2/29 Updates and Upcoming Games this Weekend

*Arguez made the bench for Hertha Berlin in a 2-0 win over MSV Duisburg.


*Here is an article from American Soccer Daily about Danny Califf's current situation.

Yanks Abroad Schedule this weekend:

*Cherundolo: HANNOVER 96 v Nurnberg SAT 9:00am ET
*Mathis: ERGOTELIS v SALONIKA SAT9:45am ET
*Spector: WEST HAM v CHELSEA SAT 10:00 am ET (Setanta Sports Xtra or online here)
*Fulhamerican Boys: FULHAM v MAN. UNITED SAT 10:00 am ET (Setanta or online here)
*Friedel: NEWCASTLE v BLACKBURN SAT 10:00 am ET (FSC)
*Hahnemann and Convey: BORO v READING SAT 10:00 am ET
*Whitbread: MILLWALL v BRISTOL ROVERS SAT 10:00am ET
*Johnson: MK DONS v CHESTER SAT 10:00am ET
*Demerit: BURNLEY v WATFORD SAT 10:00am ET
*Jaqua: ALTACH v RIED SAT 12:00pm ET
*Bradley: FC TWENTE v HEERENVEEN SAT 2:00 pm ET
*Onyewu: STANDARD v WESTERLO SAT 2:00pm ET

*Howard: EVERTON v PORTSMOUTH SUN 11:00 am ET (FSC)
*Adu: SPORTING v BENFICA Sun 3:30 ET (Setanta Broadband)

Feel free to let me know if I missed anyone.

Cory Gibbs update and Adu higlights re-uploaded.

*Cory Gibbs made a start and played the full 90 with the Charlton reserves. Hopefully this signals a solid injury free return for the former US International.

Troy Perkins with Valerenga and Adin Brown with Aalesunds
*Valerenga won 1-0 in the La Manga Cup.
*Click the picture for highlights.
*The Benfica game highlights from yesterday have been re-upped since the first clips were deleted. This one shows what should have been a penalty call in favor of Freddy and the ensuing yellow card that he received.
2-0 win over Moreirense in the Portuguese Cup.

Yanks Videos - 2/27: Adu, Berhalter, Jaqua and other updates

*Good article about Dempsey and Fulham in their regulation battle.

*Ferrari made the bench today for Sampdoria in a 4-1 loss to Atalanta.


Adu for Benfica
*Freddy started, played 55 minutes and received a yellow card in a 2-0 win over Moreirense in the Portuguese Cup.


Berhalter for 1860 Munich
*He played the full 90 in a 1-0 loss to Bayern Munich in the German Cup quarterfinals.
*Josh Wolff was on the bench.




Jaqua with Altach
*Jaqua played the full 90 in a 4-0 loss to Red Bulls Salzburg.

Yanks Videos 2/25: Howard

*Here is an article about Bobby Convey still trying to play catch-up after his injury.


Howard with Everton
*He made 8 saves in a 2-0 win over Manchester City.


Here are some better highlights from the Fulham and Reading games this weekend.

Reading fc v Aston Villa
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Fulham v West Hamm
by footister300

Yanks Videos - 2/24: Adu, Friedel, Hahnemann, Bradley, Jaqua, Mathis

Adu with Benfica
*Freddy came on in the 83rd minute in a 1-1 draw against Braga.
*Clips are of the two goals and the last is of a deflected shot from Freddy.





Friedel with Blackburn
*Match Report.


Hahnemann with Reading
*Convey did not even make the bench for this game.
*Match Report.


Nate Jaqua for Altach
*He scored in the 88th minute to defeat Rapid Vienna 2-1.
*Click the picture for a link to the video.
Mathis with Ergetolis
*Clint entered the game in 72nd minute in a 2-1 loss to Panionios.
*He got the assist on the goal.



Bradley for Heerenveen
*Bradley went the full 90 in a 3-2 loss to NEC. *Credit to Johan Derksen for the clips.

Yanks Videos - 2/23: Fulhamerican Boys, Spector, Gooch, and other updates

*Demerit came on in the 81st minute in a 0-0 draw with Preston.

*Zak Whitbread went the distance for Millwall in a 3-0 win over Port Vale.



*Eddie Lewis made the bench but did not play for Derby County.


*Danny Szetela also made the bench for Brescia but did not play.


