Mired in Mediocrity: Honduras 1 USA 1

For 84 minutes in San Pedro Sula on Tuesday, the United States looked incapable of completing even the most simple of tasks. Chance creation? Goals? These things are mere fantasies for a team struggling to link a few passes together. Bruce Arena’s side, which featured nine MLS based players from the start, was utterly abysmal […]

USA 1 Panama 1: What We Took Away From An Off-Key Performance in Music City

The glass most certainly felt half empty for the United States Men’s National Team on Saturday. A lackluster performance ended with a sharing of the spoils, a 1-1 draw with Panama in the American’s 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup opener at Nissan Stadium in Nashville. Dom Dwyer’s strike for the Yanks five minutes into the second […]

USMNT Exclusive: Jorge Villafaña speaks to SoccerNation

Following a 1-1 draw between Club Tijuana and Santos Laguna in Liga MX on Friday night, Santos defender Jorge Villafaña spoke to SoccerNation’s Nate Abaurrea regarding his inclusion in the latest United States Men’s National Team roster. Villafaña (who was brought into the senior national team fold for the first time during the recent January […]

The Rematch! Copa America Group D Preview

Ready for the Copa America Centenario? With the tournament just around the corner, our very own Nate Abaurrea and Cesar Hernandez have given us their expert opinions on what to expect for groups A, B, and C in the competition. Now, to close out our series, our two authorities on the tournament will look at […]

Copa America Centenario team pots released ahead of Sunday’s draw

Ahead of Sunday’s Copa America Centenario draw in New York City, the Copa America Centenario Executive Committee released the details of how teams will be seeded. All 16 participating teams have been divided into groups of four teams per pot. Pot 1 contains the United States, Brazil, Mexico, and Argentina. All four of these countries have […]

Tuesday Tunes AKA Tunesday – December 22, 2015

The holidays are upon us! This week’s playlist doesn’t contain any holiday music, but does contain a couple of gems that will help inspire you to get outside in this cold brisk air.  This week is fun! We start with Alex Metric’s – Safe With You.  It’s awesome. It continues with tunes from Hey Champ […]

TUESDAY TUNES AKA TUNESDAY – November 3, 2015

Tuesday Tunes: This small collection of songs is guaranteed to get you on your feet, and moving on the pitch. It’s quick, catchy, and fun.  Olympic Ayres, a duo from Sydney start the playlist off in the correct manner, with ‘Control’. It continues with the likes of Foals, Panama, and Gold Fields.  All in all, […]

Garden Grove’s Luis Gil scores in U-23 MNT’s 4-0 win over Panama

The United States U-23 Men’s National Team is now just one victory away from booking a ticket to the 2016 Olympic games in Rio next year. The U-23 MNT capped off an impressive run in group play at the CONCACAF Men’s Olympic Qualifying and finished first in their group following a 4-0 win over Panama […]

Panama beats the U.S. in PKs & claims third place in Gold Cup

SAN DIEGO – After the loss to Jamaica in the semifinal, the U.S. Men’s National Team fell short once more in the third place match against Panama on July 25th. If not making it to the final match wasn’t good enough, the U.S. also missed the third place as well. This was the United States […]

Mexico wins in controversial semifinal against Panama

ATLANTA – This is not the first controversial game involving Mexico in this Gold Cup. Just a few days ago when they played against Costa Rica, there was another dubious penalty kick in favor of Mexico in extra time. This time, the victims were Panama, who were playing almost the entire game with only 10 men […]

Gold Cup third place: U.S.A. vs. Panama

PHILADELPHIA – After the USMNT’s defeat to Jamaica and Panama’s defeat to Mexico, the two teams are going to face each other for the second time in this tournament to decide the third place. Panama and U.S. met in the group stage and tied 1-1. It wouldn’t be fair to say the U.S. played poorly against […]