Brian McBride Announces Retirement

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BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. – Chicago Fire forward Brian McBride fought through tears on September 3rd as he announced he will retire after the 2010 season, ending one of the most storied careers in American soccer history. McBride, 38, told the media that he has been in conversations with his family for more than a year on [...]

Landon Donovan Points At Springfield Soccer, He Wants Your Response

Landon Donovan Celebrates Against Algeria

Landon Donovan has a short video post up on the US Soccer Youtube page in which he asks for US Fans to offer a video offering their thoughts on the US run in the World Cup this year. The short clip shows three fan celebrations, including Brett Johnston of TAGsgf.com at Farmers Gastropub, shot by [...]

USA vs Ghana Today – Watch For Us on ESPN!

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Just got done trading emails with Paul Molin, an ESPN producer. They now have the original iPhone video I shot of our celebration at Farmer’s Gastropub as Landon Donovan scored the game-winner against Algeria. The plan is to include it as part of the pre-game show today. We will continue our support of the USA, [...]

Brett Johnston, Sports Illustrated is Calling! USA! USA! USA!

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Sports Illustrated found it, Kitchel22130 created it, words cannot describe it … Here’s the original video – Brett Johnston of TAGsgf.com is the wild man in the crew cut and black glasses bouncing up and down while Bill Griffiths, proprietor of Farmer’s Gastropub and host of these watch parties, is in the blue with the [...]

2010 World Cup Roster Named

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CHICAGO (May 26, 2010) — U.S. Men’s National Team head coach Bob Bradley has named the 23-man roster that will travel to South Africa for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The team departs for South Africa on May 30, and will play its opening match of the tournament against England on June 12 in Rustenburg [...]

USA Names 30 Man Roster, Davies Not Included

CHICAGO (May 11, 2010) — U.S. Men’s National Team head coach Bob Bradley has submitted to FIFA the 30-man preliminary roster for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. From this list, a squad of 23 players must be chosen by June 1 for the final roster that will travel to South Africa. The 30 players will [...]

Landon Donovan – USA’s talisman

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The folks at FIFA are in full-on marketing mode and covering bases in all of their largest markets. That means that the US of A deserves some coverage on their website and they led off with an interview with Landon Donovan. Landon Donovan has been the USA’s talisman for near a full decade now. With [...]

US Will Name 30 Players Tuesday In World Cup Countdown

Today is countdown day here at SGFsoccer.com for World Cup coverage. I opened with today’s story about our local Siemen’s Turblex team and I’m working to offer a story a day leading up to kickoff on June 11th. What is important tomorrow? According to the 2010 FIFA World Cup Regulations, the 32 qualified teams must [...]

Are You A Professional?

Professional doesn’t always mean being paid to play. It is an attitude, something that only you can control, that determines how much respect you have for yourself, your teammates and the game. It is best viewed when things don’t go the way you hoped or desired for that is when actions truly speak louder than [...]

USA vs Mexico – Your Predictions?

Here’s the prediction from my friends at The Roblee Report, a new site in KC: The United States has a solid team but it’s not intimidating. It will be interesting to see how Landon Donovan shows after training and playing with Bayern Munich. Donovan is an emotional player and I’m guessing his emotions are in [...]