A few moments of magic were not enough to nudge the United States into the semi-finals of the Olympic qualifying tournament. El Salvador’s 96th minute tying goal sent the young Americans home long before anybody expected them back.
The Union fell to their third consecutive loss on Saturday night, losing 1-0 against a Chicago side that dominated the match nearly wire-to-wire.
Joe Corona’s hat trick led a rampant United States U-23 national team to victory over Cuba. Freddy Adu scored a wondergoal and Amobi Okugo was in fine form. Sheanon Williams watched from the bench as the Americans leaped to the top of their qualifying group.
Can’t remember how the Union has fared against the Fire? We’ve got match stats, highlights from our match reports and analysis, video highlights, and more.
Season preview time? PSP checks in with a look at Philadelphia Union’s conference and projects the Union to finish in 7th place.
The USWNT handily defeated Sweden 4-0 for third place in the Algarve Cup on Wednesday after losing 1-0 to Japan on Monday. Japan would lose 4-3 to Germany in the final. With video highlights.
With the season opener a week away, the PSP writers have a roundtable discussion looking at the Union’s prospects in 2012. Among the topics discussed in part one are defensive depth, all of those center mids, where Adu will play, and who will be the offensive leader in 2012.
The US Women defeated Norway 2-1 to set up a rematch of the 2011 Women’s World Cup final against Japan on Monday. A win or a tie will send the US to the 2012 Algarve Cup final.
Gyau, Agudelo and Adu led the US under-23 national team to a thumping victory over Mexico in Dallas.
Jurgen Klinsmann has named his 21-player roster for the upcoming friendly against Italy.
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