curacao) the US looked somewhat sluggish and disjointed during the bulk of Sunday’s game against Jamaica. And just like the Group Stage and the quarter-final two years ago the US were able to secure a 1-0 win, […]
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/ 1720 days agoUSA vs. Jamaica preview: Winner will face Qatar in semifinal
It wasn’t always a pretty Group Stage from the U.S. Men's National Team (USMNT) in the Gold Cup but at the end of the day, it’s a results-oriented business and the U.S. topped the group by winning all three games. A dull 1-0 win over Haiti was followed by a 6-1 thrashing of Martinique. The […]
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/ 1731 days agoUSA vs. Martinique preview: USMNT needs to improve
Sunday’s United States win against Haiti was an ugly affair that saw few chances created by the national team, and even fewer of them taken. Sam Vines scored his first international goal inside the first ten minutes, and the U.S. was never really threatened after that. At the end of the day, it was enough […]