USA

We’re in.

Wow, what a game. For all the stick we’ve given him here, Conor Casey came up shockingly huge and deserves a lot of credit for his performance. Landy again left his mark. And holy crap did we get lucky after Stu Holden’s handball.
More to come on this match later, but we’re in the World Cup! What a travesty this ... [read]

Davies is optomistic, Hejduk is back

Hey, remember when the US MNT finished second at the Confederations Cup? Me too. And so does Charlie Davies, who is still holding onto that moment as reason to believe in this team once the big dance (screw the NCAA tournament, this is bigger) rolls around in the summer:
“I think we showed ... [read]

Bob’s roster intrigue for the October qualifiers

Bob Bradley announced his 22-man roster for the upcoming World Cup Qualifiers against Honduras and Costa Rica last week. Here it is in case you haven’t seen it yet:
GOALKEEPERS (2): Brad Guzan (Aston Villa: 5/3 SO), Tim Howard (Everton: 14/8 SO)
DEFENDERS (7): Carlos Bocanegra (Rennes: 24/3), Jonathan Bornstein (Chivas USA, 4/0), Steve ... [read]

Something a little different

It has been a slow and depressing past couple of weeks with the United States U20 team falling out of the World Cup so early. To raise spirits, and bring back some of the creative flair this site has shown, I composed a poem for you guys about American soccer. I am ... [read]

Jay DeMerit’s eye is a mess

Here’s some unwanted news: Jay DeMerit blinded himself with a contact lens. Yep. That’s right. A contact lens.
From Soccernet:
The 29-year-old U.S. defender accidentally cut his eye a couple of weeks ago as he took the lens out at the team hotel, and it has since become infected.
“It was a freak ... [read]

Take that Cameroon

Well, this one was certainly much better than the last against Germany. The fabulously named Dilly Duka’s goal (0:58) was a thing of (deflected?) beauty.
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USA U20s vs. Germany U20s (0 – 3) Post-Game Thoughts

Well, that wasn’t pretty at all.
Aside from a few bright spots from the forwards and midfielders the USA was completely dominated by Germany today. Even before the penalty was given up the Germans looked most likely to score. Brek Shea’s haircut had a few nice runs down the left, but overall the ... [read]

USA U20’s take on Germany

I plan on bringing you all a post-game tomorrow evening at some time, but while you wait here is a youtube of USMNT U20 defender Ike Opara getting a new haircut.

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And now, a Tweet from Freddy Adu…

Is Freddy being told the truth or is he already falling into the same trap he did with Benfica and Monaco?
To be perfectly honest, if I were him I would probably be buying a gun right now.
UPDATE: Freddy actually got some playing time, making his debut for Belenenses as a ... [read]