The ratings barely matter. The game in a nutshell: Wide-open start, five minutes of awful defense, U.S. dominance thereafter.
GK Tim Howard 5: Not at fault on the goals; little else to do.
D Steve Cherundolo 5: Not in the vicinity on first goal. Click to continue reading...

Many US fans have been rubbing their hands in anticipation of having Schalke's Jermaine Jones playing under the red, white and blue. The son of a German mother and American father has applied to FIFA to get his team designation switched from Germany to the US. The holding midfielder is a tough tackler in the Bundesliga – a league of tough tacklers.

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Not perfect, but the performance got the job done. And no yellow cards, which means no one is suspended for the game at Trinidad and Tobago, where the USA has an opportunity for some road points.
GK Tim Howard 6 - Wrong-footed on the goal, but at least three defenders had a chance to put a stop to that threat. Click to continue reading...

The U.S. men's national team is in must-win mode tonight as it faces El Salvador in World Cup qualifying in Sandy, Utah (8pm, ESPN Classic).

The Americans currently sit in third place in CONCACAF qualifying, but a win tonight would go a long way toward helping the USA qualify.

I will be providing commentary throughout the evening so please feel free to follow along here.

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Janusz with the run down Jozy, Charlie "Chuck D." Davies, Carlos Blackmouth and a few of the other Americans that have been outsourced to Europe. How come they never include any of the guys playing in Mexico in these things? Jose Torres, I see you baby. Click to continue reading...

From today's training session here in scorching hot South Florida:

"My career is in Mexico, my team is in Mexico,
I have been there since I was 16 years old and now I am on the other
side with the US national team. I think it is going to be a great
game, playing against Mexico in Mexico.

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Davy Arnaud has been a consistent performer for the Kasnas City Wizards since entering MLS in 2002. Playing along the likes of Josh Wolff, Preki, Kerry Zavagnin and Chris Klein (all former US national teamers) in the KC midfield and attack, Arnaud developed versatility unique to most American attacking midfielders.

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The final part of our brief, statistical look at the candidates for the 2010 World Cup roster bring us to the midfield. By now, this should be old hat for readers. If you're new, here's the summary: Yanks Abroad and ESPN ranked the U.S. players they felt were in contention for the roster and I'm using statistics from ussoccer.

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The U.S. national team takes on African champions Egypt in its final group game (and likely final match) of the 2009 Confederations Cup (2:30 pm, ESPN2).

The Americans are playing for pride after two losses, while Egypt is still trying to qualify for the semifinals, which it can do with a victory and Italy tie or loss.

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I was at Qwest Field the other day taking in a glorious Sounders FC game and it was hard not to miss the Seahawks a little bit.
29,000 fans is good, but 66,000 is so much better.
In case you're in that boat, and have a love for the other football as well, I wanted to give you a venue to bet on NFL football. Click to continue reading...

The official US roster for the Gold Cup has been released today, and as I told you yesterday, Davy Arnaud is on it. The roster has plenty of talent players on it, many of whom did not travel to South Africa and are probably looking for a chance to impress coach Bob Bradley with less than a year before the World Cup starts. Click to continue reading...

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I was going to do a standard "Look Back" on the USA-Brazil game when it dawned on me that at this point there aren't many people interested in looking back at that mess.

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I was going to do a standard "Look Back" on the USA-Brazil game when it dawned on me that at this point there aren't many people interested in looking back at that mess.

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How do you rate a team that hasn't really played so far? Bob Bradley is probably dealing with this himself after two hopeless games against Italy and Brazil. Touted as a tournament that would provide answers to persistent lineup questions for the U.S., the Confederations Cup has provided more of the opposite: questions - some about tactics and most about individuals.

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They were supposed to be the group that brought the US to unforeseen heights in world football. The first group of players to graduate the Bradenton Academy joined with the young players who had done so impressively for the US at the 1999 World Youth Championship to usher in a generational change for the US National Team.

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Ives Galarcep confirmed this morning what I had read in the Euro papers early last night eastern time: that Jermaine Jones a disruptive but effective force for Schlake 04 in an otherwise disappointing few seasons for the Gelsenkirchen based club wants to play for the USA.

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It's crunch time as the most difficult stretch of world cup qualifying games so far for the US approaches. The fitness of many players will be called into question as many players arrive late right after playing for their clubs. Maurice Edu and Frankie Hejduk are set to miss these games for their clubs due to injury -but that doesn't bode well for the US.

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This weekend every single MLS, USL or WPS match had meaning. Americans were also playing in meaningful matches abroad whether in the Mexican or English Football League playoffs, fighting relegation in Germany, chasing a title in Scotland and Belgium or even an important regular season match in Scandinavia.

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The Mexican Clausura playoffs began this week and as is always the case, will be the most watched club football event on US TV for the first six months of the year.

But this year's playoffs are completely different from the American perspective. For the first time in recent memory, American Footballers are playing critical roles for playoff participants.

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Thanks to FIFA's rules and the poaching of players nations such as France and Mexico have engaged in lately, more focus and emphasis than ever has been placed on players eligible to play for more than one nation recently. Obviously the United States has previously depended on naturalized players like Earnie Stewart, Tom Dooley, Hugo Perez and even the forgotten Brian Quinn and David Regis, but recently the US has become more defensive in stopping other nations from poaching players developed here at home.

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Marco Vidal is looking for a second straight start in Indios' midfield, while Jose Torres and Pachuca play host in a showdown with fellow title contender Toluca. Click to continue reading...

If reports in the Mexican press are to be believed Pachuca's Jose Francisco Torres will be called into the US squad for Wednesday's mammoth qualifier against Mexico. The call up will have the obvious symbolic significance as Torres, a Mexican-American who plays with one of Mexico's top clubs could figure against El Tri. Click to continue reading...

How great would it be if José Torres got picked to face Mexico next month? I hope that he starts, scores the game winner and then drops trow before Sven-Goran Eriksson revealing a pair stars & stripes underwear. America...f*ck yeah!
I know it's bad form to want to rub victory in the face of the defeated but damn it feels good that unlike Sebotic or Rossi, we got to keep this one. Click to continue reading...