After the Portland Timbers’ wild 3-3 draw last weekend against the Columbus Crew – which saw two one-goal comebacks while down a man in the final 10 minutes – Steve Zakuani was one of many players who thought maybe, just maybe, his team had finally turned a corner. “When you’re playing like that and work as hard as we’re working, your luck starts to change,”...
SANTA CLARA, Calif. – The San Jose Earthquakes already expected to get some reinforcements back for their match Sunday, and the decision of US national team coach Jurgen Klinsmann added another key name to that list. Read More ...
There are just 18 days before the 2014 World Cup and soccer media all around North America are packing their bags and getting their vaccinations ahead of their trip to Brazil. The first-timers will hope to have as memorable a tournament as long-time Sports Illustrated soccer writer Grant Wahl did in 1998. It was an event which launched a long career in the sport as Wahl himself describes it: Read...
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LA Galaxy star Landon Donovan spoke to media for the first time since being left off the US national team's 23-man World Cup roster on Thursday. And he was very clear about his emotions upon learning the news. "It's surprising and disappointing," he said. Read More ...
The Houston Dynamo personnel woes continue. The club confirmed this week that rookie forward Mark Sherrod will miss the rest of the season due a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee. Read More ...
CARSON, Calif. – The LA Galaxy were as shocked as everybody else was when Jurgen Klinsmann announced his World Cup roster and Landon Donovan wasn't on it, but they see a bright side to the news. Read More ...
TUKWILA, Wash. – To the surprise of even the Seattle Sounders, Brad Evans will be available for selection on Saturday. Whether he actually suits up against the Vancouver Whitecaps (7 pm ET; MLS Live , TSN2 in Canada) – just a couple of days after being among the final cuts for the US World Cup roster – is not something that will be determined until the day of the game. Read More...
Kaká, Robinho and now Joe Cole. If the latest report is to be believed, Orlando City SC’s player recruitment ahead of their debut MLS season in 2015 is all about going big. The Washington Post ’s Steven Goff tweeted Friday that Orlando have contacted the former England international and West Ham midfielder after he was released by the English Premier League side earlier in the day....
Every era ends. Eventually. And when it does, it’s almost always painful. " Landon [Donovan ] is a great friend, a guy I've learned a lot from and somebody who I've been on the field with on so many tough nights,” midfielder Michael Bradley told ESPN in the wake of the announcement that Donovan was not part of the US national team’s World Cup roster. Read More ...
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STANFORD, Calif. – Landon Donovan simply didn’t fit into Jurgen Klinsmann’s plans for Brazil. Read More ...
STANFORD, Calif. – Few players in the US national team pool have learned more from Landon Donovan than Michael Bradley , who first studied at the feet of the US hero as a wide-eyed teenager. Read More ...
STANFORD, Calif. – US national team head coach Jurgen Klinsmann said Friday morning that any fans curious of what Julian Green has accomplished for the American team need only ask the other US players how well he’s performed behind closed doors. On Friday afternoon, Green’s new teammates backed him up. Read More ...
KANSAS CITY, Kan. – Sporting Kansas City were down to their ninth and 10th choices at center back by the time Friday night's match ended. Toronto FC were just down to 10 men. But Sporting had Dom Dwyer , and the Reds had the advantage of playing against a team without a significant defensive presence in the air. Read More ...
Toronto FC head coach Ryan Nelsen had plenty to talk about after a controversial 2-2 draw against Sporting Kansas City on Friday at Sporting Park , which saw his side get a red card, concede a penalty and come back dramatically in the dying minutes to secure a point. Read More ...
KANSAS CITY, Kan. – It didn't matter that their central defense was stitched together with fullbacks and good intentions, and that yet another defender may be lost for some time. No matter how tough their circumstances, Sporting Kansas City still weren't happy with taking a single point at home. Read More ...
GUADALAJARA, Mexico – All the speculation surrounding left back Edgar Castillo leaving Club Tijuana appears to have been accurate. The 27-year-old confirmed on Friday he is heading to Liga MX side Atlas. Castillo wrote that he would be leaving Xolos on Thursday, when he posted a message on his Twitter account. He told Cancha on Friday that his final destination will be Los Zorros . Read More...
I wrote an article titled Will there be life after Landon? two-and-a-half years ago for this website. The gist was simple: Landon Donovan has been the best and most productive player in US national team history, the attacker who's defined an era and whose successes (and one failure) were inextricably intertwined with the successes and failures of the program of a whole. Read More ...
Brad Evans may not have made the USMNT's final roster for the World Cup , but he's sure got a sense of humor about it. Check out this tweet from the Sounders midfielder/defender, referring to one of his would-be opponents in Brazil: Read More ...