Eddie Johnson made the fans of Seattle proud once again, this time scoring for the U.S. Men's National team in front of his MLS home city fans in a 2-0 World Cup qualifying match against previously undefeated Panama. The 40,847 fans at CenturyLink was the
seventh largest crowd for a home FIFA World Cup Qualifier and the second
largest ever for a U.S. MNT match in
the Pacific Northwest.
Eddie Johnson / Jozy Altidore U.S. Soccer Instagram Photo
U.S. Sits atop the group in the Final Round after First Five Games for Second Time in Last Five Cycles
U.S. improves to 3-1-1 in the Hexagonal, including three shutouts
Jozy Altidore Scores in Third Straight Match
U.S. MNT Continues 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualifying on June 18 against Honduras at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah; Game Will be Broadcast on
ESPN, WatchESPN and UniMas at 7 p.m. MT
MEXICO CITY (March 26, 2013) - For just the second time in U.S. Men's National Team's World Cup Qualifying history, the USA earned a point at Estadio Azteca with a 0-0 draw against Mexico in front of a massive crowd.
Goalkeeper Brad Guzan made three saves to record his second-straight
clean sheet, and the young center back duo of Omar Gonzalez and Matt
Besler showed tremendous poise and grit in helping the USA earn a
historic result. The only other World Cup Qualifying point earned by the
USA in Azteca came during another scoreless draw on Nov. 2, 1997.
The draw in the USA's third of 10 matches in the Final Round of 2014
FIFA World Cup Qualifying moved the Americans to 1-1-1 (4 points) in the
Hexagonal and into a three-way tie for second place with Honduras and
Costa Rica behind Panama (1-0-2, 5 points) at the top of the table.
Mexico (0-0-3, 3 points) is in fifth place, and Jamaica (0-1-2, 2
points) sits in sixth. The top three finishers qualify directly to the
2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.
NEW YORK – March 21, 2013 – ONE
World Sports, the English-language sports network with exclusive
world-class competitions from around the globe, will broadcast live its
exclusive World Cup qualifiers on its network and in a special broadband
preview on Tuesday, March 26th.
The fourth round of the Asian regional qualifiers – a series of four
match-ups critical in determining the participating teams of the 2014
FIFA World Cup Brazil -- will be made available by ONE World Sports, for
the first time, on broadband at no charge.
Those
who want to enjoy free access to this special preview of ONE World
Sports will be asked to fill out a brief questionnaire via oneworldsports.com.
On Tuesday, March 26th, ONE World Sports will broadcast and stream the following games:
Australia v. Oman 4:30AM ET (live, exclusive)
Korea Republic v. Qatar 7:00AM ET (live, exclusive)
Jordan v. Japan 10:00AM ET (live, exclusive)
Uzbekistan v. Lebanon 12:00PM ET (delayed, exclusive)
USSOCCER.com announced Monday, August 30, that Bob Bradley has signed a four-year contract extension to remain the coach of the U.S. men's national soccer team through the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
Following the 2010 World Cup there had been a lot of talk on soccer message boards and around the Internet regarding rumors of Bradley coaching a European team (i.e. Fulham, Aston Villa). There was also plenty "experts" debating whether or not Bradley was the right coach for the USMNT moving forward and was he solely responsible for their performance and the US teams results in South Africa at the 2010 World Cup?
In my opinion Bob Bradley did the best he could have done with a very small talent pool (most soccer fans would agree the US is still having trouble producing international level talent with exception of Goalkeepers). Add to the limited availability of quality players the fact that Oguchi Onyewu, the defenses anchor, was still recovering from his ruptured patellae tendon injury and Charlie Davies did not fully recover from injuries suffered in an automobile accident in October 2009 causing him to not even be selected for the World Cup roster. Bradley was forced to fill his roster with unproven players in Edson Buddle and Herculez Gomez. Neither of whom made much of an impact.
Some may say that the coaches that have come before Bradley like Bruce Arena (1998–2006), Steve Sampson (1995–1998), and Bora Milutinović (1991–1995) had even less talent to draw from. I agree that the level of US soccer talent has grown over the last 20 years but so has the rest of the world which means Bob Bradley's teams faced tougher international competition. Bradley led the US team to an excellent performance in the 2009 Confederations Cup with a win over Spain who is playing in the World Cup Final. So I say lets recognize the excellent job done by Bob Bradley (51.92% of poll voters agree) and hope that the US Men's team can continue to develop a deeper and more talented roster for future international competitions so that soccer/football/futbol will finally get some respect here in America.
Bradley coached U.S. to First Place in Group C at 2010 FIFA World Cup, Captured 2007 Gold Cup and First Place in CONCACAF Qualifying
Holds Career Record of 38-21-8; Led U.S. to First FIFA Tournament in Final at 2009 Confederations Cup
has signed a four-year contract extension to remain the coach of the U.S. men's national soccer team through the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
