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Vines lifts US over Haiti 1-0 in CONCACAF Gold Cup opener
Read full article: Vines lifts US over Haiti 1-0 in CONCACAF Gold Cup openerSam Vines scored his first international goal on a header in the eighth minute, and a U.S. team mostly of backup players opened the CONCACAF Gold Cup with a 1-0 victory over Haiti.
Altidore, Guzan on early US roster for CONCACAF Gold Cup
Read full article: Altidore, Guzan on early US roster for CONCACAF Gold CupForward Jozy Altidore and goalkeeper Brad Guzan are on a preliminary 59-man United States roster with a mostly junior varsity appearance for next month’s CONCACAF Gold Cup, the championship of North and Central America and the Caribbean.
US men lose to Honduras, miss 3rd straight Olympic soccer
Read full article: US men lose to Honduras, miss 3rd straight Olympic soccerAnother missed Olympics soccer tournament for the U.S. men. Olympic men's soccer is limited to players both Jan. 1, 1997, and later, and clubs don't have to release players. “I think the first half looked a lot like the Dominican Republic first half,” Kreis said. Host Mexico played Canada in the second game of the doubleheader for the other berth from North and Central America and the Caribbean. On the second goal, Ochoa received Aaron Herrera's back-pass just outside the 6-yard box, hesitated and tried to chip the ball upfield.