Optimism is better known as a positive outlook on a situation with an unclear outcome.
It’s a word that surrounds the to-be-determined U.S. men’s national team roster for this summer’s World Cup, and the match results that will follow.
Less than three months away from the much anticipated opening match with England, optimism in the U.S. camp [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

It’s the definition of home field advantage.  Azteca Stadium.

With a chance to reclaim power in CONCACAF, the U.S. men’s national team fell to Mexico 2-1 under the heat, humidity, and altitude of 100,000 plus fans.
Charlie Davies put his team up early.  Mexico responded quickly with a first-half goal of its own.  A late second-half strike [...]

Two tournaments, two second-place finishes, and more noteably two second-half collapses.
But is that how American supporters should remember this summer’s U.S. soccer campaign?
The U.S. failed to hold a 2-0 lead at halftime against Brazil, then after outplaying Mexico for the first 50 minutes of the Gold Cup final; they were embarrassed to the tune of [...]

As a key member of our soccer-loving community, Kartik Krishnaiyer is one of the first people you would go to for an opinion on Major League Soccer, CONCACAF football, or the sport at large. In Episode 4 of World Soccer Reader Radio, Kartik joined host Richard Farley to talk Gold Cup, the U.S. National [...]

At times it looked like the 2009 Confederations Cup would just be a three-game trip to South Africa, a chance to test our best against the best.
But after two dismal results versus Italy and Brazil, something happened.
The U.S., with the odds stacked against them and nothing left to lose, began a dream run all the way to [...]

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.