Bob Bradley had said there'd likely be some changes to the lineup between the Slovakia and Denmark games this week. Today we learned who was dropped and who was added to the roster ahead of the game on Wednesday in Aarhus, Denmark. Dropped from the roster was Clint Dempsey and Steve Cherundolo so that they could return to their clubs. Click to continue reading...

As in the guys that aren't Mr Kasey Keller. Due to injuries Keller played essentially all competitive matches. Next year with the potential for a dozen more matches in the season and Kasey passing 40 in just a few days the back-up keeper will be much more important. While he does feel healthier at the end of this season than in the past, he made many statements that it was due to the nature of MLS playing basically once a week.

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The US just kicked off against Slovakia and Wizards defender and captain, Jimmy Conrad is on the bench for the US today. Conrad is number 5 and is one of two central defenders on the game day roster with Clarence Goodson. Former Wizard, Eddie Johnson is also on the bench for the US after being called back into the US camp. Click to continue reading...

Make no mistake - Mo Johnston needs to make more than a few good player acquisitions this winter in order to improve TFC. However, the decision that will have the deepest impact on The Reds will be who Johnston hires to manage the team. There are high expectations from the supporters but betting on a big name may not be smart. Click to continue reading...

Perhaps not remembering what happened to Duane the last time someone wanted to move the Columbus Crew, Jason Davis over at MatchFit USA decides he wants to take a crack at getting rid of the team everyone loves to hate now that they win a lot.

Last night, only 10,109 could be bothered to watch the men in yellow go down to Real Salt Lake.

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The U17 World Cup from Nigeria
Round of 16
USA v Italy - see it live at 9am Central time only on ESPN360.com
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Lots of pregame info from US Soccer.
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USA starting 11:
G
Earl Edwards
D
Eriq Zavaleta
Zachary Herold
Jared Watts
Tyler Polak
M
Luis Gil
Nick Palodichuk
Marlon Duran
Alex Shinsky
F
Jack McInerney
Stefan Jerome
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The winner of this game will play the winner of Switzerland v Germany in the Quarterfinals on Sun Nov 8. Click to continue reading...

HOWDY guys.
FP used to hate Saturday's when he was working at one of the major supermarkets (doesn't matter which one, they as bad as each other).
But now Saturday's are a day for a bit of R and R.
This has nothing to do with Glory, but sharing is caring, right?
Anywho, Glory take on Melbourne Victory tomorrow, and with game-day so close there's quite a bit going on. Click to continue reading...

Now that I've finally spoken to Fire Head Coach Denis Hamlett, I can provide you guys with a couple of updates regarding the Fire's injury situation and give some reaction to the 0-0 draw with New England this past Saturday. Here we go... Injury Updates: Wilman Conde - Game day decision Conde, who missed last Saturday's game at the New England Revolution with a hamstring injury, has yet to train this week.

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I've held off on this post waiting to see if there would be some comment from the front office, but doesn't look like one is coming. Saturday against Seattle, something was up with the Wizards front office staff in response to the Cauldron.
As had become a regular occurrence, the team brought down streamers to be thrown during allowed times during games. Click to continue reading...

It's three games in nine days for Chivas USA to end the season.

Sacha Kljestan tweets at 12:15 p.m. that he's putting his brother to work, BTW: Chillin on the couch watching soccer.. my usual game day routine... gordon is cooking breakfast

I'll blog from the game tonight.

Meanwhile, the Galaxy is already making post-season plans for the third consecutive year to wring the maximum amount of cash out out of David Beckham before he takes off to Italy.

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TORONTO FC VS. REAL SALT LAKE
BMO Field - Saturday, 4PM EST
TV: CBC -- RADIO: The Fan 590
The worst tease to Toronto supporters are the two simple words: mathematically possible. It's the ever-changing combination of points available and rivals' performances that allow TFC to still say "we have a shot" at the playoffs week after week. Click to continue reading...

