WC Qualifying: US 2-2 Costa Rica

Color me completely stunned right now.  I can’t believe how this game finished up.  I can’t decide if we played well or played bad.  Maybe we played worse than we should have against a team like Costa Rica, but part of me thinks we played better than the scoreline.  One thing is for sure, there is [...]

WC Qualifying: US 2-1 El Salvador

It was essential for the US to get a win tonight in Salt Lake City, and we came through with a pretty solid performance. Generally speaking, I would say we played well. Our attack was able to create several very good chances, even beyond the goals we scored, and we were able to [...]

Gold Cup: Group Stage Review

The USMNT just finished the group stages of the Gold Cup last night with a draw against Haiti.  Just coming off a busy schedule with the Confederations Cup, we brought in a batch of players that hadn’t been playing with the full senior team lately.  Given the number of players with little to no experience [...]

Confederations Cup: USA 3-0 Egypt

So color me shocked.  I’m not really sure what to say about this game.
Obviously, its a great result for the team, but you have to wonder where the kind of energy they showed today was for the first two games of the tournament.  I would also throw out that Egypt isn’t the same kind of [...]

WC Qualifying: Call-ups for Cuba Match

Bob Bradley announced the group of players being called into pre-match camp for the upcoing qualifier against Cuba in Washington, D.C. (a game I’m happy to say I’m going to)  I’m doubly interested in seeing this game due some some of the guys that have been called into camp.
The US has already accumulated enough points [...]