Shiny Chrome News
du Nord — ... US Soccer's blog for the senior team is always good, and recently its gotten even better. ...

Boots Of Leather & Stone News
du Nord — ... US Soccer Men senior team blog. ...

Mega-Bio-Riffic News
du Nord — ... Team USA blog. ...

Help Em Out News
du Nord — ... Don't forget to read the Team USA blog either. Always good. ...

Sleep Like A Baby News
du Nord — ... Team USA blog. ...

What I've been reading
You'll Never Blog Alone — ... this morning, but I would be remiss if I didn't link the US Men's blog as well. They're both mostly active when the teams are in camp (obviously), but they're pretty great then. I'm always in favor of team blogs, and the USMNT one is particularly cute. It's kind of refreshing to read about a national team where the recreation is Playstation and marathon keep-up, not, you know. ...

Just Got Back From Reno Or Somewhere Like It News
du Nord — ... USA official team blog. ...

Ch-Ch-Ch-Cherry Flavor News
du Nord — ... The USA team blog. ...

Star Gazer Time News
du Nord — ... Our USA boys are hitting the practice field in Yverdon-Les-Bains ahead of their match next Wednesday v Switzerland. The official team blog is a great way to stay in tune. ...

Gettin' By Without It News
du Nord — ... -The official USA blog. Read about Taylor Twellman's run in with an eel. Really. ...

There Goes My Baby News
du Nord — ... The official USA blog. ...

Crusadin' News
du Nord — ... Simek - Sheffield Wednesday - played the whole match and enjoyed a 5-0 pasting of Southampton. -Jonathan Spector - West Ham - got a full 90 minutes in midfield, took a shot that became an Eddie Lewis own goal and his team romped to a 0-5 win at awful Derby County. -Neven Subotic - Mainz - played 90 minutes of a 4-1 win over Osnabruck. -Brian West - Fredrikstad - season has ended -Josh Wolff - 1860 Munich - host Monchengladbach today. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ USA team blog - checking in from Johannesburg this week. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ...

Group Hotline News
du Nord — ... The official USA team blog has a note about coach Bob Bradley sitting next to Blackburn & South Africa striker Benni McCarthy on the flight to Johannesburg. I like that. ...

Duke Reid Just Might Be My Dad News
du Nord — ... Nelson Mandela Challenge Cup -Sat Nov 17 South Africa v USA - 8am central time on FSC. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ US Soccer has a video interview with USA coach Bob Bradley on his history, technique, tactics etc etc. You know, coaching stuff. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ US Soccer talks to assistant coach Petr Nowak about the retirement of Chris Armas. Download or listen now. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Official Team USA blog. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Mexican Premiera Playoffs First Round first leg ...

There is Only One Acceptable Outcome: Vote DCenters
The DCenters — The DCenters has been nominated for Best US Soccer Blog over at USSoccer.Com's "Best of 2007" site. Now, I confess that upon looking at the other blogs nominated, I admit that I was impressed merely to be in their company. Du Nord, is there, with Ives, the Goffather, Spangler, Josh, the official Women's and Men's National Team Blog, and the perpetually giving gift of Ray Hudson's worldview at Hudsonia. That's some seriously talented group, and for a time I was "happy just to be nominated." So in ...

Big Sixteen Year Old News
du Nord — ... the Tabasco flood. -Fri Nov 30 TT Pro League Foreign All-Stars v FC Dallas - the Shaka Hislop Tribute Cup in Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago. -Sun Dec 2 TT Pro League Local All-Stars v FC Dallas - the Shaka Hislop Tribute Cup in Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ South Africa v USA - The Nelson Mandela Challenge Cup -Saturday November 17 at 8am central time. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Official Team USA blog. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ More audio from US Soccer on the retirement ...

ThroughBall.com nominated for Best U.S. Soccer Blog
ThroughBall.com — ... On the off-chance that my humble broom closet on the internet was submitted for consideration with sincerity, I bid the submitter a fond “thank you.” The competition is ridiculously good, by the way, and includes a lot of my favorites, like D (sorry, pal, one link is enough), Bruce, Ives, Goff, TIAS and the best time-waster of all, Hudsonia. The list also (suspiciously) includes three ussoccer.com blogs: the MNT Blog, the vacationing WNT blog and U.S. Soccer Global. Now, listen, I’m not ...

Friday Footie Links, Pre-MLS Cup Special
Soccer Source — ... probably just on vacation. Credit to Soccer Insider (fast becoming my favorite soccer blog) for breaking the story. Speaking of favorite soccer blogs, vote for yours at ussoccer.com's 2007 Best of U.S. Soccer awards. Sadly, but unsurprisingly seeing I've only been doing this for a month and a half, Soccer Source did not make the list of nominees. Maybe next year. Blogs that were nominated include The DCenters, duNord, Hudsonia, MNT Blog, Soccer by Ives, the aforementioned Soccer Insider, ...

Terrific Tin News
du Nord — ... showing us images from a redesign of Red Bull Park. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Nelson Mandela Challenge Cup -Sat Nov 17 South Africa v USA ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ US Soccer with lots of goodies for us: -Two sets of photos from the trip. One - and - Two. -Some great video action. -And audio interviews with Maurice Edu & Clint Dempsey. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ The USA team blog. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Ticker has a few quotes from USA coach Bradley. ...

Back In The New York Groove News
du Nord — ... confident out there. -Great to see Jozy Altidore get his first cap. He didn't get to do much, but he certainly helped hold the ball at the end and kill the match. -And Freddy Adu got his first start. Some moments on the ball looked excellent. -It was really fun hearing TV commentator Max Bretos repeat the last name of South Africa midfielder Siphiwe Tshabalala over and over again, like it was a 60's Girl Group pop song title. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Official Team USA blog. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Audio, video, images & words from US ...

Chicken Catch-A-Tory News
du Nord — ... Nunez. Toluca goal by Vicente Sanchez. Atlas 2-0 Morelia - goals both by Bruno Marioni. -Tue Jan 8 Monterrey v San Luis UNAM Pumas v Cruz Azul -Wed Jan 9 Toluca v Morelia Atlas v America -Sat Jan 12 Semifinals -All matches are played here in the USA, cuz they make loads of money! -The top two teams will get spots in la Copa Libertadores. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Team USA January Camp -Official Blog. -Photos from Friday and Saturday training sessions. ...

2008
BobbyBoswell.com — ... Now, I am back in Florida training with an old coach who is making my body hurt. But it is all part of the process of getting ready for the upcoming season. I have spoken with some guys who are in national team camp and they just finished their first week of training. I saw some of my former teammates in DC at the United training facility called Velocity. Everyone is sore but has the same thing on their minds. Preparation is the key in January. For all of you young bucks that check this site out, here is a quote I have always liked… “Failing to prepare is preparing to ...

Climbing Grimmin Mountain News
du Nord — ... Vigneri. -Wed Jan 9 Toluca v Morelia Atlas v America -Sat Jan 12 Semifinals -All matches are played here in the USA, cuz they make loads of money! -The top two teams will get spots in la Copa Libertadores. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Club America & Cruz Azul have both advanced to the big games this weekend that will determine who goes to Copa Libertadores. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Team USA January Camp -Official Blog. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Mike Woitalla of Soccer America has a Q ...

New Breeds Of Grasshoppers News
du Nord — ... -And seeing as this is the 500th all time game in USA history, the federation is unofficially polling fans to see who they think are the 3 best USA players of all time. Here is ...

Foods Of The Ottoman Empire News
du Nord — ... Greek! Clint Mathis has departed the LA Galaxy without even unpacking his bags and signed with Greek club Ergotolis (who I have frankly never even heard of). Good luck you old beer swillin' maniac. We wish you the best. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Another young American player has flown the MLS coop - Clarence Goodson, who was recently claimed by San Jose in the their expansion draft, has decided to go to northern Europe and has signed with Norwegian 2nd division team Start. -Goodson shares a few words with the USA ...

Coffee Is Thought To Be An Upper News
du Nord — ... Griffin Stadium -Thursday, August 7, 7:05 p.m., Charleston Battery, James Griffin Stadium -Sunday, August 10, 5:05 p.m., Seattle Sounders, James Griffin Stadium -Friday, August 22, 7:05 p.m., Carolina Railhawks, James Griffin Stadium -Saturday, September 13, 7:05 p.m., Charleston Battery, James Griffin Stadium -Saturday, September 20, 7:05 p.m., Montreal Impact, James Griffin Stadium ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ USA Training Camp in Carson CA -Official team blog. -Training photos from Friday. -One on one video interview ...

Crampin' What Little Style Is Left News
du Nord — ... and looks at past #1 over all draft picks. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ After 5 incredibly hard working years, Robert Zeigler has shut down his site Top Drawer Soccer. The good news thought is that his work will continue at 2 other sites: USFC, about elite youth soccer, and Soccer Capital, giving a cultural flair to the game in America with video, music, games and gear. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ USA Training Camp in Carson CA -Official team blog. -I missed this one - Sweden won in Costa Rica at Saprissa Stadium 0-1 on ...

When We Needed You Most News
du Nord — ... MLS team in that city will now have an option on where to play - a second home is being bandied about. Grahame Jones of the LA Times with his weekly world soccer news recap - Corner Kicks. Mark Zeigler of the San Diego Union Tribune with his weekly round up - Trophies, Red Cards & Notes. Ravi Ubha of the Seattle Post Intelligencer with his weekly world soccer news roundup. USA Training Camp in Carson CA -Official team blog. -US Soccer has an audio interview with coach Bradley, plus Landon Donovan ...

The Notion News
du Nord — ... Nyarko is the pick of the litter. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Michael Lewis at MLSnet sums up the combine and sizes up the draft. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ The Baltimore Sun with an article on the Superdraft, which is happening in their city this year. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Team USA USA v Sweden - Sat Jan 19 at Home Depot Center in Carson CA - game time is 730pm central ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Official team blog. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ US Soccer with video from a full field ...

