Welcome to the latest installment of Your Questions Answered, now with more national team
content.
The U.S. men's national team has dominated October's batch of questions as you might expect, but
this installment includes some interesting inquiries about the likes of Brad Friedel, Jeff
Cunningham and yes, Freddy Adu.
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Welcome to the latest installment of Your Questions Answered, now with more national team
content.
The U.S. men's national team has dominated October's batch of questions as you might expect, but
this installment includes some interesting inquiries about the likes of Brad Friedel, Jeff
Cunningham and yes, Freddy Adu.
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by FRANCO PANIZO
Clint Dempsey has found his scoring touch again, netting in Fulham's previous two league
matches, and this weekend he gets a chance to extend that streak against a familiar foe.
Dempsey and Fulham battle Wigan Athletic on Sunday, a team the U.
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by FRANCO PANIZO
Clint Dempsey has found his scoring touch again, netting in Fulham's previous two league
matches, and this weekend he gets a chance to extend that streak against a familiar foe.
Dempsey and Fulham battle Wigan Athletic on Sunday, a team the U.
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The Beauty: JoJo (who was born Joanna Noëlle Blagden Levesque) is an American
pop star. She rose to fame in the music biz at a very young age, and she parlayed her perfect
pipes into a successful acting career. Now, the sky is the limit for the young starlet.
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Kudos are clearly warranted for Clint Dempsey as he hits his second goal in as many weeks for
Fulham FC.     While his first professional coach and likely mentor, ex-Liverpool great Steve
Nicol, might not immediately love that Clint helped Fulham take down Liverpool, it was clearly a
significant achievement following a goal the prior week against wanna-be powerhouse Manchester
City.
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by FRANCO PANIZO
From tweets to fines to rumored firings, Hull City's Phil Brown and Jozy Altidore have had quite
an interesting week, and it gets even more intriguing this weekend.
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From tweets to fines to rumored firings, Hull City's Phil Brown and Jozy Altidore have had quite
an interesting week, and it gets even more intriguing this weekend.
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Jozy Altidore made headlines last week for the wrong reasons with his Twitter outburst after
inexplicably showing up late to a match. This saw the striker, who is on his fourth club in fifteen
months, suspended.
Altidore's skill set may be impressive but his body of work both at the club level and as an
international is hardly Premiership caliber, at this point.
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DCUMD 27 October @ 08:47 PM EST
Stealing on old bit from the late Big O and Dukes Show, we will spend the next month or so playing
"River or Life" with members of the DC United organization, starting with the front office, and
then moving on to the players, by position. In an offseason that is bound to include multitudes of
changes throughout the club, this will be a great way to show the team who we the fans want to see
return next year.
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by FRANCO PANIZO
If you were looking for battles between Americans then this weekend is perfect for you.
Up to five different matches pit Americans against each other, including Edgar Castillo and
Tigres UANL's tilt against Michael Orozco's San Luis.
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by FRANCO PANIZO
If you were looking for battles between Americans then this weekend is perfect for you.
Up to five different matches pit Americans against each other, including Edgar Castillo and
Tigres UANL's tilt against Michael Orozco's San Luis.
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That was bizarre. But it ended up being bizarre with a good ending, so whatevs.
With a shocking last second goal from Jonathan Bornstein off a corner, the US came back to draw
2-2 with a time wastey Costa Rica and finish atop the CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying group.
Atrocious defensive play marred the first half for the US and put them in that 2-0 hole, but their
tenacity down the stretch was admirable and perhaps a credit to their desire to put a smile on
Charlie Davies' face.
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DCUMD 13 October @ 08:50 PM EST
By definition, the Freddy Award goes to the biggest story for DC United this year. This award
should go to the individual who has created the biggest stir around DC this season. The award's
namesake Freddy Adu wasn't only the biggest story in DC when he was on the team, he was also the
biggest story in MLS.
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As of this writing, Charlie Davies is currently undergoing an unspecified surgery after being a
passenger in a one-car accident (that's the car pictured above) on the George Washington Parkway in
Virginia that tragically resulted in a second passenger losing her life, while the condition of the
driver is unknown.
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Dirty Tackle 13 October @ 03:31 PM EST
All the stuff being covered outside the unfriendly confines of the award winning Dirty
Tackle...
Aliaksandr Hleb's little brother Vyacheslav, who plays for Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua, isn't
quite as good as his older sibling.
US striker Charlie Davies is in surgery after a serious car accident and Freddy Adu becomes the
first footballer to make good use of Twitter.
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That's right kiddos, the young Freddy Adu got a start for his new (can we still call it new?)
Portuguese team Belenenses, they lost 1-0.
He played the first 45 minutes and was subbed off. His twitter says he knock a little ankle knock
-- which might explain the sub -- hopefully he's OK.
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Midfielder Freddy Adu got his first start of the Portuguese Liga on Monday, with Belenenses losing
1-0 to CD Nacional de Madeira. Adu played the first-half before being subbed off with an injured
ankle. He isn't expected to need extended recovery time. Anselmo got the game's only goal in the
27th-minute.
