Jurgen Klinsmann wasn't ducking questions when grilled about his U.S. Men's National Team roster decisions on Friday. He laid down his decision-making process for everything from Stuart Holden's inclusion to the absence of former U.S. captain Carlos Bocanegra.
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Amid all the talk about who won't be going to the upcoming U.S. Men's National Team training camp, something getting lost a bit is the fact that the squad preparing for June's qualifiers is very much a stacked squad by U.S. standards.
Injury issues with Steve Cherundolo and Timmy Chandler (and Landon Donovan's absence) will keep Jurgen Klinsmann from having a full-strength team, but he will bring in a group that includes the nucleus of the squad that recorded four points from two World Cup qualifiers in March along with the return to health of Jermaine Jones and Fabian Johnson.
There weren't many surprises in 26-player roster chosen by Jurgen Klinsmann for the upcoming U.S. Men's National Team training camp starting in Cleveland on March 26th.
The camp, which will prepare the team for a busy stretch of matches from late May to mid-June, features Clint Dempsey, Tim Howard and Michael Bradley, as well as March qualifying standouts such as DaMarcus Beasley and Matt Besler.
When the U.S. Men's National Team training camp roster is revealed later today, all signs point to Landon Donovan not being a part of the squad. That decision by Jurgen Klinsmann has the USMNT fan bases divided between those who feel Donovan should be on the team and those who agree with Klinsmann's expected decision to leave him out.
Jurgen Klinsmann made it clear three weeks ago that Landon Donovan's place on the U.S. Men's National Team was no longer assured, and that it could be some time before we see the national team's all-time leading scorer back in uniform.
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From Jurgen Klinsmann's latest comments on the state of the U.S. Men's National Team, and his thoughts on Landon Donovan, to Jozy Altidore's record-breaking season in the Netherlands, there is plenty to discuss on the American soccer front heading into the weekend.
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Come Sunday afternoon, Red Bull Arena certainly won't be short of star power.
Fresh off a 4-1 win midweek over Philadelphia, Landon Donovan, Robbie Keane and the Los Angeles Galaxy will try to make it 2-for-2 on their East Coast swing with a win over Thierry Henry, Tim Cahill and the New York Red Bulls.
In a press conference prior to Wednesday night's matchup, Philadelphia Union head coach harped on the fact that his team was not getting enough respect this season. With a solid performance against the MLS's best LA Galaxy, they had the chance to prove to the league that their strong early season start was no fluke.
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The Major League Soccer Players Union released on Monday their first list of player and team salaries in 2013, and it's not a huge surprise who is at the top of the list.
Thierry Henry of the New York Red Bulls remains the top earner in the league, bringing in a total of $4.
The Houston Dynamo's recent experience at the Home Depot Center, particularly when they have faced the Los Angeles Galaxy, have not been a pleasant experiences for the Dynamo.
Houston had not beaten the Galaxy in Los Angeles since 2007, a span in which it has gone 0-6-1. The last two visits to Los Angeles though were the most painful for the Dynamo, as they finished asrunners up to the Galaxy in the 2011 and 2012 MLS Cup Finals, played at the Home Depot Center.
The Houston Dynamo have struggled on the road for a long time, and the task of trying to record their first road win since last July seemed extremely unlikely without Brad Davis and against the Los Angeles Galaxy on Sunday night.
The script didn't play out the way most would have expected.
In a clash of the titans, the Galaxy put away two goals to defeat Sporting Kansas City, who couldn't find a goal of their own against the reigning MLS Cup champions.
The Los Angeles Galaxy may have fallen short in their quest for CONCACAF Champions League glory, but after taking some time to get over that disappointment, the defending champions look every bit like a team capable of winning a third straight title.
Facing a fatigued, but still imposing Sporting Kansas City side, the Galaxy showed off the dynamic attacking soccer that was the hallmark of their most recent title run, with Landon Donovan looking like his dominating self and Robbie Keane showing the form that made him the league's most dangerous player in the second half of 2012.
