The 3-2 victory in Honduras clinched it. Well done, lads!!
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Cooper scores in 1860 Munich debut
Posted on August 9, 2009 by malarimer
Just a quick note: Cooper has scored in his debut. His team won. Great start to his campaign.
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USA 0 – 5 Mexico
Posted on July 26, 2009 by malarimer
I sure can pick them. Since I am originally from Omaha, NE, and I recently graduated college from Wesleyan University in central Connecticut, I haven’t had too many opportunities to watch the USA play in person over the years. In fact, I’ve had only two. The first was in 2005, when a half-strength USA lost [...]
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Recap: Gold Cup first round
Posted on July 13, 2009 by malarimer
I headed over to Nevada Smith’s on Saturday night to watch the USA take on Haiti. I’ve always been a little reluctant to watch games there because it tends to attract this brand of American soccer fan that I find particularly annoying–the fan who wishes he were born English. Symptoms of this condition include: the desire to argue [...]
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Confederations Cup: What We Learned
Posted on July 8, 2009 by malarimer
Sorry–this is a little late, but I think it’s an important discussion to have…
We’ve all read plenty of articles praising the Nats for their improbably run to the Cup finals, so we’ll spare you the discussion of their “grit” and “heart.” (Funny–I was always led to believe that Frankie Hejduk was our sole source of [...]
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USA 2 – 0 Spain
Posted on June 24, 2009 by malarimer
Opening comment from Soccernet’s live gamecast:
“Hello and welcome to Spain’s thrashing of the US. Teams to follow in a moment.”
Eat it, world.
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Confederations Cup: Group Stage Recap
Posted on June 22, 2009 by malarimer
After 135 minutes of some of the most uninspiring soccer we’ve seen from the USA since…well, I guess Costa Rica…the Nats were able to turn things around with a 3-0 victory over Egypt. And just like that, after losing two and accumulating a -5 goal differential, we’re out of the group stage. Wow! I think [...]
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USA 3-0 Egypt: Enjoy your time off, Giuseppe
Posted on June 21, 2009 by archiegemmill
HA!
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Lessons learned from the Confederations Cup (so far)
Posted on June 18, 2009 by malarimer
So we’re two matches into our Confederations Cup campaign and we’ve already been eliminated. Now it’s time to start asking the all-important question–what did we learn?
1. Horns absolutely need to be banned from all World Cup matches.
2. We are awesome at getting players sent off.
3. We still have a hard time scoring from the run [...]
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USA win the group!
The 2-0 first-half deficit made it seem unlikely, but the US were able to battle back to match points with Mexico, and therefore, win the group. Well done, boys! Here are some thoughts from the game:
-It was great to see the US create so many chances. You’d like to see us finish more of those [...]
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