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Once Foes, Are Beckerman And Jones The Key To USMNT Success?
For what feels like ages, they've been pitted against each other: two men with vastly different backgrounds, bound together by the single spot they've battled over in the U.S. midfield....
Is Fabian Johnson Poised For A Breakout World Cup?
For all of the uncertainty around a U.S. back line that has little World Cup experience and a lack of continuity, there's one player seemingly no one is worried about: Fabian Johnson....
Portugal's Pepe Gets Red Card For This Ridiculously Stupid Headbutt
Goddammit, Pepe....
Watch USMNT Fail Miserably On The Island Green At TPC Sawgrass
As part of ESPN's and U.S. Soccer's documentary series Inside: U.S. Soccer's March to Brazil, the team took a group trip to TPC Sawgrass and got to take a hack at the famed island 17 hole. It did not go well. ...
Can You Guess Which Country Americans Picked To Win The World Cup?
In a World Cup poll, Americans picked their own country to win it all, because of course they did....
Since They're Down There Anyway, The USMNT Might As Well Win
If we're being pragmatic, just for a second, we have to admit that if one started at the very first World Cup in 1930 and moved forward through history until today, right now, one could only conclude that the United States men's national team has been a complete, unmitigated joke. ...
Jürgen Klinsmann Says U.S. Players Can Have World Cup Sex
It's Jürgen Klinsmann Week, and you have your choice of profiles of the USMNT manager. There's the New Yorker ("Klinsmann is a hippie pseudo-Buddhist flake"), the Times ("Klinsmann plans to make U.S. soccer less American"), the WSJ (Klinsmann wants to make U.S. soccer more American"), and many other...
The Land Of The Free, And The Home Of Fried Chicken
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A Very Confused Stuart Scott Thought Bob Ley Was In Azerbaijan
ESPN2 aired tonight's USA-Azerbaijan friendly from Candlestick Park, but it seems SportsCenter anchor Stuart Scott wasn't paying much attention—because the veteran newsman thought the match happened in Western Asia. ...
Ray Hudson's Rant About Landon Donovan's World Cup Exclusion Is Awesome
As you may have heard by now, Landon Donovan, the best American soccer player ever, wasn't selected to the United States men's national team's 23-man World Cup roster. Legendary commentator Ray Hudson is really, really pissed off about that, and so today, he went on The Football Show on SirusXM to t...
Landon Donovan Was Our Savior All Along
It's a strange thing, to watch a hero die. First came the shock, the denial, the OMGs and WTFs that exploded through our Twitter feeds last night when we found out that Landon Donovan wasn't traveling with the United States men's national team to next month's World Cup in Brazil. Then in snaked the ...
Jürgen Klinsmann Explains Why He Left Landon Donovan Off The U.S. Team
Calling it "the toughest decision in my coaching career," manager Jürgen Klinsmann took a stab at justifying his decision to leave Landon Donovan off the USMNT's 23-man World Cup roster....
Here's The U.S. World Cup Roster
The 23 men representing the USMNT in Brazil, via U.S. Soccer. No Landon Donovan....
Why Soccer Tactics Matter: A Player Explains
Everyone in soccer is constantly talking about tactics. In recent years, we've gushed over the development of conservative 11-men-behind-the-ball approaches, the growth of tiki-taka and passenaccio, the rise of the mythical 4-2-3-1, and the spread of gegenpressing and counterattacking. I love this s...
Run The Jules: Your Guide To The USMNT's Newest (Maybe?) Star
During last night's USA-Mexico friendly, USMNT fans finally got a glimpse of Julian Green, the 18-year-old superstar-in-the-making(?) who spurned Germany to play for the US. The massive excitement at his arrival is matched only by the massive amount we don't know about him. Who is this guy? Is he re...
We Can't Say We Disagree
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U.S. Fans Buy Three Times As Many World Cup Tickets As Any Other Nation
The World Cup kicks off in—holy crap—71 days, and other than host nation Brazil, no side will have as many supporters as the U.S. Recently released FIFA numbers show that Americans have purchased the most tickets of any visiting country, and it's not even close....
Mexican Club Tries To Dick Over USMNT For USA-Mexico Friendly
The World Cup is—holy crap—just 10 weeks away. With the U.S.'s starting XI still in flux, every international friendly matters—especially for players on the cusp, like left back DaMarcus Beasley. Unfortunately for Beasley and Jurgen Klinsmann, one stubborn Mexican club is refusing to release its two...