Posts Tagged ‘US Soccer’
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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Thursday, July 9th, 2009
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 [...]
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Tags: Benny Feilhaber, Charlie Davies, Freddy Adu, Goal, Gold Cup, Santino Quaranta, US Soccer
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Wednesday, June 24th, 2009
Apparently, Clint Dempsey and Jozy Altidore got my message about nuking the Spanish team from orbit, because in what could be one of the more improbable victories in Team USA’s soccer history, the boys from the United States absolutely shocked the on-a-35-game-non-losing-streak Spanish by the score of 2-0. The lead video features Dempsey’s second [...]
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Tags: Brazil, Clint Dempsey, Confederation Cup, Jozy Altidore, Spain, US Soccer
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Wednesday, June 24th, 2009
After scoring what was probably the most important goal of his international career, what can Clint Dempsey do for an encore against the Spanish national team, their unlikely opponent in about 20 minutes? Does the US stand a chance against the top-ranked team in FIFA? Quickly, if they can play with the same [...]
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Tags: Clint Dempsey, Confederations Cup, Fernando Torres, Spain, US Soccer
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Monday, June 22nd, 2009
Well, that was… improbable. Nevertheless, after what might have been two of their worst international showings since the 1998 World Cup, the United State miraculously advanced to the knock-out round of the Confederations Cup after a stirring 3-0 victory over Egypt. As improved as the United States looked against Egypt, they would not [...]
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Tags: Brazil, Clint Dempsey, Confederations Cup, Italy, Spain, US Soccer, World Cup
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Thursday, April 2nd, 2009
Yes, I’m well aware CONCACAF soccer doesn’t necessarily match up with Europe and South America’s real football World Cup qualifying leagues, but as long as the United States continues to be the dominant team in their qualifying play group, they will continue to play in the World Cup. Winning it — or even surviving [...]
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Tags: CONCACAF, Great Goals, Hat Trick, Jozy Altidore, US Soccer, World Cup
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