As reported in an article by the New York Times, it appears that Maurice Edu from Toronto F.C. and also recently on the U.S. Olympic team, is going to be transferred to Glasgow Rangers, possibly to replace Carlos Cueller who recently was sold to Aston Villa. Even I have to admit that this is a great move for Edu as Rangers are a very big club within the Scottish Premier League and even in the context of Europe (despite their recent setback of getting knocked out of the Champions League). Click to continue reading...

Here is a link to a really good analysis by Fox Sports' Jaime Trecker of the U.S. Olympic team's performance after they lost to Nigeria and are out of the tournament. It really was an overall disappointing performance by the team. They should be looking to achieve better results at this point and I agree that its time for Peter Nowak to move on. Click to continue reading...

So we didn't make it in the Olympics. It's almost like we hit the peak of the mountain right when we got to China. We won the first match, drew the second match (which felt like a loss) and then fell today in the final match of the group phase. It was tough to watch really, [...] Click to continue reading...

Grant Wahl from Sports Illustrated wrote an excellent analysis of the U.S. - Holland game in this article. I have to say though that I still can't believe that GERALD SIBON of all people is the Dutch player to beat that U.S. team. This is the same Gerald Sibon who has bounced around Europe playing for Sheffield Wednesday, Nurenburg, and various teams in the Dutch Eredivise. Click to continue reading...

As luck would have it, I'll be in Ocean City for the next week, missing the next three games, including what I believe to be the most important match United has played since November. It doesn't look like I'll have much for internet access, but I will post some thoughts once I return. In the meantime, please feel free to post your own TS/Call/Rail suggestions for each match in the comments section. Click to continue reading...

Dutch Coach Foppe De Haan has insulted the US Olympic team today.  He said  "Nigeria is confident on the ball, They have two very good strikers. The Americans are more of a team on the same level. They don't have anybody extremely good." "They're totally different than Nigeria, in my opinion." The remark pretty much says that there [. Click to continue reading...

For those who are following the progress of the U.S Olympic team, they have been handed a major advantage in their next game against Holland as both Roy Makaay and Evander Sno, 2 of Holland's more seasoned players won't be able to play against the U.S. You can read more about this on the Sports Illustrated article. Click to continue reading...

Now that Rafael van der Vaart has been sold to Real Madrid, Hamburger SV is shopping for an attacking player to fill the gap. Both the Hamburg press and Kicker report that the two main candidates are Spartak Moscow striker Roman Pavlyuchenko and Heerenveen's attacking midfielder Michael Bradley (currently in China playing for the US Olympic team). Click to continue reading...

Today is a slow day for soccer news, so I'm bringing you some opinion and food for thought.  With the US men starting their Olympic push on thursday, all eyes are on Peter Nowak and what lineup he will use.  Nowak has arguably the strongest set of players ever on a US Olympic team, so [...] Click to continue reading...

Some of you have asked so I thought I would pass along the times and dates of when the US Men's and Women's teams play in the Summer Olympics, which kicks off this week. Now the opening ceremonies are Friday but the games actually kickoff Wednesday with Women's soccer (or football). The Men's soccer starts [. Click to continue reading...

The rumors were true. Brian McBride is going to join the Chicago Fire. Toronto FC had the right to McBride, but McBride made it known that he wanted to play near his hometown which is right near Chicago. The Fire sent forward Chad Barrett to TFC along with future considerations in order to get McBride.

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Rice-Eccles Stadium was left pleased, but hungry for more after last night's game. Heading into a team record 18 day layoff, fighting an impending charge by Houston and Los Angeles who remained a mere point behind in the standings, and a 10 game home unbeaten streak on the line, the US Olympic Team [. Click to continue reading...

Jose Francisco Torres passed on the US Olympic team so he could play more for Pachuca. On Saturday, we'll learn if that was a good decision.

Torres was in a preseason battle with plenty of other talented players for a starting spot in Pachuca's loaded midfield, and while he doesn't bring years of experience to the table, he has plenty of other qualities that make him appealing. Click to continue reading...

Some FC Dallas news for you all this afternoon, probably something you may have heard by now as it was emailed to me earlier in the day by US Soccer. FC Dallas midfielder Dax McCarty has been added to the Olympic roster for next month's Olympics in China. He replaces injured Real Salt Lake midfielder Nathan [. Click to continue reading...

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...

The first link is to a nice story in the New York Times about Robbie Rogers from the Columbus Crew being named to the U.S. Olympic Team. Apparently, he didn't expect to be named, but has been doing so well this season and coach Peter Nowak couldn't ignore him.

The second link is to an article from Sports Illustrated, which contains the national team from Holland that the U. Click to continue reading...

Not too long ago the US Olympic team was made up of exclusively college players. 1996 was the first year of MLS and MLS players did make that team. Since 1996 the Olympics have been a goal of American MLS based players looking to move up to the first team if they haven't already made a spot for themselves. 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...

New Jersey-born striker Giuseppe Rossi has been selected to play for Italy in Beijing next month. The team will gather next week to start training at Coverciano, the Italian Soccer Academy near Florence. Meanwhile, his new Villareal teammate, American Jozy Altidore, is still waiting to learn if he will be able to play for the US Olympic team. Click to continue reading...

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During the recent CONCACAF Champions Cup semi-final 2nd Leg between DC United and Pachuca CF of Mexico, several US National Team bosses were sighted at RFK Stadium in Washington D.C.

According to an emailer, they were there to observe and persuade one Jose Francisco Torres, a 20 year old midfielder with dual Mexican and US citizenship having been born and raised in Longview, Texas. Click to continue reading...

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Jozy Altidore, Sacha Kljetsan and Chris Seitz are among the 23 players called in by coach Peter Nowak for U.S. Under-23 national team camp in Bradenton, Fla.

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