In the last official chance to earn a ticket to South Africa, the U.S. men’s national team traveled to Amsterdam to face the Netherlands for an international friendly.
Unlike the two most recent U.S. friendlies, coach Bob Bradley employed a full-strength squad, aside from the myriad of injuries plaguing the current American squad.
Dirk Kuyt connected on a first-half [...]

Brian Ching may have just booked himself a ticket to South Africa this summer, or at least a trip to Eindhoven next week.

With time ticking away for many U.S. players to earn one of the few remaining spots towards next summer’s World Cup, Ching and Sacha Kljestan staked their claim with second-half goals against El [...]

When Women’s Professional Soccer officially announced that the Los Angeles Sol would discontinue operations, it left the league, players, and coaches in shock. It also left several Sol players with no place to play and forced WPS to hold a Dispersal Draft for the rest of the teams in the league to pick players from [...]

Remember that scene in Star Wars when Luke Skywalker shoots his torpedoes down the shaft of the Death Star and let’s off the worlds biggest sigh of relief?  Yeah, that was you earlier today.  But not me.
I was determined not to get bogged down in the Fan Boy hysteria of the last 48 hours when [...]

With the 2010 MLS SuperDraft just hours away, clubs are scrambling to solidify their picks so they can move ahead with next season’s preparations. Some teams have already made some impressive (if not questionable) moves. One team that hopes to make some late-round moves is the Houston Dynamo.
Over the past few [...]

Everton have announced the long anticipated loan move of USMNT and LA Galaxy striker Landon Donovan on Friday. Donovan, who signed a 4 year contract with LA Galaxy earlier this week will join the Liverpool-based club on January 1st and will rejoin his MLS side in time for their season opener in March. Donovan will [...]

All of the predicted dismay of the U.S. mens national team finding itself in a “Group of Death” scenario has quickly disappeared following Friday’s 2010 World Cup draw.  After being grouped with England, Slovenia and Algeria, hope is high among the U.S. supporters.
While it is true that coach Bob Bradley’s boys fared quite well, the assurance [...]

The U.S. men’s national soccer team have allowed 36 goals during its 2009 campaign.  Twenty-four of those goals have come in the second-half.  The latest match for coach Bob Bradley’s squad was no different.
Leading 1-0, the Americans conceded three second-half goals in eight minutes, in a 3-1 loss at NRGi Park in Aarhus, Denmark. 
Jeff Cunningham put the [...]

In the first of its two European friendly matches, the U.S. men’s national team delivered another lack-luster performance.  Missing several regular starters including Landon Donovan and Tim Howard, the U.S. had its chances, but fell to Slovakia on a penalty-kick.
Marek Hamsik’s first-half penalty was all that the hosts would need in front of a barren crowd at [...]

Patience is a virtue, or so they say.  With World Qualifying finished and less than a year until South Africa 2010, it may seem as most of the waiting is over.  But for the U.S. men’s national soccer team and its supporters there is more to wait for now than in the past three years.
Waiting [...]