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After last week’s defeat against England, the U.S. is ready to get back on the field against fourth-ranked Spain this Wednesday, June 4. The team arrived in Santander last Thursday, and has been training just outside the city during the buildup to this week’s match. All 17 European-based players from the England squad traveled to […]
Reports this morning confirm that Dutch starlet Ryan Babel has been ruled out of the Euro 2008 torunament. The 21 year-old Liverpool member injured his ankle during a recent practice. The recovery time for his ligament tear appears to be not days but weeks. Coach Marco van Basten showcased Babel in 11 of the 12 […]
Yesterday, Swiss forward Alexander Frei become his country’s all-time leading scorer in international play when he scored his 34th and 35th all-time goals. His brace came in a 3-0 victory against neighbor Liechtenstein in St. Gallen. It was Switzerland’s final warm-up before they co-host UEFA’s Euro 2008 tournament. Switzerland coach Jakob Kuhn used the same […]
Last nights US vs. England game was a major disappointment for USA soccer fans. We never looked like threatening an England team that is full of big names. but is no longer a world power. It was a lackluster U.S. performance with many players showing that the step up in class from beating Barbados to […]
A month or so ago we predicted that Brian McBride and Kasey Keller would be heading back to Major League Soccer. Well Fulham announced today that Brian McBride has decided to leave the club and return to America. The former USA international forward told the club’s official website: “After much consideration with my family, we […]
Mexican Football Federation president Justino Compean confirmed Tuesday that Sven-Goran Eriksson is very close to taking over as the new national team coach. Speaking from Sydney, where he has been attending FIFA’s annual congress, Compean claimed the Manchester City boss is about to accept the offer from Mexico. “We only seriously considered (Luiz Felipe) Scolari […]
The U.S. National Team beat Poland 3-0 in Krakow, which showed that the Americans can beat a good team on European soil. Europe has been an Achilles Heel in recent years, as since 1998, their last 3-0 victory over Austria, they are 4-14-3. It is interesting that of the 4 games the Americans have won […]
Even though the US lost to Honduras in the final of the CONCAF Olympic qualifying tournament, held in Nashville, the Americans still earned a berth in into this summer’s Olympic soccer tournament to be held in Beijing. Both teams had already earned Olympic berths after the semifinals of the tournament. Honduras was happy with the […]