Dempsey, McBride, Johnson with Fulham and Spector for West Ham
*Bocanegra and Keller were on the bench
*Johnson came in for Dempsey in the 76th minute
*Match Report


Onyewu with Standard Liege
*Gooch played 90 minutes in a 0-0 draw against La Gantoise.
*Click the picture for highlights.

Yanks Videos 2/22: Cherundolo, Perkins

Troy Perkins with Valerenga
*He went the full 90 in a 2-1 loss to Kalmar FF.
*Click the picture to see the highlights. Use Internet Explorer if it doesn't work in Firefox.
Cherundolo with Hannover 96
*He scored an own-goal in the 2-1 loss to Bochum.

Yanks Videos: Howard, Davies; Adu and Guy Reports

*Ryan Guy had an impressive pre-season game in a 1-0 loss to Dynamo Kiev. I don't have video highlights, but you can read the match report.



*Freddy Adu did not play in Benfica's match against Nurnberg which they tied 2-2 allowing them to advance on aggregate.



Davies with Hammarby
*This was from a pre-season match against Cal State University Dominguez Hills
*Click the picture for video.
Howard with Everton in UEFA Cup.

US Soccer Development Academy, Simek injury update, and Guy pre-season video

*Simek is on the road to recovery with Sheffield Wednesday and should be returning for full matches soon.


*Watch highlights of several games from the US Development Academy.

*Here is an interview with Josh Lambo. He is not a Yank Abroad, but he is with US Soccer so figured some would want to see it.

*Glenn Davis wrote an article about Yanks going abroad to the smaller leagues. No earth-shattering news, but worth a read. MLS is going to have to raise that salary cap to keep players in the league.

Ryan Guy with St. Pats
*He went the full 90 in another pre-season game.
*St. Pats will play Dynamo Kiev tomorrow which will be a great experience for the young American.

US Soccer Development Academy & Other Reports

*Adu twinged his lower back yesterday but was already back at practice today.

*Jared Jeffrey (U-17 midfielder) signed with Club Brugge in the Belgian league.

These aren't exactly Yanks Abroad videos, but this should tie you over for the time being. These are videos from US Soccer's Development Academy.

Watch the latest videos on YouTube.com

*Pickens is the only Yank Abroad who is playing today (assuming he gets in), so I will post later if he gets in for QPR.

Yanks Videos - 2/17: Gooch, Cherundolo, Adu, Castillo

Onyewu with Standard Liege
*He went the full 90 in a 2-1 win over Club Brugge.

Adu with Benfica
*He entered in the 72nd minute but was subbed out in the 90th with an injury. Let's hope it isn't too serious. Benfica won 2-0 over Naval.

Cherundolo with Hannover
*He went the full 90 in a 3-0 loss to Bayern Munich. He received a yellow card in the 86th minute.

Castillo with Santos
*He went the full 90 in a 3-0 win against Atlante.

Yanks Videos - 2/16: Bradley, Jaqua, Mathis, Noonan

Mathis with Ergetolis
*He played but did not start in a 1-0 loss to Olympiakos


Jaqua with SCR Altach
*He scores in his debut in a 1-1 tie with FK Austria Magna.
*Click the picture to watch the goal.
Noonan with Aalesunds
*Click the picture for links to the game highlights.Bradley with Heerenveen
*No goal today, but he received a yellow card and will miss next match (lucky it wasn't 2 cards) in a 2-2 tie against Heracles.

Yanks Videos of New Additions to Yanks Abroad Highlights

Ryan Guy with St Patrick's Athletic (Ireland)
*Here is a bio on Guy.
*He went the full 90 in 1-0 loss to Dundalk

Edgar Castillo with Santos
*He is like Rossi in that he has committed to a different national team, but upon request, I will add him to the blog as he is still American born and bred.
*Here is his bio from the Santos website.

Adu for Benfica & Eddie Johnson Pics with Fulham

Freddy Adu with Benfica
*Freddy entered the game in the 85th minute. I really wish he could get more minutes or at least a full game to show what he is capable of.


Here is Eddie Johnson playing in a Reserves match against Chelsea. Let's hope he can suit up for a full game soon.

Yanks Videos - 2/13

Howard with Everton
*I could only find the goals from the game.



Games tomorrow 2/14
*Freddy Adu in UEFA Cup: BENFICA v NÜRNBERG THUR 3:45 pm ET

Pat Noonan settling into Norway at Aalesunds.
*Click the picture to see the video.

