Graham Zusi Added to US MNT Camp Roster

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Sporting Kansas City midfielder Graham Zusi was named to the U.S. Men’s National Team roster on Sunday for the team’s ongoing training camp, the U.S. Soccer Federation announced. Zusi will arrive at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, his hometown, on Sunday to join the 27-player camp. It marks his second camp [...]

U17 US WNT Play Thursday For World Cup Spot

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The U.S. Under-17 Women’s National Team stormed through the group stage at the 2012 CONCACAF U-17 Women’s Championship to take the top spot in Group B. Now the U.S. players focus on perhaps the most important game of their young careers so far, a match-up with Group A runner-up Panama on Thursday, May 10 at [...]

US U17 WNT Face Bahama In CONCACAF WCQ Opener Today

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The U.S. Under-17 Women’s National Team kicks off the 2012 CONCACAF U-17 Women’s Championship on Thursday, May 3, when it faces the Bahamas (3 pm CT) in what will be the first-ever match for a U.S. WNT against the island nation. The USA will continue Group B play against Trinidad & Tobago on Saturday, May [...]

US Women Drawn With France, Colombia and Korea DPR in Olympics

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The U.S. Women’s National Team will face France, Colombia and Korea DPR in Group G at the 2012 London Olympics taking place from July 25-Aug. 9 at six venues throughout Great Britain. The Olympic Final Draw took place on Tuesday morning in the Bobby Moore Room at Wembley Stadium in London. The U.S. will open [...]

US Soccer Introduce New Uniforms

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U.S. Soccer and Nike unveiled the new home jersey for both the U.S. Men’s and Women’s National Teams. The U.S. Men and Women will debut the latest Nike jersey when they play their next domestic matches in late May. For the first time, Nike has taken a unified approach with the USA’s home kits, creating [...]

US Women Face Japan Sunday in Kirin Cup

The U.S. Women’s National Team kicks off an exhibition tournament when it faces 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup champion Japan to open the inaugural Women’s Kirin Challenge Cup at 5:30 a.m. CT Sunday, April 1, at Yurtec Stadium in Sendai, Japan. The U.S. then faces Brazil in this three-team event at 7 a.m. ET on [...]

US WNT Open Olympic Qualifying Friday

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Via US Soccer – Universal Sports Network will provide live coverage of all the 2012 CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament with coverage beginning Friday, Jan. 20 from Vancouver, B.C. The network’s live exclusive English-language coverage of the U.S. Women’s National Team matches includes all the group games and a semifinal should the Americans advance from [...]

USSF Needs to Quit Playing Games in LA

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10 years ago the US played Costa Rica at Arrowhead Stadium in KC.  It was my first trip to see the team in person and a game that I will never forget.   At that time, it was difficult to find US games on TV (many games were on pay-per-view if they were broadcast at all) [...]

Klinsmann Right Man for the Job

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Finally.  After pursuing Jurgen Klinsmann for 5 years, the USSF has hired Jurgen Klinsmann to be the next National Team coach, replacing Bob Bradley.  Most fans wanted Klinsmann to lead the National Team back in 2006, but US Soccer would not pay him the money or give him the control he wanted to implement his [...]

USA Stuck In Neutral

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The website welcomes a new contributor, Matt Isaacson is a Drury grad and KC resident who will following the US National team. Here’s his opening salvo… The US National Team is facing a critical period and a possible loss in identity. After being the undisputed kings of Concacaf for the majority of the last decade, [...]

USA vs Japan in World Cup Final, at Farmers Gastropub Sunday 1:00 pm

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Join us Sunday afternoon at Farmers Gastropub downtown to cheer on the US Women’s team as they face Japan for the World Cup title. It is the U.S. Women’s National Team third appearance in the FIFA Women’s World Cup Final and first since 1999. The US defeated France 3-1 to advance while Japan defeated Sweden [...]

USA vs France – 10 am Wednesday At Farmers Gastropub

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Ready to create some great new memories? Join us for brunch at Farmers Gastropub for the USA vs France match on Wednesday morning. Bill Griffiths is opening at 10am in time for the pre-game show. Kickoff is at 10:30 am. Here are some stories about the team and the game. I’ll update this list as [...]

USA vs Brazil in World Cup Quarterfinals – Sunday 10am on ESPN

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The World Cup Quarter-Finals will be played Saturday and Sunday this weekend. The USA game is Sunday morning at 10:30 am, pre-game show at 10:00 am. Stock up on your brunch requirements now! Quarterfinals In the first bracket, Germany who finished atop Group A will face Group B runner-up Japan, and Sweden Group C winner [...]

USA vs Sweden, 1:30 pm Wednesday on ESPN!

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The U.S. Women’s National Team will face Sweden on July 6 at the Women’s World Cup Stadium in Wolfsburg to finish Group C play. The match will be broadcast on ESPN, ESPN3.com and Galavision at 1:45 p.m. CT with the pre-game show beginning at 2:30 p.m. Wolfsburg has been a cold and rainy venue so [...]

World Cup This Weekend

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There are some good games this weekend, including the US WNT on Saturday morning. As noted in the Goal column today – “In Germany right now, the women’s soccer players are the headliners” The best source for commentary I’ve found on the Women’s World Cup is From the Left Wing. If you have a daughter, [...]