The U.S. Under-17 Men's National Team continued their quest for the FIFA U-17 World Cup this
morning with a Round of 16 match-up against Italy. Italy took a lead in the 29th minute through AC
Milan's Giacomo Beretta. Follow the match at U.S. soccer's Twitter, ESPN360.com or the U.S. Soccer
match tracker.
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Conrad celebrating after the USA clinched qualification in the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Photo courtesy
of Andy Mead/Yellow Card Journalism.
Tonight, the final Jimmy Conrad Show of the 2009 season takes place live from Fox and Hound in
Overland Park from 8-9 p.m. CT. As an added incentive for fans who come out to the show, Conrad
will be raffling off an autographed U.
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The Back Post 02 November @ 03:04 PM EST
I do not normally comment on non-soccer related items on this blog. While I have mentioned good
causes to support in the past, they have all been soccer related somehow. This is a little
different, no soccer involved but something I am supporting.There is a group known as Soldier's
Angels. They help the wounded who arrive in Germany and the States from Iraq and Afghanistan.
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HexagonalBlog 02 November @ 12:52 AM EST
The group phase of the U-17 World Cup is now over, and Mexico and the USA are the only two CONCACAF
sides in the knockout stages. USA defeated UAE 1-0 on Sunday to finish second in their group, while
Mexico beat Japan 2-0 on Friday to finish second in Group B. Now the Mexicans will face South Korea
in their round of 16 match, and the Americans will play Italy.
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Right now, the USMNT U-17s are taking on Malawi in the FIFA U-17 World Cup in Nigeria. The game is
being telecast live on ESPNU, ESPN360.com and Galavision. You can also follow along via the match
tracker at ussoccer.com, the U.S. Soccer Twitter feed or at Ives Galarcep's running commentary.
Let's see if the young USA team can bounce back from a 2-1 loss to Spain Monday.
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The Jimmy Conrad Show returns next week Tuesday for the 2009 recap edition. The show will take
place from 8-9 p.m. CT at Fox and Hound in Overland Park. As an added bonus for fans who attend,
Jimmy will be raffling off his game-worn, autographed jersey from the last round of U.S. World Cup
Qualifiers.
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Mientras la selección mexicana se tomó unas inmerecidas vacaciones, nuestro
vecino del norte los Estados Unidos no quieren perder el tiempo y es por eso que
en noviembre se van a enfrentar a selecciones clasificadas al mundial como Dinamarca y
Eslovaquia.
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Martin O'Neill has expressed his delight at the form of Aston Villa number two Brad Guzan, who
has so far been restricted to the sidelines as fellow countryman Brad Friedel occupies the number
one spot. O'Neill claims that Guzan is so good that he could walk into virtually any Premier League
side, tipping the former Chivas USA player as a potential United States number one.
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The Spanish U-17 National Team got of to a good start against USAwith a well fought 2-1 victory in
the U/17 World ChampionshipGroup E opener being held in Nigeria. The match had to be stoppedtwice
due to cuts in the power that shut the lights, this added 15 minsmore of "tension" to the official
90 minutes.
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The U.S. U-17s kick off the FIFA U-17 World Cup today against Spain at 1 p.m. CT on ESPNU,
ESPN360.com and Galavision. Tune in to see how the next generation of U.S. players fares against
European powerhouse Spain.
US Soccer also announced today that they will take on European qualifiers Slovakia November 14 in
Bratislava.
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by Jason Gatties, Guest Contributor (Craven Cottage US) The United States U-20's fizzled in Egypt.
Luckily, we have the U-17's to look forward to. It all kicks October 26th versus Spain (ESPN 2 &...
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Dirty Tackle 23 October @ 12:09 AM EST
Redshirt freshman defender Ryan Rosenbaum of Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas
scored the first SMU goal with this long distance beauty that helped his side beat Tulsa (who were
ranked #16 in the nation) on Wednesday.
SMU says the goal was scored from 95 yards out, but Tulsa's local news station claims it was
just 70 yards.
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Brent Latham from ESPN Soccernet checks in with a story on the U.S. U-17 team for the upcoming FIFA
U-17 World Cup in Nigeria. A good portion of the team the U.S. is taking to Africa played here at
our Swope Park Training Center last week, falling to a team made mostly of KCW Reserves 3-0.
In full national team news, Jermaine Jones has been cleared by FIFA to play for the United States
after initially representing Germany in three friendlies.
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Dirty Tackle 20 October @ 12:34 PM EST
We all know NBA star Steve Nash has some footballing skills, but in this video shot by Phoenix
Suns teammate Jared Dudley, we see he also has the ability to meld his talents in the two sports
into one trick shot reminiscent of the one Davey Becks made in that Adidas video (though he did it
with a football).
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AC Milan are one of the most storied sides in Europe, but they could take a lesson in class from
mid-table French side Sochaux. The tragic car accident involving rising US star Charlie Davies and
the awful injury to defender Oguchi Onyewu during last week's World Cup qualifier revealed the true
colors of the two players' domestic sides.
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We're a little bit late on this one but I don't really care as this is quite brilliant. The beauty
of Honduras qualifying for the World Cup 2010, as captured by commentators on Honduran radio.
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Will Wolffie get another look from Bob Bradley now that Charlie Davies is injured?
