Posts Tagged ‘Team USA’
Thursday, October 15th, 2009
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 [...]
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Tags: Charlie Davies, CONCACAF, Goal, Jozy Altidore, Team USA, World Cup
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Thursday, September 10th, 2009
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 [...]
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Tags: Bob Bradley, Clint Dempsey, Goal, Landon Donovan, Ricardo Clark, Team USA
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Thursday, August 13th, 2009
Enough has already been said about US/Mexico match from yesterday. Bad midfield play from the United States, coupled with poor, scared officiating — um, FIFA, you might want to address this moving forward — and conservative coaching is what ultimately did Team USA in. Nevertheless, with Charlie Davies performing like he has been [...]
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Tags: Charlie Davies, Jozy Altidore, Landon Donovan, Team USA, World Cup
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Monday, July 27th, 2009
Well, that was… unexpected; although, I’m not quite ready to re-throw Team USA back under the bus. After a pathetic penalty call — watch the beginning of the video and tell me what, exactly, Jay Heaps did besides take an elbow the face — the wheels absolutely came off Team USA’s defense, allowing three [...]
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Tags: Beatdowns, Gold Cup, Team Mexico, Team USA
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Friday, July 24th, 2009
Even though Bob Bradley has had to use about 500 different line ups and rotations for the Gold Cup, Team USA, thanks to timely goals from Clarence Goodson and Kenny Cooper, are going to finals, which take place this Sunday. Their opponent? Team Mexico, who beat Costa Rica on penalties in the nightcap [...]
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Tags: Clarence Goodson, Goals, Gold Cup, Kenny Cooper, Mexico, Team USA
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Thursday, July 9th, 2009
No, IF did not become the latest Marvel Comics blog — although, I like the sound of that — but when his death has been widely reported, these errors must be pointed out: Captain America is alive and apparently, he likes watching his soccer team play in the Gold Cup, b-team or not. [...]
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Tags: Awesome Fans, Captain America, Team USA, US Soccer
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