If you still had any questions about who the full time captain of this United States Men’s National Team would be, they should all be answered by now.
Carlos Bocanegra has been a pillar of consistency at the back for the United States, exemplifying everything a good captain should be. I did have my doubts [...]

I often find myself looking deep into the future to the year of 2010. It is so far yet so close. With qualifying already starting in various regions of the world, the focus of the football world and soccer country will be on the year 2010 in South Africa.
One of the most intriguing [...]

The recent rumblings in the USA soccer community have been caused by a few interesting quotes from Bob Bradley’s press conference at the Home Depot Center for the player of the year award, won by Landon Donovan if you give a crap about those kind of things.
Anyways, Bob said that he had been in contact [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Here she is:
——————- Howard——————
Cherundolo— Gooch— Bocanegra (capt.)— Pearce
————– Bradley———- Feilhaber—————–
Donovan ———————————- Beasley
————————Wolf——————————-
————————Dempsey————————-
I’m liking Heathe out there at LB. This is a strong squad, let’s see how they hold up.

Gameday on the way, let’s catch up…
- Mastro dropped for injury, hello Kerry Zavagnin.
- Finalists for the Honda Award were announced - Landy, Howard, Boca. No one cares anyways…
- The game this weekend is sort of a lose-lose situation for Daddy Bradley. Doubts are starting to creep in (rightfully or wrongfully so), and [...]

Here is your roster for the friendly against Brazil:
Howard, Tim GK 6-3 210 03/06/79 24/0 North Brunswick, N.J. Everton FC (England)
2 Pearce, Heath D 5-10 175 08/13/84 7/0 Modesto, Calif. Hansa Rostock (Germany)
3 Bocanegra, Carlos D 6-0 170 05/25/79 50 Alto Loma, Calif. Fulham FC (England)
4 Bradley, Michael M 6-2 175 07/31/87 11/0 Cedar [...]

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 [...]

During the USMNT’s recent trip to Europe for the friendly with Sweden, USSF president Sunil Gulati and head coach Bob Bradley met with former Real Madrid coach Fabio Capello in London to discuss “international and American soccer”.
About a month ago the rumor was flying about Capello “being in talks” for a job in the states. [...]