Archive for the ‘U.S.’ Category
It’s time to celebrate
Goal celebrations: PSP’s Ryan Pine rains on the parade of those raining on the parade.
Take a pill, Eric
There weren’t too many positives to be taken from the Union’s loss in LA. But for US supporters there were plenty of positives to take from the recent USMNT friendlies. Not that Eric Wynalda would agree.
USA 4-0 Suriname: U-20 Update
The Union’s Zack MacMath and Amobi Okugo both started in the US U-20 team’s 4-0 win over Suriname on Tuesday.
Q & A with Brendan Burke
Brendan Burke, the coach of the Union’s Premier Development League partner club Reading United, was recently named coach of the Union’s reserve team. He talks to the PSP about his additional responsibilities and what the club seeks to achieve through the Reserve League.
Brian Carroll will win you over
“Don’t cut corners or take plays off,” Brian Carroll tells the PSP. This is how an unassuming Wake Forest midfielder has grown into a defensive lynchpin for two MLS Cup winning teams. Also, he has an amazing new nickname…
Beware the Blob! The Union’s lack of formation and shape
It’s hard to enjoy three points when this year’s win looks like so many losses from 2010.
The PSP talks to Dynamo coach Dominic Kinnear
Ahead of his team’s match against Philadelphia, Dynamo head coach Dominic Kinnear talks to the PSP about tactical preparations, getting young talent ready for MLS, and how Houston will return to the playoffs in 2011.
USMNT: Who are ya?
Timothy Chandler has burst onto the Bundesliga scene this year at the young age of 20 and guess what, he holds a United States passport. Time to get to know the National Team hopeful.
2011 Gold Cup schedule released
The schedule for the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup has been released. The US plays June 7, June 11 and June 14 in Group C. The June 25 final will be played at the Rose Bowl.
Union against DC United in US Open Cup
UPDATE: DC United wins the coin toss to host the play-in match.
In the books: The Ten Shirt
The PSP reviews “The Ten Shirt,” a novel that imagines an alternate reality in which the US is in the 1982 World Cup final.
Americans in the transfer window
With the Transfer Window in full swing for Europe’s top leagues, many of the United States’ top players are up for moves across the continent.
What are they putting in the water in Akron?
With a championship in 2010 to improve upon their runner-up finish in 2009, the Akron Zips are quickly reshaping the landscape of collegiate and professional soccer.
Notes from Philly’s official World Cup bid viewing party
PSP was at Tir na nOg to see a vast outpouring of soccer support turn into dejection, disbelief and then … the realization that we don’t need the damn World Cup anyway.
2018 and 2022 WC hosts announced; US loses
Russia to host the 2018 World Cup, Qatar the 2022 World Cup.
Rodriguez goal assures USWNT World Cup spot
The Philadelphia Independence’s Amy Rodriguez scored the lone goal in the USWNT’s win over Italy to qualify for the 2011 Women’s World Cup. Despite being the last team to qualify, the US was seeded at the top of Group C. The draw for the tournament will happen on Monday, November 29, at 1:30pm.








