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 [...]

Some thoughts the night before the Sweden friendly…
- Once again, it must be said that it is about time the USA headed to Europe to play a friendly against a quality opponent.
- Not to say expect a stinker, but Landy Cake’s head will probably be back home with the floundering Gals and how he is [...]

In what cannot be considered an ideal start, the American U-17’s lost early this morning to Tajikistan in their first group game of the U-17 World Cup in Korea.
The fact that I cannot even find Tajkistan on the map (although that may be in part to the fact that my map does have the U.S.S.R. [...]

As I looked over the roster for the upcomming friendly with Sweden one thing really stood out.
The clubs our Americans are playing at have become an unmeasurable amount better in a very short time.
I know that may seem obvious but it is truly quite remarkable the increasing quality the Yanks abroad are now [...]

Here is the roster for the Aug 22 Matchup against Sweden:
Goalkeepers (2) – Marcus Hahnemann (Reading FC), Tim Howard (Everton FC)
Defenders (6) – Carlos Bocanegra (Fulham FC), Jonathan Bornstein (Chivas USA), Steve Cherundolo (Hannover 96), Jay DeMerit (Watford FC), Oguchi Onyewu (Standard de Liege), Jonathan Spector (West Ham United)
Midfielders (6) – DaMarcus Beasley (Glasgow Rangers), [...]

Goff is reporting that the USA vs. Mexico friendly at the Azteca schedualed for Sept. 9 will be officiall cancled in the comming days.
The reason for the cancelation is unclear, but Goff says it may have been Spanish TV rights.
Replacing the Mexico friendly will be a very intriguing fixture.
USA vs Brazil, Sept.9 at Soldier Field.
I [...]

A few news items today…
-Peter Nowak was officially announced as coach of the U-23 Olympic Squad for the 2008 games in Bejing as expected. I got to thinking of the squad a little bit more and another player I really want to see is Stuart Holden (the American (sorta) Beckham). I say sorta [...]

Ives Galarcep at the Herald News is reporting that United States U-20 midfielder Danny Szetela has agreed to a contract with serie a giants A.S. Roma.
Just yesterday I posted a transfer bit about Lazio looking to wrap up a deal for Danny, but now it seems their city rivals the Gillarossi decided it was them [...]

The American Youth already stepped up once this summer in Canada, now it’s time to go even younger, and possibly deeper, into the talent pool.
The U-17 World Cup is comming up, and because of that fact it is time to educate the public of this fine website on some of the most interesting prospect’s names [...]

Freddy Adu is travelling to Portugal to finalize his transfer to S.L. Benfica. Finally.
Adu is set to become an Eagle for $550,000/yr for 5 years plus housing, car, and goal bonuses.
His base salary is just about what he is currentley making in the MLS, this tells me that money is deffinatley not [...]