USA Vs. Guatemala Preview: Time, TV, Streaming Info And More

The United States mens national soccer team will play their second World Cup 2014 qualifying match tonight at 10 p.m. eastern against Guatemala.

USA Vs. Antigua & Barbuda Preview: Game Time, TV Info & More

The United States Men's National Soccer Team begin their 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign tonight in Tampa against Antigua & Barbuda.The United States Men's National Soccer Team begin their 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign tonight in Tampa against Antigua & Barbuda.

USA Vs. Canada: USMNT Grinds Out Dour 0-0 Draw In Toronto

The USMNT will need to be better than this when World Cup qualifying starts in 5 days. They played out to a rather dour goalless draw with CONCACAF rivals Canada at BMO Field in Toronto.

Overall the US looked tired and rather uninspired. They got off to a bright start and controlled play early, but as the game wore on the US faded and Canada actually enjoyed long periods of possession. That said, neither team really ever took hold of the match and scoring chances in general were at a minimum.

Clint Dempsey had what was probably the best chance of the evening for the US when he nearly went through clean before the Canadian keeper Lars Hirschfeld picked the ball off his feet. The vaunted Dempsey/Donovan combo never produced the kind of magic USMNT fans were expecting as Donovan didn’t see a lot of the ball and Dempsey had few chances in the final third. In fact, Dempsey drifted back into midfield often, which only further limited the US attacking options up top.

Canada probably had the best chances of the night, including a shocking miss from Simeon Jackson, who should have stuck in the game winner off a Dwayne DeRosario cross in stoppage time. The US also had a great chance just moments later when Clarence Goodson had a great header saved by Lars Hirschfeld.

US fans will likely question coach Jurgen Klinsmann’s use of Michael Bradley, who played in a deep holding role and failed to make much of an impact. Bradley has typically been most effective as a box-to-box attacking midfielder and never seemed to get into the game sitting in front of the back four. Fans will also wonder whether if Bradley was up higher, that Clint Dempsey would not have had to drop back as far as he was.

The result means the US extends their unbeaten streak against Cananda to 15 games. The Nats will kick off their 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign on Friday, June 8th in Tampa against Antigua & Barbuda.

USA Vs. Canada: Landon Donovan, Clint Dempsey Will Both Start For USMNT

The starting lineups have been announced for tonight's international friendly between the United States and Canada at BMO Field in Toronto.

This is the final friendly for both teams before World Cup 2014 qualifying begins. Fans of the U.S. Men's National Team will finally get to see Landon Donovan and Clint Dempsey both start during the tenure of coach Juergen Klinsmann. Jozy Altidore and MLS' leading scorer Chris Wondolowski are both on the bench for the U.S. team tonight.

Here's the complete Starting XI for tonight's match for the USMNT (4-2-3-1):

Tim Howard
Steve Cherundolo
Carlos Bocanegra
Clarence Goodson
Fabian Johnson (replaced by Edgar Castillo, Johnson left during warmups with a mild right calf strain)
Michael Bradley
Jermaine Jones
Landon Donovan
Clint Dempsey
Jose Francisco Torres
Herculez Gomez

Here's Canada's lineup (4-3-3):

Lars Hirschfeld
Ante Jazic
Andre Hainault
Kevin McKenna
David Edgar
Will Johnson
Julian de Guzman
Nikolas Ledgerwood
Dwayne De Rosario
Olivier Occean
Tosaint Ricketts

The U.S. enters the match with a 14-game unbeaten streak against Canada. The teams have not met in Canada since 1997.

For more coverage of the international friendly between the USA and Canada, stay tuned to this StoryStream.

USA Vs Canada: Michael Bradley Growing Into Veteran Role For USMNT

As the United States Men's National Soccer Team takes the field for its final tune up before World Cup qualifying begins, one player who has already earned his spot amongst the starters will be fighting as if he hadn't. The hard working Michael Bradley, who is the son of former US coach Bob Bradley, has quickly grown into a well traveled international player and a fixture in the United States' side.

The interesting thing is that his father's firing may have done more to legitimize him as a player than anything. No more can he be accused as being on the squad due to nepotism, not that he ever cared if people thought he was.

"That stuff never weighed on me," Bradley told ESPN. "It wasn't stuff that ever bothered me. When I say that I concentrate on the team and improving myself, part of that is having a mentality that says things that go on outside the team, off the field, you're not going to let bother you."

At the club level, Bradley moved from Germany to Chievo Verona in Italy's Serie A, which made his new national team coach very happy.

"I think he took a big step over the last year," says U.S. head coach Jurgen Klinsmann. "That move to Italy helped him tremendously. He learned a lot on the tactical side of the game, but he also, his personality, his maturing development made a big step. He's on his way to becoming one of the leaders in this group. He's on a very good path."

Bradley says that whether playing for club or country, he'll never be satisfied.

