Frenchman Pierre Barrieu, who served as fitness coach on the last three U.S. World Cup teams, has taken a post as head fitness coach and assistant coach with the United Arab Emirates' national team.
Barrieu, who relocated with his family to Dubai in September, was out of a job when Jurgen Klinsmann took over as U.

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Carlos Bocanegra has enjoyed a distinguished career as a U.S. national team defender, and he joined exclusive company on Tuesday, becoming the 12th player in U.S. Soccer history to reach 100 caps.

The steady U.S. captain marked the 3-2 victory over Slovenia by joining Cobi Jones, Jeff Agoos, Landon Donovan, Marcelo Balboa, Claudio Reyna, Paul Caligiuri, Eric Wynalda, Kasey Keller, Earnie Stewart, Tony Meola and Joe-Max Moore in the century club at the start of his 90-minute shift.

The Draw for the 2012 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament has been held and the USA will be in Group B with Mexico, Guatemala and the Dominican Republic.
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The WNT Blog talked to U.S. midfielder Carli Lloyd and defender Rachel Buehler to get their thoughts on the qualifying tournament and the USA's upcoming schedule:
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From looking around the internet, I can tell there is quite a buzz about the US Women's National Team comeback win over Brazil, and rightfully so.

It was a tremendous match that featured a little bit of everything: an own goal, some ridiculous decisions from the referee, a late equalizer and even a penalty shootout.

Alex Morgan tries to keep the ball from Becky Sauerbrunn and Heather Mitts
Now is the time in the tournament when a fitness and depth really start to impact the Women's World Cup teams as everyone will be playing their third game in about nine days. The U.S. team did train in the afternoon on July 3 after arriving in Wolfsburg, with the players who played the most against Colombia taking a light jog and stretch while the reserves went a bit harder in misty rain.

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil Roberto Carlos, Brazil's former World Cup-winning left back, joined Russian soccer club Anzhi Makhachkala after leaving Corinthians by mutual consent. The 37-year-old signed a 2 1/2-year contract, Anzhi Makhachkala said on its website last night, without giving financial details of the deal.

LITTLE ELM, Texas — Uche Okafor, a defender on two Nigerian World Cup teams and a stalwart player for the Kansas City Wizards in the U.S., committed suicide this week at his Dallas-area home, authorities said Friday. He was 43. Okafor's body was discovered Thursday afternoon by his wife in their house in Little Elm, [.