I'm calling out to U.S. fans who have DVDs of any US MNT matches to send them in for use in
compiling U.S. MNT statistics.
After the U.S.'s loss in the Gold Cup final, U.S. Soccer 'upgraded' its site and removed all of
its stats beyond goals, caps, minutes, and cards. Based on the early success of this site, U.
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I haven't had a chance to see the play and knowing Honduras, a foul in the penalty area isn't
beyond belief but Courtney Campbell has for the third time in three matches involving Mexico
awarded Mexico a penalty kick. In each match, the game was tied 0-0 at the time of the call.Â
This time it was a 73d minute penalty kick in Mexico's World Cup Qualifier with Honduras.
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The Big Lead's scathing criticisms of U.S. Soccer included a striking set of numbers:
Against big-time opposition (Mexico, Brazil, Spain, Italy), the USMNT was 1-5. They outscored
those teams 5-3 in the first half. They were outscored 13-1 in the second, when teams adjusted
tactically.
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I'll start with the teaser. Given the way the U.S. has played the past couple months, can
someone please check Bob Bradley's clipboard and make sure that it contains all three thirds?
And can U.S. Soccer quit trying to divert our attention with a slicker home page at the cost of
almost all of its statistics (current and historic)?
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The referee for tomorrow's U.S. Mexico qualifier is Roberto Moreno (after Joel Aquilar was
apparently deemed to lack the appearance of impartiality he ejected Mexican coach Javier Aquirre
during that Mexico Panama Gold Cup match). Roberto Moreno has officiated four U.S. matches in the
past and has never issued an American a yellow card.
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A quick thanks to Michael and the spectacular job he does on this blog. Â He's been busy this
past week, so you'll have to excuse the lack of posts. Â Moving and then traveling from your new
home all within a four day span doesn't leave a lot of time to blog. Â Lucky for him it was a
pretty slow week for USMNT news.
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I am officially adding Courtney Campbell to the "Oh Crap, This'll Be Fun" List. Campbell joins
Jorge Larrionda as members of the club.
Campbell's induction is the result of a game-changing decision in a close Final. Campbell, who
had awarded only 3 penalty kicks in 33 international matches, gave one to Mexico on what I believe
to have been a dive by Dos Santos.
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I wish that I were writing an apology to the U.S. team right now. Sorry- and
I-was-so-wrong-for-doubting the 'B/C' squad. But let's face it: we all knew the end result. People
were optimistic that it would be close, but any objective observer knew how it would end.
The Mexican fans' cheers for the U.
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These are the cumulative stats for each of the four Gold Cup semifinalists.  I added together
the individual match stats provided by CONCACAF to get these totals.
 W L D GF GA SOG SW F CKs Off Poss YC RC Costa Rica 2 1 1 9 5 26 16 49 25 12 52 4 0 Honduras 3 1
0 6 2 17 6 45 16 15 49 6 0 Mexico 3 0 1 9 1 26 12 50 33 4 58 5 1 U.
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CONCACAF has announced that Courtney Campbell will be the referee for tonight's U.S. Honduras
semi-final match. This is a little strange because Campbell also officiated the U.S.'s 2-0
victory over Honduras in the group stage.
The Group Stage Match
In the group stage, Campbell awarded both squads two yellow cards (four total).
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Eddie Johnson once again came on to start the second half for Fulham, this time in a friendly
against Bournemouth. Unfortunately, Eddie wasn't able to add any points to his tally and the
teams ended in a 0-0 draw.
Still, it's good to see Eddie getting chances. He'll probably have one more friendly to prove
his worth to Hodgson against Peterborough United on July 25 before the real matches start.
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After starting the away leg of Stabaek's second qualifying round matchup with Tirana, hopes
were high that we would see U.S. u-20 Mikkel Diskerud get significant minutes in the home leg.Â
But two early goals by Segerstrom, a 3-0 halftime lead, a 4-0 lead with 35 minutes to play, and a
one-man advantage for the last 16 minutes all conspired to keep Mix on the bench.
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In an earlier post, I wondered why Bob Bradley had named seven arguable A-teamers to the Gold
Cup roster when he (a) knew he would be losing 3-4 starters during the course of the Gold Cup and
(b) had no intention of using them in the tournament. In that post, I argued that Bob Bradley
might be one of the worst planners ever.
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The ratings for the U.S. Panama quarterfinal are in. Here are links to the ratings of
Soccer365, Goal.com, Ives, and ESPN. As always, we give each source's average rating and list the
ratings for each player in order lowest to highest. If you want to know what specific ratings a
source gave, check out the source directly.
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It was hard to know exactly where to begin in reviewing this match. The U.S. won and
advanced. But it was a frustrating match for U.S. fans.
So, we'll start where we always do: statistics. Let's go stat-by-stat and compare how each
team did with their group-stage averages.
THE DATA
United States
gs Group Stage
po Panama's Opponents in Group Stage
 Match  gsAVG gsMIN gsMAX  poAVG poMIN poMAX GF 2  2.
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