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SUNDERLAND, ENGLAND – MARCH 01: Sunderland player DeAndre Yedlin in action during the Barclays Premier League match between Sunderland and Crystal Palace at Stadium of Light on March 1, 2016 in Sunderland, England. (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images)

What kind of club would you want your young international defender to develop?

Imagine for a second that you’re USMNT manager Jurgen Klinsmann. That means that yes, you now have the power to call up undeserving players to the national team while leaving better players at home. You can also make really questionable roster decisions or whatever else the latest criticism’s of the man are. Now let’s say […]

FRISCO, TX – FEBRUARY 10: (L-R) Becky Sauerbrunn #4, Hope Solo #1 and Carli Lloyd #10 of USA before a match against Costa Rica during the 2016 CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualifying at Toyota Stadium on February 10, 2016 in Frisco, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)

Five top USWNT players accuse U.S. Soccer of wage discrimination

In between winning the Women’s World Cup and going on their victory tour to getting ready for the Summer Olympics where they are favorites to win gold, the United States Women’s National Team needed to strike while the iron is hot to get their word out that they feel they are not being paid comparatively […]

FRISCO, TEXAS – MARCH 29: of the U.S. Under-23 Men’s National Team during the first half of the 2016 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying playoff at Toyota Stadium on March 29, 2016 in Frisco, Texas. (Photo by Sarah Crabill/Getty Images)

Colombia picks apart US U-23’s to advance to Rio 2016 Olympics

A 1-1 scoreline on the road? In a home-and-home series that you host the final match, its about the best case scenario a team could hope for. However, much of the problems that plagued the United States U-23 squad in Colombia were on full display in Frisco, Texas on Tuesday night as well. The only […]

COLUMBUS, OH – MARCH 29: Geoff Cameron #20 of the United States MenÕs National Team heads the ball off a free kick for a goal in front of Carlos Castrillo #13 of Guatemala in the first half during the FIFA 2018 World Cup qualifier on March 29, 2016 at MAPFRE Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. (Photo by Jamie Sabau/Getty Images)

USMNT exacts important revenge in 4-0 demolition of Guatemala

All the hand-wringing, head scratching and angry tweeting apparently sent a message to the United State men’s national team following its 2-1 loss at Guatemala this past Friday. Either that, or personal embarrassment over becoming the first American team to ever take a loss to the Central American nation. Returning to the site of some […]

Olympic berth on the line for U.S. tonight against Colombia

After last week’s 1-1 draw in Barranquilla, the United States’ U-23 team is in a good position to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics tonight in Frisco, Texas. A win over Colombia, or even a 0-0 draw, will be enough to see the Americans qualify for the first time since 2008 in Beijing. How to […]

USA’s Alejandro Bedoya leaves the field in dejection after being defeated by Guatemala 2-0 in a Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup Concacaf Qualifiers’ football match, in Guatemala City, on March 25, 2016. AFP PHOTO / JOHAN ORDONEZ / AFP / JOHAN ORDONEZ (Photo credit should read JOHAN ORDONEZ/AFP/Getty Images)

USMNT needs a World Cup Qualifying win in Columbus to keep World Cup dream alive

After an embarrassing show by the USMNT last Friday, the Yanks are hoping to set things right in Columbus to get back on track on their way to the hexagonal round of the CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying. After giving up two quick goals early in the game in Guatemala City, the United States never seemed to […]

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Explaining the USMNT’s chances to advance to the Hex if they win, lose or draw to Guatemala Tuesday

As the American soccer world awoke from a full night sleep, we woke up to realize that the nightmare last night wasn’t a dream but reality. Anyway, that’s over and there’s hardly any time to dwell on that since the U.S. Men’s National Team and Guatemala play Tuesday in another World Cup Qualifier. The focus […]

Guatemala’s Carlos Ruiz, right, celebrates with a teammate after scoring against the United States during a 2018 Russia World Cup qualifying soccer match at Mateo Flores Stadium in Guatemala City, Friday, March 25, 2016. (AP Photo/ Luis Soto)

Guatemala shoves “dos a cero” back down the USMNT’s throats after an embarrassing performance

If I could type in the “crap” emoji 500 times and turned that in as my recap for tonight’s game, I would. But, I would like to be a bit more articulate with my analysis of what happened so here goes. The USMNT is in danger for not even qualifying into the Hex after losing 2-0 […]

ST. LOUIS, MO – NOVEMBER 13: Bobby Wood #18 of the United States controls the ball against St. Vincent and the Grenadines during a World Cup qualifying match at Busch Stadium on November 13, 2014 in St. Louis, Missouri. (Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images)

USMNT heads to Guatemala tonight as favorites for difficult World Cup Qualifier

The USMNT continues their path to Russia 2018 by heading to Guatemala City to play Guatemala in the Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores. The USMNT currently sit in first place in Group C of CONCACAF Qualifying on goal differential, while Guatemala is just one point away from reaching both Trinidad and Tobago and the U.S. for the […]

ST. LOUIS, MO – NOVEMBER 13: Bobby Wood #18 of the United States controls the ball against St. Vincent and the Grenadines during a World Cup qualifying match at Busch Stadium on November 13, 2014 in St. Louis, Missouri. (Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images)

Bobby Wood could be headed to the Bundesliga, and that’s great news for the US

For the majority of his young career Bobby Wood has toiled in Germany’s second division. That hasn’t stopped him making a name for himself in the USMNT. Last summer Wood shocked two of soccer’s superpowers when he scored late winners against the Netherlands and world champions Germany. Since then he scored in the CONCACAF Cup […]

USMNT U-23 squad facing Colombia for the final Olympic spot

There’s one spot left in soccer tournament for the 2016 Summer Olympics, and either the United States or Colombia will claim it. The first match of the home-and-away tie is tonight in Barranquilla, and as far as U-23 matches go, the stakes could hardly be any higher. How to watch: 5 p.m. ET, FOX Sports […]

BOCA RATON, FL – MARCH 09: Alex Morgan #13 of the United States misses a ball during a match against Germany in the 2016 SheBelieves Cup at FAU Stadium on March 9, 2016 in Boca Raton, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

WATCH: Alex Morgan scores incredibly awesome goal in SheBelieves Cup Final

The United States Women’s National Team won the first ever SheBelieves Cup that pit the USWNT between three of the five best teams in the world in Germany, England and France. In the final and title clinching game, the USWNT won 2-1 over Germany thanks in part to Alex Morgan scoring an incredibly difficult goal. […]

Is Futsal the next frontier of growing soccer in the United States?

A few weeks ago, billionaire owner of the Dallas Mavericks and a host of Shark Tank Mark Cuban set out to form the Professional Futsal League along with Mavs GM Donnie Nelson and a slathering of current NBA owners like the Nets and Lakers as well as the Mavericks as well as pro soccer teams with massive […]

CHICAGO, IL – JULY 01: Fans gather at Soldier Field to watch USA take on Belgium in a World Cup match being played at Arena Fonte Nova in Salvador, Brazil on July 1, 2014 in Chicago, Illinois. Organizers said 28,000 people were in attendance at Soldier Field. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

PIC: This leaked USMNT kit better be some kind of sick joke

Nike and U.S. Soccer, please tell me the pics we saw today of a leaked USMNT kit is some sort of cruel, unfunny, tasteless joke? I’ll even take that this design was a first draft and it’s different. Just anything other than this monstrosity of a kit that really offends all senses, even smell. In […]

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