Oguchi Onyewu

Oguchi Onyewu

/ 652 days ago

US Soccer names Oguchi Onyewu as Vice President of Sporting

Oguchi Onyewu is joining the team at US Soccer in a newly created role. The former USMNT representative is going to be the Vice President of Sporting, working closely with new sporting director Matt Crocker. In terms of permanent roles, Onyewu will help manage relationships with clubs and leagues in the United States and the […]

Earnie Stewart

/ 716 days ago

Oguchi Onyewu in the running for US Soccer Sporting Director

Former United States men's national team defender Oguchi Onyewu is reportedly a candidate for US Soccer's vacant sporting director job. According to sources at FOX Sports, the 40-year-old retired player is being considered for the role. The news outlet reached out to both Onyewu and U.S. Soccer for comment, but both neither confirmed nor denied […]

Leagues: Championship

/ 4138 days ago

US International Oguchi Onyewu Joins QPR With Aim Of Getting Club Promoted Back to the EPL

US international defender Oguchi Onyewu has joined Queens Park Rangers in the English Championship as a free agent. Onyewu, who played for the United States in the 2010 World Cup, left Sporting in August after his contract was terminated by mutual consent. During the past few weeks, Onyewu has been training with QPR, and the club […]

AC Milan

/ 5221 days ago

Oguchi Onyewu Involved in Training Brawl

U.S. International Oguchi Onyewu has had trouble getting on the pitch for his club side, AC Milan, this season. He found his way into the news today, however. Multiple outlets are reporting that Onyewu and Zlatan Ibrahimovic were involved in a fight on the training ground earlier today. From the story, "team vice president Adriano […]

Carlos Pavon

/ 5507 days ago

US 1 Honduras 3 as Bob Bradley Looks to Fill Some Holes

As the US took the field to play Honduras Saturday night at the Home Depot Center, nobody was any under illusions about the nature of the game.  It was a friendly in the friendliest sense.  The pregame party in the parking lot was full of good cheer.  The Honduras fans, which outnumbered the US fans […]

Leagues: MLS

/ 5635 days ago

Gooch and Milan: A Bad Deal?

Standard Liege, the former club of Oguchi Onyewu gave an English club a hard time for the third time in two seasons yesterday in a 3-2 loss to Arsenal. Meanwhile, Gooch didn’t even make the match squad for his new team, AC Milan in a 2-1 victory Tuesday over Marseille. Despite my initial excitement about […]

Leagues: MLS

/ 5707 days ago

Gooch Signs With Milan: Reaction (Updated)

The impact of this signing cannot over emphasized. For years and years top European clubs have shown no interest in American field players. Most European oriented American fans (eurosnobs as they are often called) have laughed off any suggestion of an American field player playing for a top European side. Additionally, after past impressive performances […]

Landon Donovan

/ 5751 days ago

MLS attendance report: May 25, 2009

This week's seven matches averaged just under 13,800, slightly up from last year's week 10 average. It was good to see an increase, albeit a small one, with Seattle on the road. After 75 matches, exactly the 1/3 mark of the season, the league is drawing 1,128 fewer per game than the first 75 games […]

American Soccer

/ 5790 days ago

Soccer Thoughts on Jackie Robinson Day

In the world of the Beautiful Game April 15th is most known for Hillsborough, but in the United States, April 15th is best know for one of the most significant sporting and cultural moments of the 20th Century. It was on April 15, 1947 that Jack Roosevelt “Jackie” Robinson made his debut with the Brooklyn […]

Bobby Convey

/ 6222 days ago

US-Mexico Analysis

 Having been on hand in Houston for Wednesday’s mammoth and exciting clash and now having had over 24 hours to digest the outcome and impact let’s go through what we learned: Mexico has better talent and more skill than the U.S. No real surprise here. With Carlos Vela, Mexico has a player who could be […]

Carlos Bocanegra

/ 6264 days ago

Best and Worst of 2007: US National Team

2007 was an interesting year for the US National Team. A transition year to say the least, at times the US looked worse than any point since prior to hosting the 1994 World Cup. The American performances in the Gold Cup and Copa America were un-inspirational to say the least. Despite winning the Gold Cup […]

Carlos Bocanegra

/ 6373 days ago

Brazil 4 USA 2: Post Match Thoughts and Ramblings

I was lucky enough to secure a ticket for this match thanks to EPL Talk and Major League Soccer Talk listener and contributor Lou Bruno. Our effort yesterday deserved an A+ grade, and I have to say this is the first time since our veteran leadership trio of Reyna, Pope and McBride retired from the […]

Leagues: MLS

/ 6594 days ago

Gooch: The Great American Hope

Oguchi Onyewu like many young American players of this generation has never played in Major League Soccer. Unlike many young American players, "Gooch" has drawn the interest of the biggest, most visible clubs in Europe. Onyewu who has only a handful of US caps has seemingly made an impact in every national team game he […]

Newcastle United

/ 6597 days ago

Onyewu Headed to Newcastle

BBC Sport is reporting "Gooch" will join Newcastle on loan for the remainder of the season. the magpies have been injury plagued and this will give Onyewu a chance to become acclimated with the EPL rather quickly, before getting a long term deal from another club.