Well, well, the U.S. in the moment of truth.

The running blog woke up just in time to see Nigeria score. Now the African team looks confident and is playing some dominant soccer.

One think for sure, the U.S. can't keep depending on Japan to save their scalps.
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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...

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With just two days between Thursday's 1-0 victory against Japan, and Sunday's showdown vs. the Netherlands, U.S. Olympic men's soccer coach Peter Nowak has some tough decisions to make.

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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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Across the internet I see the panic button being pushed after this match. Sure both the performance and result were not encouraging, but the back line thought to be the weakness of this side when the squad was named over two weeks ago now looks like a rock at the back entering the Olympic Games.

In the opening forty five minutes, Sacha Kljestan and Stuart Holden were both poor out wide as was Michael Bradley in the middle and Jozy Altidore up top.

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It appears American Danny Szetela will be staying at Serie B side Brescia a bit longer. According to the Corriere Dello Sport, the club has agreed to terms to buy the previously loaned New Jersey native although terms have not been made public. The midfielder made 10 appearances for Brescia last season and now looks primed to earn more playing time in the coming season. Click to continue reading...

Racing Santander is still looking to dish off American midfielder Danny Szetela since he does not fit into new coach Juan Ramon Lopez Muniz' plans. He was loaned to Brescia of Italy's Serie B last year where he made 9 appearances. Brescia would like to keep him for another year but Racing wants to sell him and the Italian club does not appear ready to buy. Click to continue reading...

As most fans may recall, American midfielder Danny Szetela signed for Spanish Primera side Racing Santander in 2007 and was loaned to Brescia of Italy's Serie B last year. Part of the loan deal was that Brescia has the opportunity to buy Szetela provided they pick up that option by June 30th. Current indications out of Brescia, where Szetela made 9 decent appearances this past spring, are that the club will send him back to Spain. Click to continue reading...

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

After plenty of rumors of where young American and Columbus Crew midfielder would go next, Danny Szetela is set to be the only American in La Liga this season once he passes a physical with Racing Standender. The Columbus Crew will rake in at least $150,000 in transfer fees from the deal. Szetela has been rumored [...] Click to continue reading...

Columbus Crew midfielder and US U20 standout Danny Szetela has declared that he wants to remain in Columbus for the remaining part of the season and not transfer to AS Roma before the summer transfer window closes at the end of the month. Szetela and his agent have made it very clear and consistent that he [...] Click to continue reading...

With Adu bidding adieu to Real Salt Lake and the MLS for Benfica and Sal Zizzo shunning Major League Soccer all together and signing with Hannover 96 before he can get trapped in the MLS slave trade, who will be the next US player to change continents?

Danny Szetela? The Columbus Crew midfielder may be gaining a world of knowledge by playing along side Guillermo Barros Schelotto, but other than that, he's wasting his time and talents. Click to continue reading...