United States Soccer Blog (USA)

THE UNITED States of America signed off a successful 2009 with a 3-1 defeat at the hands of Denmark on Wednesday night.
The US qualified for next year’s World Cup, reached the final of 2009’s FIFA Confederations Cup and finished 2009 as the top team in CONCACAF World Cup qualification. But they failed to conclude [...]

The USA have become a familiar face at the World Cup in recent tournaments. Although never considered a realistic option to win the event, they have tended to be capable of causing a shock if other nations are below their best. The team’s best showing at the World Cup in modern times was their quarter [...]

A vastly under-strength USA side went down 1-0 to Slovakia on Saturday, with only a 26th-minute Marek Hamsick penalty separating the two sides.
Although the Americans were missing first-choice players including Tim Howard and Landon Donovan, they were in no way disgraced and Bratislava, perhaps best known for horror movie Hostel, was not the scene of [...]

Check back here past 4ish and I should have the roster up. For now, click on the link below to see Jozy Altidore’s first goal as a Hull City Tiger:
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The roster from the US Soccer site:
U.S. ROSTER BY POSITION Click for full roster
GOALKEEPERS (2): [...]

Just a quick note on a busy moving Saturday for me. New Hull City Forward Jozy Altidore’s first touch on the ball ended up being the game-winning assist after coming on as a Substitute in the 60th minute. Hull won 1-0 at home against Bolton.  Take a look at the goal:
http://www.eplmatches.com/index.php/2009/08/22/hull-vs-bolton-highlights/
Great job by Jozy and [...]

Frankie Hejduk ties it up in El Salvador (March 2009)

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The USMNT has had its ups and downs just like any other national team around the world, but the confidence surrounding the group that has been left over going into September might be at an all time high even after a tough loss in Mexico. [...]

Charlie Davies – Striker – #9

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Many could argue that 1994 marked the arrival of American soccer onto the global stage as the United States hosted its first FIFA World Cup using nine venues across the nation. Although this would be true if we were constructing a time-line, the United States has not been taken [...]

      The USA look set to book their place in South Africa for the 2010 world cup with relative ease.  They progressed easily into the final hexagonal stage of qualifying (complicated but it works). They were forced to play a rather easy qualifier against Barbados which they won 9-0 on aggregate which led them into the first [...]

The match against Costa Rica will be the fourth match in the Fourth round of the CONCACAF World Cup qualifiers. USA currently top the 6-team group, and will take on the runners-up Costa Rica, just one point less than USA’s 7 points, at the Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Ayma in Costa Rica. They have the golden [...]