BAM!G - Guzan, Howard, PerkinsD - Bocanegra, Marshall*/Califf/Gibbs, Castillo, Cherundolo, Conrad, Goodson, Pearce, SpectorM - Bradley, Beckerman*/Cronin, Cameron*/McCarty, Dempsey, Donovan*/Beasley/Bedoya, Feilhaber, Torres, WhiteF - Altidore, Casey, Cunningham, Findley*/CooperThe players marked with an asterisk may or may not be available, depending on MLS leg two results this week. Click to continue reading...

By Graig Carbino - ALBANY, NY (Oct 8, 2009) USSoccerPlayers -- Show of hands, who remembers where they were on September 3rd, 2005? Not sure? Think Ralston and Beasley, a close-range header and a smartly executed corner kick routine. Memories jogged hopefully by now, this fateful day just so happens to be the last time the United States National Team qualified for a World Cup. Click to continue reading...

US U-20 defensive standout, Gale joins us on the podcast to discuss:

• The upcoming U-20 World Cup in Egypt
• His childhood in Togo and Benin
• His move to the US, his youth soccer career
• His time at Bradenton and his current club Miami FC.
• His long term goals including a move to Europe and the USMNT
• Who his favorite players are in the English Premier League.

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An interview that can't happen is Greg Lalas talking with Gavin Rossdale over a scotch about the mixed blessing of having a close relation who is a bit more famous than you. Perhaps at the end of said conversation they would have boded over their shared place in life, become BFF's and agree to start a Slade-influenced metal band called Lesser Icons with Greg on drums, Gavino on guitar/vox and Jamar Beasley on bass. Click to continue reading...

Yes, DaMarcus Beasley was spotted at DSG Park with Cory Gibbs at the weekend and, no, that doesn't mean he is set to leave Glasgow for Denver. Gary Smith, today discussing the likelihood of the Rapids picking up a midfielder before the September 15 deadline, dismissed speculation the Rangers player could be joining up with his good friend in Colorado. Click to continue reading...

A full write-up of last night's 1-0 win over Toronto coming in the next day or so, but I wanted to post this ASAP. Deron White from the Colorado Rapids Examiner told me that he saw National Team winger DaMarcus Beasley walking around the stadium with Cory Gibbs at tonight's game. Beasley is currently riding the bench with Rangers in Scotland. Click to continue reading...

Manchester United have blocked the proposed promotion of a Liverpool physiotherapist to work with the England team in a move that demonstrates the distrust that exists between the country's top clubs.
Dave Galley, who has more than 25 years' experience working as a football physiotherapist, had expected to be part of the England medical staff for the friendly against Slovenia on September 5 and the World Cup qualifier with Croatia four days later. Click to continue reading...

According to Rob Beasley at News of the World, Chelsea are planning to bid £45million for AC Milan striker Alexandre Pato and then loan him back to the club for a year. An insider at Chelsea said,

"Ancelotti's so keen to capture Pato that he will pay a club record fee and still allow the kid to stay at Milan for another season.

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It's a mouthful folks but we are happy to have him, Gale Agbossoumonde, standout defender for the U.S. Under-20 National Team is a Miami FC player. Cry all you want Rev Fans he's not going to MLS, nope.
Many might say: 'Why did he pick USL?' Well, I don't know the details except that it is a 3 1/2 year deal which will see Gale spend some time here in Miami and then move on to Brazil. Click to continue reading...

Hola Amigos y Amigas! Today Burrito want to say how much he enjoy seeing the hot cheerleaders at FIU Stadium on Saturday even though they show up late to game... Burrito want you to see pictures of them from their calendar! Que chulas!
The Miami FC/FIU Cheerleaders need your helps since FIU cut their program dinero, you can help by buying Miami FC tickets from them or buying their calendar. Click to continue reading...

