The USA women’s soccer team has played Costa Rica 7 times and the collective score line speaks volumes . Late goals by Carli Lloyd and Alex Morgan Friday wrapped up a 3-0 win over Costa Rica that clinched a berth in the Olympics for the USA women’s soccer team. Eight countries have been playing in [...]
Rodney Wallace scored the lone goal as Costa Rica beat the United States 1-0 in an international friendly Friday to deal Jurgen Klinsmann a loss in his second match as USA coach. The Costa Ricans took the lead in the 65th minute when Wallace scored off a rebound from a Tim Howard save. The goal [...]
Jurgen Klinsmann, in a move anticipated by many soccer fans, was named head coach of the USA men’s national soccer team on Friday. The German native is the first foreign-born coach for the team since Bora Milutinovic in 1995. Jurgen Klinsmann will be formally introduced at a news conference inNY on Monday. The baker’s [...]
The USA Women’s Soccer Team has made it to the final game of the Women’s World Cup for the first time in 12 years. They take on Japan’s team on Sunday. Christine Brennan, USA Today Sports columnist, previews the match-up with Hari Sreenivasan. In the 12 years since the USA women’s soccer team won the [...]
Rochester’s Abby Wambach and WNY Flash player Marta played key roles in a wild USA soccer team win over Brazil at the Women’s World Cup. It did not look hopeful. It did not look possible. It did not look, even a little, like the USA women’s soccer team, playing with 10 players instead of 11 [...]
The USA women have a tough quarterfinal matchup with Brazil. Find out what they need to do to win the game. The United States and Brazil will square off in the marquee quarterfinal match of the 2011 Women’s World Cup on July 10. Brazil qualified for the quarterfinals by winning all 3 games in Group [...]
In one of soccer’s biggest showdowns, Mexico rallied from an early deficit with 4 straight goals to defeat the USA 4-2 and win the 2011 Gold Cup on Saturday. For the 3rd consecutive Gold Cup final, bitter border rivals and the class of CONCACAF, the USA soccer teamand Mexico battled in a rubber match [...]
