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Youth and the American Soccer Player Pool
If you're the sort of person who likes to discuss the history and future of the US National Team, you know you're never far from a discussion about the quality of the US player pool. Specifically, people want to understand — and argue about — why the leading economy in the world (at...
The Future - Freddy Adu, Major League Soccer and the United States Men's National Team
Note: I rarely get a chance (read: excuse) to talk about the National team on this blog, or players that aren't Rapids or members of Rapids opponents. With the biggest game for the USMNT since that Ghana game in the World Cup coming up, I figured this was a good excuse. I also apologize for my...
USMNT Recap: USA rolls past Canada 2-0 in USMNT's opening 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup match
Two words: Tim Howard. One of the world's best goalkeepers made some stand-on-your-head like saves to help lead the US National Team past Canada Tuesday night in the first round of the Gold Cup. Overall, I thought the US played very well, especially coming off the 4-0 stomping courtesy of Spain...
Gold Cup Update: Jamaica defeats Grenada 4-0, Guatemala survives 0-0 vs. Honduras, USA vs. Canada & Guadeloupe vs. Panama tonight
The 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup looked to continue to be a somewhat of a joke at the end of Jamaica's 4-0 crushing defeat over Grenada, some were wondering if the minnows of Gold Cup should have even been invited. Perhaps the tournament should be winnowed back to the original 8 teams the Gold Cup...
2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup: Costa Rica beats Cuba 5-0, Mexico beats El Salvador 5-0... and how it effects Marco Pappa and the Chicago Fire
The 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup kicked off with not just a singular bang but two very loud booms on Sunday. Costa Rica topped Cuba 5-0 in the first game and Mexico refused to be out done defeating El Salvador in their own 5-0 performance. Details on both of the games and what this means for Marco...
The Tretiak Legend
Putin might be considering the judo chop...via www.kremlin.ru We had a little bit of discussion about Vladislav Tretiak a couple of weeks ago when talking about some of the "missed" candidates for "lifetime" trophies, and I thought this would be as good of a time as any to look at some arguments...
World Cup: Day 1 Quarter-Final Matchup Previews
The Quarter-Final draw is a bit lopsided, with some of the weaker teams in the round of 16 competing in Saturday's opening matches. I wanted to look at the team level - passing, possession, territory, shooting - to see if anything stands out. Match 1, Saturday: Neither South Korea nor...
So do you see the US offside or committing a foul?
OK we all know that bad calls happen, we have seen it in MLS and other leagues for years, but on the biggest stage in the biggest game did FIFA's attempt to be politically correct cost the US a match? Koman Coulibaly doesn't on the surface (according to wikipedia) or by his list of matches he has...
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