Jackson’s Miss Prolongs Canada’s Wait To Topple Neighbor
Canadian rocker Bryan Adams was riding high in the charts when Canada last beat the United States in April 1985. Some reckless finishing by Norwich City forward Simeon Jackson prevented the Canucks...
View ArticleMorgan And Wambach Rescue U.S. In Subpar Olympic Opener
The United States women’s team began their quest for a fourth Olympic title in five tournaments with a 4-2 win over France at a sparsely populated Hampden Park in Glasgow. Pia Sundhage’s defending...
View ArticleUSA Hangs On Against Koreans To Seal Third Group Win
The United States women’s national team rounded off the Olympics group stage by beating North Korea 1-0 Tuesday at Old Trafford in Manchester. It was the first time the U.S. women have progressed to...
View ArticleDirectness, Pace And Power Get U.S. Women To Final Four
The U.S. women’s team boasts an attacking combination of raw power and sheer speed that none of their opponents can match. That combination, in the form of forwards Abby Wambach, Alex Morgan and...
View ArticleCanada Stunned By Capricious Referee, Morgan’s Late Winner
Canada and the United States were tied at 1-1 after an hour of Monday’s breathtaking Olympic Games semi-final when Megan Rapinoe tried to control a cross inside her own penalty area. The U.S....
View ArticleCanadians Air Grievances Over Semi-Final Referee
Members of Canada’s women’s national team aimed pointed barbs at Norwegian referee Christiana Pedersen following their controversial loss to the United States in Monday’s Olympic Games semi-final. “I...
View Article“Miss Olympics” Fires USA To Gold Medal Again
Reggie Jackson and Carli Lloyd grew up in different eras playing different sports on different sides of the Delaware River. Jackson, from Wyncote, Pa. on the northern fringes of Philadelphia, became a...
View ArticleCameron Shows Center-Back Credentials In Azteca Cauldron
Aug. 15, 2012, has entered the history books as the date that the United States national team finally defeated Mexico in Mexico. It also marked the night when Geoff Cameron confirmed his position as a...
View ArticleU.S. U-20 Women Ride Early Break To Trounce Ghana
The United States got their FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup campaign off to a flying start with a 4-0 hammering of Ghana in Hiroshima, Japan, early Monday. Penn State forward Maya Hayes grabbed a...
View ArticleU.S. vs. Mexico: World’s Greatest Rivalry Or Parochial Squabble?
Former United States national team defender Alexi Lalas used his pulpit as part of ESPN’s broadcast crew Tuesday to proclaim the U.S. vs. Mexico fixture as “the greatest international rivalry in the...
View ArticleCameron’s Landmark Goal Provides Comfort In USA Loss
CLEVELAND – Belgium boasted too much firepower for the United States during Wednesday’s meeting at FirstEnergy Stadium in Cleveland, but American defender Geoff Cameron gained some consolation on his...
View ArticleSLIDESHOW: United States 2 Mexico 0
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Second-half goals from Eddie Johnson and Landon Donovan gave the United States a 2-0 win over Mexico in their FIFA World Cup qualifying game held at Columbus Crew Stadium. Related...
View ArticleMexico’s “Dia De La Marmota” Strikes Again
COLUMBUS, Ohio – “Dos a cero, dos a cero,” rang the chant around the parking lots at Columbus Crew Stadium prior to this week’s FIFA World Cup qualifier between the United States and Mexico. Ohio’s...
View ArticleMoving U.S. Soccer To The FIFA Calendar
Major League Soccer commissioner Don Garber gave a strong hint during his State of the League address last December that moves are afoot to adopt FIFA’s traditional soccer calendar in the United...
View ArticleKansas City’s Silva Set For Country, Coursework And Contract Challenges
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Frances Silva enjoyed a stellar senior year for the West Virginia University women’s soccer team, leading the Big 12 Conference in goals scored and assists while guiding the...
View ArticleCosta Rica Seals Historic Women’s World Cup Berth On Penalty Kicks
CHESTER, Pa. – Costa Rica sealed its place at the FIFA Women’s World Cup for the first time with a penalty shootout win over Trinidad and Tobago in the CONCACAF Women’s Championship semi-final at PPL...
View ArticleUSA Reaches FIFA Women’s World Cup With Win Over Mexico
CHESTER, Pa. – The United States women’s national team is going to the FIFA Women’s World Cup for the seventh time in seven tournaments after a 3-0 win over Mexico in the CONCACAF Women’s Championship...
View ArticleMexico Joins USA And Costa Rica At FIFA Women’s World Cup
CHESTER, Pa. – Mexico sealed its place at the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup Sunday with a 4-2 win in extra-time over Trinidad and Tobago at PPL Park. Two extra-time goals from Veronica Charlyn Corral...
View ArticleWambach Nods U.S. Women To Seventh CONCACAF Championship
CHESTER, Pa. – A hat-trick of Abby Wambach headers in the opening 41 minutes fired the United States to its seventh CONCACAF Women’s Championship title Sunday at the expense of first-time finalist...
View ArticleKlingenberg Hopes To Put Pittsburgh On The Soccer Map
CHESTER, Pa. — Meghan Klingenberg appeared at PPL Park’s media zone last Friday gleefully clutching a ball signed by her United States women’s national team colleagues – a souvenir to mark her first...
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