Dax McCarty from USSoccer.com

Peter Nowak swapped one Floridian for another as Dax McCarty replaces the injured Nathan Sturgis on the US squad. This leaves Nowak with only four natural defenders on the squad which leaves for Hong Kong and pre Olympic training tomorrow.

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Game story.

Highlights:

Also:
* The latest Galaxy trialist

*The Revolution announced Thursday that more than 25,000 tickets have been sold for the Aug. 30 game against the Galaxy.

*Former Galaxy defender Nate Sturgis pulled a hamstring and is out of the Olympic squad.

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Peter Nowak swapped one Floridian for another as Midfielder Dax McCarty replaces the injured Defender Nathan Sturgis on the US squad. This leaves Nowak with only four natural defenders on the squad which leaves for Hong Kong and pre Olympic... Click to continue reading...

Dax is going to the Olympics!
It's bad news for Nathan Sturgis, as his injury woes continue, but Dax is the guy with the cool nickname anyway. Still, it leaves the Olympics team a bit thin on defense - Dax plays midfield, while Sturgis was an option for the backline. It's all riding on Parky and Orozco, I guess. Click to continue reading...

Might not have the same impact as Abby Wambach being out of the women's team, but Nathan Sturgis is out of the Olympics with an injured hamstring. The replacement is Dax McCarty of FC Dallas.

In youth news:

- A big USA-Mexico game tonight. This would be the U-17 Women's World Cup qualifying tournament in Trinidad.

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Dax McCarty who was a key member of the US's qualification for the Olympics will replace the injured Nathan Sturgis on the US Olympic team.  McCarty is a central midfielder and it is an interesting move to add him to the squad.  Without Sturgis, the US only has four defenders on the roster, five if [. Click to continue reading...

With the Olympics about three weeks away, Salt Lake fans have something to be truly proud of; a fine export of talented players overseas to the Beijing Olympics. Real Salt Lake has been blessed with the selections of Midfielder, Nathan Sturgis and Goalkeeper, Chris Seitz to the 18 man roster with Forward, Robbie Findley [. Click to continue reading...

Admittedly, I only watched the entire first half and bits and pieces of the second half last night (What?! Lost was on!) so this list might be incomplete, or even incorrect entirely.


1.Nathan Sturgis - Wait wasn't he in the Rail list on Tuesday? There was a definitive improvement in the backline against Panama over the backline against Cuba. Click to continue reading...