Posted by admin on November 24, 2008 under Sports | 
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n a match that was really never a contest, the Columbus Crew defeated the New York Red Bulls for the Major League Soccer championship. The Crew who’s MLS leading record of 30-17-7-6 were never in danger, scoring early and often.
Alejandro Moreno scored in the 31st minute of play, putting the Crew up one nil. John Wolyniec of the Red Bulls equalized in the second half, but a mere 87 seconds later Chad Marshall’s header restored the Crew’s lead. Frankie Hejduk scored the final goal in the 82nd minute putting the Red Bulls down for the count.
Guillermo Barros Schelotto of the Crew set a MLS Cup record with three assists, and played brilliantly throughout the match. He was named MLS Cup MVP to go along with his earlier League MVP accolade. (Source)
Posted by admin on October 17, 2008 under Sports, news |
The US Men’s National Soccer Team fell for the first time in FIFA World Cup qualifying, losing a game to Trinidad & Tobago, 2-1. The match at Port of Spain, Trinidad, snapped the US MNT’s 7 game unbeaten streak including a record 3 away games.
Former Boston College stand-out, striker Charlie Davies scored the USA’s only goal, against the more experienced squad from Trinidad & Tobago. Davies scored in the 75th minute, after coming in to the game only 6 minutes earlier.
The American squad will next face Guatemala on November 19th, in Colorado, in a game the Guatemalan team must win if it has any hopes to advance. The US team has already clinched a berth in the 2009 final round.
Posted by javavoodoo on September 4, 2008 under Sports |
The United States Men’s Soccer Team leaves today for Havana, Cuba, the first time the national team has played there since 1947. Cuba has been under an American embargo since 1962, and travel to the island is extremely difficult for Americans due to US Government restrictions.
“I don’t think any of this is lost on the players. They understand completely the nature of our relationship with Cuba. But their focus is on a different part of the trip and that’s making sure we win the game.” — Sunil Gulati, president, United States Soccer Federation (Source)
No US players are expected to defect to Cuba, however, the Miami Herald reported that last March seven Cuban players defected, requesting political asylum (Source) after an Olympic trials game in the US.
The match with Cuba is a World Cup semi-final qualifying round. The US won it’s first semi in a 1 to nil victory over Guatemala. The team hopes to pick up 3 points with a victory over Cuba in their bid to advance to the Round Robin stage. Only two of these countries, United States, Cuba, Guatemala, and Trinidad and Tobago can advance to the next stage, so two will be eliminated during the qualifying round.
After Cuba, the US National team will next play Trinidad and Tobago in Bridgeport CT Sept 10th.
