WASHINGTON -- After struggling mightily to score goals consistently during much of the Jurgen Klinsmann era, it's understandable that much of the talk following the national team's 4-3 triumph over Germany on Sunday centered on the Americans' ...
WASHINGTON -- When it comes to Edgar Castillo, the big question has never been whether the diminutive Mexico-based left back is skilled enough to start for the U.S. national team -- it's if his 5-foot-7, 145-pound frame can handle the rigors being a ...
How much does the national team's ugly 4-2 friendly loss to Belgium on Wednesday night in Cleveland actually matter? Ask the question again in three weeks.Because for all of the hand-wringing in the wake of the Americans' worst defeat since a 4-2 ...
The U.S. men's national team takes on a powerful Belgian squad in a friendly match in Cleveland on Wednesday night (8 p.m. ET, ESPN, WatchESPN). It is the first of five games -- including thee pivotal World Cup qualifiers -- the American squad will ...
Had things gone according to plan back in March, Matt Besler and Omar Gonzalez would never have seen the field together against Mexico at Estadio Azteca.Gonzalez, of course, had started the U.S. national team's two previous World Cup qualifiers, so ...
When it comes to decoding Jurgen Klinsmann's national team depth chart, the only thing you can be sure of is that it will change, and change quickly. When we first attempted this exercise four months ago, who would have predicted, for instance, that ...
U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann goes to great lengths to communicate his thoughts and ideas to those who closely follow the national team, but sometimes he seems to leave observers with more questions than answers.Take the 26-man squad Klinsmann named ...
Here's a pretty amazing stat: Since scoring his last goal for the U.S. national team on Nov. 15, 2011, Jozy Altidore has found the net 39 times with Dutch club AZ Alkmaar.Yes, comparing tightly contested, defense-heavy international games with ones ...
It's officially crunch time for the national team's globetrotting scouting staff, which, with European seasons drawing to a close, now has just a couple of weeks left to decide who should comprise the U.S. roster for the Yanks' five upcoming ...
Keeping tabs on the 40-odd members of the national team's player pool isn't easy. American footballers are scattered all over the world these days, and while more of their matches are available on U.S. television than ever before, the insight ...
