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The MLSS editors asked Travis Clark and myself to take a stab at selecting a U.S. Olympic squad as
if we were the coach, and this presentation went up yesterday. Space was limited for comment there,
so I'll take advantage here to expand a bit on my selections.First off, let's just talk about the
players I refrained from choosing with the mindset that the reality would be they're somehow
WE'RE BACK! Ultras Alive returns this Monday February 13 at 10pm for it's 35th show and the first
one in 2012 with guests Gabriel Gabor Major League Soccer / Soccer United Marketing's (Twitter:
@MLSGabor )who will be promoting the Mexico vs Colombia game this coming February 29, 2012
We will also be giving out 2 tickets to the game so stay tuned on how you can win them.
Photo: Nick Waters
Philadelphia Union
Porfirio Lopez describes what he will bring to the Union: "Having a winning mentality is the
most important thing in soccer. I'm going to try to bring my experiences and positive attitude into
the group. Without a doubt, winning championships is the priority.
I'm under a directive to burn some vacation hours so will take an extended break through next
Tuesday. That means no column next week, but one of this country's best soccer writers has stepped
in with an apt Galaxy-centric column that breaks down the past and, hopefully, future sucess of
photo by Howard C. Smith/ISIphotos.com
The U.S. men's national team's rumored friendly against Brazil has been confirmed, and
FedExField will be the site for its location.
In preparation for World Cup qualifying, the United States will host Brazil on May 30 at the
home of the Washington Redskins in Landover, Md.
How sad to hear Harry Keough had passed away. I was lucky enough to interview him along with
another legend Tom Finney in the run-up to the 2006 World Cup and I never forgot his warmth and
generosity.I probably took up more of his time than I should have done, and the interview only
ended when his wife Alma reminded him that he needed to get his cleats on and referee a girls'
school match, at the
Harry Keough, one of the greatest players and coaches in the history of U.S. soccer, passed away
today, Feb. 7, 2012 in his home in St. Louis, Missouri. Keough was one of the key players on the
U.S. team that defeated England 1-0 at the 1950 World Cup. The following is St. Louis soccer
writer [...]
In this week's Philly Soccer Show podcast, your co-hosts KYW's Greg Orlandini and PSP's Eli
Pearlman-Storch are joined by Philadelphia Union and USMNT U-23 midfielder Amobi Okugo and Delco
Daily Times journalist Chris Vito.
In part one, Okugo talks with Greg and Eli about the upheaval on the team after the departure of
forward Sebastien Le Toux and captain, goalkeeper Faryd Mondragon.
Photo: Nicolae Stoian
In an interview on MLSsoccer.com's ExtraTime Radio podcast, Sebastien Le Toux tells Union fans
who are angry that he was sold to Vancouver that it is important that they continue to support the
Union: "To have you in the stands—it is always great to play in front of you and all of the guys
who played with me are wonderful players and they need you.
If you've been wondering when the next SBI Live Q&A would be, wonder no more. We will be having
one today.
The latest SBI Live Q&A will take place at 1pm this afternoon, so get your questions ready to
discuss everything from the MLS pre-season to the U.S. national team, to Clint Dempsey's insane
form to European soccer and the international game.
Photo by Rick Osentoski/ISIphotos.com
With Thursday night's official announcement that the U.S. men's national team will be taking on
Canada in a pre-World Cup qualifying friendly at BMO Field in Toronto on June 3, another piece to
the team's 2012 puzzle is in place.
The U.S. Men's National Team will face off against their northern rival, Canada, on June 3rd, just
one week before the 2014 CONCACAF World Cup qualifying begins. The announcement came late Thursday
afternoon, first by the CSA and then by U.S. Soccer. The game will be played at BMO Field in
Toronto and will be [.
photo by Rick Osentoski/ISIphotos.com
It appears U.S. men's national team head coach Jurgen Klinsmann is making a concentrated effort
to get to know CONCACAF teams prior to World Cup qualifying.
According to a report, the United States will travel to Canada to take on its northern rival in
a friendly before World Cup qualifying begins in June.
Photo: Daniel Gajdamowicz
Philadelphia Union
Sebastien Le Toux tweets, "Just got traded to Vancouver ! Saddest day for me in my Philadelphia
Union story.... Still can't believe it"
The Union host Vancouver Whitecaps on March 31.
