Colombus Crew star Guillermo Barros Schellotto was on Fox Sports en Espanol's Argentine program ''La Previa'' this tuesday, and was asked what North American footballer he could see starring in the Argentine First Division and more specifically for his former club Boca Juniors. Schelloto went on to say: ''Robbie Rogers, he has a European future without a doubt''. Click to continue reading...

You do, so enjoy... Bundesliga (this clip spans the entire season to date, rounds 1-5) Eredivisie MLS Serie A (gotta dig the music on this one) I'm hangin' the chads for Frei, Elyounoussi, Rogers and Kaká. And for good measure, check out Fernandinho dialing long distance to win a Champions League match for Shakhtar Donetsk in midweek. Click to continue reading...

QUICK RECAP:

Columbus pwned. Straight up. Especially in the second half. There was no fight.

RECOMMENDATIONS:

+ Play Rojas centrally.
+ Put Parke back in the middle of the defensive back 4 with Cichero.

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The U.S. men's national team's next World Cup qualifier isn't for another three weeks but all U.S. fans want to talk about is which new players Bob Bradley will bring into the World Cup qualifying mix.

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The Columbus Crew continued their recent run of red-hot play, scoring three unanswered goals to dispatch of the New York Red Bulls at Crew Stadium on Thursday night by a score of 3-1. The victory moves Columbus six points clear of 2nd place New England as the 2008 regular season enters its final stages. Click to continue reading...

Assuming the role admirably usually performed by hamstring-challenged Argentine playmaker Guillermo Barros Schelotto, this year's likely MLS MVP, South Bay Boy Robbie Rogers curled home the audacious winning goal for the Columbus Crew in a 3-1 win Thursday over New York.

In a man of the match performance, Rogers could have had a second and drew a red card from frustrated Red Bulls defender Kevin Goldthwaite at game's end.

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Jeff Carlisle:
U.S. Discovers Offensive Touch

Ives Galarcep:
Five Things to Note

Jeff Carlisle:
Beasley Looks Like His Old Self

Martin Rogers:
American Youth Must Be Served Click to continue reading...

Actually, two questions: 1) When did Rogers get that tattoo, and 2) what the hell is it a tattoo of? I mean, I think it's probably better than Feilhaber's crooked Latin or Daniel Agger's ... everything and the kitchen sink, but man. If I can't see it, I can't judge it. Bah. Also, um, nice abs, kid. Click to continue reading...

1. Robbie Rogers is not a defender. 2. Very few men can successfully wear a white beret. Specifically, only Benny Feilhaber and Maurice Edu. Click to continue reading...

I had thought about going through each US player who saw significant playing time in the Olympics and judging him on whether his stock rose or fell in terms of his prospects with the senior team.

But I can't think of many players who improved their standings with performances in this tournament. Click to continue reading...

Good Morning folks, it's not even light here on the east coast, but YS is up and ready to roll with some olympic coverage.  After the jump is the US lineup and after that will be some running commentary. -Guzan Wynne – Edu – Parkhurst – Orozco Rogers - Holden – Kljestan – Szetela McBride - Altidore   Pre-Game  Just to [. Click to continue reading...

   Marvell Wynne had an outstanding match in the US' 2-2 draw with Holland/from foto.net Sacha Kljestan: scored a goal for the United States in a 2-2 draw with the Netherlands. Marvell Wynne: Played 90 minutes and helped set up several chances for the US against the Dutch. Robbie Rogers: Started on the right side for the US and [. Click to continue reading...

Red-White-n-Blue goes up against Le Oranje. Predictions, people. Get 'em in the comments before kickoff.
Holland:
Vermeer, Zuiverloon, Marcellis, Jaliens, De Guzman, Emanuelson, Maduro, Drenthe, Bakkal, Babel, Beerens
U.S.
Guzan, Wynne, Edu, Parkhurst, Orozco, Rogers, Bradley, Kljestan, Holden, Adu, McBride

Nowak is growing some facial scruff - a VanDyke I guess. Click to continue reading...

