US Soccer Players

Everton 2 - Fulham 1

2012-01-27T17:04:59-05:00

Danny Murphy converted a 14th-minute penalty to put Fulham up at Goodison Park, but it would be Everton advancing to the Fifth Round of the FA Cup. Denis Stracqualursi equalized in the 27th minute from a Landon Donovan cross and Marouane Fellaini headed in the winner off Donovan's second assist in the 73rd. Donovan and Tim Howard started for Everton, with Clint Dempsey in the lineup for Fulham. Dempsey picked up an 86th minute yellow...

Upside: Big Cup Game

2012-01-27T16:00:00-05:00

Their Words "We just need everybody to be at the same level on and off the pitch on Saturday. If we play like that and get the support we got, we'll give ourselves a better chance of progressing in the FA Cup." Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish. Other Sources Tim Howard on life in the Prem - from ESPN.com's Leander Schaerlaeckens: "that's not like a mystery." Kirovski ready to jump into coaching - from The Carson...

Weekend TV: FA Cup Fourth Round

2012-01-27T12:00:00-05:00

Saturday Liverpool - Manchester United 7:30am - Fox Soccer A highlight encounter in the Fourth Round of the FA Cup, even if Liverpool are 7th in the league to United's 2nd. “Liverpool have been struggling for form recently, and if we play like we did at Arsenal then I can’t see why we can’t get a very positive result," former United striker Ashley Cole told the club's official site. http://www.manutd.com/en/News-And-Features/Football-News/2012/Jan/andy-cole-backs-manchester-united-to-beat-liverpool.aspx Also in the FA Cup,...

What American Soccer Fans Should Be Watching

2012-01-27T10:53:54-05:00

By J Hutcherson - WASHINGTON, DC (Jan 27, 2012) US Soccer Players -- The news that Arsenal - Manchester United drew 1.2 million viewers in the United States for a live game early on a Sunday morning has opened a new discussion for the what it means for televised soccer to succeed. Use whatever cliché you would like, but the impact of that game should have the holders of other foreign soccer rights in the...

Friday's TV: Everton Play Fulham In The Cup

2012-01-26T17:00:00-05:00

A spot in the Olympics is on the line for the US Women when they play Costa Rica at 8pm on Universal Sports Network over-air and online. Everton - Fulham 3pm - Fox Soccer Fox Soccer reworked its schedule to bring us a battle of National Teamers abroad in the FA Cup. This is a chance to see Landon Donovan and Clint Dempsey against each other at club level, with a spot in the final...

Upside: Transfers

2012-01-26T16:09:32-05:00

Their Words "I had a number of very flattering offers, and a lot of teams were involved, including, at some level, AC Milan. To be honest, the team that I was closest to going to was Borussia Dortmund. They had just won the European Championship, Júlio César had left, and they were interested in bringing me in. MLS agreed to a deal with them, and they offered me a very good amount of money." US...

Questions: Fitness, ASG, Coaches, West Ham, City

2012-01-26T14:00:00-05:00

Thursday's Questions, and Tony finds proof of the smartest coach in MLS, wonders how Jonathan Spector's Birmingham City are doing, and would like to see MLS have things lined up before they make announcements. Will Jurgen Klinsmann's focus on fitness during the January camp help the MLS players in camp during the first part of the long season? “I don't know if everybody expected how much fitness we actually did,” said Benny Feilhaber to ESPN.com....

Dempsey Talks FA Cup

2012-01-26T10:29:38-05:00

With their Fourth Round game against Everton on Friday (3pm ET - Fox Soccer) Clint Dempsey described to Fulham's official site what the FA Cup means to him. “To be honest with you I didn’t [follow the FA Cup when I was younger] because I didn’t have a lot of channels growing up to watch football over in Europe. It wasn’t until I got a little bit older that we started to get channels like...

UEFA And The Fairness Of Transfer Fees

2012-01-26T10:15:00-05:00

By J Hutcherson - WASHINGTON, DC (Jan 26, 2012) US Soccer Players -- Once again with UEFA, it's the money. Specifically, who controls it and how it's spent across Europe. That's the broad carryover from UEFA's attempt to restructure European football club finances, a point they pressed with the 4th edition of the Club Licensing Benchmarking Report released on Wednesday. It's an intriguing document for a number of reasons, perhaps most of all because it...

Video: Panama 0 - USA 1

2012-01-26T08:11:08-05:00

Highlights from the January 25th, 2012 friendly between Panama and the United States from Estadio Rommel Fernandez in Panama City.