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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 [...]
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) [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
This will be the sixth Women’s World Cup that FIFA has staged since the inaugural tournament back in 1991. ESPN will be broadcasting games, beginning Sunday: NIGERIA-FRANCE (live) 7:45 am on ESPN2 GERMANY-CANADA (live) 10:30 am on ESPN MONDAY, June 27 JAPAN-NEW ZEALAND (live) 7:45 am on ESPN MEXICO-ENGLAND (live) 10:45 am on ESPN You [...]
TORREON, Mexico (June 19, 2011) – The U.S. opened the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup with an emphatic 3-0 win against the Czech Republic on Sunday in Torreon, Mexico. Goals from midfielders Alejandro Guido and Esteban Rodriguez, as well as a late strike from substitute forward Alfred Koroma gave the USA a deserved three points [...]
The best story I saw in advance of the FIFA announcement today awarding the 2018 World Cup to Russia and the 2022 World Cup to Qatar (over the US) was offered by Louise Taylor of the Guardian – Why the heat is on Fifa to give the 2022 World Cup to Qatar. I’ll cut to [...]
Click through for information on helping the USA reach One Million Fans in their Go USA bid effort in advance of the FIFA Tournament committee visit to the USA on Friday!
A little rainy day viewing for you, courtesy of the World Cup blog who notes yesterday brought forth a significant obit: the only player still remaining from the first World Cup final in 1930. Argentine Francisco Varallo passed away at the ripe young age of 100. A bit of a reminder while our friends in [...]
Missouri State University has a wonderful Library and the Department Head responsible for Special Collections, Dave Richards, recently visited Ghana during the World Cup. Dave is a wonderful speaker, if you ever have a chance to hear him I would highly recommend it. He also maintains a personal blog, Ozarks Yin Yang, that is travelogue [...]
Regular contributor Terry Michler, Head Coach of the CBC Cadets, is the winningest High School Coach in the USA and the founder of the CBC Dutch Touch Soccer Academy in St Louis. He offers his thoughts on the Spanish win the World Cup. Within the first few minutes of the broadcast of the Championship game [...]
The final two matches of the 2010 World Cup are this weekend. As has been his habit for the entire tournament, Bill Griffith’s and his staff at Farmer’s Gastropub downtown will open their doors for fans of the world’s game. Join us for excellent food, beverages and futbol. Saturday’s 3rd Place game between Germany and [...]
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