Soccer entities have their message clear- if they can reach the youth they have a fanbase for the future. This is what 560 WQAM personality D.A. (Damon Amendolara) is doing all over South Florida. The former upstate New York native is in an awkward position at that station as he is a confessed soccer fan in a sea of Dolphins and Hurricanes talk; yet he wears that "taboo" as a badge of honor. Click to continue reading...

The CONCACAF Gold Cup, our continental championship has been in full swing across the country in the last week. Adam Beasley from the Miami Herald joins us to discuss the competition, as well as Oguchi Onyewu's massive transfer to AC Milan in Serie A, and why Miami, a failed MLS and USL market always draws so well for internationals.

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"With key players such as Diego Serna out, Miami FC continued its recent strong play and defeated Vancouver 2-1 at FIU Stadium." Adam Beasley of the Miami Herald
Things are looking good for the Blues on the field as they remain unbeaten at FIU Stadium. Miami looked strong in the first half and could have increased the score if their players had better aim. Click to continue reading...

From time to time, especially after U.S. Men's Team matches and other big games, the Ref chats with a seasoned USMNT observer -- the Samurai.
Samurai is familiar with the academy system and is a longtime watcher of the US team and club soccer.
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I readily admit it. I'm not a huge fan of the US national team. I'll watch more often than not. I even hope they win more often than not. But I'm usually watching their games with a wry, detached smile.
And yet, I've still written about the team on occasion. The most recent post under that tag is from the Spain-US match a year ago, and I wrote about that because I was rooting for Spain in the Euros. Click to continue reading...

This past weekend saw one of the most exciting and dramatic ends to group action in an international tournament. While Group A was dominated by Spain, Group B was dominated by drama and action.

Spain and South Africa progressed out of Group A, while it's Brazil and the United States of America coming out of Group B.

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This post originally ran on sister site Project 2010. It's a good piece that addresses a hot subject in US Soccer. Thus, I have reposted it here.

We'll admit that we have never been Bob Bradley's biggest fans, but we've also tried to refrain from calling for his head.

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We'll admit that we have never been Bob Bradley's biggest fans, but we've also tried to refrain from calling for his head. That was until the Brazil match. Given the US's performances over the past few weeks, it has become doubtlessly clear that our current coach is not the man for the job.

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Well here we sit broken hearted paid a nickle and (only farted?) haven't scored a goal in the run of play in 4 games.
Well its clear that we're not going to beat Egypt by a score of 3-0, and I honestly don't think Brazil will tally more then 3 against Italy. So lets put this game into perspective, this is a game to see who wants to step up. Click to continue reading...

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The U.S. men's national team has one match remaining in the Confederations Cup, one last match for players to prove themselves, one last chance for Bob Bradley to test his squad against stiff international competition outside of World Cup qualifying.

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The U.S. men's national team has one match remaining in the Confederations Cup, one last match for players to prove themselves, one last chance for Bob Bradley to test his squad against stiff international competition outside of World Cup qualifying.

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It has been a tough week for the U.S. national team. Two games against Brazil and Italy have produced more red cards (2) than goals (1). So what is going on with the national team? Are we really that bad?

Lets keep one thing in mind when analyzing the U.S. performance in the Confederations Cup.

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10CC Wall Street Shuffle
With two losses in three days and seven goals scored against its no surprise to find message boards full angry American fans. As they passionately call for Bob Bradley's sacking and kicking Beasley off the team (I can go for that one) we see the true passion and reactions that football causes. Click to continue reading...

Don't get me wrong, I am still pissed as hell at the US, but let me clarify some things here.
I am well aware that many if not most of our players are simply not good enough to allow for us to compete with truly good teams. Trust me, I get it. This brings me to my next point.
What infuriates me most is that Bradley's US team appears to be an accountability-free zone. Click to continue reading...

The United States gave a heroic effort against Italy in South Africa but as has been typical of the US in big games, they fell short and serious questions amount the tactics persist. Fox Sports Jamie Trecker, the Miami Herald's Adam Beasley and Hannah Lee of Forza Football breakdown the game.

