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US Women’s National Team Adds Two Exhibition Matches

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US Soccer logoCHICAGO (Feb. 9, 2010) — The U.S. Women’s National Team will play its first two domestic matches of 2010 against Mexico on March 28 at Torero Stadium on the campus of the University of San Diego and March 31 at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah, the home of reigning Major League Soccer champion Real Salt Lake.

The match in San Diego will kick off at 4 p.m. CT and will be televised live on Fox Soccer Channel and Fox Sports en Español. The match in Utah will kick off at 8 p.m. CT and be televised live on ESPN2. Fans can follow both matches online via ussoccer.com MatchTracker and at twitter.com/ussoccer.

The U.S. players will be called up from WPS pre-season training camps for what will be the final internationals for the U.S. team before the pro league kicks off on the weekend of April 10 and 11. The USA will open its 2010 schedule at the Algarve Cup in Portugal in late February.

The Mexico matches will mark the 24th and 25th meetings between the neighbors, but first since the CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, in April of 2008. During that tournament, the USA defeated Mexico 3-1 in front of a sell-out crowd of 22,280, during the group finale. The match featured a wild first half in which all four goals were scored.

Like the U.S., Mexico is preparing for CONCACAF qualifying for the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup. Qualifying is tentatively scheduled for the fall of this year, but the host country and dates have yet to be finalized.

US U20 Women Advance To Semifinal, Live Thursday

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The U.S. Under-20 Women’s National Team defeated Mexico 2-1 at Estadio Cementos Progreso to claim first place in Group B at the 2010 CONCACAF U-20 Women’s Championship. As the group winner, the U.S. will face Costa Rica, the second place finisher in Group A, in the first semifinal at 1:30 p.m. CT on Thursday, Jan. 28. The match will be televised live on Fox Soccer Channel, streamed live on CONCACAF.com and fans can also follow live on ussoccer.com’s MatchTracker.

In the other semifinal match, Group A winner Canada and Group B runner-up Mexico will square off at 4:30 p.m. CT, also on Thursday, Jan. 28, live on Fox Soccer Channel and CONCACAF.com. Both semifinal winners and the winner of the third place match will qualify for the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Germany.

More details available here

This Week In Springfield MO Soccer

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Welcome to Spring soccer folks. The girls high school season is scheduled to begin this evening with Jefferson City Helias visiting Lebanon to take on the Yellowjackets. If the weather cooperates. I’m still working on getting schedules into my calendar so I can begin regular coverage but there’s one important story to point to this week.

Rolla Bulldogs Mike Howard has 497 wins. The Rolla Bulldogs will open their District title defense this year with a tournament this weekend. Washington, Springfield Catholic and Hickman will visit and take on the hosts in the order listed. I will be in Rolla on Saturday to catch at least one of the games.

I’ll also be keeping an eye on Ozark where Tom Davidson opens his first season with the Tigers sitting at 498 wins. Harrison AR visits on Thursday this week and Ozark visits Waynesville next week. Plenty of pressure on the girls right from the start :)

The US Men’s National U23 team defeated Honduras Saturday evening to move into the semifinal of the CONCACAF Olympic qualifying tournament. They’ll face Canada on Thursday evening, the winner is guaranteed a slot in Beijing in August. The game will be broadcast live on Fox Soccer Channel, time to be announced. Note – Mexico will not being going to the Olympics.

Springfield Public Schools and Drury are on Spring Break so the Mudhouse should be relatively quiet this week as most of the MSU students I know are scrambling to wrap up their week before beginning their break on Thursday. Enjoy!

Update – World Cup blog celebrates St Pat’s by identifying the best Irish goals of the past 10 years available on YouTube!

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

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From USSF:

US LogoFINAL 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 Stadium, and fans can follow live on Fox Soccer Channel, ESPN Deportes and ussoccer.com’s MatchTracker.

THREE WAYS IN: The U.S. could advance to the semifinals in Nashville and be one game away from qualifying for the 2008 Beijing Olympics with a win, loss or draw against Honduras. With a win, the U.S. would finish atop Group A and guarantee a spot in the semifinals, where they would face the second place team in Group B. With a draw, the U.S. would also book a spot in the semifinals, but would finish in second place in Group A and have to take on the top team in Group B. If Panama defeats Cuba in the opening match of the doubleheader on Saturday night in Tampa, the U.S. would also finish in second place and move on to the semifinals even if they were to lose to Honduras.

HONDURAS ALREADY IN: Honduras stayed atop Group A after picking up their second win in as many games on Thursday night, and with six points, the Los Catrachos became the first team to book a spot in the semifinal round. With their first victory in group play, the U.S. moved into sole possession of second place, while Cuba moved to third place and Panama stayed in last place.

And for some of the interesting things going on in Group B, check out Mexico’s results so far.

US Faces Mexico Wednesday Night On ESPN2

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US Logo From US Soccer – “With the match falling on an international fixture date, this is an excellent opportunity to get the nucleus of our team together as we continue to prepare for World Cup qualifying,” said Head Coach Bob Bradley, who has collected a 13-5-1 record since becoming head coach last year. “The special nature of a USA-Mexico match provides a great test for our players, and it is something that as players and coaches we all look forward to. The experience can only benefit our group as we attempt to build a team that will help us achieve to goal of competing in South Africa in 2010.”

Seven players on the roster were on the field when the teams last met in the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup final. In front of more than 60,000 fans in Chicago, goals by Landon Donovan and Benny Feilhaber lifted the U.S. to a 2-1 victory and their second consecutive Gold Cup title.

Bradley has called on a dozen players from European-based clubs, including the Fulham duo of Carlos Bocanegra and Clint Dempsey. Everton goalkeeper Tim Howard joins the U.S. fold after a stellar year in 2007, appearing in a career-high 10 matches and earning eight victories. Everton are currently in fourth place in the English Premier League table. SC Heerenveen midfielder Michael Bradley enters the camp in fine form in league play, having scored six goals in his team’s last five matches to help elevate Heerenveen into second place in the Dutch Eredivisie.

Note – Taylor Twellman was part of training camp leading up to Wednesday’s match but was not chosen for the game after straining a groin muscle late last week, the latest in a string of injuries that have helped keep him off the pitch for the US

Wednesday February 6th, 8:00 – 10:30 pm on ESPN2