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...

No LIVE tonight, but we have a preview look from ESPN and I'll be back in about 30 with the line-ups (as well as the usual wrap bits after).UPDATE:Howard; Cherundolo, Onyewu, Bocanegra, Bornstein, Feilhaber, Bradley, Holden, Donovan, Altidore, CaseyBench: Guzan, Conrad, Torres, Rogers, Cooper, Spector, Clark- Greg Seltzer Click to continue reading...

If the Wizards want to make the playoffs this year, they're likely going to have to win out. Sure they are only 6 points out at the moment, but with so many other teams between them and the 8th playoff spot, KC is going to likely need to grab all 12 available remaining points to get into the post season. Click to continue reading...

When: Tonight, 7pm
Where: Pepin Stadium
The top ranked Division II school, Lynn University (10-0-0) comes to town tonight and the Spartans aim to knock off the number one team and recapture the top spot. UT was in the top spot until their September 18th draw at West Florida, which tumbled them down to fifth spot. Click to continue reading...

Colorado finished its stretch of 3 games in 8 days with a quiet draw in Kansas City. Honestly there isn't much to say about this game. The Rapids were obviously hoping to steal 3 points by scoring on a counter-attack and sneaking out of town with a 1-0 win, but otherwise were happy with a scoreless draw. Click to continue reading...

Needing a win against a depleted Colorado team on their 3rd game in one week the Wizards earned a point at home and basically kissed their playoff aspirations good bye. Only winning out and getting a lot of help will keep KC from watching the MLS playoffs from home.

So the Wizards, in their typical "must win" situation, playing a team on their 3rd game this week, which was missing at least 4 starters, finished the game with 4 defenders and a holding mid and not getting a goal.

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That's right folks, we did it! Three goals tonight kicked in the Planet Sub Hat Trick Special. Valid tomorrow only at KC-area Planet Sub locations, ask for the special and receive a Planet Sub Sandwich, chips and a cookie for just $3. Go get that cheap lunch. Thank Hirsig, Wolff and Conrad tomorrow for the win and the cheap meal. Click to continue reading...

TORONTO - With many regulars out of the lineup for this Sunday's Semi Final, the challenge falls upon two silent workhorses to up their games, and provide the spark to victory.
Both Conrad Chan and Ivano the Raging Bull have missed their fair share of matches to both injuries and personal reasons. Click to continue reading...

That wasn't exactly how I wanted to see us play against one of the worst teams in the league, but a win is a win, and somehow I still feel like we earned this one. It definitely took this team 30 minutes or so to settle in, and gave up way too many chances during those first 30 minutes, but we looked like the better team in the second half, and ultimately we prevailed. Click to continue reading...

Since the team plays tonight in Washington, D.C., Mr. Conrad will not be available for his weekly radio show. You can, however, head to watch parties to watch the USA World Cup Qualifier at 6 p.m. CT and then our game against D.C. United at 6:30 p.m. CT. We know that last weekend was not the best experience for people, but both 810 Zones have pledged TV space and sound for this event. Click to continue reading...

I'm honestly tired of this winless streak, how about you? The Wizards haven't won since they beat New England back in June (I'm sounding like a broken record saying that, but it's true). Tomorrow night the Wizards welcome Real Salt Lake to CAB. The good news for Wizards fans is that Real Salt Lake is not a good road team. Click to continue reading...

Real Salt Lake comes into town this weekend after trouncing Chivas USA on Wednesday. That's a perfect recipe for disaster for a team like the Wizards that has scored ONE goal in it's last 6 games (7 if you count the loss vs. Seattle for the US Cup).

I didn't go out to Swope Park to watch practice this week so my lineup prognostication will probably a bit off (vs.

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Talked with Captain Conrad after practice today. We discussed how the team is doing. I asked him if there was any coaches out there he would like to come to the Wizards and a few other things... Click to continue reading...

Five without a win in league play, 10 in all competitions, the Wizards are struggling mightily. They are current 9 points out of a playoff spot with the Wizards having 11 games to play. Tomorrow the Wizards play the last place team in the Western Conference, San Jose in what is basically a must win for both teams if they have hopes of making the playoffs. Click to continue reading...

The Wizards are running out of time to right the ship and try to make a run up the table. They visit the Earthquakes in a match between teams that certainly had higher expectations for the 2009 than what they have been able to achieve up to now.

I liked the effort and the passing from KC last weekend (they tried to get away from "everything is a long ball" style of play) but their finishing let them down and they got shut out once again.

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*written by Pistolas Director / Player Davidinho*
Hot and humid conditions, mixed in with a shortfall of players, proved a dangerous mix for PFC this past Sunday.
Nine men and keeper took the field against Those Guys FC, resulting in a painful 3-2 loss for Pistolas FC, as they continue their slide down the standings. Click to continue reading...

Two Londoners have flown 8,000 miles to the tiny pacific island of Pohnpei to (attempt to) coach their national football team. Pohnpei's last international match took place five years ago, and ended as a 16-0 loss to Guam. So they're not in great form. Yeovil have kindly donated last seasons kit for them to play in, and, brilliantly, they have adopted and adapted Portsmouth's chant - 'Play up Pohnpei'.

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My Twitter evolution is gradual and slow. While most people manage to grab hundreds of followers by following random morons and being awesome people I've probably been way too cautions. I first followed the blogs I liked, and then when I felt like blogs were just a big dick contest I tried to just follow the people who didn't have blogs and just followed me because they probably liked my blog. Click to continue reading...

