All images courtesy of One Goal USA

If you've made plans for Thursday, February 2, cancel them. Because that evening marks the Philadelphia premier of LADUMA at 7:30pm at the Ritz East. Made by two local filmmakers, Ashwin Chaudhary and Jon Korn, Laduma is "the story of how soccer united the South African people against Apartheid, and how the sport brought Americans together in the magical summer of 2010.

It only took eight years for the Revolution to get Jeremiah White into preseason camp.

White, who spurned MLS for Europe shortly after he became New England's third round pick 2004, was long gone by the time the team opened camp that year. And even after his contract with Polish side GKS Belchatow expired in 2010, it appeared that the opportunity to don the paint-brushed stars and stripes had long since passed.

And so the conjecture continues. No, no, not speculative tittle-tattle focused on which new wunderkind recruits are coming to the Arsenal in the January transfer window, I am talking about where we will tour next summer. Granted, it is still supposition but anything to turn our attentions from the endless stories linking us with the world and his wife (as well as those poor unfortunates heading for the Emirates exit).

And so the conjecture continues. No, no, not speculative tittle-tattle focused on which new wunderkind recruits are coming to the Arsenal in the January transfer window, I am talking about where we will tour next summer. Granted, it is still supposition but anything to turn our attentions from the endless stories linking us with the world and his wife (as well as those poor unfortunates heading for the Emirates exit).

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For one of the 1st times ever MLS is complying with FIFA international dates and only 2 games will be played this weekend, one of them a make up game. We are getting there.
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Michael Bradley has completed his transfer to Chievo in Italy from Gladbach in Germany.

Fulham under Chris Coleman a few years ago was affectionately called Fulhamerica because of the distinct American look to that squad. Now only Clint Dempsey is left from the days of Brian McBride and Carlos Bocanegra.

It's Rangers who are now providing the welcome mat for Americans.

Clint Dempsey is not an angry person. Countless profiles of the United States and Fulham star reveal a family man who loves his wife Bethany, his children (Elysia and Jackson), and his large family. They tell the touching tale of a young Clint sacrificing his soccer dreams so his talented sister Jennifer could pursue her tennis career, only returning to his expensive travel team after she tragically passed away from a brain aneurysm.

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Jurgen Klinsmann is finally the new USA head coach. The federation has been chasing him for 5 years.
Get this - its his 47th birthday on Saturday.

If you watched the USA-Colombia match, you saw the entire U.S. team salute the crowd after Heather O'Reilly's world-class strike to open the scoring. The salute was to recognize the tremendous support from the American military that turned out for the match in the stadium, and at the USA's open training two days before.

TSG's Maura Gladys on the USWNT

The real life Jason Bourne went top shelf, left post with an affirmative 12th minute strike...

Going into the United States' Group C match against Colombia, many were referring to the showdown as a statement match, where the U.S. needed to prove its dominance as a top team in the tournament.

CONCACAF Gold Cup tournament hosts the United States have got their campaign back on track following a rocky group phase. The Americans sealed a place in the semi-finals of the competition after defeating previously unbeaten Jamaica by two goals to nil in the last eight. The other quarter-finals saw tournament favourites Mexico come from behind to get the better of Guatemala whilst penalty shoot outs prevailed in the other two matches with Honduras and Panama coming out on top against Costa Rica and El Salvador respectively.

The Stars and Stripes will try to recover from the weekend's humiliation against Panama and secure their place in the knockout round on Tuesday evening when they face winless Guadeloupe in Kansas City.

The US national team has often benefited from German-born Americans and Nurnberg forward Jann George is hoping to become the next in this long line to represent the Stars and Stripes.