Landon Donovan was once again a star for the US National team as they defeated, handily, a Honduran side that looked like a specter of the ...

Photo credit:  SB Nation Three for three. Three goals and three wins. Such has been Jozy Altidore's contribution to the US Men...

Photo credit: Getty Images  On a tropical February afternoon the only hot team on the pitch in this World Cup qualifier was Honduras. R...

  Photo credit: Getty Images Spain, world champions and two-time defending European champions, crashed out of the London 2012 Olympic...

Yes, those were not the starters. Yes, there was an ejection 17 minutes into the game that also led to Honduras' first goal. No, this is...

The USA cemented its place atop Concacaf today with a well-earned tie full of emotions that reverberated all the way to San Salvador. There,...

It's tough. No doubt about it. And Wednesday's matches for the last chance to be in South Africa presents must win situations away f...

It was a triumph on the pitch in San Pedro Sula tonight. A triumph because it meant reaching the World Cup with a game to spare. A triumph b...

It ends on the 14th. Sort of. World Cup qualifying will, for the most part, end next Wednesday as all conferences play their final games. Al...

Maybe we all were in denial. Maybe things could still change. But one look at the Concacaf table right now might have you saying "no, C...

Wow. that was not supposed to happen. Or was it? El Salvador has not lost in the hex by a score greater than 1 goal. Today they showed up de...

Not inconceivable. Not in the least bit. The nail-biting, number-crunching, sports scheming and media attention has begun now that four team...

It was a nail biting experience. Down in the first 5 minutes at home versus a rising Honduran team in front of an unfriendly crowd. Wait, I ...

The US national team continues its qualifiers for a berth at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa against Central American powerhouse Honduras...

Costa Rica 3 - USA 1. I underestimated the Ticos score on my previous post. I said 2-0, they gave me 3-1. What went wrong? Defense. Plain an...

Let's face it. Few teams around the world have as many fans as the Mexican national team. That is a fact. And I'm talking real, true...

Redemption. USA 3 - Trinidad and Tobago 0. The US bounced back from an unsatisfactory performance at the Estadio Cuscatlan in El Salvador wi...

Originally I was going to call this entry "What happened to Mexico?" but I would be selling short the upswing in play by Central A...

In a previous post I had stated that the whole of central America would make a splash in WCQ . I stand corrected. With Guatemala's awful...

As promised in a previous blog: the relative minnows of the CONCACAF region may no longer be so. I'm speaking, of course, about our Cent...