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 [...]

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 [...]

Players will talk about the long and strenuous road that is qualifying for the World Cup. For the U.S. men’s national team, this last week of qualifying has been as emotionally charged as any other.
Finding themselves down a goal with only minutes remaining in stoppage time, Jonathan Bornstein connected with a Robbie Rogers corner kick [...]

It was the match not seen around the world.
Traveling to a country in a political unrest, the U.S. men’s national team put aside all outside distractions in a thrilling 3-2 victory over Honduras.
While supporters were left to deal with viewership rights limiting the match to be seen scarcely across the country, coach Bob Bradley’s squad [...]

Sometimes the boldest statements are those not said verbally.  Not known for making bold remarks or daring predictions about his team, Bob Bradley may have just sent a message to the rest of the CONCACAF region indirectly.
He’s planning on walking out of the ever so hostile Estadio Olimpico with three points on Oct. 10.
U.S. camp [...]

After another unispiring performance by the U.S. men’s national team, supporters have been calling for help; namely the services of Jermaine Jones and Edgar Castillo.
Yet the early summer excitement surrounding two new possible options for the U.S. has now impatiently reared back into the U.S. soccer scene.
Two of the biggest issues surrounding this team are [...]