Wizards left winger Roger Espinoza will be available for Honduras tomorrow against the USA.
The United States and Honduras face off tomorrow at 6 p.m. CT in a CONCACAF Gold Cup semifinal match at Soldier Field in Chicago. The match will be broadcast live on Fox Soccer Channel, and the Wizards are hosting watch parties at both area 810 Zone locations courtesy of Budweiser. Click to continue reading...

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. Click to continue reading...

Is Bob Bradley the poorest planner in history?

When I first learned that Bob Bradley was being given seven additional players from which he could set his game-day rosters, I argued on this blog that Bradley should select seven 'men', i.e., seven A-team players who could be used to help secure victories and, ultimately, a championship for the U.

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If the U.S. men's national team is going to successfully defend its CONCACAF Gold Cup title, it will do so with a very short-handed squad.

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If the U.S. men's national team is going to successfully defend its CONCACAF Gold Cup title, it will do so with a very short-handed squad.

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The U.S. men's national team is in Foxborough, Mass. tonight to take on Haiti at Gillette Stadium in the final Group B match for both teams. a win or draw clinches first place in the group for the USA, which has already secured a place in the quarterfinals.

The Americans will look to field a different looking squad as midfielders Freddy Adu and Benny Feilhaber have left the team.

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The U.S. men's national team has secured a place in the Gold Cup quarterfinals, but still needs a result on Saturday vs.

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Ok, you probably aren't yet, but you should be. Listen NOW Unless you are one of the 5,000 or so that are there. Seattle with Keller, Wahl, Hurtado, Ianni, Riley, Zakuani, Sturgis, King, Nyassi, Montero, Jaqua (that's only 1 non-rotational). Kansas city with three non-rotationals, no Lopez, no Arnaud, no Conrad. Click to continue reading...

One of the first things players look at upon arrival is the rooming list to see who they will spending their non-field quality time with during the camp. With veterans the patterns are pretty well established, but with such a young group the pairings are a little less predictable. Or are they?
Here's a look at some of the roommates. Click to continue reading...

The first game is against Grenada on Sat Jul 4 at Qwest Field in Seattle.
USA roster:
G:
Jon Busch - Chicago Fire
Troy Perkins - Valerenga
Luis Robles - FC Kaiserslautern
D:
Steve Cherundolo - Hannover 96
Jimmy Conrad - Kansas City Wizards
Clarence Goodson - IK Start
Jay Heaps - New England Revolution
Chad Marshall - Columbus Crew
Michael Parkhurst - FC Nordsjaellands
Heath Pearce - Hansa Rostock
M:
Davy Arnaud - Kansas City Wizards
Kyle Beckerman - Real Salt Lake
Colin Clark - Colorado Rapids
Sam Cronin - Toronto FC
Brad Evans - Seattle Sounders
Stuart Holden - Houston Dynamo
Logan Pause - Chicago Fire
Robbie Rogers - Columbus Crew
F:
Freddy Adu - AS Monaco
Brian Ching - Houston Dynamo
Kenny Cooper - FC Dallas
Charlie Davies - Hammarby IF
Santino Quaranta - DC United
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3:29pm - Anthems just finished up. Crowd is predominately Atlas fans and casual spectators right now, although the traveling Cauldron is probably on their way now with the US game over.
3:33pm - We're ready to go. Cauldron just showed up.
3:35pm - and we're off, Atlas kick off. Click to continue reading...

Greetings from the campus of St. Louis University. The teams are starting to come out from the locker room now for pregame warm ups.
Starting lineups are out.
Hartman
Watson - Conrad - Hohlbein - Besler
Hirsig
Jewsbury - Arnaud - Gomez
Wolff - Lopez
Bench
Thompson
Pardo
Leathers
Morsink
Harrington
McKenzie
Espinoza
Atlas
GK-Jose Francisco Canales Garcia
Darvin Francisco Chavez Ramirez
Dario Bottinelli
Edgar Ivan Pacheco Rodriguez
Flavio Carrillo
Gerardo Ahumada
Hugo Ayala
Jorge Nilo
Luis Enrique Robles
Nestor Vicente Serrano
Ricardo De Alba

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Talked with Jimmy after practice yesterday. He discusses the last game, what the team need to do and about his loss as the Captain of the White media team...This is the "Bad News Bears" soccer moment Jimmy talks about. Conrad, Hohlbein and Hartman collide while going for the ball...Conrad and Guillermo Barros Schelotto, think the photographer got Jimmy's good side? Click to continue reading...

The KC Wizards and Swope Park Rangers took part in a scrimmage today against PDL side, the Des Moines Menace today at the Swope Park training complex. Unfortunately I didn't find out about the game until after it had already started so I missed the beginning of the game. In the first half though, the Wizards starters (minus Santiago Hirsig who was rested due to a minor injury) played against the Menace. Click to continue reading...

Another disappointing game. The game started off fairly even with the Crew maybe getting a little better of play but the Wizards had their chances.Herculez Gomez attempts to get off a shot...Then in the 14th minute Holhbein, Conrad and Hartman collide. It sounded like Kevin called off his defenders but they did not hear him. Click to continue reading...

The Wizards travel to LA this weekend to take on the Galaxy at the Home Depot Center tomorrow night. LA comes into the game on the backs of an 8 game unbeaten run. While that 8 game run might sound impressive, the Galaxy only have 1 win in that time frame, the other 7 games have been draws. In their last game, LA was a man up for 65 minutes against lowly FC Dallas and were only able to grab a draw. Click to continue reading...

MOUNT JOY - Not even Hans Moleman himself, patrolling up and down the near side of our bench with a cane...er... flag, could ruin the smashing victory that took place this past Sunday.
Playing a younger, fitter, team (that even sported a head coach), Pistolas FC rose to the occasion, and in Victoria Day fashion, let loose with some firecrackers of their own. Click to continue reading...