Take a look at Adam Cann's roundup of the evolution of Sebastien Le Toux to Vancouver rumors for
links, but to summarize, the Union appear to be trading Le Toux to Vancouver for allocation
money.
photo by ISIphotos.com
Five months is all that separates the U.S. men's national team from the start of its World Cup
qualifying campaign, and a friendly against Scotland appears to be in the works prior to then.
According to a report in Scotland, the U.S. Soccer Federation is in talks with the Scottish
Football Association over a potentialy friendly.
Yes, that is Oguchi Onyewu's nickname with Sporting CP fans and the local media - even though he
neither captains them nor the USMNT. And this is how one supporter artistically views our man Gooch
today...- Greg Seltzer
Photo: Paul Rudderow
Philadelphia Union
The silly season got sillier for the Philadelphia Union over the weekend. Following word from
England that Sebastien Le Toux reportedly did not sufficiently impress while on trial with Bolton,
and the news that Danny Mwanga is training for two weeks with Aston Villa, the Union transfer rumor
well still wasn't dry.
7 games, 3 wins, 4 draws and 8 goals allowed. These were rookie Philadelphia Union goalkeeper
Zac MacMath's numbers after filling in for an injured Faryd Mondragon late in the 2011 season.
Pretty impressive for a twenty year old rookie backup goalkeeper who's only playing time before
Faryd Mondragon's injury was a second half start in a friendly against EPL squad, Everton.
With the January camp behind us we take a look at the 21 players on the roster and give you our
winners, losers, and those that maintained the status quo.
Forwards
Agudelo, Juan
Agudelo injured his right ankle during a scrimmage on Jan 13 and is expected to miss 3-4 weeks.
Oguchi Onyewu didn't start today's Sporting CP match off in the best of fashions, drawing a
first-minute yellow card. He quickly made up for that slow start by scoring a pair of first-half
goals against Beira Mar.
If you watch the videos below and think you're seeing the same goal, you aren't.
How 51 USMNT players performed for their club teams this weekend:
Goalkeepers (7)
Guzan, Brad (Aston Villa/BPL)
Dressed however did not play in 3-2 loss to Arsenal in FA Cup 4th round.
Dominic Cervi (Celtic/SPL)
Did not dress in 3-1 win over Falkirk in League Cup action.
Much has been made in recent weeks of the Landon Donovan, Clint Dempsey debate. The debate began as
a casual conversation while trying to design the perfect US National Team lineup. It seemed at the
time, there would be no way to pin down which player was truly better. Donovan plies his trade in
Major League Soccer whereas Dempsey produces his magic in the English Premier League.
Clint Dempsey and Landon Donovan, the two best field players in American soccer, and two of the
most popular players in American soccer history, are set to do battle today in the FA Cup (3pm, Fox
Soccer Channel).
Today's Fulham-Everton clash serves as the perfect event to showcase the match-up of two players
who have been U.
Last night, I was at work and I missed the USA at Panama match on Galavision from Estadio Rommel
Fernandez in Panama City. Too bad, it would have been my first look at lots of young USMNT
prospects making their debut with the senior NT. The starting lineup was Nick Rimando in goal, AJ
De La Garza, Michael Parkhurst, Geoff Cameron, and Zach Loyd in the back, Ricardo Clark and
Jermaine Jones in the
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Article by Pedro GomesAs yet another January camp enters the United States Soccer history books, let us take a quick look
back at what has transpired and what we have learned from the camp.
Rosters:
Typically US roster announcements are desperately anticipated, usually
overly analyzed and this camp was no different.
Not to be out-shown by the atrocious work being done in the press box, both the United States
and Panama turned in embarrassingly poor performances in what was, by far, the least attractive
game of soccer in the Klinsmann era. Graham Zusi grabbed the game's only goal in the 9th minute,
lashing home a cross that the US was lucky to see bounce off the back of hapless striker Teal
Bunbury's leg inside the Panamanian area.
Featured image courtesy of Philadelphia Union
Le Talk
While posing a hypothetical question to the Union Twitterati whether they would accept $2.75
million for Sebastien Le Toux, Jonathan "The Goalkeeper" Tannenwald mentions, "I've been told there
has been no offer yet."
