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On an ugly, stormy night before an overflow crowd, paying the equivalent of four cents a ticket, the USMNT secured another three points in an away match on the road to South Africa 2010.

Clint Dempsey netted the game winner in the 40" to secure the 1-nil victory for the Yanks just ahead of Hurricane Ike making landfall on the Cuba mainland.

The somewhat boring match got interesting in the 86" as half the stadium floodlights went dark drawing shadows across the pitch and mak... Read More

Granted it was ugly but a full three points on the road in Central America is always a success! This is especially true when you are in a country such as Guatemala where we've never won a qualifier before in the past.

U.S Captain Carlos Bocanegra headed home the gamewinner of a DaMarcus Beasley cornerkick in the 68" before 28,000+ at Mateo Flores Stadium. Some splendid saves by U.S. number one Tim Howard, a definite Man of the Match candidate, saw the 1 nil scoreline hold up.
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USMNT coach Bob Bradley today named his initial travel roster for the August 20th away World Cup qualifier against Guatamala:

 

U.S. ROSTER BY POSITION
GOALKEEPERS (2): Brad Guzan (Aston Villa: 2/2 SO), Tim Howard (Everton FC: 3/2 SO)

DEFENDERS (6): Carlos Bocanegra (Rennes: 13/1), Steve Cherundolo (Hannover 96: 15/0), Jay DeMerit (Watford FC: 1/0), Frankie Hejduk (Columbus Crew: 11/1), Oguchi Onyewu (Standard de Liege: 8/0), Heath Pearce (Hansa... Read More

The Associated Press reported yesterday that FIFA President Sepp Blater has been in recent talks with three unnamed Federations about being on the ready to step in for South Africa as hosts should a natural catastrophe strike the African nation in 2010.

By "catastrophe" most think... Read More

This one is a bit late in coming but that match didn't really inspire now did it? I also had to miss the second half of that sleeper as I headed downtown to the Pearl Jam concert at Verizon Center. As I checked the scoreline on my phone I was comforted by the fact that I did not miss much.

So what did I see? A brilliant play-in by Freddy Adu on the Lewis game winner. Well placed and paced. That was about it. Truth be told, I was flipping between Italy/Spain most of the time anyway... Read More

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