It was an impressive performance by a young group as the team were solid defensively and were able were dangerous on the counter as they even scored a nice goal in the 85th minute when Mikkel Diskerud played a ball…
This is an interesting friendly as the United States compete in the Mandela Challenge Cup. The United States are bringing a very young squad as they left most of the regulars at home. The complete roster is listed here. There…
There were quite a few surprises with the national team roster selected by Bob Bradley. Almost none of the regulars were called into this group with Jonathan Bornstein, Jonathan Spector, Clarence Goodson, Brad Guzan, and Alejandro Bedoya as the only…
Here is the roster selected by Bob Bradley for next week’s friendly with South Africa. It is a young group and I will have more reaction to it later. Goalkeepers: Bradley Guzan (Aston Villa, ENGLAND), Dominic Cervi (Celtic, SCOTLAND) Defenders:…
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…
The next four days should be exciting as we enter the third and final group stage games where the games will be played simultaneously. The first day will decided the fates of Group A and Group B. Here is a…
The tournament definitely picked up with Group H. Chile started off the day with a great attacking display as they defeated Honduras 1-0. Chile were attacking throughout and only some poor finishing and great goalkeeping kept it from being a…
After today, we will have seen every team. Group H finally gets underway as favorites Spain get their first game. The day ends with South Africa getting their second game as they face Uruguay. Here is my preview of Day…
The first day is in the books and we got a look at all four teams in Group A. After each team has played 90 minutes, it is all square with each team getting a point. Here are my observations…
Live Commentary: South Africa vs. Mexico
The cup is finally here and it gets started with the hosts South Africa facing Mexico. I will be providing commentary on both matches today on the opening day of the tournament. Feel free to leave your thoughts in the…