The World Champion U.S. Women’s National Team opened its Victory Tour in style with an 8-0 win against Costa Rica in front of a crowd of 44,028 at Heinz Field. The attendance set a record for the largest crowd for a stand-alone U.S. WNT match on home soil. In a special homecoming, Pittsburgh native Meghan Klingenberg […]
John Harkes To Coach USL Team In 2015
Former U.S. Men’s National Team midfielder John Harkes’ playing credentials are well known: first American to play in the English Premier League, two FIFA World Cup teams, two MLS Cups with D.C. United and 2005 National Soccer Hall of Fame inductee, just to skim the surface. Now the 48-year-old New Jersey native is taking on […]
Jamacia Makes U.S. MNT Look Average For Third
The U.S. Men’s National Team was defeated by Panama 3-2 in penalty kicks in the Gold Cup Third Place match Saturday afternoon at PPL Park, in Chester, Pa. Trailing 1-0 at the tail end of the second half, substitutes DeAndre Yedlin and Clint Dempsey combined to level the match, 1-1. As the clock continued ticked […]
U. S. Men Bomb In Gold Cup Semifinals
The U.S. Men’s National Team was eliminated from the 2015 Gold Cup Wednesday night after a 2-1 Semifinal loss to Jamaica at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. Trailing 2-0 at the start of the second half, the U.S. came out quickly on the attack and Michael Bradley scored his second goal of the tournament […]
Battery Comes Up Short To EPL West Brom
The Charleston Battery gave up a goal at the end of the first half, clawed it back just before the hour, then surrendered the game-winner with less than seven minutes remaining to fall 2-1 to the English Premier League’s West Bromwich Albion in an entertaining international friendly Friday at Blackbaud Stadium. West Brom striker Brown Ideye, a […]
Dempsey’s Hat Trick Fuels U.S. To Semifinals
The U.S. Men’s National team dominated its quarterfinal game against Cuba at M&T Stadium, winning 6-0 to punch its ticket to the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup Semifinals. Clint Dempsey tallied a hat trick, Aron Johannsson, Gyasi Zardes and Omar Gonzalez also scored for the MNT, with Gonzalez’s goal the first of his international career. The […]
U.S. Men Shuts Out Haiti 1-0
The U.S. Men’s National team clinched the top spor in Group A of the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup with its win 1-0 against Haiti at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts. Clint Dempsey buried his second consecutive game winning goal to lead the team to victory. After a scoreless first half, MNT head coach Jurgen Klinsmann subbed […]
Gold Cup…….Dempsey 2, Honduras 1
The U.S. Men’s National Team began its quest to defend its Gold Cup title with a 2-1 win against Honduras in front of a sell-out crowd of 22,357 at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas. In his 16th Gold Cup appearance Clint Dempsey notched a double and Michael Bradley, on the night of his 100th MNT cap, […]
USA WORLD CHAMPIONS…..AGAIN!
U.S.Women’s National Team defeated Japan 5-2 at Vancouver’s BC Place on Sunday night to become the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup Champion and the first three-time FIFA Women’s World Cup winner. In the first 16 minutes of play the USA took a 4-0 lead over Japan after Carli Lloyd netted the fastest hat trick in […]
US Men Cruise Over Guatemala 4-0
After a sloppy first half, the U.S. men had a 1-0 halftime lead over Guatemala courtesy of an own goal. The game played at LP Field in Nashville, attracted a crowd of over 44,000, a record for a soccer game in the state of Tennessee. After Jozy Altidore’s penalty kick attempt was saved in the […]