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International Friendlies Galore

With the Champions League officially over, there are a plethora of games in the next two or three weeks leading up to the World Cup. Here is a closer look at the top 5 friendlies (excluding the US games which

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United States 30-Man Squad: Midfielders And Forwards

Here is the second part of my look at the 30-Man US roster looking at the midfield players as well as the wide open race for the forward spots. One of the big questions in this group will be whether

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United States 30-Man Squad: Goalkeepers And Defenders

The United States training camp opens up today on May 17th as many players make their final cases before the final 23 man squad for the World Cup is announced. Most of the starting positions have been decided but there

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My Thoughts On The US 30-Man Provisional Squad

There were not a lot of surprises in the squad announced by Bob Bradley today. The big news was the omission of Charlie Davies, but given his own club had not medically cleared him to play medically, Bradley had little

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My Predictions For The United States’ Provisional Squad

Bob Bradley will be announcing his the 30-man provisional squad this afternoon which will be shown live on ESPNews at 2 pm EST. The majority of these players will arrive in Princeton, NJ in order for a training camp before

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Is Kevin Kuranyi The Answer To Germany’s Striker Problems?

It is hard to imagine that a footballing power like Germany could be struggling to find strikers in this upcoming World Cup, but there has been worries about the striker position despite scoring 26 goals during the qualifying stage. The

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David Beckham Will Miss World Cup After Picking Up Injury

It was confirmed today by AC Milan that David Beckham tore his achilles tendon in a Serie A game against Chievo. The injury will keep Beckham out for 3 months and ends his dream of playing in South Africa for

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