Cracking The Ostrich Egg Is Tough News
du Nord — ... ~ Former England coach Steve McClaren spoke last night at the convention affiliated with the Superdraft. ESPN has an article on what he talked about. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Ian Plenderleith of the US Soccer Players Assoc has a Q & A with McClaren. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Team USA USA v Sweden - Sat Jan 19 at Home Depot Center in Carson CA - game time is 730pm central ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Official team blog. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Goal.com previews the USA v Sweden match ...

Cruising On A Sunny Afternoon News
du Nord — ... at the Sweetwater in St Paul to watch the game. I had a great time. It was cool to see so many of you, especially you Fred! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Andrea Canales on the Sideline Views blog has an audio Q & A with USA & Chicago forward Chris Rolfe. Download or listen here. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ And Canales writing for Soccernet on Landon Donovan and the new USA all time goal scoring record. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Official Team USA Blog. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ US Soccer also has an audio podcast of a ...

It's Automatic Sleepy Time News
du Nord — ... with a story on Portland Timbers mascot Timber Jim who is retiring from his role. He was awesome. After Portland goals he would saw off a chunk of log. It does not get better than that. Thank you Jim, you are my hero. (thanks to Brian for this one) ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ The Austin Statesman on the newly announced First Division team, Austin Aztex. They will begin play in the 2009 season. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ USA Official Team USA blog. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ From the USA blog - a Q & A with Pat ...

Actually Quite Grabby News
du Nord — ... today. I guess that means we can expect a deal to be announced very soon. -Steven Goff of the Washington Post with the latest details. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Goff reports that Colorado is seriously trying to acquire Christian Gomez from DC. I really hope this happens, for the sake of MLS fans everywhere. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Team USA Training in Carson CA for a Feb 6 match in Houston v Mexico. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Official team blog. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Kyle Beckerman has injured his ankle and ...

The Shape I'm In News
du Nord — ... that we saw playing in the lower divisions of Germany and wondered what kind of talent he really had. So Sigi Schmid brings him home and he never really does anything. Oh well. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ USL First Division The Rochester Democrat & Chronicle says things are very bad financially in Rochester Raging Rhino World. They may have to sell their new stadium. How did this happen? ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ USA Official Team USA blog. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Glenn Davis of the Houston Chronicle says ...

Linkdump
Unprofessional Foul — ... coughed up another 3 points thanks to some of the worst managing since Ken Lay first sat in the Enron hotseat. And so, vitriol aside [well, saved until tomorrow when I've been able to verbalize it properly], here's today's inaugural linkdump: Another American teen jumps to Europe for playing time [Seattle Post-Intelligencer] Mia Hamm and Nomar rally their famous friends for a good cause. [ESPN Soccernet] The US Men's National Team has a blog? Really? [The MNT Blog] 3 Canadian soccer teams eligible to participate in the CONCACAF club ...

Credit To The Thinker News
du Nord — ... reason I feel that was is because I seriously doubt he could get an English work permit, unlike Guzan. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ USL First Division The Rochester Democrat & Chronicle says the Rhinos may have a new investor to save the club. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ USA Training in Carson CA in preparation for next weeks match v Mexico - Wed Feb 6 at 8pm central from Houston TX on ESPN2. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Official blog. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ US Soccer gives us training photos from ...

Blink As Fast As You Can News
du Nord — ... when did Miami FC become Miami Blues? ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ The San Jose Mercury News says that 10 members of last years San Jose Frogs PDL team were selected in the MLS Superdraft & supplement draft 2 weeks ago. That is incredible! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ USA Training in Carson CA in preparation for next weeks match v Mexico - Wed Feb 6 at 8pm central from Houston TX on ESPN2. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Official team blog. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ The Team USA blog gives us midfielder Ricardo Clark ...

Rico Clark Talk About Blasting That SOB Ruiz The Unfortunate Incident
The Offside — ... (in which Houston won the Cup), but it also made him one of my favorite MLS players. Except that since I’m a Galaxy fan and Ruiz is back with LA, I guess I can’t say that anymore. I guess I’m now supposed to say: Rico, how DARE you kick our poor, innocent Carlos? Did I sound sincere there? No? To be honest, I wasn’t trying all that hard. Ruiz still makes me feel like I need to cough up a hairball. (Sorry, Galaxy fans, but it’s true. I’m working on it.) But anyhoo. The delightful USMNT blog has ...

Cherish The Mental Image News
du Nord — ... Ricken now headed to Columbus? He played his whole career at Borussia Dortmund on the right wing. He retired last fall, and had his best seasons 10 years ago. Whatever? ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ They say that San Jose has sold 3500 season tickets. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ USA v Mexico Training in Houston TX in preparation for next weeks match v Mexico - Wed Feb 6 at 8pm central from Houston TX on ESPN2. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Official team blog. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ US Soccer has an audio interview with USA ...

Reality Is The New Black News
du Nord — ... and then include him in the Mexico team at Germany 06. Sanchez went crazy about this, saying it was an insult to real Mexicans blah blah blah. So now, in completely hyprocritcal turnabout, Sanchez calls Zinha in to his team for the USA match. Yap yap yap, flip-flop. USA v Mexico Training in Houston TX in preparation for next weeks match v Mexico - Wed Feb 6 at 8pm central from Houston TX on ESPN2. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Official team blog. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Word from Houston is that both Eddie Lewis and ...

It Just Smells Different News
du Nord — Forget Super Tuesday, THIS is Super Wednesday. USA v Mexico USA Men's official team blog. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Rumor has it that Brad Davis is injured and will not be included in the 18 man game day roster. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ US Soccer has audio of interviews with Oguchi Onyewu, Drew Moor, Michael Bradley & Clint Dempsey after training on Tuesday. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ US Soccer has photos from training on Monday at Robertson Stadium (home of the Dynamo) in Houston. ...

Marry Me You Marvelous Hunk News
du Nord — ... Jellybellies, without further fredua-adou, I give you the 2008 MLS regular season schedule. Feel free to mull it over. ~and~ Norway announced today that they will play the USA this year, most likely on Memorial Day weekend in Norway. USA v Mexico USA 2-2 Mexico - USA goals by Oguchi Onyewu & Jozy Altidore. Mexigoals both by Jonny Magallon. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ USA Men's official team blog. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Match Reports: -US Soccer: the Official ...

Closing Up a Successful Shop
U.S. YNT Blog — ... the OLYMPIC Team in Nashville. It's been 23 days of training, matches, traveling and bonding for the 20 players plus the staff. From Bradenton to Tampa to Nashville, the players and coaches have gone their separate ways - Some to Krakow, Poland with the MNT, others back to their clubs. But they now all have the Olympic rings in their sights. We'll be checking in with the Olympic Team periodically leading up to Beijing in August, but in the mean time, enjoy a busy spring with both the MNT Blog as they gear up for major friendlies and World Cup qualifying, and of course the ...

Grand & Gracious News
du Nord — ... a pretty cool one - a regular reader David told me that his brother Daniel who is an assistant coach at Winthrop University in South Carolina was headed to Uganda in Africa to scout players. Daniel has been doing a blog. I know that today is his last day there, but the two weeks worth of notes he posted are pretty cool. I love this kinda story. (Thanks for sending this to us David, much appreciated!) ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Team USA Team USA official blog. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ -Wed Mar 26 Poland v USA - ...

It's What I Want News
du Nord — ... soccer editor for ESPN Soccernet is in Charleston training with the Battery as if he were a players trying to make the team and give us the story as he goes along. I missed this one, but Friday had been his last day. We can expect a full recap very soon. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Montreal's preseason took a big step forward as they beat the Honduran national team 3-1 in Florida yesterday. Wow. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Team USA Team USA official blog. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ -Wed Mar 26 Poland v USA - ...

The Kissing Bandit Came Back For It News
du Nord — ... top 10 in the world: Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and Spain. All together, the team will have played 23 games, competed in two major international tournaments, captured the Gold Cup title, and traveled to seven different countries. Not bad for World Cup qualifying preparation." Team USA -Wed Mar 26 Polska v USA - International friendly from Krakow, live at 2:30pm central time on Fox Soccer Channel. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Team USA official blog. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ AP with a story on Michael ...

Calm Down Dork News
du Nord — ... with a lot of poise and helped cover others mistakes (both Onyewu & Pearce got caught), not to mention scoring the game winning goal. 1 Landon Donovan - deadly accurate on his free and corner kicks like we have rarely seen from him (is he taking lessons from DB?), set up the first two goals and was all over the field trying to add more to it. Would have been a perfect game if his shot on a break away had been 1 foot to the left. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Team USA official blog. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Now that we have seen the light ...

Crazy Dry Goods News
du Nord — ... Onyewu - Standard de Liege Michael Orozco - San Luis Heath Pearce - Hansa Rostock Jonathan Spector - West Ham M: Freddy Adu - Benfica DaMarcus Beasley - Rangers Michael Bradley - Heerenveen Ricardo Clark - Houston Benny Feilhaber - Derby Eddie Lewis - Derby F: Clint Dempsey - Fulham Landon Donovan - Los Angeles Nate Jaqua - No Team Eddie Johnson - Fulham Josh Wolff - No Team ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ The official team blog. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ It Starts Here ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ...

Lived It Like You Meant It News
du Nord — ... Scoreboard Matches & Scores: -Fri May 23 Vancouver v Seattle -Sat May 24 Charleston v Atlanta Carolina v Rochester Minnesota v Miami Portland v Vancouver ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ US Soccer News US Soccer has an interview with young defender Kyle Davies who plays for Southampton in England. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Team USA The official team blog. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ USA Olympic Team Taking part ...

Lighter & Sexier News
du Nord — ... is out due to a knee injury suffered while playing with the U23 team in France on Wednesday. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ US Soccer has an audio interview with Josh Wolff about training to take on England next week. Wolff is no longer with 1860 Munich, and is looking to stay in Europe. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Jermaine Jenas & Michael Owen are both injured and will not play for England against the USA next week. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ The official team blog. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ USA Olympic Team ...

Au Revoir Toulon!
U.S. YNT Blog — Well, the team has started their journeys of various lengths to wherever it is they're all going... some home for vacation, others back to their clubs and Coach Nowak is on his way to join the MNT in England. Toulon was good to us - the people were very nice, and tried to help as much as possible, even if they couldn't understand us. Some of the running themes in Toulon included: ...

