Sunday, March 25th, at Bridgetown, Barbados:

Barbados 0:0 Guatemala

Wednesday, March 28th, at Frisco, Texas, USA:

USA 0:0 Guatemala

3/28/2007 10:01:54 PM

Barbados is top notch

3/28/2007 10:02:56 PM

they packed 9 in against an inexperienced squad

a team that had just played against Ecuador on Sunday

Ecuador had a prominent showing in the World Cup this past summer

3/28/2007 10:05:49 PM

well, we tried new people out, didnt have all the european players playing...

3/29/2007 9:34:33 AM

^^ Mexico 4, Ecuador 2 (last night)

[Edited on March 29, 2007 at 9:36 AM. Reason : .]

3/29/2007 9:35:12 AM

word

3/29/2007 11:47:09 AM

Bob Bradley is set to be announced tomorrow to be permanent USA men's manager.

5/15/2007 12:05:53 PM

meh

5/15/2007 5:51:01 PM

boo

5/15/2007 9:36:14 PM

Not a bad hire in my opinion. He'll do fine as long as he doesn't play a 4-5-1- in a must win game in the World Cup!

5/16/2007 8:44:16 PM

I'm pretty much repeating what every other opinion column has said in the last couple of days... but this hire says alot about US soccer. We have a coach (Arena) who has worked his way through American systems with plenty of success and gets us to certain level and can't take us to the next one... so we fire him and instead of making a statement about taking our program to another level, we're settling for mediocrity by hiring a coach who hasn't accomplished nearly as much as Arena did and didn't even have a chance to prove himself during the "interim" tag.

I'm not saying Bradley is a sucky coach or anything but if Gulati was going to leave the interim tag on him for this long, why not wait a little longer, give him an A squad at Copa America and see how he does in a tournament setting? Anybody can qualify for the World Cup in the CONCACAF region and beat Mexico 2-0

5/16/2007 10:18:56 PM

Our Gold Cup warmup game is tonight.

8pm vs. China in San Jose, California. Game is on ESPN2.

Roster includes 5 not on Gold Cup roster. http://www.ussoccer.com/articles/viewArticle.jsp_281962.html

(Gold Cup starts Thursday if you didn't know. All USA games on FSC, all Mexican games on Univision.)

6/2/2007 10:33:14 AM

damn fsc and me not having it

i guess it'll be a good excuse to go out to a bar and watch em

6/2/2007 12:40:53 PM

No Landon Donovan on the roster huh? Anyone know if he is playing in the Gold Cup?

6/2/2007 4:33:05 PM

i predict we lose 2-1

just being a realist

6/2/2007 4:34:10 PM

^^ Yeah, I'm pretty sure he's playing in the Gold Cup because I read somewhere he didn't want to play in Copa America

6/2/2007 4:44:33 PM

Ah, San Jose. The place the US plays when they want to say, "fuck you, wingers!"

6/2/2007 5:48:26 PM

1-1 25 minutes in.

Beasley was taken down on a breakaway by the gk and put the penalty home.

A few minutes later the U.S. defense didn't clear the ball so well, Spector missed his cover spot, and the Chinese player slammed it home from 12 yards.

6/2/2007 8:34:18 PM

Half. 2-1. Feilhaber chipped the goalkeeper for his first ever international goal.

Down south of the border, Mexico leads Iran 2-0 at half.

6/2/2007 8:54:53 PM

wow dempsey was wide open on that header....nevermind, he pushed the defender

[Edited on June 2, 2007 at 9:40 PM. Reason : oh well]

6/2/2007 9:40:15 PM

GGGOOOAALLLL!

6/2/2007 9:40:24 PM

ONYEWU!!!

6/2/2007 9:44:25 PM

AND ANOTHER GOOOOAAAAALLLLL!

