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Jozy Altidore netted the only goal as the United States consolidated their lead in the CONCACAF World Cup qualifying group with a 1-0 home win over Honduras.

Michael Davies and Roger Bennett review the United States' two World Cup–qualifying victories, Jose Mourinho's press conference, and the state of English football. Listen to this podcast here. Subscribe to the Grantland Network on iTune...

The United States moved clear in the CONCACAF World Cup qualifying group with a 2-0 home triumph over Panama in Seattle.

Before Friday night, the United States men's national team had never won a World Cup qualifier in Kingston, Jamaica, posting an 0-1-4 record that included a painful, troubling loss last September. Nor had Jurgen Klinsmann, the squad's head coach, use...

KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Whenever the subject of September's 2-1 loss to Jamaica is brought up, the upbeat veneer on Jurgen Klinsmann's face disappears for a bit. It's almost as if the U.S. manager can't believe that a Jamaica side so reliant on set piec...

U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann has left his lineup intact for the first time since he took over as U.S. coach 23 months ago, not making any changes for Friday night's World Cup qualifier against Jamaica in Kingston.

Brad Evans scored in the second minute of stoppage time in the second half, giving the U.S. a thrilling 2-1 win over Jamaica at Kingston on Friday night that solidified the Americans' chances of qualifying for next year's World Cup.

Doug McIntyre writes that while the U.S. should be happy with its offensive effort against Germany on Sunday, the three goals surrendered portend issues for the defense.

Blog | Conversation | June 03, 2013

It was highly appropriate, perhaps even symbolic, that German football's most successful season in more than 15 years should end with a game between our national team and the United States. The main reason, of course, is Jurgen Klinsmann. His repu...

Jurgen Klinsmann's United States earned a morale-boosting 4-3 win over Germany in a thrilling international friendly in Washington DC.

U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann has made four changes to his lineup for Sunday's exhibition game against Germany, starting right back Brad Evans, central defender Matt Besler and midfielders Michael Bradley and Fabian Johnson.

WASHINGTON -- In 2004, Jurgen Klinsmann tabbed Joachim Low to be his No. 1 assistant with Germany's national team, and together the two helped begin a transformation of the side. Nine years later, the coaches find themselves in very different pla...

Doug McIntyre writes that while it's unclear if Edgar Castillo will play in the U.S.'s friendly against Germany on Sunday, the match could provide him with a good test of how he can handle physical European opponents.

Blog | Conversation | June 01, 2013

"It's only a friendly," is rapidly becoming the U.S. men's national team's version of "Serenity Now". As we all know from Frank Costanza, mantras are but a momentary diversion from our true feelings. Eventually they are too strong to suppress with a ...

On Wednesday night, United States men's national team coach Jurgen Klinsmann trotted out his 26th different starting lineup in the 26 matches he has coached. Not that it mattered. No combination of American players would have been good enough to cont...

Doug McIntyre examines the fallout -- or lack thereof -- following the USMNT's ugly 4-2 loss to Belgium on Wednesday. Should the Yanks' poor play simply be chalked up to a learning experience in a friendly match or a warning sign of what's to come?

Blog | Conversation | May 30, 2013