US Soccer Videos Preview for England
Yanks Abroad Soccer Highlights — *US confident entering England game. *Ives looks at who should start for the England game. *Spector is hopeful to play in the England match. *Jen Chang from soccernet previews Wednesday's match. *Pictures from training. *The USMNT blog is following the action in England. Studio 90 has been updated with several videos. Just click the ...

US Starting Line Up Vs England
TheOriginalWinger.com — ... According to the MNT-USSoccer.Blogspot the line up has been announced for kickoff. No Landon Donovan as he misses the match (and his 100th Cap) to injury, but DaMarcus Beasley is back. ...

US Roster Set Against Spain
TheOriginalWinger.com — According to the US Mens National Team Blog, the US Roster has been set against Spain. U.S. ROSTER BY POSITION Goalkeepers (3): Dominic Cervi (out of contract), Brad Guzan (Chivas USA), Tim Howard (Everton FC) Defenders (7): Carlos Bocanegra (out of contract), Dan Califf (FC Midtjylland), Steve Cherundolo (Hannover 96), Jay DeMerit (Watford FC), Frankie Hejduk (Columbus Crew), Oguchi Onyewu (Standard de Liege), Heath Pearce (Hansa Rostock) ...

Eeek, there's a girl in the blog News
du Nord — ... me just say I don't know how Bruce does it, such good work here and a job elsewhere. I share a blog with Luis Bueno, Sideline Views. Since I'm also employed elsewhere, I just usually post whatever random stuff I can from time to time there. Playing Bruce for a day was tiring and I respect him more than ever. Have a great vacation, Bruce! U.S v Spain Bouncing back Timmay! Getting it right More preview Iniesta out The USMNT blog Europe Stay to support Injured players a cloud? ...

US Roster Set Against Spain Roster
TheOriginalWinger.com — ... UPDATE - According to the US Mens National Team Blog, Spain’s roster for Wednesday’s friendly has been set. ...

This is how I roll...on the internet
du Nord — ... U.S. Men’s National Team blog: Even though my blog wasn’t one of the 10 nominated on this site for best blog (not that I remembered that...), I still find myself checking this site out whenever a U.S. game is coming up. Where else can you get behind-the-scenes videos of U.S. soccer players? ...

Drew and Kenny Join U.S. MNT today
The Official FC Dallas Blog — ... team today for a workout, before Bradley names the 18 man roster for tomorrow's game versus Argentina, which will be played at Giants Stadium in front of over 70,000 fans (6:30 pm kickoff, live on ESPN Classic and Galavision). For Kenny, this marks his first call up since March 2007...Drew most recently represented the U.S. team in February 2008. It's the first time both good friends have been invited to join the team together. To keep up on the U.S. team, visit their official blog.

U.S.-Argentina Gameday
100 Percent Soccer — More than 70,000 are expected at Giant's Stadium for today's game against the world's top-ranked team and wunderkid Lionel Messi in the final test for the U.S. before World Cupqualifying begins next weekend in Carson. If you can't get up for this, you're not a fan. But it's a daunting task: Argentina tuned up for the game by thrashing Mexico 4-1 in front of 68,498 fans in San Diego. Preview here and more details from the U.S. men's National Team blog here. Kickoff is at 4:30 p.m. on ESPN Classic. U.S. Soccer ...

The Greatest Of All Imporant Vital News
du Nord — ... now that all the qualifying games have been completed. There are 16 games on the schedule. See US Open Cup section below for details. Team USA Match & Score: -Sun Jun 8 USA 0-0 Argentina Match report from US Soccer. Post game quotes by USA coach & players from US Soccer ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Video highlights of the match from US Soccer. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ The official team blog. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ My notes from the game: -Despite a decent ...

Wait For So Long News
du Nord — ... many previews we will see this week. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Associated Press with an article on the lack of goal scoring chances much less goals in the three friendlies just ended. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ The return leg is the following Sunday, but we still have no TV details on that game. Could it even be remotely possible in the year 2008 that we will not get to see a qualifier on TV? I really hope not. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ The official team blog. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ US Soccer's Studio 90 video show with an ...

Doing The Limbo Rock News
du Nord — ... Bradley Maurice Edu Sacha Kljestan Eddie Lewis Pablo Mastroeni F: Brian Ching Landon Donovan Clint Dempsey Eddie Johnson ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Ridge Mahoney of Soccer USA with a review of the roster. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Both Barbados daily papers, the Advocate and the Nation, with articles on their teams friendly with Bermuda this past weekend. It did not go well. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ The official team blog. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ MLS Scoreboard ...

US Men Preparing For Barbados At The HDC
TheOriginalWinger.com — ... Head over to their daily updated blog at MNT-USSoccer to check out the latest in breaking news and sit downs from camp. ...

Confused About Anything News
du Nord — Sure, all the usual stars are out in LA for the NBA finals, but check out the guys in the last paragraph of this article. Very cool. And for them the best part is that no one hassles them, cuz no one knows who they are, yet they get the full VIP treatment! KG gets it! Thanks to LA Joe for this one. Team USA -Sun Jun 15 USA v Barbados - 4pm central time on ESPN2 & Galavision ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ The official team blog. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ The TV schedule for the 2nd leg is now ...

When Vertigo Goes Vertical News
du Nord — ... and probably jumps off the bandwagon when the team loses too. That’s cool. Your prerogative. Read on: I like watching the national team as much as the next guy, but Barbados? How is that going to get anyone excited? I understand you can only qualify against those countries in your region, but I'll gladly watch the highlights in 90 seconds as opposed to 90 minutes of live action. When the bigger fish roll around, I'm in. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ The official team blog. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 2nd leg -Sun Jun 22 Barbados v USA ...

To get you ready for Sunday...
Who Ate All The Cupcakes? — The road to South Africa and 2010 officially starts Sunday afternoon at the Home Depot Center. Great video here to get you ready... (HT: the excellent official USMNT blog)

Oh Christmas Tree News
du Nord —

Crumpled Sheets News
du Nord — ... replacements any day now. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Next Up: 2nd leg -Sun Jun 22 Barbados v USA (0-8) Kensington Oval in Bridgetown Barbados 2pm central on ESPN Classic ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Frank Dell'apa of the Boston Globe on the scoring ups and downs of Team USA. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Steve Davis at Soccernet and the always troublesome left fullback spot for the USA. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ The official team blog. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ MLS Scoreboard ...

Hello Hooray Let The Show Begin News
du Nord — ... with a story on defender Heath Pearce. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ The team is training in Miami, even though we don't know who is on the team yet. -But if you go to the teams blog (below) you can clearly see Salt Lake goalkeeper Chris Seitz and Brescia midfielder Danny Szetela with the team in training photos. Dallas defender Drew Moor will be on the squad too now. -The roster will not be released until Friday. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ The official team blog. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ MLS Scoreboard Week ...

Let Me Go News
du Nord — ... Chicago Fire players, Chris Rolfe, Chad Barrett and John Thorrington, will join Team USA after tonight's game in LA. USA Roster: G: Dominic Cervi Tim Howard Chris Seitz D Carlos Bocanegra Dan Califf Jay DeMerit Drew Moor Oguchi Onyewu Heath Pearce M: Freddy Adu DaMarcus Beasley Michael Bradley Eddie Lewis Danny Szetela John Thorrington F: Chad Barrett Eddie Johnson Chris Rolfe The official team blog. US Soccer has photos from the past 2 days of training. ...

Slack Lined News
du Nord — ... Sacha Kljestan of Chivas USA jet off to the islands today to join Team USA. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ USA Roster: G: Dominic Cervi Brad Guzan Chris Seitz D Carlos Bocanegra Dan Califf Jay DeMerit Drew Moor Oguchi Onyewu Heath Pearce M: DaMarcus Beasley Michael Bradley Sacha Kljestan Eddie Lewis Danny Szetela John Thorrington F: Freddy Adu Chad Barrett Chris Rolfe ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ The official team blog. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ US Soccer gives us video of an intense ...

How To Kill A Keeper
TheOriginalWinger.com — Tell em Timmy.. Via MNT-USSoccer.Blogspot 

Brek joins Drew in Barbados
The Official FC Dallas Blog — ... The U.S. vs. Barbados game in on Sunday at 2 pm CT, live on ESPN Classic and Galavision. You can follow along with the National team through their blog.

Are You Down With The People News
du Nord — ... was probably a good thing that is was scheduled directly opposite the Euro 08 quarterfinal, that way very few people actually saw it. It was a bit depressing to watch honestly. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ I am trying to figure out why all the advertising boards in Barbados were for the USL First Division? Anyone? ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ US Soccer gives us audio of coach Bradley's post game press conference. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ US Soccer also gives us post game quotes from Bradley and ...

(The rest of) Your Questions Answered
Soccer By Ives — ... final debacle). He proceeded to give a very lengthy and emotional answer that I know served as the foundation for stories around the world. Something I think journalists take pride in, at least I know I do, is in being able to ask the question that leads to a great response. ----------------------------------------- MIKE- I'm sure the answer will not live up to the hype, but who writes this apparently insiders' guide to the MNT? http://mnt-ussoccer.blogspot.com/ ...

Try To Stand While Driving News
du Nord —

US Men In Guatemala
TheOriginalWinger.com — The boys have landed in Guatemala ahead of their match Wednesday night to start the World Cup Semifinal Qualification Round. Kickoff at Estadio Mateo Flores in Guatemala is set for 7:30 p.m., and the match will be broadcast live on ESPN2 and Galavision. Keep up with the boys over at MNT-USSoccer.Blogspot.com image via MNT-USSoccer.Blogspot.com

Can We Begin To Build It News
du Nord — ... on his blog Soccer Insider gives us some notes from Guatemala City. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Ives Galarcep at Soccernet feels the key to USA success in Guatemala City lies at the feet of our forwards. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ US Soccer has audio of an interview with DaMarcus Beasley. Download or listen here. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Some notes and facts about tomorrow's game from US Soccer. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Official team blog. -Hilarious picture from the blog - Donovan & Dempsey playing chess on ...

