Early red card dooms USA in opening loss to Honduras



Playing its first match of the new year, the U.S. men's national team fell to Honduras 3-1 before a heavily Honduran crowd at the Home Depot Center. The inability to crack the Catracho defense plagued the Americans all night, but it was one moment in particular that nearly brought down the U.S.

In a battle of two B teams of World Cu...

The United States wrapped up day four of training camp on a balmy  Friday morning in Carson, California, and as usual with players returning from the off season, there were a few bumps and bruises.

San Jose Earthquakes defender Brandon McDonald was pulled from the second half of training for precautionary reasons with a mild right calf strain. In addition to McDonald, Chivas USA Midfielder Sacha Kljestan missed the entire morning session with a mild strain in his right hip flexor. Klj...

Bolton considering offer for Holden

Stuart Holden's trial with Bolton is going well, and manager Owen Coyle has revealed that he is considering offering Holden a contract.

Coyle wouldn't say anything definite about a contract, but he did state that Holden was doing well during his trial.

"Stuart has come in and trained well with us," Coyle told Sky Sports. "It is something we will look at in the next few days.

"We have a good group of players but we ar...

Fulham forward in need of playing time to reclaim national team spot

The main topic of conversation this week on either side of the Atlantic has been the pairing of England and the United States in Group C at the 2010 FIFA World Cup. While the surviving American heroes of the 1950 World Cup upset win over England can expect a deluge of interview requests between now and next June, it's interesting to take a look at the teams' most recent encounter, a 2-0 England win at Wembley Stadium...