The game is at 4:45 a.m. on USA.

With a win the U.S. progresses.

Preview here.

The latest from the Olympic team is here.

Group B Standings
Team W L T Pts GF GA GD
USA 1 0 0 3 1 0 +1
NED 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
NGA 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
JPN 0 1 0 0 1 2 -1

Incidentally, I heard from Robbie Rogers' dad who said his son got to meet Kobe Bryant at the spectacular opening ceremonies.

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The US men's Olympic team faced Japan in the opening match of the tournament for both teams on Thursday. If you want to read about the game and discuss it, then go to the jump. If you are still waiting to see the match, then feel free to return here after you have watched the match.

Holden goal helps USA down unlucky Japanese

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In a group that includes quality teams like Nigeria and Holland, the U.S. needed to beat Japan today in its Olympics Group B opener.

A Stuart Holden goal proved enough for a 1-0 win and while not particularly convincing, the U.S. took its chance while Japan did not take their more plentiful chances.

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Well as you all know I'm sure the US is atop their group with a not so convincing win today. For the first 23 minutes or so the United States dominated the game controlling the ball, creating chances, and leaving Japan only with a counter attack. The domination ended with a cheeky set play from a corner which left a Japanese player all alone at the far post with an empty net. Click to continue reading...

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The U.S. men's Olympic team fell, 1-0, to Cameroon on Sunday in Hong Kong. A first-half penalty kick goal proved to be the difference for the Africans.

Here is the lineup the Americans trotted out against Cameroon:

--------------McBride-------------Altidore------------------

Rogers--------Holden------------Bradley------------ Kljestan

Orozco----------Edu---------Parkhurst---------------Wynne

------------------------Guzan------------------------------------

Freddy Adu came on for Altidore in the 64th minute.

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Look for a tough one in Houston tonight. It's hot in Texas. The Crew is missing Rogers and Ekpo for the Olympics. Hejduk is out for yellow card accumulation. Lenhart is out 2 games for a flagrant foul and red card. Last week's game against the Rapids was the first without Rogers and Ekpo. Sigi debuted [. Click to continue reading...

Very vanilla 0-0 game. Check out the horrendous miss by Robbie Rogers at about 1:40.

Mr. Guzan had some good stuff late and it's always nice to see Mr. Bride in a U.S. uniform. Click to continue reading...

Crew 3, Wizards 3 Kansas City: Own Goal (Hejduk)22, Espinoza (Jewsbury/Morsink)24, Wolfe (Jewsbury/Morsink)75 Columbus: Schelotto (unassisted)26, Moreno(Schelotto,Rogers)33, Marshall (Schelotto)38 Well, I'll be a suck-egg mule. That should have been 3 points in the bank. you can bet that this game ends up on the Wizard's highlight reel for the season. Click to continue reading...

With smart overage call-ups Brian McBride, Brad Guzan and Michael Parkhurst the U.S. Olympic doesn't look horrible.

Goalkeepers: Guzan, Chris Seitz.
Defenders: Patrick Ianni, Michael Orozco, Parkhurst, Nathan Sturgis, Marvell Wynne.
Midfielders: Freddy Adu, Michael Bradley, Maurice Edu, Benny Feilhaber, Stuart Holden, Sacha Kljestan, Danny Szetela, Robbie Rogers. Click to continue reading...

The first link is to a nice story in the New York Times about Robbie Rogers from the Columbus Crew being named to the U.S. Olympic Team. Apparently, he didn't expect to be named, but has been doing so well this season and coach Peter Nowak couldn't ignore him.

The second link is to an article from Sports Illustrated, which contains the national team from Holland that the U. Click to continue reading...

First: Robbie Rogers is going to Beijing. Go Robbie. Second: It's been surprisingly quiet July for Columbus regarding roster changes. So and Hernandez were waived, but nothing's come to fruition since then. We've heard about the Nigerian forward Ibezito Ogbonna coming to camp from Israel via Romania, and I take it that a deal for Pat Noonan is still dead. Click to continue reading...