6/2/2007 9:44:36 PM

gooch is such a beast

6/2/2007 9:45:19 PM

Gold Cup starts tonight @ 9pm on FSC vs. Guatemala

here's the roster...
1 Howard, Tim GK 6'3" 210 03/06/79 18 North Brunswick, N.J. Everton FC (England)
2 Hejduk, Frankie D 5'8" 155 08/05/74 72/5 Cardiff, Calif. Columbus Crew (MLS)
3 Bocanegra, Carlos D 6'0'' 170 05/25/79 44/6 Alto Loma, Calif. Fulham FC (England)
4 Mastroeni, Pablo M 5'10" 170 08/26/76 52/0 Phoenix, Ariz. Colorado Rapids (MLS)
5 Feilhaber, Benny M 5'9" 150 01/19/85 2/0 Irving, Calif. Hamburger SV (Germany)
6 Bradley, Michael M 6'2" 175 07/31/87 4/0 Cedar Grove, N.J. SC Heerenveen (Holland)
7 Beasley, DaMarcus M 5'8" 145 05/24/82 62/12 Ft. Wayne, Ind. PSV Eindhoven (Holland)
8 Dempsey, Clint M 6'1" 170 03/09/83 26/6 Nacogdoches, Texas Fulham FC (England)
9 Johnson, Eddie F 6'0" 180 03/31/84 24/9 Palm Coast, Fla. Kansas City Wizards (MLS)
10 Donovan, Landon F 5'8" 148 03/04/82 88/30 Redlands, Calif. Los Angeles Galaxy (MLS)
11 Ching, Brian F 6'1" 195 05/04/78 21/4 Haleiwa, Hawaii Houston Dynamo (MLS)
12 DeMerit, Jay D 6'0" 185 12/09/79 1/0 Green Bay, Wisc. Watford FC (England)
13 Bornstein, Jonathan D 5'9" 145 11/07/84 2/1 Los Alamitos, Calif. Chivas USA (MLS)
14 Ralston, Steve M 5'9" 160 06/14/74 32/4 St. Louis, Mo. New England Revolution (MLS)
15 Simek, Frank D 5'11" 163 10/13/84 1/0 St. Louis, Mo. Sheffield Wednesday (England)
16 Parkhurst, Michael D 5'11" 155 01/24/84 0/0 Providence, R.I. New England Revolution (MLS)
17 Spector, Jonathan D 6'0" 180 03/01/86 5/0 Arlington Heights, Ill. West Ham United (England)
18 Keller, Kasey GK 6'2" 190 11/29/69 97/0 Lacey, Wash. Bor. M'gladbach (Germany)
19 Clark, Ricardo M 5'10" 150 05/10/83 3/0 Jonesboro, Ga. Houston Dynamo (MLS)
20 Twellman, Taylor F 5'11" 170 02/29/80 20/5 St. Louis, Mo. New England Revolution (MLS)
21 Mapp, Justin M 5'10" 140 10/18/84 2/0 Brandon, Miss. Chicago Fire (MLS)
22 Onyewu, Oguchi D 6'4" 210 05/13/82 18/1 Olney, Md. Standard de Liege (Belgium)
23 Guzan, Brad GK 6'4" 210 09/09/84 1/0 Home Glen, Ill. Chivas USA (MLS)



6/9 vs. T&T 5pm on FSC
6/12 vs. El Salvador 7pm on FSC

6/7/2007 10:30:09 AM

Let's hope GAM can make it 3 hat tricks in a row

6/7/2007 12:38:40 PM

1-0 USA beats Guatemala. We looked good in the first half and looked bad in the second half. The refs sucked and Gooch got a red card which may not be a bad thing with the way he played tonight.

6/7/2007 11:07:01 PM

Bradley seemed to disappear in the second half after a decent first half.

6/7/2007 11:59:53 PM

DeMerit should go in Gooch's place for the next match.

6/8/2007 2:36:12 AM

that guy is one hell of a story, off the top of my head, I THINK he has only one cap, but i would love to see him play more just to see what else he has to offer

6/8/2007 2:59:13 AM

I think he's got just as much to offer as any American defender in the world.

