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/ 5628 days agoWho Will Make the US Roster for the South Africa Friendly?
One week from today, the US Men's National Team will play South Africa in a friendly in Cape Town, and Bob Bradley has yet to release his squad for the match. The friendly comes at a bad time for most players – it is right in the middle of the major European leagues' seasons plus […]
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/ 5634 days agoWill Wondolowski Get a Call Up to the National Team?
Chris Wondolowski has had a dream season. He finally broke out this year with a league-leading 18 goals and almost single-handedly led San Jose to the playoffs, where they will try and pull out a win at New York tonight. He has shown the ability to score and lead a team, and with the national […]
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/ 5679 days agoKlinsmann Reveals Talks With U.S. Soccer
Remember when we were all trying to figure out what Sunil Gulati was doing in the aftermath of the 2010 World Cup in regards to Bob Bradley and the somewhat-up-in-the-air coaching situation for the U.S. Men's National team? Apparently, Gulati was making another run at former Germany and Bayern Munich manager Juergen Klinsmann. Another […]
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/ 5700 days agoBob Bradley Signs to Coach USMNT Through 2014 World Cup
Reports have come out this evening confirming that Bob Bradley will stay as coach of the US Mens National Team for another four years. Just as speculation was growing that Bradley would be out, Jurgen Klinsmann would be in, and US Soccer was going to make some significant changes before the next World Cup, it […]
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/ 5734 days agoSir Alex Ferguson Has High Praise for Bob Bradley
He hasn't gotten a call from Fulham yet, and the USSF hasn't renewed his contract with the men's national team, but Bob Bradley has at least one high-profile supporter. Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson said as much in the Daily Mail, saying that, "'I think he did a fantastic job and I am surprised […]
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/ 5745 days agoCan Bob Bradley Learn?
Sitting here almost a week after the 2010 World Cup, I like many other US fans have been going over the many pros and cons of retaining Bob Bradley as the US manager. US Soccer President Sunil Gulati and Fulham owner Mohamed Al Fayed probably have many of the same questions that we do, […]
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/ 5756 days agoTime To Replace Bob Bradley But Who Should Get the USMNT Job?
Bob Bradley, as coach of the United States men's national team, has done a heroic effort by taking the country to the final of the Confederations Cup in 2009 and leading the US to an admirable Round of 16 qualification this summer in the World Cup. Bradley has nothing to be ashamed of and has […]
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/ 5762 days agoBob Bradley Did Great, but the USMNT Should Hire Someone New
After the failure of Germany 2006, nobody wanted to hire Bob Bradley for this job. It was hard to find a fan that thought he was the right man. US Soccer was desperate to hire Jurgen Klinsman. Columnist fantasized about importing some maestro from Europe or South America. When the other options failed to pan […]
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/ 5763 days agoPoll: Should Bob Bradley Stay or Go?
Whether Bob Bradley should stay in charge as coach of the US men's national team is a difficult question. For some US soccer fans, it's an easy answer (either yes or no). But I believe that the vast majority of US soccer fans are torn. Bradley, for all his faults, has done incredibly well. But […]
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/ 5763 days agoI Come Not to Bury the USMNT, But to Praise Them
So how good is the US Men’s National Team? Over the past two years, the US team has fully revealed itself in relation to other teams and this is the report card- • The USMNT is well ensconced in the second tier of international soccer, which is no small feat. Over the past 20 years, […]
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/ 5769 days agoWho Would You Start if You Were Bob Bradley?
You're Bob Bradley and it's the night before one of the biggest games of your career, and you have millions of USA fans putting the pressure on you to make the correct decisions. But who would you start for the United States against Algeria tomorrow? And why? Here's my starting 11: ————–Howard————– Cherundolo — DeMerit […]
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/ 5782 days agoEngland v USA: The Key Matchups
Wayne Rooney, Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard, John Terry, Ashley Cole. An illustrious lot, these world footballing stars would make the starting XI of just about every squad on the planet and are known from the Midwest to the Midlands. Landon Donovan, Clint Dempsey, Jozy Altidore, Michael Bradley, Tim Howard. While making strides in European leagues, […]
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/ 5783 days agoWhy the US National Team Should Not Play a 4-4-2 Formation
Without a doubt, formations are one of the most underrated elements of the tactical game. Many countries adopt the simplistic two banks of four with two up top and that’s that. Not a whole lot of thinking goes into their formation. The United States Men’s National Team and Coach Bob Bradley are 'one of' these […]
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/ 5785 days agoDespite Injury Setbacks, US Team Building Confidence Heading Into Mammoth Showdown
It has seemed at times that every moment the U.S. Men's National Team begins to get a glimpse of what their squad will look like come the first group match of the World Cup, the injury bug strikes. At the Confederation's Cup, Charlie Davies became a household name and the U.S. finally had a much […]
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/ 5789 days agoWho Should the US Start Against Australia?
This Saturday marks the last tune up match the United States have before they take the field June 12 against England in their World Cup opener. After four years of building his squad, Bradley still has some questions that still need to be cleared up before the South African campaign begins. Here is my lineup. […]