Feeling Some Noises News
du Nord — ... have done to get to this game. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ From what I can tell, Steven Goff of the Washington Post is the only serious soccer reporter from America at the game. Great for him. Very sad for the rest of us (not that he's there, that there aren't more). ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ A picture of Guate coach Ramon Maradiaga. The man they affectionately call Primi, short for El Primitivo aka The Primitive. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Official team blog. -Has a quick video interview with Eddie Lewis & Heath Pearce ...

Below-oh-oh News
du Nord — ... at Soccernet. Post game quotes by USA coach & players from US Soccer. Post game audio interviews with: Carlos Bocanegra & Michael Bradley - AND - Eddie Lewis, Tim Howard & Landon Donovan - AND - Head coach Bob Bradley, all from US Soccer. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Ejections: Steve Cherundolo - USA - 2 Yellow Cards Gustavo Cabrera - Guatemala - Red Card for violent conduct ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Official team blog. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying ...

The Land Of Torrential Heat News
du Nord — ... of Soccer By Ives. Post game notes and USA players ratings by Jack Bell of the New York Times blog Goal. (thanks to Anthony for this link) Players ratings for USA by Ridge Mahoney of Soccer America. Post game analysis & USA player ratings by Robert Wagman of Soccer Times. Post game analysis & USA player ratings by Greg Seltzer at Soccer 365. Game highlights via video from US Soccer. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Official team blog. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ du Nord 3 Stars Of The Game: 3. ...

USA v Cuba at Estadio Pedro Marrero (Havana), Saturday Sept 6th 8pm
TheOriginalWinger.com — The U.S. team held the first of four practices in the north Miami suburbs as it prepared to play Cuba in a FIFA World Cup qualifier in Havana on Saturday.   Saturday’s game in Havana will mark only the second time the U.S. has played in Cuba.  The Americans are coming off a 1-0 win over Guatemala and are heavily favoured against a Cuban squad that lost to Trinidad and Tobago 3-1 in a qualifier on Aug. 20th.  The U.S. needs a win to stay on track to qualify for the World Cup. The Americans play Trinidad and Tobago on Sept. 10 in Bridgeview, ...

Semi Way Too Long News
du Nord — ... his blog Soccer Insider talks to Cuban defector & Chivas USA forward Maykel Galindo about the big match for his native land. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Greg Lalas at Sports Illustrated writes about Oguchi Onyewu, who is returning to the form that made us all fall in love with him. Obey! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Jeff Carlisle at Soccernet gives us an idea of the reception the US team will get in Cuba. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Official team blog. Highlights: -Q & A with Eddie Lewis. -Chat with ...

Move Around To The Side Of It News
du Nord — ... USA The team is training at Barry University in Miami Shores FL, near Orlando. Or are they? I get conflicting info. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Matches & Scores: -Sat Sep 6 Cuba v USA -Wed Sep 10 USA v Trinidad & Tobago ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Grant Wahl of Sports Illustrated talks to former Cuba forward Maykel Galindo about the match up with the USA. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Official team blog. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ US Soccer has audio interviews with coach Bob Bradley ...

US Men’s Team Face Cuba Saturday
Springfield MO Soccer — ... vs. Cuba Saturday 09/06/2008 8:00 PM ET / 7:00 PM CT Estado Pedro Marrero; Havana, Cuba The game is being broadcast on ESPN Classic and as usual it will be on at Coester’s. There’s an MSU Men’s game at the same time, they are playing Centenary following a 5 pm game between Drake and Cleveland State. So you know… Grant Wahl arrived on the island early and there’s the usual range of material from MNT Blog (explain to me again why they would use Blogger for this? Please call me if you ...

Louder Than You'll Ever Know News
du Nord — ... goalkeeper Tim Howard. Many of you have read this story a dozen times already, its about Tim-May's battle with Tourette's. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Doug McIntyre of Soccernet gets the Cuban team perspective on this match. -The stadium holds 18,000. They expect it to be full. And tickets are free! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Goal.com's Starting XI column features semi-snarky bits on the USA trip to Cuba. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Official team blog. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying ...

Down And Into The Eastern Parts News
du Nord — ... ~ ~ ~ ~ FIFA.com takes a look at the Cuban team. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Martin Rogers of Yahoo Sports hopes the USA does not take Cuba lightly. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Brad at the blog Before I Forget is back in World Cup qualifying mode, and goes beyond gathering up all the match previews he can find, with a score prediction poll going on. Brad is one of the good guys. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Official team blog. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying Schedule ...

GameDay in Havana!
TheOriginalWinger.com — ... Lots of great stuff at the USMNT blog, including an interesting pre-game Pedro Gomez video and a couple players talking about the unique circumstances of tonight’s game.  ...

USA vs. Cuba (Your Running Commentary)
Soccer By Ives — ... The U.S. men's national team will look to take a step closer to qualifying for the CONCACAF Hexagonal tonight when it takes on Cuba in a World Cup qualifier in Havana (ESPN Classic, 8pm). The Americans come into the match 1-0 in the four-team group after opening group play with a 1-0 victory at Guatemala. Cuba enters 0-1 after losing at home to Trinidad & Tobago. For some very interesting insight into tonight's match, check out the Men's national team blog. Interesting to note that the game is expected to be played in ...

The Weathered Cryogen News
du Nord — ... Woitalla of Soccer America did a Q & A with Clint Dempsey after the Cuba game. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Sports Illustrated had a photographer in Cuba and they give us some amazing shots, especially #22. Now that is heavy. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Great note from Steven Goff: Maurice Edu is listed on the official lineup sheet as "EDU, Edu" and was introduced by the public address announcer as "Freddy Adu." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Official team blog. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ du Nord 3 Stars Of The Game ...

Grey Is Not A Colour For Eating News
du Nord — ... demanded he return, and Yorke obliged them. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ The Trinidad And Tobago Guardian on their teams preparations. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ The Trinidad And Tobago Express says the team needs to turn things around after a home draw with Guatemala on Saturday. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ The Trinidad And Tobago Express with an article on the teams hottest player Keon Daniel. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Official team blog. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ USA is tied at #16 with Romania in the new ELO ...

Next Great Project News
du Nord — ... first game with new coach Ottmar Hitzfeld. Team USA Matches & Scores: -Wed Sep 10 USA 3-0 Trinidad & Tobago - USA goals Michael Bradley, Clint Dempsey & Brian Ching. Attendance: 11,400 Venue: Toyota Park, Bridgeview IL ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ The USA has now kept 6 clean sheets in a row. (Argentina, Barbados, Barbados, Guatemala, Cuba and Trinidad & Tobago) ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Official team blog. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Ever need some tickets to a USA game? Here is how I got ...

Tuesday: Champions, Champions
The Netminder — ... - Paraguay-USA, 11:30 a.m. (follow on MNT Blog), 12:30 a.m. Tuesday night/Wednesday morning on Galavision. Team includes Jamar Beasley, Denison Cabral and, all the way from French club Lorient, Andrew Jacobsen. ...

Creeping Up In Back News
du Nord — ... matches………". ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Team USA The team is training all week long in the Washington DC area. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Steven Goff of the Washington Post on the teams preparations. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Goff on his blog Soccer Insider has a short Q & A with midfielder Michael Bradley. -Goff also has lots more great notes from today’s practice on his blog. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ The official team blog is back in full action. -A short Q & A with defender Jay ...

Closest To Something Or Other News
du Nord — ... has an audio interview with coach Bob Bradley. Listen to or download here. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Ives Galarcep of Soccer by Ives feels that Brian Ching deserves more credit than he gets. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Brent Latham of Yanks Abroad likes many of the new selections to the national team roster. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ The Associated Press with an article on the Freddy & Jozy show. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Official Team Blog ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Soccer In America ...

Ring The Rang News
du Nord — ... ~ ~ ~ USL First Division News The East Valley Tribune (Phoenix) has another article on the possibility of Mexican club Pachuca establishing a US base and playing in USL-1. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Team USA Matches & Scores: -Sat Oct 11 USA v Cuba - live at 6pm central on ESPN Classic -Wed Oct 15 Trinidad & Tobago v USA - live at 7pm central on ESPN ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Official Team Blog ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Steven Goff of the Washington ...

Red Hot Mamma News
du Nord — ... First Division Playoff Schedule Final -Sun Oct 12 Vancouver Whitecaps v Puerto Rico Islanders - live at 6pm central on FSC. Match preview by Jeff DiVeronica at ESPN Soccernet. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Team USA Matches & Scores: -Sat Oct 11 USA v Cuba - live at 6pm central on ESPN Classic -Wed Oct 15 Trinidad & Tobago v USA - live at 7pm central on ESPN ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Official Team Blog ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Defender Jay DeMerit has a ...

Got A Crate Full News
du Nord — ... page of the World Cup Blog site has some, uh, "party pictures" of two young USA players (Szetela & Kljestan) doing some, uh, "partying". Will this cause any commotion? (thanks to BQ for sending me this) ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ The Washington Post has the story of one Cuban defector - Reinier Alcantara. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Michelle Kaufman of the Miami Herald has the story of the 2nd defector - Pedro Faife. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Official Team Blog ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ The roster for Wednesday ...

Piper For Peace News
du Nord — ... for us at Sideline Views. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Frank Giase of the Newark Star Ledger looks at the growing question of potential USA players with duel citizenship. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ The Trinidad Express talks to T&T captain Dwight Yorke about their big match. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ The T&T Guardian talks to USA coach Bob Bradley, plus Frankie Hejduk and DaMarcus Beasley about the match. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Official Team Blog ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ The roster for Wednesday night ...

Grinding The Day Away News
du Nord — ... Stern John, and team-less Cornell Glen to lead. Does that sound like a recipe for success to you? ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ US Soccer has an audio interview with midfielder Jose Francisco Torres. Download or listen here. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ They also have some great behind the scenes video from this week's prep. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Tons of notes on this match and the national team from US Soccer. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Official Team Blog ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ The roster for Wednesday night ...

