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 [...]
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 a tale of two halves. Over the first 45 minutes, the U.S. continued to shock the world; leading Brazil 2-0 at halftime. But during the second 45 minutes, Brazil stormed back with three goals to defeat the U.S., 3-2.
Less than a minute into the second-half, Luis Fabiono scored and then headed in another [...]
Brazil was supposed to be a more defensive oriented team under new coach Dunga; they weren’t supposed to be the same Brazil that dazzled its way to win two of the last fourWorld Cups.
Not so much. Let it be known: this team can still dance.
Brazil outclassed and simply outplayed the U.S. in the second match [...]
It took Giuseppe Rossi all of two minutes to make his presence know against his former country.
Under the lights of a cool South African night, Rossi lead the Italians in a second-half comeback win over the U.S. Rossi tallied two goals, and Daniele De Rossi added one of his own in a 3-1 victory in [...]
Coming off a poor performance against Costa Rica, how would the U.S. respond? Finding themselves down early yet again, see how Bradley’s boys faired this time.
While most U.S. Supporters are waiting for World Cup qualifying to resume, there are those who know the FIFA Confederations Cup is looming. After two quick games in early June against Costa Rica and Honduras, the US will travel to South Africa for the tournament.
