USMNT: Why Jurgen Klinsmann Was the Real Star of the Gold Cup Final

This year’s Gold Cup was as much about Jurgen Klinsmann as the teams he put on the pitch. Prior to the tournament the German’s tenure as manager of the United States Men’s National Team had been rocky. Peaks include knocking off Mexico at the Estadio Azteca and defeating Italy in a friendly, but a veritable mauling at the feet of a blossoming Belgian side showed that the Americans... 

United States vs. El Salvador: Landon Donovan Proves Himself Crucial Yet Again

When Landon Donovan, statistically the best American football player ever, decided to return to the game after a much-discussed four-month hiatus, he explained his reasoning to Charles Boehm of MLSsoccer.com: I wanted to get the enjoyment back.  And I watched our first game against Chicago, the Galaxy game at home and really had that itch again to play, and I knew that I was ready. This week... 

United States vs. Costa Rica: 5 Things We Learned

In its final game of the group stage of the Gold Cup, the United States saw off Costa Rica in a surprisingly tense 1-0 game that was decided by Brek Shea’s first international goal in the 82nd minute. Neither team had much to lose. The U.S.’s win made sure that it topped its group and built confidence in doing so, but both the Americans and Costa Ricans would have progressed had the result... 

5 Concerns over Brazil Hosting World Cup 2014

We’re all looking forward to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. I, for one, can’t wait until the tournament that got me into football returns to showcase the best in the game. But the World Cup is under threat from various problems that Brazil has not been able to fully eradicate at this point, and it is making some within FIFA nervous as the tournament draws ever nearer. While there is concern... 

11 Best Goals from Tuesday’s World Cup Qualifiers

One of the few benefits to prolonged international breaks is that we get to watch a ton of football. Even if the teams we’re watching don’t mean a single thing to us, many more games are available at the same time than normal. Out of all that usually come some great goals, and, while we haven’t exactly been treated to a feast of delicious strikes, there have been some really good... 

South Korea vs. Japan: Breaking Down the Olympic Men’s Soccer Bronze Medal Match

Japan and South Korea have a tough task in trying to follow up a thrilling day of women’s Olympic soccer, but the two Asian nations are more than capable of providing a fitting appetizer to the gold medal match later this weekend. These teams took very different routes to the bronze medal match, and both will have to reverse recent trends if they do not wish to be the forgotten fourth-place team. The... 

South Korea vs. Brazil: Men’s Olympic Soccer Semifinal as It Happened

2012 men’s Olympic football semifinal: South Korea 0-3 Brazil Romulo 38′ Leandro Damiao 57′, 65′ Lineups: South Korea: Lee Bum-Young; Jae-Suk Oh, Young-Gwon Kim, Seok-Ho Hwang, Suk-Young Yun; Koo Ja-Cheol (Joo Woo-Young 58′), Ki Sung-Yueng, Nam Tae-Hee, Kim Bo-Kyung Ji Dong-Won (Sung-Dong Baek 71′); Kim Hyun-Sung (Park Chu-Young 71) Brazil: Gabriel; Rafael, Marcelo... 

Brazil vs Honduras: 6 Things We Learned from Olympic Quarterfinal

It was far from a convincing performance, but Brazil outlasted Honduras to move on to the semifinals of the soccer tournament of the Olympics. The Brazilians were helped by Wilmer Cristanto’s early second yellow card and recovered from a 1-0 deficit shortly thereafter to make it 1-1 before halftime. After the break, the game descended into chaos. Honduras briefly made it 2-1 before Neymar’s... 

Brazil vs. Honduras: Men’s Olympic Soccer Live Score, Highlights and Stats

2012 Summer Olympics—men’s football quarterfinal Brazil 3-2 Honduras Mario Martinez 13′ Leandro Damiao 38′ Roger Espinoza 48′ Neymar (pen) 50′ Leandro Damiao 60′ Lineups: Brazil: Gabriel; Rafael, Thiago Silva, Juan, Marcelo; Romulo, Sandro (Danilo 42′), Oscar; Hulk (Lucas Moura 67′), Neymar, Leandro Damiao (Pato 89′) Honduras: Mendoza; Figueroa,... 

Brazil vs. Honduras: 6 Bold Predictions for Olympic Football Quarterfinal

For followers of this wonderful Olympic football tournament, the fun truly begins: We are now into the knockout stages, and the safety net of group play has been removed from under each remaining team. For some, that matters more than for others. Brazil, favorites going into the competition, now face less of a challenge in their march toward a gold medal, with both Spain and Uruguay shockingly eliminated. Brazil’s... 

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