Reveal The Secrets News
du Nord — ... 18,000 Venue: Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain, Trinidad Match report by US Soccer. Match report by Ridge Mahoney of Soccer America. Match report and USA player ratings by Jeff Carlisle of ESPN Soccernet. Match report from the Associated Press. via USA Today. Player ratings for USA by Mahoney. Player ratings for both teams from Goal.com. Post game analysis by Ives Galarcep of Soccer by Ives. Official Team Blog ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ My thoughts on the game: -The volume of ...

You Too Can Win At Little Or No Cost News
du Nord —

Acceptance speech
Behind the Badge — ... same breath as you.  It's your work and your dedication that brings me to tears each and every day.  You make me want to be a better man.  We owe so much to the players who put up with us constantly being in their faces and asking "will you do something really funny right now, please?"  You can be my wingmen anytime.  To U.S. Soccer for recognizing a visionary blog - thank you, thank you, thank you.  Your ability to churn out work on 27 different blogs is incredible.  Never let go of that ...

Hitting The Notes Just A Little Off Sounds Right News
du Nord — ... News section. Team USA Match & Score: -Wed Nov 19 USA v Guatemala - 7pm central time on ESPN Classic. Match preview by Brian Forbes of the Denver Post. Match preview from the AP. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Luis Arroyave of the Chicago Tribune with an article on Fire teammates Chris Rolfe and Marco Pappa, roommates on the road, who will face off tonight. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Official team blog. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Official team twitter. ~ ~ ...

Take A Look At Me Now News
du Nord — ... Pat Rooney of the Rocky Mountain News. Match report from the AP. Via USA Today. Post game notes Part 1 and Part 2 by George Tanner of the Rocky Mountain News on his blog FC Rocky. Player grades for USA by Mahoney. Player grades for USA by Jack Bell of the New York Times blog Goal. Post game audio of coach Bob Bradley's press conference from US Soccer. Game photos from the Denver Post. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Official team blog. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Official team twitter ...

Tickle v. Tackle - Nuking the Inbox
The Fullback Files — ... , here comes a big clearout of some of the stories that have been clogging up the inbox as of late. It's not just a standard clearout--I think this level of clutter calls for the nuclear option . . . BOOM! Social Distortion It's a social media world, and we are all social media girls (or boys, or something). The USMNT joins the blogoverse (on our friendly neighborhood Blogger no less) along with assorted other US Soccer properties. Tickle Much like the universe itself, the blogoverse just keeps on expanding. There's room enough for all--lose yourself in the stream of new ...

It's Camp Time for the USMNT
Soccer By Ives — ... If you are looking for a regular national team camp fix, a good place to go will be the U.S. men's national team blog, which will offer daily reports on the proceedings at Home Depot Center. ...

Monday Wrap-Up
Hillcrest Road — ... Second, follow the U.S. Men's National Team camp through U.S. Soccer's Men's National Team blog at www.mnt-ussoccer.blogspot.com. Jack Jewsbury and the boys kicked off the camp today with some technical and conditioning work, then went for physicals after lunch. We'll look to have Jewsbury and fellow Wizards midfielder Roger Espinoza check in soon here at Hillcrest Road for you fans. ...

Bwooooooooooooooop News
du Nord — ... Sun Sentinel writes about the possible return to Miami of MLS. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ USL First Division News Long time Montreal Impact defender Gabe Gervais has retired. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Minnesota Thunder Brian Quarstad of Inside Minnesota Soccer lists his Top Ten Minnesota Soccer events in 2008, not all Thunder related. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Team USA Keep track of the team on the official blog. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Clarence Goodson will not be in ...

Hernandez earns national team callup
Center Line Soccer — Hernandez earns national team callup According to the U.S. men’s national team blog , defender Jason Hernandez has been called into the senior side’s January training camp in Carson, California. The move became necessary when Clarence Goodson was deemed not to have recovered sufficiently from ankle surgery, while Corey Gibbs left the camp due to personal reasons. Still, quite an accolade for the San Jose defender, and he becomes the second Quake since the team’s return to San Jose to be called into to the U.S. side. (Ramiro Corrales was the first). This also represents a ...

All The World Time News
du Nord — ... of the new MLS team to go. Shouldn't the city hire their own financial team to study numbers if they are going to invest big bucks> ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ USL First Division News Montreal started training camp today in preparation for the CONCACAF Champions League Quarterfinal home and away series against Santos Laguna on Feb 25 (home) and Mar 5 (away). ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Team USA Keep track of the team on the official blog. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Defender Ugo Ihemelu from the Colorado ...

Great Uncle Gabby News
du Nord — ... they will host the New England Revolution in a home preseason friendly on Sat Mar 14. The game will be called the Community Shield match. Isn't there a game called that in England already? ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Austin has announced the signing of English forward Gifton Noel-Williams, who had a great start to his career at Watford 12 years ago, but has played for 6 different teams in the past 7 years. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Team USA The team's official blog. -The blog has a Q & A with Marvell Wynne. ~ ...

Now Is The Time For This Partying News
du Nord — ... Trophy, given to the best Division I player each year. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ USL First Division News Minnesota Thunder Brian Quarstad of Inside Minnesota Soccer has a chat with the world famous Buzz Lagos, the man who founded the Minnesota Thunder and for a very long time was the head coach. What is he up to these days? Listen to the interview here or download now. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Team USA Official Team blog, live from the January training camp. -Q & A with fullback ...

Under Suspicion Of Do-Gooding News
du Nord — ... in "where would they play?" Not a lot of options in Orlando. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ -SF at the Offside Rules had mention of it today. But the article linked to says they will play in MLS. Ahhhh, Nope. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ US Soccer News FIFA.com with an article on one of the players who will always be associate with Team USA at the 94 World Cup - Thomas Dooley. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Team USA Official team blog, live from the January training camp, as they prepare for the Friendly v Sweden ...

Do Do Do Do Do Do Rainmaker News
du Nord —

What Are We Blaming Canada For Again News
du Nord — ... and with St Louis still not shoaring up the finances I see Portland getting the 2nd - Miami and Portland it is. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ USL First Division News The Portland Timbers announced the signing of 7 players. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ US Soccer News Goal.com has a Q & A with the head of the US Soccer Development Academy John Hackworth. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Team USA Official team blog -"Jason Hernandez was diagnosed with a slight calf strain." Yet ...

Braying Like A Jackass News
du Nord — ... ~ Investment News with an article on former MLS Rookie of the Year Kyle Martino who since retirement has joined the world of finance. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Kyle McCarthy of Goal.com grades how the teams did at the draft. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ MLS Expansion News Jeff Rusnack of the South Florida Sun Sentinel with the latest on Barcelona's bid. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Team USA The team's official blog. -Rico Clark - out with an injured toe, supposedly not ...

Let's Introduce FC Kogelo News
du Nord — ... year feature DC United, Toronto FC & Real Salt Lake. The games will be played at Blackbaud Stadium on Mar 7–14. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ USL General News USL President Francisco Marcos does a video interview, on the league's website, talking about his feelings as an immigrant to America and what the new President means to him, and how soccer in America has changed in his lifetime. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Team USA Official team blog -Rico Clark is back from the toe problem. ~ ~ ~ ~ ...

Plan For Pantsless Partying News
du Nord — ... I linked to this the other day in the Team USA section, but I realized that Colorado fans may have missed it - US Soccer has an audio interview with new goalkeeper Matt Pickens. It's quite an interesting conversation. ...

Blindsided By The Power Of Physics News
du Nord — ... Bart for this one) ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ GENERAL Andrew Hush of ESPN Soccernet gives us a full page of notes from around the country. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Our pal Andrew Wiebe a the Daily Kansan professes his undying love for MLS! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ MLS Exhibition Matches Sat Mar 14 LA v Chicago in Tempe AZ at Sun Devil Stadium ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Team USA Official team blog ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Jeff Carlisle of ESPN ...

Time For Snacking News
du Nord — ... qualifying from the esteemed senior writer and soccer authority of the Los Angeles Times, Grahame L Jones? Not a god damn thing. The papers coverage of the team is a joke. They barely cover the Galaxy, let alone Chivas USA either. I know I am supposed to respect Mr Jones' experience, but all he ever writes anymore is three days old and totally cliched. Come on man! Match & Score: -Sat Jan 24 USA v Sweden - Live at 7:30pm Central on Fox Soccer Channel. Official team blog -Defenders in this training camp are obviously cursed - add ...

U.S. Game Day - 18 Man Roster
TheOriginalWinger.com — ... After our boy Stu Holden pulled up with an injury during last night’s final training session, U.S. Head Coach Bob Bradley has announced his 18 man roster for tonight’s Sweden match at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Ca. Roster after the Jump…..  Via MNT-USSoccer GOALKEEPERS (2): Jon Busch (Chicago Fire), Troy Perkins (Valerenga IF) DEFENDERS (6): Jonathan Bornstein (Chivas USA), Danny Califf (FC Midtjylland), Ugo Ihemelu (Colorado Rapids), Michael Parkhurst (FC Nordsjaelland), Chris Wingert (Real Salt Lake), Marvell Wynne (Toronto FC) MIDFIELDERS (6): Brian Carroll ...

Leave The Funky Stuff To James Brown News
du Nord — ... USA Match & Score: -Sat Jan 24 USA 3-2 Sweden - USA goals all 3 by Sacha Klestan (1 via PK). Swed goals by Daniel Nannskog & Mikael Dahlberg. Match report from US Soccer. Match report by Phil Collin at the Daily Breeze. Match report by Jeff Carlisle at ESPN Soccernet. Post game notes by Nick Green at 100 Percent Soccer. Post game coach & player quotes by Green. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Official team blog ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ US Soccer gives us video of ...

USA-Mexico Fever
Hillcrest Road — ... . Then head over to the Men's National Team blog and see the latest and greatest from camp (and check-ins from players like Landon Donovan who are already getting pretty jazzed up too). ...

Schedule Updates/International Calendar
Hillcrest Road — ... The Outlook calendar is also correct and up to date. Download it here. Don't forget to watch the Brazil-Italy tilt today at Emirates Stadium in Northern London. The world powers square off at 1:45 p.m. CT. Also, get ready for a huge day of soccer tomorrow that includes USA-Mexico, Honduras-Costa Rica (Roger Espinoza could factor in the match), France-Argentina, Spain-England and many others. For the latest on the USA-Mexico tilt, check out ussoccer.com, the men's national team blog, Soccer by Ives or any other soccer site. They're all paying ...

