David Beckham scored the winning goal direct from a corner as LA Galaxy moved five points clear at the top of Major League Soccer‘s Western Conference with a 2-1 victory over Chicago Fire. The England midfielder laid on a 58th-minute opener for Landon Donovan and then, after Cristian Nazarith had equalised, won the game when [...]
Mexico won a 6th CONCACAF Gold Cup title by rallying to score 4 unanswered goals and defeat the USA soccer 4-2 in Saturday’s championship game at the Rose Bowl stadium. Pablo Barrera scored his second goal of the game in the 50th minute to break a 2-2 deadlock and Giovani Dos Santos added an insurance [...]
The United States’ run so far in the CONCACAF Gold Cup hasn’t been dominant or inspiring, but despite the lack of style points, Bob Bradley’s side has advanced to the Saturday’s 6 p.m. championship game in the Rose Bowl. Clint Dempsey scored the lone goal, with substitutes Landon Donovan and Freddy Adu, involved in the [...]
The United States suffered a shock 2-1 defeat by Panama on Saturday in the biggest surprise of the CONCACAF Gold Cup so far. A 19th minute goal from Luis Tejada and a 36th minute penalty by Gabriel Gomez put lively Panama, who had never previously beaten the USA, 2-0 up at halftime. The USA [...]
Juan Agudelo scored in the 59th minute as the United States rallied for a surprising 1-1 tie against Argentina and Lionel Messi in a high-profile exhibition game last night in East Rutherford, N.J. Esteban Cambiasso put Argentina ahead in the 42d minute after Messi went around Jonathan Spector, ran to the endline, and then played [...]