Wednesday, March 25, 2015

U.S. Men’s National Team: March 2015 Friendlies Preview

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The national team plays two away friendlies this month, in Denmark and Switzerland. The current team will be without Clint Dempsey,...
Sunday, January 25, 2015

U.S. Men’s National Team: 2015 January-Camp Friendlies Preview

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The national team is hardly at the top of most U.S. sports fans’ minds these days, given that the next World Cup is three years off...
Sunday, November 30, 2014

Wine and Soccer

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Last weekend I took a bus from Boston to New York to stay with a friend in Brooklyn. He’d invited me down to watch the ...
Sunday, October 12, 2014

U.S. Men’s National Team v. Ecuador, East Hartford, Connecticut, 10.10.14: Landon Donovan’s Last U.S. National Team Game

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Barring a comeback, Landon Donovan has played his last game for the U.S. national team. I suspect most U.S. fans wish it hadn’t end...
Wednesday, July 2, 2014

U.S. Men’s National Team v. Belgium, Salvador, Brazil, 7.1.14

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The U.S. lost to Belgium 2-1 yesterday to end their run in the 2014 World Cup. They exited the tournament with a record of one win,...
Thursday, June 26, 2014

U.S. Men’s National Team v. Germany, Recife, Brazil, 6.26.14

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The U.S. played a conservative, mostly ugly game in their 1-0 loss to Germany today, but even a loss was good enough t...
Monday, June 23, 2014

U.S. Men’s National Team v. Portugal, Manaus, Brazil, 6.22.14

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Portugal dominated the first ten minutes of this match, scoring early after a botched clearance from U.S. center back Geoff Cameron...