USA X El Salvador Highlights

US 2 El Salvador 1


Brian Ching scored, and a late one from Sasha to win it..

No wonder we sucked

John Harkes is on the left, Eric Wynalda is on the right, remember that.

In the summer of 98 I was 11 years old. Soccer was my life, literally. All I did every damn day was play soccer. That summer was the summer of the World Cup hosted by France. I always followed the same national teams. USA was always first, because I was born and lived there, and if I was ever going to play in the World Cup, it would be for USA. (HAHAHAHA, its nice to dream) Portugal was always second, as that nation holds my family's heritage. There was no Portugal in that World Cup because of a dubious red card given to Rui Costa against Germany that still pains most Portuguese supporters. This left me to root for USA whole-heartily.

USA sucked in that world cup. Lost to Yugoslavia(they were still one country then), Iran(yes, Iran has a soccer team, see) and Germany. The reason why they sucked? John Harkes, "captain for life" of USA, was left off the team because of "leadership issues." IT took 12 years to find out what those leadership issues were: sleeping with Eric Wynalda's wife! Thats totally f'ed up! This situation totally screwed that whole team's chemistry. Harkes is a douche. There's lines not to be crossed, and sleeping with your buddy's wife is one of them. No wonder why USA sucked in 1998.

Hopefully the same thing will happen to England this summer. That would be a huge advantage for USA. Totally worth the read.

Donovan Gets on the Scoresheet

US international Landon Donovan scored his first Premier League goal Wednesday against Sunderland. Since arriving in England he has been playing very well, and has been a consistent starter for Everton. He is due back in the States in early March for LA Galaxy's start to the season. Hopefully he can work out a deal to stay in England longer, as better competition could prove helpful, especially for the US's first game in South Africa, against England.

Davies on track for South Africa

A crash that splits a SUV in two maybe be enough for mere mortals to take some time off, but not Charlie Davies. After being in a car crash on Oct 13 of last year and suffering from broken right femur and tibia, a broken left elbow, facial fractures and a lacerated bladder, Davies is already jogging. He plans to be back on the practice field for Sochaux by the end of Feburary.
"The World Cup is easy for me to be back for," said Davies. "I want to get back to France, and I don't want to just get back -- I want to be good." This is good news for the US team. He and Jozy had great chemistry up front during the Confederations Cup, and hopefully we can see some more of that this summer.