July 4, 2006
COACH JUERGEN?
Report: U.S. Soccer talking with Klinsmann
U.S. Soccer is talking to Germany coach Juergen Klinsmann as Bruce Arena's successor, The Daily Telegraph in England reported Tuesday.
June 23, 2006
COSTLY RED
3-match ban for Mastroeni
This may be a moot point because it is after the fact, but U.S. midfielder Pablo Mastroeni has been suspended three games for his red card in the 1-1 tie with Italy last week.
June 23, 2006
BANNED IN GERMANY
De Rossi gets 4-match suspension
It may be small consolation to the U.S. now that it has been eliminated. But Italian defender Daniele De Rossi, who elbowed forward Brian McBride in the face, has been suspended for four World Cup matches.
June 23, 2006
IT'S OVER
Reyna quits international soccer
For Claudio Reyna, the timing was right. Realizing he would be 36 -- too old to be an impact player in the 2010 World Cup -- the U.S. captain decided to call it an international career Friday
June 23, 2006
U.S. REPORT CARD
So-so grades for U.S. in Ghana loss
So, how did the U.S. rate in its 2-1 loss to Ghana on Thursday? Some of them aren’t pretty. But here they are (10 being the highest, five average and one the lowest.)
June 23, 2006
“A LITTLE DISAPPOINTING”
Donovan’s self-assessment of his WC
He was supposed to be the great American hope at the World Cup, the star and new leader of a U.S. team that was supposed to make an impact in the greatest show on earth. Instead, Landon Donovan returns home a major flop on the world's biggest stage.
June 22, 2006
RETIRING THOUGHTS
Arena, Reyna, McBride, Pope are considering calling it quits at the international level
U.S. national coach Bruce Arena and three veterans of the National Team are considering calling it an international career. Team captain and midfielder Claudio Reyna, forward Brian McBride and defender Eddie Pope said they probably have played their last international match -- Thursday's 2-1 World Cup loss to Ghana. The Group E defeat eliminated the U.S. from the competition.
June 22, 2006
GOING, GOING, GHANA
U.S. eliminated from World Cup in 2-1 loss
The second round was there for the Americans’ taking. Italy played its part, defeating the Czech Republic in its final Group E game, 2-0. But when push came to shove for the U.S. to hold up its end of the bargain, the Americans just didn’t have enough goals or weapons in their arsenal to make a difference against Ghana.
June 21, 2006
OUT OF AFRICA
U.S. has played teams only 9 times
The U.S. National Team's confrontation with Ghana on Thursday is certainly a rarity when it comes to playing teams from Africa. The U.S. has played African national sides only nine times in its history, registering a 3-4-2 record.
June 21, 2006
STOPPING THE BISON
Stifling Essien is key for the U.S. vs. Ghana
Soccer is a team sport, but if there are two players worry worries the U.S. more than any other on Ghana, it's midfielders Michael Essien and Stephen Appiah. The U.S. meets Ghana in a vital World Cup Group E match in Nuremberg on Thursday.
June 21, 2006
MISSING THEIR MARK
U.S. has only one shot on goal in 2 games
If there is one number that defines the U.S.'s plight at this World Cup, it's the number one. As in the number of shots on goal the Americans have gotten in their first games. If they duplicate that against Ghana in its vital Group E finale in Nuremberg Thursday, the U.S. will be packing for home very quickly.
June 21, 2006
ARENA FUTBOL
A look at the U.S. national coach
So, what is U.S.national coach Bruce Arena like? Players past and present talk about Arena as a coach.
June 20, 2006
BIG TIME
Merk, 'best referee,' to work U.S-Ghana game
FIFA is certainly taking the U.S.-Ghana match very seriously. Soccer's world governing body announced Tuesday that German Markus Merk, considered the best referee in the world in many quarters, will officiate Thursday's vital World Cup Group E match in Nuremberg.
June 19, 2006
HE’S GOT HIS MOJO BACK
Landon regains his confidence in nick of time
Let’s face it. As Landon Donovan goes, so does the U.S. team. If Donovan plays well, the Americans’ chances of winning is greater. A big difference between the U.S.'s first two World Cup games was Donovan, who turned in a standout performance in the 1-1 tie with Italy Saturday after doing his best rendition of an invisible man in the 3-0 loss to the Czech Republic last week
June 18, 2006
WHY NO THIRD SUB
Arena says McBride was doing well
After having two players ejected and playing almost half the match a man down and with only nine players, you would think U.S. national coach Bruce Arena would make all three allotted subsitutions in Saturday
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