Archive for the 'USA' Category

Mexico wins the CONCACAF GOLD CUP!

 
Mexico wins over USA 5-0!
 

Consider the first half a warm up, with both sides having few goal opportunities.
 

But on the second half, Mexico took control of the game.  Gerardo Torrado scored a penalty goal on the 55th minute, which gave the Mexican team the lead and the confidence to press on. Soon after, Giovani [...]

USA wins over Honduras 2-0!

There were a few chances taken during the first half, but on the 45th minute, Clarence Goodson took the lead with a header.
 
Then on the 89th minute, Kenny Cooper sealed the victory.

USA wins over Panama 2-1!

 
Panama was in the lead with a goal from Blas Perez in the first half, but Beckerman tied the score in the 49th minute of the game.

Then on the 105th minute, Kenny Cooper scored his penalty kick on the 105th minute giving the US the victory.

Now the Americans remain in position to win their third [...]

USA vs Haiti ends 2-2!

The US led with the first goal of the game.

 
Then, Haiti had taken the lead with goals in the first four minutes of the second half by Sirin Vaniel and Mones Chery.

Until, Stuart Holden shot a 25-footer past goalkeeper Jean Dominique Zephirin into the upper right corner in the first minute of second-half injury [...]

USA wins over Honduras 2-0!

 

 With goals by Quaranta and Ching in the second half, the USA Team moves on at the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
 

On the 75th minute, Santino Quaranta broke the scoreless game. Then shortly after, Brian Ching scored with a header.

The two-time defending champion are now on the verge of the Gold Cup quarterfinals as they stand [...]

USA wins over Grenada 4-0!

With goals from USA players Freddy Adu, Stuart Holden, Robbie Rogers and Charlie Davies, the US are trying to become the second team to win three-straight Gold Cups. Mexico was the last team to win three straight in the 1990’s.

The US will challenge Honduras on Wednesday.

The US has won three of the last four events [...]

Brazil Wins Over USA 3-2!

It was all looking good for the Americans, playing in the men’s final of a FIFA tournament for the first time, in the first half when Clint Dempsey and Landon Donovan gave the team a 2-0 halftime lead.

But then Brazil came alive in the second half with three comeback goals in a 3-2 win over [...]

USA wins over Spain 2-0!

USA wins over Spain 2-0! And advances to the Confederations Cup final with one of the Americans’ biggest soccer victories.

Altidore scored in the 27th minute and Dempsey added a goal in the 74th as the Americans became the first team to defeat Spain since Romania in November 2006.

Next they will play defending champion Brazil or [...]

USA lead over Spain 2-0!

But it is not over yet…

USA Wins 3-0 against Egypt!

USA team surprises all as they manage to pull off mission improbable and book a place in the semi-finals with a 3-0 win over Egypt. Goals from Charlie Davies, Michael Bradley and Clint Dempsey combined with a 3-0 win for Brazil over Italy in the section’s other game booked an unlikely last-four place for the Americans, [...]