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USA World Cup Draw

Friday, December 4th, 2009

The USA was drawn into Group C for next summer’s World Cup Finals in South Africa and will face England in the first round game on Saturday, June 12th.  This will no doubt be a huge test for Bob Bradley’s squad but with all of England’s history and potential, they are the one team in [...]

USA Qualifies for World Cup 2010!

Saturday, October 10th, 2009

In the best game you never saw, the USA beats Honduras in the penultimate game of their World Cup qualifying campaign! Conor Casey with the double and man-of-the-match Landon Donovan contributing one of his own. The US went behind first (again) but battled back admirably to get the next 3 goals. Honduras [...]

Chivas de Guadalajara (MEX) vs ReAL Salt Lake (USA)

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

It was billed as an “International Friendly” but the game at Rio Tinto Stadium tonight seemed to be anything but. For a game that had absolutely nothing on the line but pride for either club, the intensity was at playoff level.
A first half that produces the following can hardly be called “friendly”:
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A Sad Day for American Soccer

Friday, August 21st, 2009

Today we had to say good-bye to a dear friend.  After 7+ years of broadcasting World Soccer Daily suddenly left the airwaves.
Now I don’t want to get into all the reasons why but I do want to express my sincere gratitude to Steven Cohen for the personal contribution he has made to the beautiful game [...]