US Soccer: Fishing for Minnows
The Kin of Fish — Left, The Dude Abides, courtesy of the USMNT Blog It's 2009, and unlike 1997 or 2001, the US is a stone-cold lock to qualify for the World Cup. In those years, the Yanks were maturing, and wins in Central America were something to dream about. Now, as the US guns for its sixth-straight World Cup finals appearance, the Yanks are massive favorites ahead of matches at El Salvador (Saturday, 9:30p et, ESPN2), and in Nashville vs. Trinidad & Tobago (Wednesday, 7:30p, ESPN2). Should the US pick up wins in both matches, the Yanks' 9 points ...

Watch Party Tomorrow for U.S.A. Match
Hillcrest Road — ... ESPN2 and Galavision. We will be working with the fine people of 810 Zone (KC Hopps) in Leawood for a watch party event. We encourage everyone to come out tomorrow night and join together to cheer on the Red, White and Blue as they look to qualify for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Our boys tied 2-2 at El Salvador over the weekend with late goals from Jozy Altidore and Frankie Hejduk after falling behind 2-0 on the road in a hostile environment. Fore more on the game, visit the men's National Team blog. ...

Week in Review - Week 3
U.S. Soccer's "Official Take" — ... Monday, April 13, 2009 Week in Review - Week 3 Listen ussoccer.com's Referee Week in Review for Week 3 here . You can also follow along with U.S. Soccer's manager of referee assessment and training Brian Hall by checking out the full Week in Review document here. Posted at 3:54 PM 0 comments: Post a Comment Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) More U.S. Soccer Blogs 2008 Best of U.S. Soccer U.S. MNT Blog U.S. Soccer Global U.S. WNT Blog U.S. YNT Blog ussoccer.com ...

Week in Review - Week 6
U.S. Soccer's "Official Take" — ... out the latest episode of ussoccer.com's Referee Week in Review. Brian Hall sits down to discuss all the goings on in MLS in Week 6 of the podcast. Follow along with the audio by looking at the talking points in the text version of Week in Review. Listen to the full show here. Posted at 4:28 PM 0 comments: Post a Comment Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) More U.S. Soccer Blogs 2008 Best of U.S. Soccer U.S. MNT Blog U.S. Soccer Global U.S. WNT Blog U.S. YNT Blog ...

We interrupt this YNT Blog...
U.S. YNT Blog — For big news regarding the MNT this morning as Tim Howard was on ESPN's Sunday Feature for a segment detailing his career in England, followed by the first release of the MNT roster for the upcoming FIFA World Cup Qualifiers. Head on over to the MNT Blog to see who got invited into camp! If you missed it, you can catch the Tim Howard piece again at 6 tonight on ESPN's SportCenter. ...

Some News for Tue May 26
du Nord — ... the complaints, I just don't see any solutions being offered. TEAM AMERICA Team USA begins training camp today in Miami for the 2 upcoming World Cup qualifiers. (See the roster that I posted here at du Nord on Sunday.) dN Tim Howard at Everton and Maurice Edu & DaMarcus Beasley at Rangers will not be in Miami until after their teams have competed for their respective league Cup's next Saturday. dN Official blog -Video interview with Edu on the Scottish League Cup final. ...

Some News for Wed May 27
du Nord — ... those two teams ever existed, then drop me a line, I would like to talk to you about investing in my new hedge fund. US OPEN CUP MLS 2nd Round Qualifying Match: -Tue May 26 Seattle Sounders FC 1-0 Colorado Rapids - SSFC goal by Kevin Forrest - Seattle moves on to the tournament proper. dN The draw for the first official round of the tournament should be released today. TEAM AMERICA Official blog dN Luis Bueno at the Press Enterprise ...

Upcoming Internationals
Hillcrest Road — ... faired so far in qualifying. Be looking for that soon. Honduras and Espinoza then play El Salvador on June 10. The U.S. had its first game of the double fixture pushed to June 3 instead of the standard June 10 because we will then be traveling to South Africa for the Confederations Cup and matches against Italy (June 15), Brazil (June 18) and Egypt (June 21). For a full rundown of CONCACAF World Cup qualifying, head to the wiki. As always, check out the excellent Men's National Team blog for the latest from U.S. training camp. ...

Some News for Thu May 28
du Nord — ... Edu is doubtful for Rangers Scottish League Cup final on Saturday with a strained right thigh muscle. This could keep him on the sidelines for USA too. dN Jeff Carlisle of ESPN Soccernet feels that next weeks 2 games are the key to the whole qualifying round for the USA. dN The Miami Herald drops by USA camp yesterday and tells us all about it. dN Official Blog -Video from Wednesday. -Photos of the players practicing in Miami on Wednesday. ...

Some News for Fri May 29
du Nord — ... encourage everyone involved in youth sports (participants, coaches, parents and even fans) to go check out this site We Play. I think they could do with some even better soccer resources, and maybe that is you. TEAM AMERICA The team is in Miami preparing for next weeks 2 big matches. They head to Costa Rica on Monday. dN Michelle Kaufman of the Miami Herald talks to Oguchi Onyewu. dN Official Blog -The latest video report from practice in Miami. dN ...

Some News For Mon Jun 1
du Nord — ... Carlisle of ESPN Soccernet looks at these 2 very important upcoming games. dN The Sierra Vista Herald (Arizona) with an article on their local player Luis Robles who had been training with the USA this past week in Miami. Could we see him on the Gold Cup team? dN The other training only player, Eric Lichaj, is making the trip south with the team. Very cool for him. dN Official Blog -Q & A with training camp goalkeeper Luis Robles. dN ...

U.S. National Team Watch Parties
Hillcrest Road — ... The U.S. touched down earlier today in Costa Rica. Picture courtesy of the Men's National Team blog. For more pictures and information from all Men's National Team games, head ...

Ricardo Clark Heading To Costa Rica
TheOriginalWinger.com — ... The U.S. MNT Blog is reporting that Ricardo Clark is the latest (with Pablo Mastroeni heading down to Miami the other day) to get the call from head coach Bob Bradley for the upcoming World Cup Qualifier in Costa Rica. ...

USMNT: Studio 90 News 6/2
Yanks Abroad Soccer Highlights — *How the US has done at Saprissa in the past *Workout gives U.S. soccer team opportunity to experience artificial turf *Ricardo Clark has been called into camp and Hejduk is officially not fit for the match *Ives gives some tidbits from Costa Rica *Success helps quell nepotism talk for Team USA's M. Bradley *Costa Rica will be no pushover for U.S. men's soccer team *Buena grad Robles part of Team USA *Final U.S. U-20 squad for Egypt starting to take shape Thanks to ...

Some News for Tue Jun 2
du Nord — ... Bradley has said that they have not won anything yet, and that each game is different. 8. Demand from & give respect to all rivals. 9. MLS has spawned a flurry of good players, like Brian Ching and Brad Guzan. 10. Every player on the team comes with the right attitude and they stick together as a group of winners. dN US Soccer gives us Video and Photos from Monday night training session at Saprissa. dN Official Blog -Pictures from Saprissa, and some history on the place. ...

Some Early News for Wed June 3 - Costa Rica v USA Preview
du Nord — ... is in Costa Rica and files this preview. dN Our main man Luis Bueno at the Press Enterprise calls Saprissa the House of Death for Team USA. dN Yanks Abroad with a preview of the match. dN Grahame Jones of the LA Times previews. dN US Soccer gives us copious amounts of pregame notes and stats just for this game. dN Official Blog ...

USA-Costa Rica now on ESPN2
Hillcrest Road — ... Bob Bradley addresses the U.S. team yesterday at Estadio Saprissa. Photo courtesy of the Men's National Team blog. Head there for more photos and great information. ...

Some News for Wed June 3
du Nord — ... US Soccer has a Q & A with Clint Dempsey as he gets his 50th cap tonight. ...

Some News for Thu Jun 4
du Nord — ... by Beau Dure of USA Today on his blog The Netminder. Match report by Ives Galarcep at ESPN Soccernet. Match report from the Washington Post. More notes from the Wa Post blog Soccer Insider. Match report from Yanks Abroad. dN I have to admit, I am stunned to see this today: Wall Street Journal does a Minute-by-minute report of the game. Huh? What is going on in the newspaper world? dN Official Blog MLS Week 12 Matches: -Thu Jun 4 ...

US vs Honduras - Post Game Press Conference
TheOriginalWinger.com — Interesting to hear Bob say that he hadn’t showed the team the video from Costa Rica, but with the short turn around time in between matches it was probably a good idea.

2009 Confederations Cup Roster - United States
TheOriginalWinger.com — ... The US MNT Blog has officially dropped the 23 man United States’ roster for South Africa and the 2009 version of the Confederations Cup. GOALKEEPERS (3): Brad Guzan (Aston Villa), Tim Howard (Everton), Luis Robles (Kaiserslautern) DEFENDERS (8): Carlos Bocanegra (Rennes), Jonathan Bornstein (Chivas USA), Danny Califf (Midtjylland ), Jay DeMerit (Watford), Oguchi Onyewu (Standard de Liege), Heath Pearce (Hansa Rostock), Jonathan Spector (West Ham United), Marvell Wynne (Toronto FC) MIDFIELDERS (7): Freddy Adu (AS Monaco), DaMarcus Beasley (Rangers), Michael Bradley ...

Some News For Tue Jun 9
du Nord — ... Findley - Salt Lake 6 Kenny Cooper - Dallas 6 Brian McBride - Chicago 6 Josh Wolff - KC MLS COACHES HOT SEAT Who might be the next coach to get the boot: 6. Curt Onalfo - Kansas City 5. Chris Cummins - Toronto 4. Schellas Hyndmann - Dallas 3. Jason Kreis - Salt Lake 2. Frank Yallop - San Jose 1. Juan Carlos Osorio - New York Wow, that is a lot of coaches in trouble! TEAM USA - CONFEDERATIONS CUP USMNT Official Blog dN The team is in South Africa ...

