Well, now I dislike Sampson less … Breaking more than a decade of silence, former U.S. soccer coach Steve Sampson said Tuesday he dropped John Harkes from the national team roster two months before the 1998 World Cup because the American captain was having an affair with the wife of teammate Eric Wynalda. Its honorable[.....]
Travel to South Africa, as exotic as it may sound, has turned out to be prohibitively expensive. Flights from New York to Johannesburg — where most games, including the final, will be played — would normally cost about $1,000, but they will set you back at least $2,500 if travelling during the World Cup.
Good news from Fulham FC, “… early indications are positive in that no operation is required. At this stage it is thought that the injury will not prevent him from featuring for Fulham, prior to the end of the season.”
This is just awful news. Fulham’s American winger Clint Dempsey has suffered suspected cruciate knee ligament damage which could jeopardise his place at the 2010 World Cup.
“I trained with the Reserves. It was a very eye-opening experience to be over there, and to be running the steps at Highbury with Tony Adams, and Paul Merson,” Lalas said. “Ian Wright picked me up for breakfast and took me out to dinner. It was an interesting experience.” I had no idea. Did you?
Priority status for applying for tickets to the U.S. Men’s National Team matches in South Africa will be extended to members of the U.S. Soccer Supporters Club. Registration for U.S. Soccer SC is open now at ussoccer.com, and fans seeking priority status must join by Dec. 3, 2009, at 12 p.m. ET.
Jonathan Bornstein headed in a corner kick in the dying seconds of this last qualifying match to tie the score at 2′s. For the whole game, it looked as if Costa Rica would win and book their place in the World Cup next summer. With this come-from-behind draw, the US Nationals secure first place in[.....]
Somehow, the USA came back from 1-0 down at half-time to get three goals. Some shaky defending and a missed penalty by Honduras was enough to make the rest of the game the most exciting sporting event since the Confederations Cup. Here is Grant Wahl’s take on the game, published minutes after it was over.
Donovan seemingly misses the point of the question. Instead of answering to the public for his lackluster performance in the World Cup, he argues that he doesn’t really want to be a world class player, only a mediocre one.
The 2006 World Cup is over for the United States team. And while we want to blame bad decisions on referees and bad luck injuries, our guys didn’t come with the same passion as underdogs that they did in 2002. We needed some help from the Italians and we needed to beat Ghana in the[.....]
