Two days after the tragic events surrounding Team USA striker Charlie Davies, his teammates had to take the field for one of their last World Cup qualifying games against Costa Rica. Granted. the US had already advanced thanks to the Honduras win, but in light everything that has happened since, one could understand if [...]

While the first half was a little lackluster, the Team USA soccer team did what it had to do in securing a much-needed away game win against Trinidad and Tobago, thanks to a cracker of a finish from Ricardo Clark. Aside: I’ve noticed that when I write about soccer/football/futbol, the voice in my [...]

The United States’ b-team was on display at last night’s Gold Cup match against Honduras, and while the understudy designation is an accurate one, that doesn’t take away from their 2-0 victory — especially when they broke through with such an exciting build up and finish. While it was Santino Quaranta’s strike that allowed [...]

Ah, the dog days of summer. Thank goodness for YouTube videos and nifty little soccer highlights (and the blogs that find them). My first thought after seeing the upcoming video was surprise things like this don’t happen on the pitch more often. It’s not like the opposing defenses are set and into [...]