Some News for Wed June 10
du Nord — ... Battery Venue: Tropical Park, Miami FL Minnesota Thunder v Chicago Fire PDL Venue: National Sports Center, Blaine MN Austin Aztex v El Paso Patriots Venue: Nelson Field, Austin TX Sonoma County Sol v Portland Timbers Venue: Santa Rosa High School, Santa Rosa CA TBD Winner of Real Maryland & Aegean Hawks v winner of Ocean City Barons & Crystal Palace Baltimore TEAM USA - CONFEDERATIONS CUP USMNT Official Blog dN FIFA.com includes Tim Howard in an ...

Some News for Thu Jun 11
du Nord — ... FC Blues v Charleston Battery Venue: Tropical Park, Miami FL Minnesota Thunder v Chicago Fire PDL Venue: National Sports Center, Blaine MN Austin Aztex v El Paso Patriots Venue: Nelson Field, Austin TX Sonoma County Sol v Portland Timbers Venue: Santa Rosa High School, Santa Rosa CA Ocean City Barons v Real Maryland Monarchs Venue: Carey Stadium - Ocean City NJ TEAM USA - CONFEDERATIONS CUP USMNT Official Blog -Centerback Jay DeMerit fills us in on what is going on with him ...

US Players Sponsored By Nike Get “Their” Boots
TheOriginalWinger.com — ... Peep the personalized boots that made it to South Africa for the players sponsored by Nike and thrown up over on the US MNT Blog. ...

Some News for Fri Jun 12
du Nord — ... Huckerby is nearly healthy again. dN The Vancouver Sun with an article on the practice facility that the Whitecaps are building in anticipation of their entry into MLS in 2011. dN John Haydon of the Washington Times with an article on DC midfielder Fred. dN Audio of US Soccer's review of referees from last weeks MLS games. TEAM USA - CONFEDERATIONS CUP USMNT Official Blog dN US Soccer gives us tons of ...

Some News For Mon Jun 15
du Nord — TEAM USA - CONFEDERATIONS CUP USA Group Stage Matches: -Mon Jun 15 USA v Italy - 1:25pm Central on ESPN Venue: Loftus Versfeld Stadium - Pretoria dN As far as I can gather the USA has NEVER beaten Italy. dN USMNT Official Blog dN Paul Oberjuerge does a Q & A with Landon Donovan. dN Greg Seltzer of No Short Corners gives us his 5 key matchups in the USA v Italy game. dN Grant Wahl ...

Starting 11 vs Italy
TheOriginalWinger.com — ... The crew over at U.S. MNT Blog have dropped the Starting 11 vs Italy. Jozy Altidore Jonathan Bornstein Michael Bradley Ricardo Clark Jay DeMerit Clint Dempsey Landon Donovan - captain Benny Feilhaber Tim Howard Oguchi Onyewu Jonathan Spector No Bocanegra, Casey or Torres in the starting lineup, but all 23 players are available. GOALKEEPERS (3): Brad Guzan (Aston Villa), Tim Howard (Everton), Luis Robles (Kaiserslautern) DEFENDERS (8): Carlos Bocanegra (Rennes), Jonathan Bornstein (Chivas USA), Danny Califf (Midtjylland ), Jay DeMerit (Watford), Oguchi Onyewu ...

Some News for Tue Jun 16
du Nord — ... Too bad I dislike this guy so much, because he would be easy to cheer for. Fantastic game from him. 1. Giuseppe Rossi - He didn't come in until the 57th minute but only needed about 1 minute to blister the USA defense for a huge goal that crumbled the wall, and then he finished off the Americans late. The traitor slit our throats. Great game for him, sad day for us. dN FIFA named Daniele de Rossi the Man of the Match. dN USMNT Official Blog dN My Thoughts: -The effort by ...

Some News for Wed Jun 17
du Nord — ... happen..." dN USA Group Stage Matches: -Mon Jun 15 USA 1-3 Italy - USA goal by Landon Donovan(PK). Ita goals by Giuseppe Rossi(2) & Daniele De Rossi. Venue: Loftus Versfeld Stadium - Pretoria -Thu Jun 18 USA v Brazil - 8:30am Central on ESPN2 Venue: Loftus Versfeld Stadium - Pretoria -Sun Jun 21 USA v Egypt - 1:25pm Central on ESPN2 Venue: Royal Bafokeng Stadium - Rustenburg dN USMNT Official Blog dN US Soccer has audio of coach ...

Some News for Thu Jun 18
du Nord — ... a while. dN Now that Egypt has beaten Italy the USA still have a whisper of a chance to advance: USA has to beat Egypt by 3 goals and Brazil has to beat Italy by 4! How much are you putting down in Vegas for that to happen? So now who does the USA put on the field? dN Fans on the USMNT official blog comments section are losing their minds. Full meltdowns. I can't blame them. This is sad to see. dN USMNT Official Blog dN South African for a nutmeg: ...

Some News for Sat Jun 20
du Nord — ... ESPN Soccernet says that one thing us fans might want to do is lower our expectations. But I can't. I'm not wired that way. I want to win. dN Ives Galarcep at Soccernet reviews the last 2 games and looks ahead a year. dN David Mosse at Soccernet says that Brazil was completely beatable, and the only team he has seen perform that badly against this current edition was Kuwait. Ugh. dN USMNT Official Blog CONFEDERATIONS CUP SOUTH AFRICA 2009 ...

Confederations Cup: U.S. Starters Against Italy
100 Percent Soccer — Chivas USA defender Jonny Bornstein retains his place in the U.S. defense against Egypt on ESPN2. I'll be paying more attention to Italy-Brazil over on ESPN.

Some News for Mon Jun 22
du Nord — ... USA team that had been lacking. dN Horribly funny translations from Italian to English: -"The extreme Egyptian defender (goalkeeper El Hadary) surrenders only to misfortune when confronted with Davies found him a lawyer that hurts your head with cleats while the ball carom on the body and moves to the network." -"Make it inevitable goal of Dempsey, who enters the Egyptian defense like butter to put in diving in head." dN USMNT Official Blog dN My Italian friend Danielle has ...

Some News for Tue Jun 23
du Nord — ... won 15 games in a row, and has not lost since November of 2006! dN The USA will be the best team Spain has played in this tournament. dN NOTE: "Danny Califf has been given permission to depart from camp to attend to a family matter." (Info from US Soccer) dN US Soccer gives us all the stats and info you could ever need leading up to this very big match. dN USMNT Official Blog dN Here is a really nice ...

Some News for Thu Jun 25
du Nord — ... ratings by Mahoney of Soccer America. Match report from the San Francisco Chronicle. Match report from Bloomberg. Post game analysis from the Wall Street Journal. Post game analysis from the Boston Globe blog Corner Kicks. Match report from the LA Times. Match report from the Washington Post. Audio report from NPR's All Things Considered show. (thanks to Gene for this one) dN USMNT Official Blog dN George Vecsey of the New York Times calls ...

Some News for Fri Jun 26
du Nord — ... out to be. dN CentralJersey.com with a post on their local boy done good - Coach Bob Bradley. dN Paul Gardner at Soccer America wonders if the USA win over Spain was the biggest in the team's history. What do you think? dN The AP points out some pretty strong connections to the state of South Carolina for this USA team. I was very surprised by this story. dN USMNT Official Blog dN Paul Oberjuerge ranks the ...

Bumpy Pitch In Johannesburg
TheOriginalWinger.com — ... Timmy, Gooch and Los get up close and personal with Miss USA Lauren Perry down in Johannesburg ahead of tomorrow’s 2009 Confederations Cup Final against Brazil. ...

Sunday Soccer
100 Percent Soccer — ... *U.S.-Brazil coverage begins at 11 a.m. Sunday live on ESPN. Freddy Adu tweeted at 9 a.m.: "bumping some eminem to get ready for this game. we are hyped right now." ...

Two Teams Clinch Advancement to Finals Week
U.S. YNT Blog — ... Finally, the YNT blog would be remiss in not congratulating the U.S. Men's National Team on their second-place finish in the 2009 Confederations Cup. To read about today's final against Brazil, head next door to the MNT blog, and thanks to all the players at the DA this weekend who supported the U.S. ...

Some News For Mon Jun 29
du Nord — ... though when he says that the USA beat Italy at the 06 World Cup. It was a tie. dN Embele Awipi of the Salinas Californian gives his thoughts on what the rest of the world made of Team USA. dN John Smallwood of the Philadelphia Daily News looks at where the USA needs to go from here. Very good stuff from a guy that I hope writes a lot more soccer as the Union kick off next year. dN USMNT Official Blog dN du Nord 3(6) Star of the Game: ...

Some News for Wed Jun 30
du Nord — ... Gillette Stadium UANL Tigres v Santos Laguna Venue: TBD dN All the games are broadcast on Telefutura. CONCACAF GOLD CUP The North & Central American and Caribbean confederation's championship tournament kicks off on July 3. Canada v Jamaica and Costa Rica v El Salvador start the proceedings. dN See all the games on FSC & Univision. TEAM USA USMNT Official Blog dN Gold Cup Roster: G: Jon Busch - Chicago ...

Colbert Talks About Soccer and to Alexi Lalas
Yanks Abroad Soccer Highlights — ... Saw this over at USMNT Blog. Very funny. The Colbert Report Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Is it Time to Care About ...

Some News for Wed Jul 1
du Nord — ... just competing in the Confederations Cup, they will be allowed an additional 7 players on their roster. Who might they be? dN GoldCup.org with an article on the USA's first opponent Grenada. New England Revolution star Shalrie Joseph is NOT suiting up for his native country in this tournament. dN Beau Dure of USA Today on this roster compared to the just finished Confed Cup roster. dN USMNT Official Blog SOCCER IN AMERICA The Explorer in ...

Some News for Thu Jul 2 & Fri Jul 3
du Nord — ... US Soccer has a transcript of comments from coach Bob Bradley after the teams first training on Jul 1 in preparation for the Gold Cup. ...

