Posts Tagged ‘United States’
2010 World Cup Recap: June 26
Uruguay 2 South Korea 1 Luis Suarez scored twice to send Uruguay to the World Cup Quarterfinals. Suarez scored the first goal of the game in the 8th minute on a sharp angle after Diego Forlan’s cross caught South Korean goalkeeper Jung Sung-ryong out of position, leaving Suarez with an empty net. The South Koreans scored the equalizer in the …
by Derek Johnson on June 26th, 2010 1 Comments »
2010 World Cup Recap: June 23
Group C Matches: United States 1 Algeria 0 They kept fighting…and fighting…and after 90 minutes of soccer, the Americans finally prevailed. Landon Donovan scored in second-half stoppage time off a rebound to send the Americans to the Round of 16. One minute, it seemed like they were going to be eliminated. The next minute, they win their group for the …
by Derek Johnson on June 23rd, 2010 Leave a comment »
2010 World Cup Scenarios and Standings After Two Games Of Group Play
Group A Standings: Uruguay: 1-1-0 (4 points) Mexico: 1-1-0 (4 points) France: 0-1-1 (1 point) South Africa: 0-1-1 (1 point) Uruguay can advance to the knockout stage if: 1) Win/Tie against Mexico* 2) Loss against Mexico and France/South Africa draw 3) Loss provided that the France/South Africa winner does NOT own tiebreakers Mexico can advance if: 1) Win against Uruguay* …
by Derek Johnson on June 22nd, 2010 Leave a comment »
2010 World Cup Recap: June 18
Serbia 1 Germany 0 Just when you thought the Germans were unstoppable, they find a way to stop themselves in a soccer match. Miroslav Klose, the 2006 World Cup’s leading scorer, was tossed from the match in the 36th minute after receiving his second yellow card of the game; two minutes later, Milan Jovanovic scored the lone goal of the …
by Derek Johnson on June 18th, 2010 Leave a comment »
2010 World Cup Recap: June 12
England 1 United States 1 Seems like every time the United States play in a 1-1 tie against a European country in the World Cup, the Americans always score fluky goals. In the 2006 World Cup, the United States scored a goal on a Cristian Zaccardo own goal in a game against Italy; that game ended in a 1-1 draw. …
by Derek Johnson on June 13th, 2010 Leave a comment »
Brazil Beats USA for Confederations Cup Final
At the end of the first half of the Confederations Cup final, held in South Africa, the US thought they had a good chance of winning the game, with a 2-0 lead. Unfortunately, Brazil’s unbelievable second half comeback shattered that dream. In the American’s first ever appearance in a FIFA tournament final, Clint Dempsey and Landon Donovan scored the first …
by Remy Gallagher on June 28th, 2009 1 Comments »
Breaking News: United States Wins Ryder Cup
The U.S. has defeated team Europe 14-9.5, winning the 2008 Ryder Cup. It is only the second time in 7 tries the U.S. has beat the Europeans. More to come later.
by Jon Alba on September 21st, 2008 Leave a comment »
US Olympic Women’s Soccer Team Strikes Gold
While the US Softball team failed to defend their gold medal, the US Soccer team was able to do so even without Abby Wambach. Despite having been outplayed by the Brazilian women for most of the night, Carli Lloyd finally found the net in the 96th minute of the Gold Medal Game to give the United States a 1-0 win. …
by Derek Johnson on August 21st, 2008 1 Comments »
Team USA Loses in Softball
Believe it or not, the US Softball team did lose today. 3 to 1 against the Japanese team. Japan handed the United States their first loss since September 21, 2000 in Sydney. The United States was looking to win their 4th straight gold medal on Thursday, but will have to settle for silver this year in the last Olympics softball …
by Derek Johnson on August 21st, 2008 Leave a comment »
Olympics Update: Early Medal Count
It is currently 9 PM Local Time in Beijing, China, and most of the events are winding down. As of this time the United States has an early lead with 3 total medals (one of each kind). China is second with 2 total (both golds) and South Korea is third also with 2 (both of which are bronze, thus putting …
by Jon Alba on August 9th, 2008 Leave a comment »