"As a person I'm more committed than ever to doing whatever it takes to get to the highest level. I've always been somebody who has had big ambitions and has set high goals for myself. I've always given all of myself to try to reach those."

Michael Bradley will take the field for the USMNT tonight against Canada. The game can be seen on NBC Sports Network at 7pm.

USA Vs Canada Preview: Game Time, TV Info & More

USA Vs. Brazil: USMNT Falls 4-1 Despite Valiant 2nd Half Performance

It was a tale of 2 halves for the US Men’s team tonight against Brazil, but the conclusion for both was the same. Brazil scored 2 goals in each half en route to a 4-1 victory at FedEx Field in Maryland.

Brazil dominated possession in the first half and took a 2-0 after 26 minutes on the back of goals from Neymar and Thiago Silva. It wasn’t until late in the first that the US managed to get themselves a chance and they converted it. Fabian Johnson played in a cross that found the head of Herculez Gomez to cut the Brazilian lead in half.

Overall though, the score flattered the US as Brazil controlled the game and wasted a number of chances that could have made the score bigger than it was. The second would be a totally different story, but the result was the same.

The USMNT controlled possession and got the vast majority of the chances in the 2nd, but left with nothing to show for it. Oguchi Onyewu hit the post with a header off a corner and two sure fire goals were saved with miraculous stops from the Brazilian keeper Rafael. He was really the star of the 2nd half for Brazil.

In true Brazilian fashion though, they were deadly on the counter-attack with a pair of by Marcelo and Alexandre Pato. After the first half, the 2-1 score flattered the US, but in the end 4-1 probably isn’t a fair representation of how they played.

Still, there’s quite clearly a gap between these two sides which should come at no surprise. At any given moment you could probably make a decent argument as to why Brazil is the best team on the planet. So for the US to play the way they did in the 2nd half, leaves fans with some positives.

The US is back in action on Sunday when they travel to BMO field in Toronto to take on Canada.

USA Vs Brazil: Neymar Helps Brazil To 2-1 Halftime Lead

A pair of set pieces put Brazil up 1-0 over the USMNT in their international friendly at FedEx Field in Maryland. The first came as a result of penalty given when Oguchi Onyewu was charged with handling the ball in the box. Budding superstar Neymar converted the spot kick for the first goal of the game.

US fans will likely complain a bit about the penalty, given that it was a case more of the ball playing the arm rather than the other way around… however, Gooch’s arm was up, which is going to make it much more likely to be called. Refs will usually let a handball in the box if the defender keeps his arms at his sides, but Gooch did not do that here.

The second Brazil goal came on yet another set piece, when defender Thiago Silva was left alone to nod in a corner kick in the 26th minute.

The US would fight back in the dying moments of the first half. Fabian Johnson, who was arguably the USMNT’s best player in the half, played the ball across the net to Herculez Gomez, who headed in to cut Brazil’s lead in half.

Overall, it was quite clear that the US was second best and to be frank, the 2-1 score flatters them. If the Nats don’t improve in the second half, the several chances Brazil wasted in the first half are likely to start bulging the net in the second.

There are reinforcements on the way, with Clint Dempsey warming up and likely to come on in the second half. Dempsey is coming off a breakout season in which he scored 17 goals in the English Premier League for Fulham. It will be the first time in the Jurgen Klinsmann era that Dempsey will have played with the other US talisman, Landon Donovan.

USA Vs. Brazil: Lineups Announced, Herculez Gomez Gets First Start Since 2010

The U.S. Men's National Team is soon to take the pitch at FedEx Field for their international friendly with Brazil at 8 p.m. In the meantime, the lineups have been announced for the U.S. and Brazil.

Herculez Gomez is included among the Starting XI for the first time since 2010 against Algeria in South Africa in the 2010 World Cup. Clint Dempsey is with the squad but will be starting out on the bench for tonight's match. Jozy Altidore is not among the substitutes in uniform for the match for the USA, nor is MLS' leading scorer Chris Wondolowski. The United States is looking to overcome an eight-game losing streak to Brazil.

Here is the lineup for the USA (4-3-2-1):

Tim Howard
Steve Cherundolo
Oguchi Onyewu
Carlos Bocanegra
Fabian Johnson
Michael Bradley
Jermaine Jones
Maurice Edu
Landon Donovan
Herculez Gomez
Jose Francisco Torres

Here's the Brazil lineup (4-3-3):

Rafael
Marcelo
Juan Jesus
Thiago Silva
Danilo
Oscar
Rômulo
Sandro
Hulk
Leandro Damião
Neymar

For more on the USA's international friendlies and 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualifying matches, stay tuned to this StoryStream.

USA Vs Brazil Preview: Game Time, TV Info & More

The United States Men's National team take on perennial soccer powerhouse Brazil in an international friendly tonight at FedEx Field in Maryland.

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