Some News for Mon Jul 6
du Nord — ... v Panama - 9pm Central Venue: Reliant Stadium – Houston TX See all games on FSC & Univision/Galavision. dN Standings: Group A 3 Canada(+1) 3 El Salvador(+1) 0 Costa Rica(-1) 0 Jamaica(-1) Group B 3 USA(+4) 3 Honduras(+1) 0 Haiti(-1) 0 Grenada(-4) Group C 3 Mexico(+2) 3 Guadeloupe(+1) 0 Panama(-1) 0 Nicaragua(-2) TEAM USA GOLD CUP USMNT Official Blog dN -Sat Jul 4 USA 4-0 Grenada - USA goals ...

Some News for Tue Jul 7
du Nord — ... Bell of the New York Times talks to Jimmy Conrad about being a part of this team full of young talent. dN Jeff Carlisle of ESPN Soccernet on the next USA opponent - Honduras. dN Brent Latham of Yanks Abroad previews USA v Honduras. dN Craig Stouffer of the Washington Examiner with an article on home town boy Freddy Adu. dN USMNT Official Blog -Q & A with Stuart Holden. dN Group Stage ...

Some News for Wed Jul 8
du Nord — ... US National Players Assoc talks to Jay Heaps who says he was "shocked" to be called up to the Gold Cup team. -Heaps holds the dubious record of having the most MLS games played (301) without a USA cap. dN AP with an article on Charlie Davies red hot summer. dN The New England Sports Network also has an article on Massachusetts native Davies. dN USMNT Official Blog CONCACAF GOLD CUP Official Gold Cup Website ...

Some News for Thu Jul 9
du Nord — ... the Monster Mash! dN Freddy Adu leaves the USA team after last nights game, so he can get ready to be a part of Benfica's preseason training from day 1. Good luck Fredua! dN Brian Strauss at Fanhouse ponders Freddy's club and country situation. dN Greg Lalas at Sports Illustrated looks at the USA national team over the past few weeks and tries to see the future. dN USMNT Official Blog CONCACAF GOLD CUP Official ...

Some News for Fri Jul 10
du Nord — ... Soccer gives us pre-game notes for Saturday's match. dN Benny Feilhaber has also left the USA team to head for preseason at Aarhus. dN Kyle McCarthy of the Boston Herald with an article on former Boston College player Charlie Davies. dN Arizona Republic with an article on two local players on the USA team - Brad Evans & Luis Robles. dN USMNT Official Blog -Q & A with Michael Parkhurst. dN I ...

U.S. Qualifies for Gold Cup Quarterfinals
100 Percent Soccer — Without kicking a ball Thursday night thanks to the chaotic Mexico-Panama game. Check out the "action" here including the stupidity of Mexican Coach Javier Aguirre at the end of the highlights: Canada also went through as did Guadeloupe, which beat Nicaragua 2-0 in the first game of the night. The U.S. plays Haiti at 4 p.m. Saturday on Fox Soccer Channel.

UPDATED-Day 1 Scores
U.S. YNT Blog — ... , follow the MNT as they play Haiti in the CONCACAF Gold Cup at 7 pm ET here, and come right back to the Blog to find out Day 2's results! ...

Day 2 Kicking Off...Now!
U.S. YNT Blog — ... Check back throughout the evening for score updates as matches finish, and kill the time in-between by watching the U.S. Men's National Team as they take on Haiti in Foxborough, Mass. in the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup at 7 pm ET, live on FSC and TeleFutura. Stuck at the computer? Follow the game on the here! Have to leave your computer and your TV? ...

Some News for Mon Jul 13
du Nord — ... even though he didn't get decent service more than a time or two. dN Donkey of the Match goes to USA keeper Luis Robles who was horribly out of position for both Panama goals! Sweet & Sour Jesus that was ugly. This may be one of the worst USA goalkeeping performances of all time. Jay Heaps gets an honorable donkey mention for this award also having a direct hand in both Haiti goals. Just brutal as Nathan Explosion would say. dN USMNT Official Blog -Team USA traveled from Boston to Philly via train (YES!). ...

Some News for Tue Jul 14
du Nord — ... Ching - Houston Dynamo Kenny Cooper - FC Dallas Santino Quaranta - DC United * Player available if needed, but not training with the team. dN FIFA.com with an article on Stuart Holden. dN The New Hampshire Union Leader with an article on their homestate son Charlie Davies. dN Quarterfinal Match: -Sat Jul 18 USA v Panama - 7pm Central on FSC dN USMNT Official Blog MLS The week starts off on ...

Some News for Wed Jul 15
du Nord — ... both Bradley and Panama coach Gary Stempel about Saturday's game. dN The South Jersey Courier Post (suburban Philly) writes about the USA team coming to their city. dN The AP previews the USA game against Panama. dN Up Next - Quarterfinal Match: -Sat Jul 18 USA v Panama - 7pm Central on FSC Venue: Lincoln Financial Field - Philadelphia PA dN USMNT Official Blog -Photos from Monday's training. -The team had ...

Some News for Thu Jul 16
du Nord — ... v Panama - 7pm Central on FSC Venue: Lincoln Financial Field - Philadelphia PA dN US Soccer gives us their usual excellent motherload of new and notes as preview to the game against Panama. dN Ives Galarcep at ESPN Soccernet previews the USA v Panama match. My biggest question - can Chad Marshall, Jimmy Conrad and Clarence Goodson handle the big forwards like Blas Perez? I say yes! dN USMNT Official Blog dN US Soccer has announced that ...

Team USA, Stylin’
TheOriginalWinger.com — usteam.jpg These guys look like they just stepped off the set of Guy Ritchie heist movie.  Image via US-MNT-Blog

Some News for Fri Jul 17
du Nord — ... Field - Philadelphia PA dN The Philadelphia Inquirer writes about the type of players on the current USA team. dN John Smallwood of the Philadelphia Daily News says the USA team is building depth. dN Beau Dure of USA Today also writes about the make up of the USA roster. dN Brent Latham of Yanks Abroad previews the game. dN USMNT Official Blog CONCACAF GOLD CUP Official Gold ...

Some News for Mon Jul 20
du Nord — ... game against Honduras. Centerback is certainly a thin position right now. dN Chicago Fire goalkeeper Jon Busch who is on the roster for this tournament but has yet to be called in to train with the team will now do so this week, seeing as they are in Chicago. dN Frank Dell'apa for ESPN Soccernet writes about Charlie Davies, Jozy Altidore and the future of the USA at the forward position. dN USMNT Official Blog dN Up Next - Semifinal Match: -Thu Jul ...

Some News for Tue Jul 21
du Nord — ... to be played on Sep 2. TEAM USA GOLD CUP The US squad lost yet another player yesterday as goalkeeper Luis Robles left to head off for preseason training with his team in Germany - Kaiserslautern. dN Ives Galarcep at Soccernet looks ahead to Honduras. dN FIFA.com paints Brian Ching as the leader of this particular USA squad. dN USMNT Official Blog dN Up Next - Semifinal Match: -Thu Jul 23 USA v Honduras ...

Some News for Wed Jul 22
du Nord — ... notes previewing the match against Honduras. -Like this one: "Nine different players have scored the ten U.S. goals" dN US Soccer gives us audio of a short interview with manager Bob Bradley. dN Yanks Abroad previews USA v Honduras III. dN The Sports Network with an article on Heath Pearce, where he's been and where is he headed next. dN USMNT Official Blog CONCACAF GOLD CUP Official Gold ...

Some News for Thu Jul 23
du Nord — ... with an article on their native Kyle Beckerman. dN Orrin Schwarz of Chicago's Daily Herald with an article on the Chicago Fire's Logan Pause. dN Nick Firchau of Chicago's Southtown Star also writes about Pause. dN Michelle Kaufman of the Miami Herald writes about the Honduran team who are battling the mental stress of political chaos at home. dN USMNT Official Blog -Q & A with Logan Pause. CONCACAF GOLD ...

Some News for Fri Jul 24
du Nord — ... exactly what you need to do to Carlo Costly, lean on him and get him frustrated, he will mentally take himself out of the game at that point. Marshall seems destined for the World Cup squad if he keeps it up. 1. Clarence Goodson - beyond that fact that he shares a unique name with my grandfather, his goal at the end of the first half was just what the old doc ordered. And they way he combined to stuff Carlos Costly all night long was fantastic dN USMNT Official Blog CONCACAF GOLD CUP Official Gold ...

Some News for Mon Jul 27
du Nord — ... the last time we lost by 5, you have to go back to June of 1985, when we lost 0-5 to England in Los Angeles. To find a worse result, you have to go all the way back to 1979 when we lost 6-0 to France in East Rutherford NJ. dN The USA has played 13 games in the past 54 days. Wow! That's one every 4 days. dN Jay Greenbuerg of the NY Post says Bob Bradley deserves our respect. He has mine. dN USMNT Official Blog dN Jere Longman of the NY Times with ...

Some News for Tue Jul 28
du Nord — ... blog The Netminder does Q & A with Bob Ley of ESPN who will be one of the World Cup US market coverage hosts from South Africa next summer. TEAM USA Phil Schoen (nice guy - good commentator) and Marcelo Balboa (nice guy - dull commentator) have been hired to announce the Mexico v USA World Cup qualifier next month. They will NOT be at the game, they will be somewhere here in the USA calling it off a TV screen. Lame. dN USMNT Official Blog USA U18 TEAM The team has headed ...

Carlos Bocanegra on ESPN’s SportsNation Thursday
TheOriginalWinger.com — ... . Story via USMNT Blog “Also on Thursday, ESPN.com is scheduled to post “Fevered Pitch,” a multimedia feature by ESPN.com senior writer Wayne Drehs that tells the story of the U.S. men’s national soccer team this summer during its travels around the world with an eye to the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. The package combines Wayne’s writing and reporting with photo galleries and video. Wayne was in Costa Rica with us, so there’s some behind the scenes stuff and he also followed the team during its two stops in Chicago this summer. Through additional reporting, he tells ...

Clint Dempsey On Futbol Mundial
TheOriginalWinger.com — Good to see Clint getting his just pub… Spotted over at U.S. MNT Blog