2/13 Game Schedule & Old Deuce Interview

Yanks playing 2/12
*Szetela played 15 minutes for Brescia in a 1-0 win.
*Whitbread received a yellow card in a 2-1 win for Millwall.

Games tomorrow 2/13
*Tim Howard in UEFA Cup:BRANN v EVERTON Wed 2:00 pm ET
*Freddy Adu in UEFA Cup:BENFICA v NÜRNBERG THUR 3:45 pm ET

Dempsey Interview from Setanta (from several months ago)

Yanks Videos - 2/11

Friedel with Blackburn


Szetela with Brescia
*The Brescia highlights are 1:47 into the clip. It is just of the goals but figured you might want to see them anyway.

Mathis Goal from 2/10

Mathis with Ergetolis
*Here is the goal from Mathis.



*USA to play England at Wembley? Let's hope these reports are true.

Yanks Videos - 2/10

Onyewu with Standard
*Helped standard get a shut out in 0-0 game against Roeslaere. Click the picture to watch highlights.

*Mathis scored two for Ergetolis in Greece as reported by Ives. I will do my best to find highlights but this might be a little difficult.










*Szetela finally saw action for Brescia, playing the last 10 minutes of the game.

Yanks Videos - 2/9

Bradley with Heerenveen
*This kid just can't stop scoring. What a great run and finish!

PSV - Hee Bradley 1-1
Uploaded by phoolie84

Michael Bradley Interview on his return from Houston


Another Bradley interview from a week ago which he refuses to talk about any transfers


Dempsey and McBride with Fulham
*Both entered in the second half. Bocanegra and Keller were on the bench.


Hahnemann with Reading and Howard with Everton
*Convey did not make the bench. Hopefully this doesn't become a habit.


Cherundolo with Hannover

2-2 Hannover 96 vs. Karlsruher SC | Goals
Uploaded by 90tsunni

Spector with West Ham
*Spector entered in the 90th minute for West Ham


*Feilheiber and Lewis did not make the bench for Derby.

Highlights From the Game

Here are highlights from US v. Mexico:


To see official, better quality highlights from ESPN, click here.

Thoughts on the game?

Post game coverage here.

A 2-2 draw is probably a fair result considering we did not play very well at all. We just didn't look sharp and I think Moor (despite his phenominal cross) and Corrales looked pretty bad in the back. Oh well.

I will try to have post-game videos up tomorrow and then the usual Yanks Abroad videos will resume this weekend. In the meantime, what are your thoughts on the game?

There are some great videos through Studio 90 at US Soccer. Here is the link and you can just click on the picture for Pre-game special. There will be a live stream of pre-game coverage from US Soccer starting at 7:30 CST. which you can watch here.

If I find any other links of videos before the game, I will update this. I will do the same after the game and tomorrow if there is anything worthwhile available so check back.

US v. Mexico - Game On!

Here is a quick video of interviews of a couple of players and Bob Bradley.


Since most of our Yanks Abroad are now Yanks Ashore getting ready for the Mexico game, I wanted to continue to give you guys some videos. Here are some great goals from classic US v. Mexico games.

If that wasn't enough to put a smile on your face, then this should do it.

US v. Mexico - 2 Days Away

These videos should help us all get ready for Wednesday. I can't wait. Enjoy!

Yanks Videos - 2/3

Here is a great new video from Nike about the MNT. It should help get you excited for Wednesday if you aren't already. Enjoy!

Dempsey and McBride with Fulham (Keller and Bocanegra were on the bench)
*This is McBride's first game back with Fulham since his injury. He entered the game in the 70th minute.




Onyewu for Standard Liege
*He went the full 90 in a 0-0 draw. He did not receive a card!
*The US roster has been announced for Wednesday's game against Mexico.

Yanks Videos - 2/2

Bradley with Heerenveen
*He set up the first goal, scored the third, and got an assist on the fourth in a 7-0 win.

Arguez with Hertha Berlin
*This is his first match with them. He entered in the 63rd minute.

0-3 Hertha Berlin vs. Eintracht Frankfurt Goals - MyVideo

Friedel with Blackburn and Howard with Everton
*Both keepers keep a clean sheet


Hahnemann with Reading
*Makes a penalty save. Convey did not make the bench.


Cherundolo with Hannover

1-1 Hamburger SV vs. Hannover 96 Goals & Red Card - MyVideo

*Spector did not dress for West Ham.
*Lewis and Feilheiber did not dress for Derby.
*Szetela made the bench for Brescia but did not play.