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A Closer Look At The Future Of The US Squad

A new World Cup cycle is set to begin for the United States and the first step is to evaluate the current squad and what there future is with the squad. Qualifying won’t begin until 2012 so there is time

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Ghana 2, United States 1: Recap and Player Ratings

Sadly the run is over. United States fell in extra time 2-1 to Ghana. They dug themselves a hole early going behind 1-0 in the 5th minute on a Kevin-Prince Boateng goal. Boateng was gifted the ball after Ricardo Clark

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World Cup Day 17: Germany-England Preview

This is the probably one of the biggest matches in the Round of 16 as two of the biggest footballing nations square off. Germany started the tournament on fire against Australia, but a loss to Serbia made advancing out of

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World Cup Day 16: United States-Ghana Preview

It is a short turn around and the knockout round is here. The United States have to follow-up their tremendous win over Algeria with a tough match against Ghana. Ghana survived a tough group and will not be an easy

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World Cup Day 15: Group G Recap and Best XI

Group G finished up today as Portugal and Brazil played to a 0-0 draw. The draw gave Brazil top spot in the group while Portugal advanced as a loss would have opened the door for Ivory Coast to make up

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United States 1, Algeria 0: Things We Learned

A day has passed and it’s time to take a look back at the the monumental game played by the United States on Wednesday. The win saw United States top Group C and advance into the Round of 16. The

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United States 1, Algeria 0: Recap and Player Ratings

This was an incredible game. I won’t go into it that much in terms of a recap as the story of the game is posted all over the place and I have my live commentary as well. The game marks

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World Cup Day 12: Group B Recap and Best XI

Group B had an exciting finish. Nigeria and South Korea battled to a 2-2 draw and at the end Nigeria needed only one goal to advance and failed to advance after missing some easy chances. In the other game, Greece

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World Cup Day 12: Group A Recap and Best XI

These posts are a bit late as the servers were down for quite a while yesterday. But they appear to be back up. Group A finished up today and it had a moment of intrigue as South Africa put pressure

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World Cup Day 10: Things We Learned

Today included another shocking result as New Zealand earned a 1-1 draw with the defending champions Italy, which leaves Group F nicely poised for the final match day. In the other match from that group, Paraguay defeated Slovakia 2-0 to

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