The widely successful ride is over, the top spot amongst all coaches of the team is secure, Jill Ellis goes out in a tie. 33,027 bore witness to this monumental end at Solider Field under great conditions, Carli Lloyd, the greatest of her players had the sole goal just 3 days before, as they downed this same Korean team in a shutout 2-0 win. The 34' saw a shot against the grain from Ji So-Yun just beyond the box and it was 1-0 but now just a wait a minute.
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October 6, 2019
by Sean McCaffery
They were down early, in the rain, facing the apt named Torrent, but came back for the 2-1 win. We interviewed him this week, he had his first goal last night, congrats to Shavon John-Brown. Just 2 minutes into the 2nd stanza, off a headed corner from Darwin Espinal, Matt Lewis later beat former NY Cosmos 'keeper Kevin Tenjo for the win. So this week, 2 that we spoke to scored, could be good luck, who is up for the next interview or discussion? Just as the Cosmos were winnning so too were Detroit, 1-0 over Chatanooga, each keeping pace with the other.
read October 5, 2019
by Sean McCaffery
He has come back big time from his knee injury, Djordje has featured already with the full team, now he is with the U-23's. The midfielder is off to see former St. John's Asst. Ben Malue at his FIU Oct. 6-16, they will face El Salvador there on the 15th. Thus far this year, he is one of but 2 players to be in all 3 games, starting v both Egypt and the Netherlands as he captained and of course started facing Japan a month ago. Amongst his games with the senior team are a pair of games in the Gold Cup this summer.
read October 4, 2019
by Sean McCaffery
A bit of a blessing in disguise as so many are getting called in as the team preps for the playoffs, the hope is of course that they are not hurt, the plus is they have compeitive games during the layoff in the lead up to the playoffs. Those being called in are Kaku, Kemar Lawrence, & Aaron Long for their senior teams while Omir Fernandez, Kyle Duncan and Cristian Casseres Jr. go to their respective U-23 teams. After the game on Sunday in Montreal they are off to represent their nations, after the break, the weekend of Oct. 19-20 the MLS 2nd season kicks off.
read October 4, 2019
by Sean McCaffery
The defender who was featured in earlier games of this Victory Tour is back to spell the overworked and some injured more regular players of the USWNT in this the last game of Head Coach Jill Ellis and the Tour. Sunday Oct. 6 at 1p.m. CT on ESPN you may see her from Soilder Field as she like Andi Sullivan have been placed on the roster as relief valves for those with way too many minutes between the NWSL and World Cup. Casey is far from rusty as she has not just 29 caps but also has strated all but one of her Red Stars 24 games as they took 2nd in the regular season.
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