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Wednesday brings us 42 friendlies and six co-called competitive games. But let's look past the somewhat-less-than-titanic Cyprus-San Marino fixture to the games that will draw our attention (and are on TV here).
The USA is going to Sweden. The press is talking about whether Landon Donovan will...
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You know, when they say, "We are not safe", it's only to make you feel, not safe. To keep you going with the plan. I mean he tossed out the constitution, tapped all our phones and computers, no more habeas corpus, Hired millions of...
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The loss Monday night to Paraguay was not as bad as I feared, except for that horrible backpass/giveaway that led to Paraguay's second goal. Well, we all make mistakes, and this is a young team that we can all hope and pray does that in 2007 so it doesn't in 2010.
The U.S. is not eliminated;...
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I knew the team the US was putting on the field didn't have a chance. When I recognized almost as many names on the Argentine roster as I did on the US roster, I knew we were toast.
But when Eddie Johnson got a breakaway and all the Argentines could do was run over him like twin moving trucks...
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I know we just finished the Gold Cup, but it's time to move on to the next major international tournament: the Copa America. It's the world's oldest continuous international tournament, and the third most prestigious, after the World Cup and the European Championships.
The Copa America is the...
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First half:
I knew we were in trouble when I saw Mexico's first real attack. A Mexican player had the ball and was facing a line of four Americans. But on either end of that line, there was a Mexican. The Mexican with the ball passed to the right, and that Mexican crossed to the guy on the left....
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Between the Bakersfield Planning Commission and the Space Shuttle Atlantis, my day job kept me from watching the Gold Cup semifinals sooner than on a 27-hour delay.
Let's go straight to the headline: That should have been 2-2 after regular time. The game was 2-1 for the USA, and Canada scored a...
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I had to work today, so watched the first half of the USA-Panama game before work and then recorded the second half.
Panama's goal was awfully sweet and made me very nervous. I was generally pleased with the U.S., except I'd like them to put more than two past Panama.
Canada's beatdown on...
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Real life has gotten in the way of watching soccer this weekend, so I've caught just snatches of the Gold Cup games this weekend.
(Quick note for the uninitiated: the Gold Cup is the continental championship for national teams for our region, CONCACAF, which is shorter than saying North America,...
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I'm torn about the USA's play in its 4-1 win over China today.
On one hand, the young team showed some exciting inventiveness and some of the push-through-it spirit that is the best part of the American style of soccer. (If only every player were like DaMarcus Beasley.)
On the other hand, the...
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Ever wonder if maybe nations should solve their problems without war, but with some sort of sporting contest? Well, they'd pick the one game that unites the world, and Brazil would be the world's only superpower.
This blog is about soccer, mainly the international variety, the kind that pits...
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After Pat's Birthday
By Kevin Tillman
Posted on Oct 19, 2006
Editor's note: Kevin Tillman joined the Army with his brother Pat in 2002, and they served together in Iraq and Afghanistan. Pat was killed in Afghanistan on April 22, 2004. Kevin, who was discharged in 2005,...
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