Facing one of the top teams in Major League Soccer in Sporting Kansas City, the Los Angeles Galaxy knew they needed to be on top of their game to get a favorable result.
The Galaxy did just that on Saturday night, and their top performer was a familiar face, as Landon Donovan set up LA's first goal in the first half, then found the back net himself in the second half as the Galaxy brought red-hot Kansas City back down to Earth woth a 2-0 win at the Home Depot Center.
CARSON, Calif. If the Los Angeles Galaxy were going to quell any creeping doubt among themselves and supporters regarding their recent three-game mini slump, Saturday night's showdown vs. Sporting Kansas City was the perfect game to make a statement.
Sporting Kansas City hadn't given up a goal in more than nine hours of play, a five-game shutout streak, on their march to the top of the Eastern Conference standings.
Only a few days after Sporting KC walked out of Red Bull Arena with 3 points, Sporting will take the field again on the opposite coast against the defending MLS Cup champion, LA Galaxy.
The Galaxy have spent much of the early season focused more on the CONCACAF Champions League, where they went out in the semifinals to Monterrey from Mexico.
FC Dallas just keeps on rolling and now they have reached the top of the charts after handing the Los Angeles Galaxy their first loss of the season.
Things are certainly breaking FC Dallas' way on the schedule. The Galaxy rested several starters after their CONCACAF Champions League disappointment, and FC Dallas' stingy defense made things difficult for Landon Donovan and the rest of the Galaxy.
It was a wide open game. Both teams had great opportunities to score, kind of an up and down game. Two good saves by goalkeepers. You don't normally see penalty kicks being saved, let alone two PKs being saved by both teams. On ours, Raul [Fernandez] made a great save.
Landon Donovan of the LA Galaxy (Google Creative Commons)
The Los Angeles Galaxy needed a victory of at least two goals of difference to have a shot in the CONCACAF Champions League final. So Landon Donovan stayed on the pitch for the entire 90 minutes for the first time this season, but the southern California club did not take advantage of their on shots on target and were punished at the end with a late goal in the 81st minute scored by Aldo De Nigris from Monterrey.
South Africa 2010. No matter where you were in the world, when American soccer fans saw Landon Donovan's strike hit the back of the net, beer went errrrrvrywhere. The pubs erupted with World Cup joy. Lucky for us we don't have to wait four years for an equalizing moment. Major League Soccer is jam-packed with amazing strikes, goals, headers, and golazos.
While MLS is ready to take center stage in the American soccer landscape once again this weekend, the biggest story of the week has been Stuart Holden's imminent re turn to the U.S. Men's National Team.
Episode 30 of The SBI Show discusses Holden's USMNT return in detail, as co-host Garrett Cleverly and I break down the impact of Holden's busy summer, and why people shouldn't compare his situation with that of Landon Donovan.
South Africa 2010. No matter where you were in the world, when American soccer fans saw Landon Donovan's strike hit the back of the net, beer went errrrrvrywhere. The pubs erupted with World Cup joy. Lucky for us we don't have to wait four years for an equalizing moment. Major League Soccer is jam-packed with amazing strikes, goals, headers, and golazos.
The Premier League title race may be all wrapped up by now, but AFR Voice is by no means finished with the season just yet. With plenty of football still to be played, we'll be taking a look this week at the movers and shakers in England and abroad, as well as discussing the latest artificial playing surface controversy to hit Norway, managerial frat parties in Eastern Europe, and Manchester United's Shinji Kagawa playing Dr.
Postgame video of John Hackworth's press conference and locker room interviews with Bakary Soumare, Jose Kleberson, Ray Gaddis, Amobi Okugo and Sheanon Williams. Plus, Union and Galaxy postgame quote sheet.
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Something evil lurks on the horizon, and you had better start preparing now. I'm here to help, but before we get to that, we get to the week's leader and new overall leader. SGV Galaxy scored 112 points, on the strength of a captained Jack McInerney (PHI, $8.9M) and his 20 points. Just behind him, LA's Landon Donovan ($10.
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