Olympic Women’s Semifinals Monday Include USA vs Japan

From the US Soccer website The U.S. team will play Japan in the semifinal at Beijing Workers Stadium on Monday, August 18th. The match kicks off at 8:00 am CT and will be broadcast live on MSNBC, Universal HD and the NBC Olympic Soccer Channel. The Americans have made the semifinal round in all nine [...]

US Women Seek Win To Advance to Olympic Quarterfinals

From the US Soccer website: U.S. WOMEN TO FACE NEW ZEALAND IN SHENYANG; WIN CLINCHES SPOT IN QUARTERS: The U.S. Olympic Women’s Soccer Team will face New Zealand on Tuesday, Aug. 12, at the Shenyang Olympic Sports Center Stadium with a win guaranteeing a spot in the quarterfinals. The USA currently sits second in Group [...]

US Women Take On Norway Wednesday

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The U.S. Women’s National Team is ready to kick off their Group G Olympic opener against Norway at 7:45 p.m. local time / 6:45 a.m. CT on Wednesday, August 6th, at Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium. The match will be broadcast live on MSNBC and Universal HD, with the pre-game show starting at 7:30 a.m. [...]

This Week In Soccer

What, already? That’s right, we are a week away from the start of practice for the Boys High School season and most college programs. The buzz I’m seeing on Facebook is the excitement of packing and preparing to head off to the dorms for the college freshman. For the upper class men, its the reality [...]

USA Men’s Olympic Roster Named

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The roster for the US U23 squad that will play at the upcoming Olympic games has been named. Lots of familiar names including including Brian McBride, Brad Guzan and Michael Parkurst as the three older players allowed under the rules. Freddy Adu, Jozy Altidore, Michael Bradley and some others. Then there’s the fellow pictured in [...]

Olympic Soccer – 21 Days and Counting

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With tonight’s friendly between the US Women and Brazil (join us at Coester’s at 9:00 pm!), I thought I’d take some time to update you on what to expect in terms of broadcast schedules and related info. First the good news – I’ve updated the SGFsoccer.com calendar to reflect ALL of the games that I [...]

US Men Qualify For Beijing Olympics

With a 3-0 win last night over Canada, the US U23 Men’s National team earned a spot in the finals of the CONCACAF Olympic qualifying tournament. Honduras also qualified by defeating Guatemala in penalty kicks, 6-5, after a scoreless 120 minutes in regulation and overtime. The final between the US and Honduras will kick off [...]

US MNT U23s Play Honduras Tonight – Beijing Olympic Berth At Stake

From USSF: FINAL GROUP MATCHES ON TAP: The U.S. Under-23 Men’s National Team will be playing for first place in Group A and a spot in the all-important semifinals when they take on Honduras this Saturday, March 15 in Tampa. The USA’s final first-round match will kick off at 7 p.m. ET at Raymond James [...]