Gold Cup quarterfinal preview: USA v El Salvador
Now that the group stage has been so comfortably dispensed with, the focus of the United States team shifts to winning that big shiny trophy.
Now that the group stage has been so comfortably dispensed with, the focus of the United States team shifts to winning that big shiny trophy.
Somehow, Jack McInerney didn’t make the MLS All-Star Game. PSP looks at this snub and a simple way it could have been avoided.
A Brek Shea goal in the 82nd minute ensured the US remains unbeaten at the Gold Cup and sets up a quarterfinal match against El Salvador on Sunday in Baltimore.
With Costa Rica looking to avenge their 1-0 loss in the infamous Snow Game, they will be a tough nut to crack.
After a slow start in which they conceded the opening goal, the US responded with four unanswered goals to solidify their top spot in Group C at the Gold Cup.
The USMNT will look to solidify there place at the top of Group C in Saturday’s Gold Cup game against Cuba with another stylish, dominant win. Could it be Jack McInerney’s last best chance to get on the field?
Kansas City manager Peter Vermes let slip word of a new MLS “retention fund” designed to retain top players within the league. Why didn’t we know of this before? Wasn’t this relevant? PSP’s Earl Reed explores how MLS reveals its rules and the question of whether there truly is a level playing field for all teams when it comes to the rules.
One defensive lapse aside, the US could not have asked for a much better result.
Despite the big city, Philadelphia Union operate as a small market team. Here’s where they fall into the grand scheme of things in MLS, along with evaluations of every other MLS club as well and how this status affects everything the team does. After readers’ requests for this post, here you go.
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