The United States v Mexico rivalry continues on August 12th as they play in CONCACAF World Cup
Qualifying. The match is important for both teams who have not clinched a spot to next year's World
Cup yet. There are a few players from the Gold Cup including Chad Marshall and Stuart Holden. The
rest of the roster is similar to the Confederations Cup roster with names like Howard, Donovan,
Dempsey, Onyewu, and Bocanegra.
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Some countries in Europe have already begun the domestic calendar, a few started their cup
competitions this weekend, while other teams are wrapping up their preseason schedules. Here's a
few notes from the past few days:
- Michael Bradley and Borussia Mönchengladbach got past FSV Frankfurt in the DFB Pokal Cup.
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The DFB Pokal Cup kicks off this weekend in Germany as teams from the Bundesliga get set to take on
lower division sides. Michael Bradley and Borussia Mönchengladbach face FSV Frankfurt, while Steve
Cherundolo and Hannover 96 travel to meet Eintracht Trier on Sunday. Luis Robles and Kaiserslautern
get the action underway on Friday with a game against Eintracht Braunschweig.
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Steve Cherundolo and Hannover fell 1-0 to Arsenal in pre-season action. Cherundolo started and
played 74 minutes in the game:
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There are 30 names on the USA's Gold Cup roster, with that number falling to 23 for the start of
the tournament. In alphabetical order, this is the current list courtesy of CONCACAF. Adu, Freddy
Altidore, Jozy Arnaud, Davy Bornstein, Jonathan, Califf, Danny Casey, Conor Cherundolo, Steve
Clark, Ricardo Cooper, Kenny Davies, Charlie DeMerit, Jay Feilhaber, Benny Gaven, Eddie Goodosn,
Clarence Guzan, Brad Hahnemann, Marcus Holden, Stuart Lichaj, Eric Marshall, Chad Mastroeni, Pablo
Orozco, Michael.
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It was ugly, the USA losing to Costa Rica 3-1, and some say the goals against the USA could have
been much worse if Costa Rica did not let up.
Let's face it, a team without a solid defense is pretty hopeless. USA fans will want to love
their players, but some realism is needed: do we have a back 4 that is up to the task of playing
World Cup soccer?
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Steve Cherundolo will have hip surgery next week in Germany to fix a problem that has kept him out
of action for the last four games, his club Hannover 96 reports. Cherundolo featured in games on
Feb. 28 and March 7 for Hannover, but the problem has plauged him since early January. He will be
out for several weeks.
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The international break is over, which means the Global Blog is back in operation! Here's what's
going on this weekend:
- Bayern Munich are reportedly set to bring Landon Donovan to the Allianz Arena in a loan deal
similar to David Beckham's at AC Milan. According to Soccernet, Donovan will join Bayern on
Jan.
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Michael Bradley opened his Bundesliga account as Borussia Monchengladach fought back for a 2-2 draw
against Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga.
Bradley started the game in midfield for 'Gladbach, who went behind early to a Luca Toni goal.
Bayern added to their lead in the 65th minute courtesy of a penalty from Frank Ribery.
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