In what to many obserers has been a long time coming, Keeny Cooper has been recalled by Bob Braldey for the US Naitonal team along with teammate Drwe Moor. Cooper will perhaps be dissapointed it's ina camp made up mostly of MLS'ers who's teams have been eliminated, but the chances to impress on the national stage have been few and far between for Cooper. Click to continue reading...

FC Dallas defender Drew Moor has signed a new four year contract with the club according to Soccer America and later confirmed by one of my sources. Moor is one of club's most consistent and reliable players, something not to many people have been able to do on that backline over the last few years. I [. Click to continue reading...

First reported by Soccer America and now confirmed by 3rd Degree, Drew Moor has signed a new four year contract. Click to continue reading...

Happy Monday to all here as we are a hours away from the international summer transfer window opening back up for all clubs to trade parts, find new and exciting and whatever else those clubs do with the transfer window. But before an influx of new talent comes into Major League Soccer I wanted to spend [. Click to continue reading...

A list of all penalties can be found on the league stats page (scroll to the bottom). However, on that page they don't list who earned and conceded the penalties like they used to a few years back. I've always missed that, so by looking through match reports I keep track of it myself.

With only 23 penalties given so far this season, there's not too much to notice on these lists. Click to continue reading...

GOALKEEPERS: Brad Guzan (Chivas USA), Dominic Cervi (out of contract),  Chris Seitz (Real Salt Lake) DEFENDERS: Carlos Bocanegra (Rennes), Dan Califf (FC Midtjylland), Jay DeMerit (Watford FC), Drew Moor (FC Dallas) Oguchi Onyewu (Standard de Liege), Heath Pearce (Hansa Rostock) MIDFIELDERS: DaMarcus Beasley (Glasgow Rangers), Michael Bradley (SC Heerenveen), Sacha Kljestan (Chivas USA), Eddie Lewis (Derby County), [. Click to continue reading...

A couple days slimming his roster down to 12, it looks like US coach Bob Bradley is about to fatten things up with the addition of a bunch of MLSers.

Various reports have Bradley calling Drew Moor (FC Dallas), Chris Seitz (Real Salt Lake), John Thorrington (Chicago Fire), Chris Rolfe (Chicago Fire) and Chad Barrett (Chicago Fire). Click to continue reading...

Hope you all are enjoying your Sunday. I'm sitting here during the halftime of Germany and Poland. I noticed an inbox alert from the US national team media services about tonight's match. A couple late scratches and updates. Goalkeeper Dominic Cervi, forward Kenny Cooper and defender Drew Moor. Cooper and Moor were called in late Friday [. Click to continue reading...

Yes, we were technically and tactically outclassed. Yes, we were blessed once again that los tricolores just can't seem to convert any of their possession into goals from the run of play. Yes, our set-piece defending was nothing short of miserable. Yes, some of our young guys looked to be a bit in awe of the occasion and the crowd. Click to continue reading...

A couple people are posting the U.S. roster that was called in to play Mexico this Wednesday - and at least one person is playing "the roster game" (and having a couple bites at as he does it). On the other side of the affair, Sideline Views' Luis Bueno listed Mexico's traveling party and [...] Click to continue reading...

Before we get to those players who shamefully "filled their pants" this summer for the Red, White, and Blue, lets take a step back and take a look at the big picture. Sure we had individuals put on some good displays, as well as some who were, shall we say, less than good - but what did we learn about the player pool as a whole?

1. Some Surprises

Bradley made a few surprising call-ups, particularly with his Copa roster, and the results were a real mixed bag. Click to continue reading...

Am I the only one who will be happy when the Copa America stops distracting me from my (alleged) duties?

- I've already weighed in on the Copa - and the Men's National Team - twice now (original and addendum), but wanted to flag a few more items of note: Soccer America turned in a righteous grumble about that little bit of something missing that undermined the U. Click to continue reading...

Despite all of the possession, all of the chances created, and a generally impressive outing from the "B" squad, the US manages to lose again by a significant margin. And why? Because we seem to have a squad-wide case of finishing-itis, with Ricardo Clark being the only one seemingly immune to the disease. With the loss, the US is all but guaranteed another three-and-out in a major tournament as they will have to absolutely punish Colombia by a big margin (unlikely given the state of US shooting) and hope for favorable results elsewhere in order to advance. Click to continue reading...