Kirin Cup: Alex Morgan’s score ties US with Japan, 1-1
The Nadeshiko were the better team in the first 45 minutes getting a number of chances with their quick interchanges. The USA relied a bit too much on Alex Morgan who was quite dangerous but there was no midfield...
Algarve Cup: Japan once again has the USA’s number, 1-0
The Nadeshiko proved yet again to be a stumbling block for the US women's team blanking them, 1-0. Megumi Takase was able to get to Aya Miayama's corner kick before a slow reacting US defense to head home the...
France overcome Germany, 2-1
Olivier Giroud emphatically finishes of Mathieu Debuchy's through pass. Florent Malouda scores following a goalmouth scramble. Germany cuts the gap through veteran Cacau but it proves too little too late. Tony Kroos and Mesut Oezil were excellent but Germany's...
MLS Notes: DC United signs Dykstra, Impact waive Westlake, and more
D.C. United could find itself without goalkeeper Bill Hamid quite a bit in 2012 as the U.S. national team netminder and potential Olympian stands poised to have a busy year. With that in mind, DC added a veteran goalkeeper to help provide some cover. DC signed former Chicago Fire goalkeeper Andrew Dykstra on Monday. Dykstra...
Wednesday Kickoff: Bentley eyeing MLS, USA improves in rankings and more
Tottenham winger David Bentley could be the next Premier League player on his way to MLS. According to reports, Bentley is seeking a loan move to MLS. The 27-year-old midfielder spent the last half of last season on loan with Birmingham City and the first portion of this season on loan at West Ham before...
A huge blow: WPS shuts down 2012 season
Dan Borislaw hijacking the magic out of women's professional soccer What a blow to women's soccer after that magnificent exposition by the US national team at the CONCACAF Olympics qualifiers. The WPS has decided to cancel the 2012 season...
Friday Kickoff: De Gea may need eye surgery, Pato hurt again and more
Goalkeeper David De Gea has not exactly lived up to expectations in his first season with Manchester United, and there is pretty legitimate reasoning to explain what has gone wrong. He might need be able to see clearly. De Gea reportedly requires laser surgery to repair a case of farsightedness. The 21-year-old Spaniard plays wearing...
WPS gets conditional sanctioning for 2012
Having faced uncertainty about its future in recent weeks and months, WPS appears to have avoided doomsday. At least for now. WPS reportedly received conditional Division 1 sanctioning for 2012 from U.S. Soccer's board of directors on Monday evening despite it only having five teams and the minimum for Division I status typically being eight....
Hope Solo and Maksim Chmerkovskiy in DWTS
For all you Hope Solo fans. Here she is in DWTS with Maksim Chmerkovskiy. She lost it a few times with her routine but on the pitch she rarely loses it and that's where it counts. Great to see...
USWNT Get All Rocky IV on our Asses Ahead of 2012 Olympics
About 20sec into this clip --which is quite possibly the greatest Women's soccer mixtape of all time-- we see Hope Solo on a treadmill with a face-mask then a quick cut to a shot of a control panel of some sort that measures God knows what. It's all ...
Veronica Boquete leads Independence into WPS final
If you noticed like I did a pint sized player who took over midfield for the Philadelphia Independence in Sunday's semi-final against the MagicJack and wondered idly, "She is something special", don't go into the scouting business just yet....
