Courtesy of Steven Goff
*The four U.S. scratches from the game-day roster: defender Eddie Robinson, midfielder Brad Davis, midfielder Stuart Holden and defender Heath Pearce.
That changes my predicted lineup a bit with Heathe out. This is something to keep an eye on as now Bob Bradley is even more stretched at the back than [...]

Tonight is finally here.
It feels like we have reached that turning point in the cycle, like everything from now on will be raised to a higher level of intensity in anticipation of qualifying and eventually the World Cup.
Tonight’s match up provides many intriguing roster decisions for Bob Bradley, who has added a mix of European [...]

First off, props to Bob’s boys for the 2-0 victory to kick off the new year against the Swedes, and a big congratulations is in order for Landon Donovan for becoming the USA’s all-time leading goal scorer, passing many a supporter’s favorite broadcaster Eric Wynalda.
Although it was at the Home Depot Center, it was another [...]

Our friend Steven Goff is hearing things.
Not in a sixth sense sort of way, more in the way of sources he hears from on a daily basis.
Today he is hearing that a US National Team friendly in Europe on March 26th is very likely to happen.
No indication of the opponent has been given yet, but [...]

A few days ago in the midst of my winter slumber, US Soccer released the roster for their first friendly of the New Year against Sweden at the Home Depot Center on Jan. 19.
Landon Donovan finds himself one of the headliners of a mostly domestic based roster that will take on the Swedes after missing [...]

The U-23’s played their second match against the Olympic hosts, resulting in another draw, though this time there was some scoring to be seen. Robbie Rogers, Patrick Ianni, and Charlie Davies accounted for the USA’s trifecta of tallies.
Match report here.
A pair of dissapointing results, but Nowak has time to iron out the issues with [...]

That’s not the performance anybody was looking for.
What was supposed to be a thrashing and goal scoring exhibition put on by the USA U-23’s under the guidance of new head coach Peter Nowak turned into a dull and disappointing scoreless draw with their Chinese counterparts in the first of a two-set of friendly matches in [...]

Tommorow the US U-23 squad will take on their respective Chinese counterparts at the Changsha He Long Sports Centre in the first of a two-set of friendly matches for Peter Nowak’s young boys. This will be Nowak’s debut at the helm for the eventual Olympic squad and he will use these two games to [...]

Although I am dubbing this the official hibernation period of US National Team Soccer, there is some action going on in the coming days, well sorta.
First off here are the dates for the upcoming Nike U-17 Friendly matches:
U.S. Under-17 92s MNT vs. Russia
Live on FSC
12/06/2007 3:00 PM ET
U.S. Under-17 92s MNT vs. Brazil
Live [...]

Success.
It feels good to say that again.
It may not have been the Jozy or Freddy show, but it was something much more tangible, another result on foreign soil.
Thanks to the ‘Dolo strike, it was the second in a row for the United States.
These may not be the goalazo-fest, highlight reel games but they are essentially [...]