usmnt Stories - Black And Red United
USA 1-3 HON: How not to impress
Let's start with the good news: This isn't the squad that will step on the field against England, Slovenia, Algeria, and at least one more in South Africa in a few months. The...
Victory in Krakow
I didn't get to see enough of the USA/Poland match to write a full match report, but I just wanted to come on here to quickly point out how great our defense looked against a quality European team. It...
Senior citizen discount
With a meaningless final match set for tomorrow night, let's move onto more important matters and begin our discussion of the problem areas and what the potential solutions might be for the U23 nation...
China bound
I really enjoyed watching the US team emerge with a convincing victory against Canada tonight to earn their way into the Olympics this summer. The team has definitely shown improvement in each match. ...
PENAL! PENAL! PENAL!
Two victories off penalty kicks send the Americans to the semi-finals of Concacaf Olympic qualifying, with a likely matchup against Canada as of the time of this writing. I think the US is probably th...
Doing just enough to advance, but not much more
Admittedly, I only watched the entire first half and bits and pieces of the second half last night (What?! Lost was on!) so this list might be incomplete, or even incorrect entirely.1.Nathan Sturgis -...
A fast start that wasn't quite fast enough
On a day that can be considered the official start to the 2008 US Soccer season, I've been trying to brainstorm a new player rating system to use in postgame reviews. Numbers and letter grades just se...
A rivalry refreshed
Some good and some bad from the "Friendly" match last night.Despite all the criticism, and all the emergence of new talent, Landon Donovan proved again in the first half that he was still the best pla...
Re: Priority and Strategy
Early candidate for blog post of the year goes to the DCenters, with this lengthy and incredibly well-written (we're talking Sports Illustrated material) piece on the club's role in developing America...
USMNT Gold Cup roster
As found on the Insider, the USSF released the names today for the preliminary Gold Cup roster. And of course its just the same old names. Why would we expect anything more? It seems that Bradley auto...
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