Again? They did it again? Snatching a tie from the jaws of victory seems to be the perpetual TFC result of choice. It makes me want to swear and spit. I did not sign up for this style of suffering. Give me glory or the promise of it on the horizon. This folding like a cheap suit has to go.
Saturday was game day and we went to the park expecting that the momentum would begin. Click to continue reading...

• Missouri S&T Miner's matches at Southern Indiana moved to Goebel's turf facility, no live updates via @minersports ~ http://bit.ly/CBrUW #
• Greenwood's Homecoming game tonight, against Aurora, has been canceled #
• Sunday Nov 1st the Bears take on nationally-ranked Drake at home, 1 pm kickoff.

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• Missouri S&T Miner's matches at Southern Indiana moved to Goebel's turf facility, no live updates via @minersports ~ http://bit.ly/CBrUW #
• Greenwood's Homecoming game tonight, against Aurora, has been canceled #
• Sunday Nov 1st the Bears take on nationally-ranked Drake at home, 1 pm kickoff.

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As many of you know, this Saturday's World Cup qualifier between the USA and Honduras will be shown only on closed-circuit TV. The company that owns the rights to the match is selling it only to bars/restaurants and other meeting places for watch parties. Our friends at the 810 Zone has come through for soccer fans in town, working out a deal with the providers to show the match here in KC. Click to continue reading...

Having few or no subs is something that many teams experience on game day from time to time. Some players have other family commitments on a particular weekend, or maybe your players are also playing for other teams. Regardless, if you know you are going to be down players for an upcoming game, it helps to plan a strategy early and even implement some no-sub situations at that week's practice if possible. Click to continue reading...

Running around a bit today, so here's a feel-good story. I hadn't read this comment in full when I posted my story about De Ro scoring the golden goal; amazing how resonant it was north of the border. Here's Duane Rollins in his own words:
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Hough writes:

In 1996 I was in high school and visiting a friends brother with my friend in Dallas. We talked him into taking us to a Burn game, They were playing whoever Valeroma (sp?, guy with giant blonde fro) played for. I wasn't sure what to expect having only been to NFL, NBA and MLB games before.

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SO it's game-day. Perth Glory versus Newcastle Jets. Mano e mano. Hyped-up short sentences. Most of the pundits were surprised with Perth's win over Brisbane last week. Could they do it again?
The Glory have spent the week over east, which means they got front-row seats to Apocalypse 2009 (Love it how some people can find the silver lining to this), which has slightly hampered the team's preparations for the game. Click to continue reading...

UNITED Supporters,
It is always exciting to watch soccer on game day in a ‘soccer culture'. Today, Kim and I watched official youth and professional league games. Game day in a foreign country always helps put perspective to soccer culture in the United States. Korea's soccer culture can rival any country in the world. Click to continue reading...

Last week the Rapids faced Toronto. This week the Rapids face Toronto. Next week the Rapids will face San Jose, the week after the Rapids will face San Jose. If this seems familiar its because the USOC games earlier in the season had us play LA back-to-back, then Seattle back-to-back. This time the Rapids are in the Great White North to try to keep their roll going. Click to continue reading...

What a cool video! Not only is it playing one of my favorite game day pump up songs, Thunderstruck by ACDC, but he has some very impressive shots in this video!

Thanks to Stephanie Lachney whose daughter is in my Online Soccer Academy for sending me the link to this video!

JM

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Dakota County Technical Center's Blue Knights now playing home soccer games on Rosemount campus

Ames Soccer Complex Dedication Ceremony on Tuesday, September 8.

On Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009, DCTC will face the Iowa Western Community College Reivers on the championship field of the brand-new Ames Soccer Complex, which was built through a partnership between DCTC and the city of Rosemount with in-kind service from Ames Construction.

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Dakota County Technical Center's Blue Knights now playing home soccer games on Rosemount campus

Ames Soccer Complex Dedication Ceremony on Tuesday, September 8.

On Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009, DCTC will face the Iowa Western Community College Reivers on the championship field of the brand-new Ames Soccer Complex, which was built through a partnership between DCTC and the city of Rosemount with in-kind service from Ames Construction.

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Conor Casey's 12th goal of the season was enough for the Colorado Rapids to win their straight game by a 1-0 margin Saturday, with Toronto FC the victims at Dick's Sporting Goods Park. Casey's original plan was to play in the World Cup qualifier against El Salvador at Rio Tinto Stadium, but a toothache last Saturday night led to a painful wisdom tooth extraction this week. Click to continue reading...

I didn't have the energy to do an actual preview for this game, so I figured I should at least put up a game day thread.

August 29, 2009
Stade de Gerland, Lyon
3 PM ET (21:00 CET)

Nothing to report except that Nancy have bigger injury concerns than we do.

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Chris Wondolowski's late snap header earned San Jose all three points Saturday night in a game that had been dominated by the goalkeepers until that point. Hartman made five saves to reach 1200 career stops. He is the first goalkeeper in MLS history to reach that mark. Cannon made seven saves for the clean sheet. Click to continue reading...

March may not be the right word to describe how Sounders FC fans journey from Pioneer Square to Qwest Field on game day. March or no march, it's still a pretty darn impressive sight to behold.
After congregating to hear the Sound Wave play a few tunes and belt out the club's fight song, the Seattle diehards progress towards the stadium en masse at a pace even the Forecast could handle. Click to continue reading...

Time for some game day hype. This time we get former US national team defender and WVH favorite Eddie Pope's take on playing Mexico at the Azteca.

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First of all, if you have Telemundo the match will be broadcast live in Spanish.

If you don't have Telemundo, or you prefer to watch the broadcast in English, it's baby sister station, mun2, will be carrying the match live as well. On mun2, Phil Schoen and Marcelo Balboa will call the game from monitors in a Miami studio.

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The title is a bit misleading, I know. But it's not about popularity, but instead height. And I'm kicking myself because I meant to bring back the program from the professional game I saw, but I didn't so instead of having a nice little list of players and their heights, I just have to recall from memory and ignore the specifics. Click to continue reading...

US Soccer and head coach Bob Bradley has announced the 20-man list that will comprise the game-day roster for their FIFA World Cup qualifier against Mexico next Wednesday in Mexico City. Click to continue reading...

Rio Tinto Stadium will host a pivotal Western Conference battle this Saturday as Real Salt Lake (6-8-5, 23 pts.) look to avenge their early-season loss to Seattle Sounders FC (7-4-8, 29 pts.) and gain much needed ground in the playoff race. It will be an interesting encounter for both squads, as there already appears to be bad blood between the teams.

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Here is the 20 player training roster for the USA, to be cut down to 18 on game day:
G:
Brad Guzan - Aston Villa
Tim Howard - Everton
D:
Carlos Bocanegra - Stade Rennes
Jonathan Bornstein - Chivas USA
Steve Cherundolo – Hannover 96
Jay DeMerit - Watford
Chad Marshall - Columbus Crew
Oguchi Onyewu – AC Milan
Jonathan Spector - West Ham United
M:
Michael Bradley – Borussia Monchengladbach
Ricardo Clark - Houston Dynamo
Clint Dempsey - Fulham
Benny Feilhaber - AGF Aarhus
Stuart Holden - Houston Dynamo
Jose Francisco Torres - Pachuca
F:
Jozy Altidore - Hull City
Conor Casey - Colorado Rapids
Brian Ching - Houston Dynamo
Charlie Davies - Sochaux
Landon Donovan - Los Angeles Galaxy
For me the surprises on this roster are Chad Marshall, Stuart Holden & Conor Casey. Click to continue reading...

Kenny Cooper is a great young man. His dad is a real gentleman – and he is apparently pretty good at raising little gentlemen. Everything you've heard about Cooper is 100 percent accurate. He punches the clock every day at practice. Voluntary sessions? Count the man in. On game day, he's as honest as they come, [. Click to continue reading...