The First Step to South Africa

The U.S. MNT successfully started their journey toward South Africa on Sunday. After dismantling Barbados 8-0 in the first leg, the U.S. was simply looking to close up shop on the away leg. This resulted in a much closer score line (1-0 to the States), but on the strength of their first matc ...

Building Momentum

Apathy is the enemy of success. Just ask any number of teams at EC '08. The minute you rest is the minute you exit. Admittedly, it would be easy for the MNT to saunter down to sunny Barbados and just sleep-walk through the match, but nothing worth having is easy. The U.S. has an eight-goa ...

Nil-Nil with #1 is Next Level

Don't get us wrong, tying the number one team in the world is not good enough. But, it is a huge step in the right direction. Through blazing heat, driving rain, thunder and lightning the U.S. MNT matched Argentina stride for stride Spearheading our attack was Landon Donovan, who celebrat ...

Test the Best

To know exactly how good you are, you have to test yourself against the best. And that's just what the U.S. MNT is doing this Sunday when they take on the world's number one ranked team, Argentina. The match kicks off at Giants Stadium at 7:30 p.m. ET, and will be the final game of an extre ...

A Gain in Spain

Not all losses are created equal. And, tonight's 1-0 defeat at the hands of the Spanish was a much better performance by the U.S. than their effort against England. In fact, there were many positives to take out of the match. For one, Freddy Adu capitalized upon his inclusion in the startin ...