Special thanks to Hannah for co-producing this show for me and allowing us to release it in very timely fashion!

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TODAY vs Italy:

Adam Beasley, Miami Herald

Hannah Lee, Forza Football

Jamie Trecker, Fox Sports

Thursday vs Brazil

Martin Rogers, Yahoo! Sports

another guest to be named later

Sunday vs Egypt

Show details to be announced later.

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Being played in South Africa beginning this Saturday Jun 13.
Here is the USA roster for this tournament:
G:
Brad Guzan - Aston Villa
Tim Howard - Everton
Luis Robles - Kaiserslautern
D:
Carlos Bocanegra - Rennes
Jonathan Bornstein - Chivas USA
Danny Califf - Midtjylland
Jay DeMerit - Watford
Oguchi Onyewu - Standard Liege
Heath Pearce - Hansa Rostock
Jonathan Spector - West Ham
Marvell Wynne - Toronto FC
M:
Freddy Adu - Monaco
DaMarcus Beasley - Rangers
Michael Bradley - Monchengladbach
Ricardo Clark - Houston Dynamo
Benny Feilhaber - Aarhus
Sacha Kljestan - Chivas USA
Jose Francisco Torres - Pachuca
FORWARDS:
Jozy Altidore - Xerez
Conor Casey - Colorado Rapids
Charlie Davies - Hammarby
Clint Dempsey - Fulham
Landon Donovan - Los Angeles Galaxy
Group Stage Matches:
-Mon Jun 15
USA v Italy
-Thu Jun 18
USA v Brazil
-Sun Jun 21
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Every World Cup qualifying match is important whether its UEFA or CONCACAF, whether you are in first, or last; which is why watching the United States last night was one of the most frustrating 94 minutes since World Cup 2006.

From the outset, from the 4-3-3 laid out by Bob Bradley to his player selection, nothing seemed to make sense.

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In perhaps one of the worst games played for the US National team since the loss to the Czech Republic in World Cup 2006, the boys in red, white and blue were outplayed in almost every aspect last night.

We didn't compete hard enough. We got beat to balls and they caused us problems we couldn't figure out.

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In perhaps one of the worst games played for the US National team since the loss to the Czech Republic in World Cup 2006, the boys in red, white and blue were outplayed in almost every aspect last night.

We didn't compete hard enough. We got beat to balls and they caused us problems we couldn't figure out.

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Ed beat me to the punch of most of my thoughts on tonight's debacle, but let me add a few thoughts.

• This is the first time where I really thought Bob Bradley was outcoached entirely. Playing in that environment, on this field, you don't get experimental, and you don't thin out your midfield.

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So the truth of the matter is that, as I start to write this, there's still 15 minutes left in the USA's World Cup qualifier at Costa Rica.
But the score is 3-0. The match is over. It's been over since ... well, let's just say the key turning point in the match was the opening kickoff.
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U.S. Soccer has been coming up with some nice looking commercials lately. Here's the latest promoting the Saturday June 6th, 2009 FIFA World Cup Qualifier against Honduras in Chicago, IL. It features some excellent on the field footage from previous U.S. National Team qualifiers. Clint Dempsey, Tim Howard and the B-Boys (Bradley, Bocanegra and Beasley) [. Click to continue reading...

We've entered another week of qualifying action, and of course the match on all American soccer fans' minds is England-Andorra.... no wait, it's not. It's Costa Rica v. USA.
As I've been saying over and over again throughout this qualifying process, a road draw against any of the hex teams bar Trinidad is a good result. Click to continue reading...

Good morning all. I am coming to you from San Jose, Costa Rica, where the U.S. men's national team will be arriving today ahead of Wednesday night's crucial CONCACAF World Cup qualifier vs. Costa Rica. I will be providing updates from San Jose periodically so be sure to check in to SBI for the latest updates from San Jose.

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