The US in a sloppy and erratic way dominated a sloppy and erratic El Salvador team, yet the US suffered from the oh so classic problem of scoring. In the end they got two goals to win the game, but this should have been a rout. Instead, the US found themselves behind midway through the [...]
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The USMNT has scheduled its two World Cup friendlies prior to the June tournament and I don’t think it could have done much better. US Soccer scheduled games against Turkey and the Czech Republic in May and both teams should provide a stern test and help sharpen the US team prior to facing England, Algeria [...]
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Just 4 months from today the US will face off against England. There have been some changes to the last AF World Cup squad. Players dropped: Damarcus Beasley, Marvelle Wynne, and Chad Marshall. Players added: Charlie Davies, Jonathan Bornstein, and Clarence Goodson. A couple of other developments. First, Donovan’s performance in the midfield has given [...]
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Landon Donovan was sensational against Chelsea, save for Louis Saha’s two goals, Donovan I think was up for Man of the Match honors. Donovan won a penalty, hardly put a foot wrong, and was probably Everton’s most dangerous attacking outlet. He no doubt won more fans amongst the Evertonian crowd. He was dangerous all night [...]
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The Arsenal-Liverpool game today was a big fat yawn. Both teams are very poor compared to the sides of previous years and both could conceivably drop out of the top 4 if City, Spurs, and Villa get their acts together. The difference in this game was Jamie Carragher, or more accurately his forced absence due [...]
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If you want the sky is falling view of US Soccer, read and listen to Jamie Trecker of Fox Soccer. He was on Kartik Krishnaiyer’s podcast of MLS Talk and took a predictably dismal view of the state of the national team. While Trecker can provide an important corrective to more optimistic takes on the [...]
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There is reason to be optimistic about DC United’s stadium situation. While almost every interview that United gives about the stadium seems to say very little, there are some tidbits and some things that can be gleaned from reading between the lines. Steve Goff at Soccer Insider has an interview revealing that while Will Chang, [...]
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This January transfer window has been a real snoozer and is just further evidence that the financial crisis and resulting recession have taken a toll on all English clubs – not just those owned by Americans. There are likely to be a few interesting transactions as the English transfer window closes in a few minutes [...]
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