Meanwhile, Daily News reporter Kerith Gabriel writes, "It's likely the Union will start the 2012
campaign without Frenchman Sebastien Le Toux.
Ricardo Clark got a little redemption but that's about it. (Getty Images)
It has been a long time coming for the US Men's National Team. A solid three-game winning
streak.
Typically these sorts of things happen around the January friendly time. It certainly isn't the
first time this has happened but with Jurgen Klinsmann in as boss, it is.
Last night the US Soccer's "Camp Cupcake" Team followed up Saturday night's 1-0 win over
Venezuela with a 1-0 win over Panama. I admit that the "Camp Cupcake" moniker is not my favorite
for the annual US Soccer winter camp that primarily gives numerous MLS players and some European
journeymen an extended audition for the US National Team, but I think it's important to use this
moniker in light of the apparent "every match is a live or die match" attitude that seems to
dominate the most vocal of the US Soccer fan base.
It's about time, right? We've got ourselves a U.S. National Team writer. Mike Cardillo, who
we've been reading for YEARS on his site, "That's On Point", for US preview/reviews and English
Premier League musings will be providing some coverage of the Nats as they begin their 2014 World
Cup Qualifying campaign.
U.S. Men's National Team head coach Jurgen Klinsmann didn't bring his A-squad to Panama City for
Wednesday night's match. While that was no surprise to supporters of the U.S. side they still may
have been wishing for a player or two to step up and put in an A-squad performance. What they saw
instead were [.
U.S. Men's National Team head coach Jurgen Klinsmann didn't bring his A-squad to Panama City for
Wednesday night's match. While that was no surprise to supporters of the U.S. side they still may
have been wishing for a player or two to step up and put in an A-squad performance. What they saw
instead were [.
Why dither when footy is hither? Aight, so I'm a nerd and Greg is slicker than me with the hip hop
lingo. Guess Black Thought hasn't seeped in after hundreds of hours of repeated listening. Back to
my Shakespearean sonnets and fields of gillyflowers it is. - Klinsmann wanted a game in Central
America for the expressed purpose of exposing some of his more untested young guns to the
After each match the contributors to New England Soccer Today will rate the performances of the
United States National Team players who made an appearance on a 1 to 10 scale (1 horrendous, 5
average, 10 perfection). This week Brian O'Connell, Julian Cardillo and Sean Donahue contributed
ratings for the USA's 1-0 victory over Panama.
U.S. 1, Panama 0. First thing's first, there is a special ring of purgatory reserved for an
American soccer blogger/writer with the temerity to poo-poo a result on foreign soil ... even in a
no-stakes friendly. In that regard, let's say a hearty well done for Graham Zusi for being Johnny
on the spot and scoring inside of 11 minutes and the rest of the U.
Four days after putting together an impeccable performance against Venezuela, the United States
had to overcome a sloppy and disheveled showing to escape Estadio Rommel Fernandez with a 1-0 win
over Panama Wednesday night.
Graham Zusi's ninth minute goal survived more than 85 minutes of as Panama squandered countless
chances to equalize against a maligned back line during the international friendly.
By FRANCO PANIZO
U.S. men's national team head coach Jurgen Klinsmann scheduled the friendly in Panama to
experience what a road game in CONCACAF was like, and he got just what he wanted.
Four days after beating Venezuela, the United States defeated Panama, 1-0, on Wednesday night in
a game that felt much like a CONCACAF World Cup qualifier on the road.
Hmm. Looks like a 4-4-2 diamond for the USMNT tonight. Not especially feelin' it, still don't
understand why this camp roster wasn't larger. Oh well.. enjoy the game, player ratings after at
MLSS and Will plans to drop some thoughts tomorrow morning.Rimando; DeLaGarza, Parkhurst, Cameron,
Loyd, Zusi, Clark, Jones, Shea, Wondolowski, Bunbury- Greg Seltzer
As I mentioned in my earlier Hat Trick post, we will have a gamethread on HTIOT going for the
USMNT match tonight. The US will look to carry over the momentum from their win at the death vs.
Venezuela into tonight's match. I am pretty excited to see how the USA will look tonight against an
up-and-coming Panama side.
