*sigh* Clint Dempsey, one of the few players to show up throughout the tournament. USA loses today 2-1 to Ghana. Photo from ussoccer.com. The USA earned a well deserved exit from the World Cup today, losing 2-1 against Ghana. This loss wasn’t as disheartening as the loss against the Crezh Republic, but it definitely hurt. … Continued
USA vs Ghana. The day before…
In less than 24 hours we will know if the US naitonal team gets to go on to the second round of this years World Cup. Standing in their way is not only the Ghanan soccer team, but also the Italian and Czech teams will have something to say about it as well.In order for … Continued
World Cup Roundtable Commentary on USA
Some interesting stuff on the podcast from The World Cup Roundtable guys. The original post was a roundup of that days games on Episode 7, and the talk digressed a bit. Instead of clogging up that roundup with all USA talk, they split it into a separate Bonus Podcast. Also worthy of note is the … Continued
USA, between the games.
OK, instead of editing the previous post since its a day later I’ll just make a new one. First, for your reading… Arena Vows To Revise U.S. Lineup (Washington Post – Steven Goff) and Changes ahead for United States (Fox Sports World) These two articles recap Bruce Arena’s press conference on Tuesday. He had a … Continued
The Day After: USA – Czech
I will edit this post later with some more thoughts now that the emotion has died down a bit. If you need to vent, Steven Goff is having a online chat at the Washington Post website at noon today (june 13th). Here is the link. In the meantime, here are some press clippings… Czechs blow … Continued