Grahame Jones of the LA Times blogged a couple of days ago about the loss of Charlie Davies for Bob
Bradley's National Team setup. One of the names he throws out there? Our own Josh Wolff, veteran of
the 2002 and 2006 FIFA World Cups.
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Jimmy Conrad celebrating with his USA teammates after last night's tie.
I'm sure most of you saw the United States' dramatic come-from-behind tie last night against Costa
Rica in Washington, D.C. Ives Galarcep broke down the performance at ESPN Soccernet. The tie helped
the USA win the CONCACAF qualifying group and allowed Honduras to move into 3rd place and qualify
automatically to the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
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See The Cup 15 October @ 12:59 AM EST
For 94 minutes, Costa Rica was on its third World Cup on a row. But the squad headed by
Brazilian coach Rene Simoes provided another example of the saying "it's over when it's over." The
USA team, who started 2 goals behind the visitors, tied in the stoppage time. The goal by Bornstein
turned Honduras into the 23rd country to qualify for the World Cup.
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I don't know about you, but going into this match, I pretty much thought we'd come out with a draw
given all the circumstances surrounding the match. Costa Rica were desperate for a win. We were
already through. You knew everybody in a white shirt...
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This week's Quote of the Week comes with some bad news; Charlie Davies, USA International striker,
was in a car accident and received serious injuries. While this news is bad, there is worse, he was
in the car with two other people, one of which died. Ashley J. Roberta, 22, was pronounced dead at
the scene of the crash, the only details on the third person, who was also the driver, are it is a
female.
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As has become our habit, MFUSA will go live tonight immediately following the US-Costa Rica
match at RFK. We'll take your calls, Tweets, emails, and Skypes on the game, the qualifying
campaign, and other National Team topics. Obviously our minds will be on Charlie Davies, so feel
free to call in with your thoughts on him as well.
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Results and final scores from the CONCACAF Hexagonal final round ( Round 10) of games played on
October 14, 2009. October 14 European Qualifying Results October 14 South American Qualifying
Results. El Salvador vs Honduras Trinidad and Tobago vs Mexico United States vs Costa Rica Related
posts:World Cup Qualifiers- CONCACAF Results- March 28 Here are the results from the fourth round
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The ArseNole 14 October @ 09:53 AM EST
Hello everyone. It's been kind of a sad last 24 hours or so for fans of the US Men's National Team,
with the news that Charlie Davies, USA and Sochaux striker, was seriously injured in a one car
crash Tuesday morning. A woman, named Ashley J. Roberta, was killed in the accident. Davies and
Roberta were both passengers in the car, and the name of the driver has not yet been released.
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With tomorrow's World Cup qualifier back on cable TV, we will once again be able to host watch
parties at both area 810 Zone locations as the USA looks to win the CONCACAF qualifying group with
a win over Costa Rica. The match kicks off at 7 p.m. CT tomorrow night from Washington D.C. and
will be broadcast live nationally on ESPN2 and Galavision.
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Beyond the nation's borders, Italian football has certainly faded into the background in recent
years. A devastating match-fixing scandal in 2006 bitterly overshadowed the country's World Cup
triumph that year while the domestic league has clearly become a one-horse race ever since.
Reigning champions Inter Milan have shown no signs of a slip up in the Serie A for the last three
seasons and that trend continued with their strong start to the current season as well.
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We've now received the roster for tomorrow's friendly with the U.S. U-17s. It looks like most of
the big names from this age group will be here:
GOALKEEPERS (2): Keith Cardona (NY Red Bulls; Glen Rock, N.J.), Earl Edwards (La Jolla Nomads; San
Diego, Calif.)
DEFENDERS (5): Zachary Herold (West Pines United FC, Port St.
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The Offside 12 October @ 05:56 PM EST
Stuff to read while you see Argentina's World Cup chances saved by the bar (1:00)..... The
Barcelona blog returneth. Six times over. (Barca Offside) Discovering the internet via Ukraine
England. (Studs Up) MLS looking into the indoors. (USA Today) The phenom taking Germany by
storm...Diego who? (Deutsche Welle) Six injury times you're glad you waited for the whistle.
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We told you this last Friday, but we wanted to remind you today so you can make plans to attend
tomorrow night's friendly between our reserves (and potentially a couple of first 11 guys) at the
U.S. U-17 Men's National Team. The game starts at 7, with a talk from Peter Vermes to area youth
soccer coaches at 6:30 p.
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The USA qualified for the FIFA World Cup Saturday with a dramatic 3-2 win at Honduras. All three
goals were scored by MLS players, with Conor Casey scoring two and Landon Donovan converting a
beautiful free kick for the third. Watch the highlights courtesy of ussoccer.com:
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Last night down in Honduras, the US qualified for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa with a 3-2 win
over Honduras. After a scoreless first half the US fell behind in the 47th minute via a Julio Leon
free kick. The US came back with 3 unanswered goals, two by forward Conor Casey, who got a surprise
start ahead of Jozy Altidore.
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I'm just going to throw this out there now that we're qualified for South Africa. Yes, we've a ways
to go until roster-deadline day, but at this point, how many forwards do you think Bob takes? Given
his previous selection pattern and the "tweener"...
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The Wizards fell to Chivas USA 2-0 tonight, limiting our faint chances for the MLS Cup Playoffs.
With Columbus beating NE earlier in the day, we had a chance to pull within three points of the
final playoff spot but could not get three points at The Home Depot Center, something that is never
easy for the road team.
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