6/8/2007 3:41:30 AM

Gold Cup Saturday, June 9

Telefutura
Guatemala vs. El Salvador - 3 PM ET / 2 PM CT / 12 PM PT
USA vs. Trinidad (Fox Soccer Channel) - 5 PM ET / 4 PM CT / 2 PM PT

Galavision
Canada vs. Guadalupe - 7 PM ET / 6 PM CT / 4 PM PT
Haiti vs. Costa Rica - 9 PM ET / 8 PM CT / 6 PM PT

6/9/2007 11:14:58 AM

These announcers are clueless. Noriega is out as soon as his head hits the goalkeeper's shoulder.

6/9/2007 5:34:41 PM

yeah this really is some of the worst commentating i've ever heard

6/9/2007 6:50:45 PM

TWELLMANATOR

6/9/2007 8:31:44 PM

Final

Guadalupe 2 Canada 1

The other night Canada beat Costa Rica 2-1 and then they lose to some French island that I had to do a google Earth search to find! LMAO!

6/9/2007 9:15:04 PM

So I learned a lot of interesting things about Guadalupe. They are a French state, so they are not a member of FIFA. They can not play in the World Cup, or Confederations Cup. Someone on Big Soccer said you have to retire from the French national team to play for them.

6/10/2007 12:48:24 AM

it's guadeloupe

no better way to insult someone than by showing your own ignorance

6/10/2007 1:18:27 AM

wow...

no better way to make a pointless comment than by, well, making a pointless comment...


[Edited on June 10, 2007 at 1:28 AM. Reason : who cares how its spelled]

6/10/2007 1:27:42 AM

people with brains i guess

6/10/2007 1:34:27 AM

The Gold Cup provides an interesting conundrum. If you lose, you have to deal with losing the easiest tournament in the world. If you win, you have to play in the Confederations Cup, the most pointless tournament in the world.

6/10/2007 1:38:10 AM

haah yea i always wondered why even have the confederations cup...top nations like france, brazil, etc never send their full A squads to this tournament

6/10/2007 1:44:33 AM

You'd think they would cancel it after a dude died playing a meaningless game in the middle of blistering summer heat, but no.

6/10/2007 2:32:33 AM

They play the Confederations Cup only every 4 years now, one year before the World Cup at the host nation of the World Cup. It's a test run to see if they can handle 8 teams. If they can't do that then they have problems and need to do some fixing before 32 teams come to town.

As for the easiest tournament comment above, um Oceania has a confederation tournament too and Australia left Oceania after the 2006 World Cup. That means they have nothing left.

[Edited on June 10, 2007 at 3:39 PM. Reason : add more]

6/10/2007 3:36:52 PM

^^^ It's a dry run for the World Cup host.

Honduras defeats Mexico 2-1 in the Gold Cup.

6/10/2007 6:17:09 PM

http://www.terra.com/deportes/articulo/html/fox379325.htm

looks like we clinched at least 2nd in our group

6/11/2007 1:06:31 AM

I wonder what the lineup will look like on Tuesday night after all but one of the starters from the game 1 were benched for game 2.

6/11/2007 6:15:25 AM

probably a mix or the full lineup again to get a decent lead and secure 1st place...

no reason even the 2nd team lineup shouldnt beat them

6/11/2007 9:27:59 AM

4-0 over el salvador.

USA – DaMarcus Beasley (unassisted) 34th minute
USA – Landon Donovan (penalty kick) 49+.
USA – Taylor Twellman (Brian Ching) 73.
USA – DaMarcus Beasley (Clint Dempsey) 89.

6/12/2007 9:49:05 PM

So what was the deal w/ Donovan's first PK. I know Bradley wasn't allowed to come into the 18 before the kick but the announcers said something to the effect that if Donovan wouldn't have been the one to score the rebound it would have counted.

6/12/2007 11:40:40 PM