Thread: USA Men's Soccer

USA already up 2-0

U.S. Men Open 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifying With A Dominating 8-0 Win Against Barbados at The Home Depot Center

http://www.ussoccer.com/articles/viewArticle.jsp_6848512.html

Next match:

The US heads to Barbados For second leg on Sunday, June 22, at 3 p.m. ET, Live on ESPN Classic

"marstc09" wrote:

Next match:

The US heads to Barbados For second leg on Sunday, June 22, at 3 p.m. ET, Live on ESPN Classic

Am I reading this right?
Your last two post.....

USA is playing Barbados again in consecutive games?
But this one is away?

The U.S. Under-23 Men’s National Team has been drawn into Group B of the Men’s Olympic Football Tournament along with Japan, the Netherlands and Nigeria, and will based in Tianjin for its first two games before moving to the Olympic host city of Beijing to round out the first stage.

Men’s Olympic Group B Schedule

Date Match-up Venue Kickoff (Local/ET)
Aug. 7 USA vs. Japan Tianjin (Olympic Sports Center) 5 p.m. / 5 a.m.
Aug. 7 Netherlands vs. Nigeria Tianjin (Olympic Sports Center) 7:45 p.m. / 7:45 a.m.
Aug. 10 Nigeria vs. Japan Tianjin (Olympic Sports Center) 5 p.m. / 5 a.m.
Aug. 10 USA vs. Netherlands Tianjin (Olympic Sports Center) 7:45 p.m. / 7:45 a.m.
Aug. 13 Netherlands vs. Japan Shenyan (Olympic Sports Center) 5 p.m. / 5 a.m.
Aug. 13 USA vs. Nigeria Beijing (Workers' Stadium) 5 p.m. / 5 a.m.

http://www.ussoccer.com/articles/viewArticle.jsp_6160390.html

Bob Bradley Releases 10 Players After First Leg Against Barbados

The 10 departed players are Brian Ching (Houston Dynamo), Clint Dempsey (Fulham FC), Steve Cherundulo (Hannover 96), Landon Donovan (Los Angeles Galaxy), Brad Guzan (Chivas USA), Frankie Hejduk (Columbus Crew), Maurice Edu (Toronto FC), Sacha Kljestan (Chivas USA), Pablo Mastroeni (Colorado Rapids) and Matt Reis (New England Revolution). Six out of the 10 players started in Sunday’s first leg match against Barbados and three players notched five of the eight U.S. goals.

No understanding why some of thes guys were released. Especially Landon and Clint!

ESPN2 is big on soccer these days!

"NordicNed" wrote:

"marstc09" wrote:

Next match:

The US heads to Barbados For second leg on Sunday, June 22, at 3 p.m. ET, Live on ESPN Classic

Am I reading this right?
Your last two post.....

USA is playing Barbados again in consecutive games?
But this one is away?

Yes that is how qualifying works. Here is a good site.

http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/nccamerica/standings/group=250441/index.html

"marstc09" wrote:

"NordicNed" wrote:

"marstc09" wrote:

Next match:

The US heads to Barbados For second leg on Sunday, June 22, at 3 p.m. ET, Live on ESPN Classic

Am I reading this right?
Your last two post.....

USA is playing Barbados again in consecutive games?
But this one is away?

Yes that is how qualifying works. Here is a good site.

http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/nccamerica/standings/group=250441/index.html

Okay, got it bud..Thanks..

"marstc09" wrote:

The U.S. Under-23 Men’s National Team has been drawn into Group B of the Men’s Olympic Football Tournament along with Japan, the Netherlands and Nigeria, and will based in Tianjin for its first two games before moving to the Olympic host city of Beijing to round out the first stage.

Men’s Olympic Group B Schedule

Date Match-up Venue Kickoff (Local/ET)
Aug. 7 USA vs. Japan Tianjin (Olympic Sports Center) 5 p.m. / 5 a.m.
Aug. 7 Netherlands vs. Nigeria Tianjin (Olympic Sports Center) 7:45 p.m. / 7:45 a.m.
Aug. 10 Nigeria vs. Japan Tianjin (Olympic Sports Center) 5 p.m. / 5 a.m.
Aug. 10 USA vs. Netherlands Tianjin (Olympic Sports Center) 7:45 p.m. / 7:45 a.m.
Aug. 13 Netherlands vs. Japan Shenyan (Olympic Sports Center) 5 p.m. / 5 a.m.
Aug. 13 USA vs. Nigeria Beijing (Workers' Stadium) 5 p.m. / 5 a.m.

http://www.ussoccer.com/articles/viewArticle.jsp_6160390.html

Is your U-23 team good?
My take on the dutch team is that they are good, being the European champion but they do have a lot of flaws. I'm very interested if they could go for a medal...