USA Pushes Offense

By Clemente Lisi - NEW YORK, NY (Jul 5, 2009) USSoccerPlayers -- Talk about putting on a fireworks show. A young US team cruised to an easy win on the Fourth of July in Seattle, overpowering Grenada 4-0 at the Gold Cup. Just six days after the heartbreaking loss to Brazil in the Confederations Cup final, coach Bob Bradley assembled a relatively inexperienced team for its Gold Cup defense. You wouldn’t know it from watching...

Small-Sided Drills: The Keeper

USYSA's rules for each level of small-sided play (see What are the rules for each level of small-sided play?) state that no goalkeeper should be used in 3v3 and 4v4 small-sided games. Once the numbers increase to 6v6 or 7v7, it is important to start incorporating the role of the goalkeeper into the soccer practice and game. Once the players hit the 8 v 8 level, the goalkeeper is required and it is a good...

MLS Week 16: Close In The East

With a chance to reshuffle the top of the Eastern Conference table, only Chicago takes all three points. Meanwhile, a new signing makes the difference for Los Angeles while Houston adds three more points to the to of the Western Conference. DC 1 - Columbus 1 Christian Gomez put DC United up in the 33rd minute and that carried into halftime. Columbus equalized through Alejandro Moreno in the 59th, splitting the points and keeping the...

Sunday's TV

Gold Cup on Galavision: Panama - Guadalupe at 5pm. On Univision: Mexico - Nicaragua at 7pm. WPS on Fox Soccer Channel: Washington - Los Angeles at 6pm. Uruguayan League on GolTV: Nacional - Defensor Sporting at 3pm. Brasileirao on GolTV: Cortiva - Sao Paulo at 5pm.

Gold Cup: Grenada 0 - United States 4

As expected, the United States pushed the offense in their CONCACAF Gold Cup Group B opener against Grenada on Saturday night in Seattle. With the US going with a new-look lineup, Robbie Rogers found Freddy Adu in the 8th minute to put the US up. It was Rogers again in the 32nd, finding Stuart Holden. Rogers made it 3-0 in the 60th with a goal of his own. With his substitute waiting on the sidelines,...