US 1-0 Barbados

In a game that saw the favorites look tired and even more defensive minded then normal, the underdogs had their chance to run the game. But unlike the Italy-Spain Euro match, the US was able to see their opposition out of the competition.

Yesterday's game was a flashback for me as right from the opening moments, it reminded me of some late-80's games due to the horrible video production. Click to continue reading...

—————-Guzan——— — Moor–DeMerit–Califf—Pearce Kljestan-Bradley-Szetela-Lewis (c) -----------Beasley------------------ ------------Adu---------------------- Click to continue reading...

BASIC NUMBERS  Week Avg. Season Avg. Games 7 77 Players 191 27.3 2,105 27.3 Goals 18 2.6 218 2.8 Assists 16 2.3 201 2.6 Shots 173 24.7 1,780 23.1 Shots on Goal 78 11.1 778 10.1 Fouls 175 25.0 1,932 25.1 Offsides 40 5.7 418 5.4 Corners 76 10.9 731 9.5 Saves 60 8.6 562 7.3 Cautions 32 4. Click to continue reading...

Some good and some bad from the "Friendly" match last night.

Despite all the criticism, and all the emergence of new talent, Landon Donovan proved again in the first half that he was still the best player on the field. And actually, for the first time in a long time, I'm pretty satisfied with the offense on the USMNT. Click to continue reading...

June will be a month that some teams will want to forget while other teams will gladly take every result that came their way. WVH Player of the Month: Luciano Emilio, F, D.C. United: Solid month for the Brazilian after a fairly slow start to the season. Three goals for the month, pretty much was one [...] Click to continue reading...