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The United States is off to a successful, though far from perfect start in qualifying for the 2014 World Cup.
For all the growth the U.S. national team has experienced under Jurgen Klinsmann in recent months, piecing together a five-game winning streak while at times brandishing an attractive, free-flowing style of play, it's still a work in progress. And a world power such as Brazil is not kind to unfinished products.
He's become known in Italy as "General Bradley," "the midfield sergeant" and "the American Marine."
Defender Oguchi Onyewu will rejoin the U.S. men's national soccer team for upcoming matches against Honduras and Ecuador.
Charlie Davies didn't need to return to the scene of the accident when he signed with D.C. United. He had already been there.
Charlie Davies didn't need to return to the scene of the accident when he signed with D.C. United. He had already been there.
American defender Oguchi Onyewu came out with an apparent back injury in the 26th minute of FC Twente's Dutch Cup quarterfinal against PSV Eindhoven on Wednesday night.
AC Milan teammates Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Oguchi Onyewu brawled during a training match Friday.
FC Dallas midfielder Brek Shea was given his U.S. national team debut against Colombia on Tuesday night, and defender Oguchi Onyewu captained the Americans for the first time while AC Milan teammate Mario Yepes captained the visitors.
Ajax, Besiktas and Fenerbahce have shown interest in acquiring Jozy Altidore from Villarreal in addition to Premier League clubs, and a loan and permanent transfer both are possibilities for the 20-year-old American forward.
Tim Howard thought about Andrej Komac's prediction of victory for Slovenia and chuckled.
"Tim's a fighter, and when he got back up, I was happy and I'm sure everybody else around in America was," Onyewu said.
"It's definitely a premature comment to make," he said. "I don't think a U.S. player would make a comment like that."
