As expected, Jimmy Conrad’s feint chance of a World Cup spot did not survive last month’s letdown against Honduras. Conrad was tossed from the Jan. 23 friendly match at the Home Depot Center after only 17 minutes. The Yanks went down in flames, 3-1, in one of their poorest performances in recent memory.

So Conrad was [...]

Sydney Leroux scored her tournament-leading sixth goal in the 87th minute to give the U.S. Under-20 Women’s National Team a 1-0 victory against Mexico and the title at the 2010 CONCACAF U-20 Women’s Championships.

The U.S. Men’s National Team fell 3-1 to Honduras in its opening match of 2010 after playing down a man for more than 70 minutes at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. The U.S. was thrown into difficult circumstances after just 17 minutes, when defender Jimmy Conrad was shown a second yellow card for a foul in the box. Fans can vote on whether they believe the Mexican referee made the correct call with that decision.

The U.S. Under-20 Women’s National Team kicked off its run at the 2010 CONCACAF Women’s Championship with a 6-0 victory over Jamaica at Estadio Cementos Progreso in Guatemala City. Christine Nairn and Sydney Leroux, who were both part of the team that won the 2008 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup, each scored a brace. Teresa Noyola and Tiffany McCarty added one goal apiece.

No sooner has the Women’s Professional Soccer draft been completed that the U.S. Women’s National Team has convened at The Home Depot Center for an extended 20-day training camp in Carson, Calif. The runs through Feb. 4 and features two scrimmages against the Korea Republic Women’s National Team. More importantly, it gives head coach Pia Sundhage a final look at her crop of players before selecting the 18-player roster for the Algarve Cup that kicks off Feb. 24.

U.S. Men’s National Team midfielder Clint Dempsey will not require surgery on an injured knee, according to a statement from Fulham Football Club following an MRI evaluation. Dempsey suffered moderate damage to a ligament in his right knee during Fulham’s 2-0 loss on Jan. 17 at Blackburn. The club said it expects Dempsey to be back in action prior to the end of the season.

If the U.S. gets the World Cup in 2018 or 2022, it won’t play any games in Chicago or Northern California. Those omissions were the biggest surprise of the USA Bid Committee decision, announced earlier today at ESPN Zone in New York. Committee chairman and U.S. Soccer president Sunil Gulati cited “Olympics burn-out” as [...]

U.S. Under-20 Women’s National Team head coach Jillian Ellis has named the 20 players who will attempt to earn a berth to the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Germany through the CONCACAF qualifying tournament being held Jan. 19-30 in Guatemala City, Guatemala.

The U.S. Men’s National Team has chosen Honduras as its first opponent of 2010. The game will take place at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., on Jan. 23, a Saturday. Tickets can be purchased through USsoccer.com.

The U.S. U-20 Men’s National Team will hold its first training camp of the new two-year cycle beginning on Wednesday, Dec. 16, and continuing through Dec. 23, in Chula Vista, Calif. Head coach Thomas Rongen has called in 36 players from professional clubs, colleges and youth clubs, who will train at the U.S. Olympic Training Center.