US National Team
Where the USMNT stands heading into qualifying
By Andrew Stoltzfus at May 18, 2012 | 3:55 pm | 0 Comment
World Cup Qualifying is finally here. Next month the process begins for the Red, White, and Blue to put the Gold Cup final and Olympic Qualifying failures in the rearview mirror and reassure the US soccer community that the senior side still knows how to be a force in CONCACAF. So as Jurgen Klinsmann puts together his first team to compete in meaningful play, where more...
Historical moment for USMNT; USA 1-0 Italy
By Andrew Stoltzfus at February 29, 2012 | 5:07 pm | 0 Comment
What a difference a 1 makes. 0-7-3 becomes 1-7-3. If you have any doubts about how big a win the US beating Italy in Genoa was Wednesday afternoon (E.T.), look no further than Alexi Lalas pulling a Mitt Romney in his evaluation of the game. At halftime Lalas couldn't say a nice thing about the USMNT under Klinsmann, with the 1-0 result in the bag, the ginger was more...
USMNT; February rosters for first team and youth sides
By Andrew Stoltzfus at February 25, 2012 | 7:00 am | 0 Comment
USMNT Jurgen Klinsmann has released the roster that will take on Italy at the end of the month. The game will be at 2:30pm on the 29th on ESPN2. It is not surprising that a large portion of the roster are players who are playing in Europe as they are in midseason form. The roster breaks down as such: GK (3): Tim Howard (Everton), Brad Guzan (Aston Villa), Nick Rimando more...
Primera División de México – 2012 Clausura – Jornada 2
By Eugene Rupinski at January 26, 2012 | 6:00 am | 0 Comment
The second week of the Primera saw a bunch of good action mixed in with a few questionable calls. San Luis at Estudiantes Tecos: The Friday game saw a San Luis side that surprised UNAM Pumas last week going to Guadalajara to face the hapless Estudiantes Tecos who are still fighting to stay in the Primera. San Luis went up 1-0 at 18' on Alfredo Moreno's second-effort more...
Primera División de México- A Beginners Guide
By Eugene Rupinski at January 4, 2012 | 6:30 am | 0 Comment
When the United States hosted its first ever World Cup in 1994, it hoped to bring a love of the Beautiful Game to the third most populous nation on Earth. And to some extent, it succeeded. As a young man of seventeen, I instantly fell in love with the game again. Growing up in Central Florida, I remembered watching old Tampa Bay Rowdies games on tv until the NASL folded more...
NEW! United States Mens National Team Coverage
By Andrew Stoltzfus at December 21, 2011 | 4:27 pm | 0 Comment
Welcome to another new section of The Union Dues coverage of the beautiful game...the USMNT. While we will continue to cover the Philadelphia Union in our usual way, we will also be taking a step back and looking at the big picture of soccer in the US. It is a very exciting time to be a soccer fan in this country. The player pool has never been deeper, there has more...
The Road to London 2012
By Andrew Stoltzfus at December 20, 2011 | 5:58 pm | 0 Comment
Before Rio there is London. Thats right, while it has nothing to do with the 2014 World Cup, the 2012 Olympics in London have everything to do with the World Cup squad. USMNT boss Jurgen Klinsmann has stated that he expects six or seven members of the Olympic squad to be on his roster when it heads to Rio (assuming of course that the Red, White, and Blue will be headed more...
US U-23 Olympic Qualifying Schedule
By Andrew Stoltzfus at December 16, 2011 | 2:29 pm | 0 Comment
The young guns of the US U-23 national team will be pitted against Canada, Cuba, and El Salvador in the group stage of the Olympic qualifying tournament taking place across the US beginning in March. The US schedule looks like this: Thursday, March 22nd at 8pm - USA vs Cuba at Nashville, Tennessee Saturday, March 24th at 6pm - USA vs Canada at Nashville, more...
USMNT Qualifying Schedule
By Andrew Stoltzfus at December 16, 2011 | 2:19 pm | 0 Comment
The United States find themselves in Group A of the third round of the CONCACAF qualifying cycle and will begin play June 8th. Competing with the Stars and Stripes in Group A will be Jamaica, Guatemala and Antigua Barbuda. strongRoad to the third round:/strong strongUnited States:/strong As one of the top six seeds in the region, received a bye through to the third more...
