25 Adu, Freddy M 5′8” 140 06/02/89 1/0 Potomac, Md. SL Benfica (Portugal)
7 Beasley, DaMarcus M 5′8” 145 05/24/82 70/15 Ft. Wayne, Ind. Glasgow Rangers (Scotland)
3 Bocanegra, Carlos D 6′0″ 170 05/25/79 51/7 Alta Loma, Calif. Fulham FC (England)
4 Bradley, Michael M 6′2″ 175 07/31/87 12/0 Cedar Grove, N.J. SC Heerenveen (Holland)
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What we all saw comming was announced today, Catalonia friendly nixed, South Africa announced.
Dissapointed to see the friendly with Catalonia not go off. This would have been a great opportunity for our players from all fields (youth, euro, domestic) to represent the stars and stripes on one of the most hollowed grounds in football [...]

I always think, especially for friendlies, that it takes a few day to process all of the “what mattered” and “what didn’t”, because it is truly just one game, that counts for basically nothing.
A few days have now passed since the Brazil friendly and there are a few things I noticed.
For one, Team [...]

Germany is a killer for the United States in knockout roudns of World Cups. Sure, this does not compare at all to 2002, but its a decent way to start a post.
The USA lost 2-1, the 1 being another Mykell Bates goal, to the Germans this morning. All in all you could say [...]

The stars will be out in Chicago when Brazil faces off in the “Clash of Champions” with the USA.
Kaka, ‘Dinho, and ‘Binho all present.
GOALKEEPERS (2): Doni (Roma), Julio Cesar (Inter Milan)
DEFENDERS (8): Maicon (Inter Milan), Daniel Alves (Sevilla), Alex Silva (São Paulo), Lúcio (Bayern Munich), Juan (Roma), Alex (Chelsea), Kleber (Santos), Gilberto (Hertha Berlin),
MIDFIELDERS (8): [...]

Blah.
That’s what that was.
No one looked great.
In my pre-match briefing, the three guys I talked about were Clint, Landy, and Bob Bradley.
I said Clint needed to really step up and show that fire and flair that would blind you if you were anywhere in the country of Germany last summer. I didn’t really [...]