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Yanks Abroad 12 October @ 04:48 PM EST
Freddy Adu's first start with Belenenses lasted just a half as the hosts went down in defeat to
Nacional at Estadio do Restelo in Lisbon.
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Yanks Abroad 11 October @ 09:32 PM EST
Freddy Adu is expected to get his first start of the season when Belenenses host Nacional on Monday
at Estadio do Restelo in Lisbon.
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This may or may not be Toni Brito Sa. I don't read Portuguese well.
Liverpool have
trumped Chelsea to sign Portuguese teenager Toni Brito-Sa. The much hyped sixteen year old had a
trial period at Chelsea a year ago, but will sign for Liverpool from Benfica.
I've never seen Brito-Sa play, and I'm sure he's no Gai Assulin - but he's another one to keep
stored away in the back of your mind for that 2014-2015 Fantasy Premier League season.
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Foster raising his hand and answering the call to "Overrated goalkeepers"There have been dozens of players over the years who have failed to live up to expectations. Here
in the US, we may have the greatest example in history through Freddy Adu - but few have failed on
a brighter stage in the Fantasy Premier League this season than Manchester United's Ben Foster - he
has truly been a
Fantasy FAIL.
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Yanks Abroad 05 October @ 01:21 AM EST
Freddy Adu made his second appearance - his first league with his new club Belenenses - in a rather
uneventful with Sporting Lisbon at Jose Alvalade stadium on Sunday.
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Carlos Bocanegra has made a career out of solid defending and timely tackles, and this
weekend he prevented a potential goal with a last-second challenge.
Unfortunately for Stade Rennes, Bocanegra did so with his hands.
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Carlos Bocanegra has made a career out of solid defending and timely tackles, and this
weekend he prevented a potential goal with a last-second challenge.
Unfortunately for Stade Rennes, Bocanegra did so with his hands.
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Here are the Twitterverse Players League groups, A through G, after Friday night's draw. If you
want to listen to the recorded audio of the draw, the podcast is available for download by clicking
here.
GROUP A Charlie Davies Taylor Twellman Carl Robinson Brian Jordan
GROUP B Danny Dichio Dwayne DeRosario Danny Cruz Hunter Freeman
GROUP C JozyAltidore17 Alecko Eskandarian Michael Chabala Brad Knighton
GROUP D Sacha Kljestan Robbie Rogers Kei Kamara Bobby Rhine
GROUP E Brian Ching Bobby Boswell Lee Nguyen Vincenzo Bernardo
GROUP F Stuart Holden Rohan Ricketts Brian Namoff Chris Tierney
GROUP G Freddy Adu Giuseppe Rossi Edson Buddle Joe Cannon
GROUP H Maurice Edu Brad Guzan Jim Brennan Taylor Graham
Voting begins Monday, October 5th, with groups A through D.
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Match Fit USA, Ginge Talks the Footy, and the CSRN family announces the first ever Twitterverse
Players League, a competition to crown a single king of the American soccer and MLS Twitter
community.
Listed below are thirty-two of the Twitterverse's elite soccer players; they are Americans, MLS
players, former MLS players, current stars, future stars, and emerging talents.
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Yanks Abroad 29 September @ 01:22 AM EST
Freddy Adu has only been with his new club Belenenses for a few weeks, but the former DC United
midfielder seems to be fitting in well after seeing his first playing time this past week in the
Portuguese League Cup.
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Match Fit USA 28 September @ 10:29 AM EST
While you ponder what exactly the TPL might be, I've managed to collect a few intriguing links from
around the internet to further stimulate your mind. Soccer, perhaps more than the traditionally...
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Just like Brad Pitt's life in the 2008 movie "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", Freddy Adu's
career seems to be moving backwards.
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With the Under-20 World Cup now underway, and the U.S. Under-20 team ready to make its World Cup
debut on Saturday, there is plenty of talk about the team's lack of star power and name
recognition, but this year's installment of the U.
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The Offside 24 September @ 08:00 PM EST
Something to read while Mark Hughes and Alex Ferguson answer some tough questions about the
Manchester derby... [Talksport Mag via The Spoiler] The return of Gary Neville's Diary!
(Football365) If you're looking for some nearly-naked-Zlatan vid, visit (ONTD) Baseball >
football (for internet broadcasts) (EPL Talk) The North Korean dressing room should be an
interesting place next June (Reuters) Footballers wot [.
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It's been a tournament that can launch careers and bring players in the spotlight. With less at
stake than the full blown World Cup, the U-20 is still a chance to get a look at some of the game's
best and brightest talents across the globe. Two years ago, Alexander Pato made a name for himself,
while Freddy Adu and Danny Szetela secured European moves on the back of decent performances in
Canada.
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by GIANFRANCO PANIZO
For the Americans Abroad, Wednesday was a decent day in terms of performance.
Kenny Cooper scored his third goal in European competition, netting in the 50th minute of 1860
Munich's match vs. Hertha Berlin. Cooper's goal gave 1860 Munich a 2-0 lead at the time, but
Hertha Berlin would pull level and force penalties.
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