A minute of silence will be held before international soccer matches Tuesday and Wednesday after 19 fans died in a stadium stampede in the Ivory Coast. World soccer's governing body FIFA is investigating the stampede at Abidjan's Felix Houphouet-Boigny arena on Sunday before the World Cup qualifier with Malawi.
Honduras forward Carlos Pavon scored three goals in a World Cup qualifier at home against Mexico eight years ago; he hopes to repeat the feat on Wednesday when Honduras host Mexico.
In the wake of the comeback effort by the U.S. Men’s National Team against El Salvador is their next match against Trinidad & Tobago. Head coach Bob Bradley is using the 2-2 draw in San Salvador as a stepping stone to bigger things.
Despite a 1-0 loss to Honduras in San Pedro Sula, Mexico captain Pavel Pardo said the team has other things besides revenge to serve as motivation.
Panama beat Haiti 4-0 in a friendly match on Wednesday thanks to a hat trick by forward Blas Perez. Luis Tejada scored Panama's first goal just 4 minutes into the exhibition game, while Perez, who plays for Pachuca in the Mexican league, followed with scores at 57, 72 and 87 minutes.
San Jose midfielder Darren Huckerby believed "if we took our chances, we would've won comfortably" in last weekend's season opener.
The U.S. Men’s National Team has settled down in Nashville, Tenn., where they will host Trinidad & Tobago on Wednesday, April 1, at LP Field. Coverage of the match begins at 6:30 p.m. CT on ESPN2 and Galavision, and fans can also follow along live on ussoccer.com’s MatchTracker.
The USA Bid Committee announced today that it has named Fleishman-Hillard International Communications to drive its public relations and communications programs. Fleishman-Hillard, headquartered in St. Louis with 31 offices in the U.S. and 80 worldwide, will collaborate with the USA Bid Committee on a variety of communications platforms related to the bid, including campaign themes, public affairs, special events and other public relations initiatives.
In a continuing effort to provide U.S. Soccer fans with the most in-depth coverage of our national teams, below is a stat analysis of the U.S. Men’s National Team’s final round World Cup Qualifier against El Salvador on March 28 in San Salvador, El Salvador. The stat breakdown is provided by ProZone, a soccer match analysis system that provides team and player specific technical and tactical statistics.
WPS kicked off Sunday. And it wasn't a bad beginning. Almost 15,000 fans came out to see the league's debut.
Thank you and good night That does it for Chicago at D.C. United, with a 1-1 final score from the nation's capital.
WPS kicked off Sunday. And it wasn't a bad beginning. Almost 15,000 fans came out to see the league's debut.