Later on today we should get the final US Olympic roster, which will more than likely mean a few All-Star slots for the MLS side will open up. Michael Parkhurst, Robbie Rogers and Maurice Edu will all probably get the call to the Olympics and will create those three open slots. Who's going to get to [. Click to continue reading...

As you know, tomorrow we face the Columbus Crew at 7 p.m. CT on ESPN 2 in our first MLS Primetime appearance of the season. We're 0-2-0 so far this season against Columbus but haven't lost a game since they gave us that nice 3-0 beat down here at CAB. If you recall, the defeated us 2-1 in Columbus earlier this year on FSC on early goals from Moffatt and Rogers. Click to continue reading...

What's the deal with these photos on thecrew.com and dispatch.com for the Crew/RSL game? Sure the Crew lost, but the these pictures make it look like Rogers, Evans and Hesmer were in an episode of Oz. Click to continue reading...

Twelfth man plastic grass Schelotto commands midfield Rogers nets lone goal or: Salty lake of tears Yellow team victorious Hejduk removes shirt Click to continue reading...

The first XI for the 2008 MLS All Star game was announced. This isn't necessairly the starting lineup - coach Nicol will decide who starts. These are just the first 11 guys named to the team. If it were the starting lineup it would look something like this:

Donovan - Cooper

Rogers

Kljestan - Blanco - Joseph - Beckham

Parkhurst - Conrad - Hejduk

Reis

What other players do you think will be added to the team?

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That Columbus Crew team that tore up MLS the first month of the season just might be back. Okay, so it was just one win against a shaky Colorado squad, but seeing Robbie Rogers work his magic and Emmanuel Ekpo run rampant sure made the Crew look pretty dangerous.

Unfortunately for Rapids fans, the under-achiving and points-dropping squad they have grown accustomed to in Colorado also appears to be back.

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What: European Championships Semi Final
Who: Russia v Spain
When: 20:45 CET - Thursday, June 26, 2008
Where: Ernst Happel, Vienna
U.S. TV: 2:45pm EDT, ESPN
Preview

Richard Williams:
Arshavin can emulate Platini as the tournament's star

Martin Rogers:
Hiddink is a miracle worker

Kevin McCarra:
Hiddink says Russia are once bitten and twice shy of Spain's traps


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Last-gasp Lahm slams the door on bold Turkey

Paul Doyle:
Brave Turkey finally downed by luck and Lahm

Martin Rogers:
Germany more lucky than good

Low takes the plaudits for turning Germany around





A thunderstorm that cut power supplies interrupted coverage for millions of television viewers watching Germany's thrilling 3-2 semi-final win over Turkey at Euro 2008 on Wednesday. Click to continue reading...

From an email:
You failed to mention that Beckham dove on his penalty kick ;)
C'mon, you know the truth...

Truth? This reader probably can't handle the truth that the Beckham PK was about as legitimate as Robbie Rogers going down so quickly in the box from a Klein bump. Both players were fouled, in my opinion, both lightly. Click to continue reading...

On the Columbus game:
It seemed like little bounces didn't go our way and we didn't make plays. We were in a great position at 2-0 to close up shop. Then they got the first goal. We stopped playing and we paid for it. Then we did good to get back in it and we let it get away again.

On why the Galaxy give up goals:
Usually when that happens, the tendency is to say that the back four or the goalkeeping isn't well, but the issue is that they're able to get from their defensive end into the attack in about two or three passes, easily. Click to continue reading...

So the Galaxy still haven't beaten a team with a winning record this season.

But at least they didn't lose after blowing a lead as Coach Ruud Gullit noted has already happened this season:

"At the beginning of the season we lost these games in the last couple of minutes."

Still, as Gullit and several players observed, it was a draw that felt like a loss:

"We gave the goals away," he said.

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