A few notes of interest early in the weekend…
Boca Released by Fulham - Fulhamerica is now short one native, as Carlos Bocanegra was released by the club yesterday. This was coming for a while now but it will be interesting to see where the USA captain ends up. There had been talks that [...]

Michael Bradley is on another planet these days.
Just past weekend, he notched his fourteenth and fifteenth goals in all competitions this season for Heerenveen, making him the all-time leading scorer for an American born player in a European first division. If that wasn’t impressive enough, chew on the fact that the kid is only [...]

Feast your eyes upon (apparently) the new USA away kit for the World Cup Qualifiers. Besides the debate between whether it is black or blue (definitely dark blue), I think it looks good. Simple and clean, pure Nike. Slap a number and a name on that piece and it will look even [...]

Ok folks finally a lot to talk about and I am back.
-Lets kick things off with our younger representatives of the U-17 division who put in a great showing at the Nike Friendly matches in Florida. They lost their last match to Turkey 2-0, but finished with a 2-1-0 record, beating the likes of [...]

A rough midweek for soccer Americana in the Champions League was capped with what was being dreaded since Bob Bradley’s fixture at left wing. fell to the pitch awkwardly two days ago.
Tuesday, American winger DaMarcus Beasley suffered what now looks to possibly be a season ending knee injury suffered against Bundesliga club Stuttgart. The [...]

Those Jozy Altidore to Real Madrid rumors are coming with more force recently, even if they are not stating much different. Despite what Jozy said yesterday on his New York Times Goal Blog, today the AP is reporting more of the same, that Real Madrid sporting director assistant Carlos Bucero made a trip to [...]

Clint Dempsey netted his fourth leage goal of the campaign today as Fulham beat fellow Yank carrying club Reading 3-1. Clint’s goal puts him in pretty good company…
Dempsey Fulham 4
Agbonlahor Aston Villa 4
Drogba Chelsea 4
Elano Man City 4
Jones Sunderland 4
Kitson Reading 4
Martins Newcastle 4
Rooney Man Utd 4
… not bad for an American.
I don’t know [...]

It sucks to be an American who loves Champions League soccer. The games come on at an obscure 2:40, with only one fixture on the tube while surely the one you really want to watch is either designated for the 2:30 AM ESPN Classic replay (if you are lucky) or left off the television [...]

If you haven’t checked this Freddy Adu’s recent “ownage” of the Carlsberg Cup, head on over to the sister site.
Momentum is a beautiful thing, and Freddy has it. How long before his coach’s realize that impact that they have seen in the ten to fifteen minute range is in fact able to be replicated [...]

They were released from the handcuffs, let free in the wild, and told to make it happen. The fruits of their labor are just now beginning to show.
Clint Dempsey was always a great MLS player, and a good national team player. In the summer of 2006, he took the next step, regardless of [...]