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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

Okay, so not a soccer specific story but if we want to manufacture a soccer storyline we can talk about Beckham attending the game or Kobe Bryant's adoration of Messi.

Soccer aside, shout out to the U.S. Men's Olympic Basketball Team for winning Olympic Gold early this morning and a ending their eight year Olympic draught.

For a minute there in the third quarter, the summer of Spain looked like it just might continue. There's no denying that the Spaniards have dominate the... Read More

Congratulations to 2008 Olympic Gold Medal winning USWNT!

The underdog, missing key players to pre tournament injury, outplayed, outworked for long stretches by the tournament favorite Brazilian side pushed the gold medal match to extra time but only needed six of those extra minutes to capture the gold.

Carli Lloyd scored and American goalie Hope Solo's (we all remember her from the last WWC right? Greg Ryan sure does. Tosser!) spectacular play saw that lead stand up as th... 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

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