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Player Ratings: United States 6, St. Vincent and the Grenadines 1

It wasn’t a great start for the US as they conceded an early goal in the 4th minute when a simple ball fell to Oalex Anderson who was allowed to walk into the box with the ball and slotted the

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Costa Rica 3, United States 1: Player Ratings

It was a terrible start for the United States as the conceded two goals in the first 10 minutes. From that moment, the US actually did rather well controlling the second half of the game, but giving up a fortuitous

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United States 1, Costa Rica 0: Player Ratings

It wasn’t a game played with style as the United States got a valuable 1-0 victory over Costa Rica. THe US came out with good pressure and got the breakthrough in the 16th minute when Clint Dempsey tapped in a

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CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying Round 10 Preview

Heading into the final round of qualifying, Mexico (18 pts) and the United States (19 pts) have both qualified for the World Cup while El Salvador and Trinidad & Tobago have been eliminated. This leaves Costa Rica (15 pts) and

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CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying Round 9 Preview

It is getting to get very serious in terms of the qualifiers. Heading into this weekend, there are 11 of the 32 spots locked up for the World Cup finals in South Africa. By the end of next week 15

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CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying Round 8 Preview

The top 4 of Costa Rica, United States, Mexico and Honduras separated by a single point while Trinidad & Tobago and El Salvador have fallen behind and are 7 points out of 4th place. Honduras and United States are leading

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CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying Round 7 Preview

Last round we saw the top 4 bunch up while Trinidad & Tobago and El Salvador have fallen behind the pack probably ending their chances of reaching the World Cup Finals in South Africa. Heading into this round Costa Rica

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CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying Round 6 Preview

I’ll save the biggest clash for last in my preview of this round. Heading into this round Costa Rica is first with 12 pts followed by the United States with 10 pts. In the 3rd and final guaranteed qualifying spot

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