Rafa Benitez says his improving Newcastle side could have beaten Liverpool in the final minutes at St. James’ Park.
DeAndre Yedlin is adamant that Newcastle will not set their sights too low as they attempt to continue a positive start to life back in the Premier League.
The 24-year-old United States defender turned in an impressive individual display as the Magpies produced a gritty performance to draw 1-1 with misfiring Liverpool at St James’ Park on Sunday.
That left them with 10 points from their first seven games, a quarter of the way to manager Rafael Benitez’s stated initial target of 40 and top-flight…

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Brighton’s Tomer Hemed stamped on Newcastle’s DeAndre Yedlin, but the incident went unnoticed by the referee.

Chris Hughton reiterates the importance of Brighton making the Amex a tough environment after their 1-0 win over Newcastle.
Brighton striker Tomer Hemed has been banned for three matches after being found guilty of violent conduct in Sunday’s home win over Newcastle.
Hemed, who scored the winner in a 1-0 Brighton victory, will serve a three-match ban after a retrospective violent conduct charge by the Football Association was found proven.
The Israeli international was involved in a coming together with Newcastle’s United States defender DeAndre Yedlin after 88 minutes, appearing to stamp on his leg.
The FA charged him…

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Brighton’s Tomer Hemed stamped on Newcastle’s DeAndre Yedlin, but the incident went unnoticed by the referee.

Chris Hughton reiterates the importance of Brighton making the Amex a tough environment after their 1-0 win over Newcastle.
Brighton striker Tomer Hemed has been banned for three matches after being found guilty of violent conduct in Sunday’s home win over Newcastle.
Hemed, who scored the winner in a 1-0 Brighton victory, will serve a three-match ban after a retrospective violent conduct charge by the Football Association was found proven.
The Israel international was involved in a coming together with Newcastle’s United States defender DeAndre Yedlin after 88 minutes, appearing to stamp on his leg.
The FA charged him…

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Brighton’s Tomer Hemed stamped on Newcastle’s DeAndre Yedlin, but the incident went unnoticed by the referee.
Brighton striker Tomer Hemed has been charged with violent conduct, the Football Association has announced.
Hemed fired the winner in Brighton’s 1-0 Premier League victory over Newcastle on Sunday but he was involved in an 88th-minute tangle with Newcastle defender DeAndre Yedlin.
An FA statement read: “Tomer Hemed has been charged for an alleged act of violent conduct which was not seen by the match officials but caught on video.
“He has until 6 p.m. on Tuesday [26 September 2017] to respond to…

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Taylor Twellman questions the confidence of the U.S. team but feels they will still qualify for the World Cup.

Bruce Arena says while the U.S. got a big point vs. Honduras, the door to Russia hasn’t opened at all just yet.

Danny Williams has really seized his opportunity with Huddersfield and could be ideal in central midfield.

The pivotal final round of CONCACAF World Cup qualifying is on the horizon, and so U.S. players far and wide are looking to impress coach Bruce Arena to earn a call. Here’s a look at who’s hot and who’s not.

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Danny Williams, MF, Huddersfield Town (Premier League)

Why he’s here: In his first-ever Premier League start, Williams was a 90-minute workhorse for Huddersfield Town in Saturday’s 1-1 draw with Leicester City.

What this means: Since he took over in November, Arena has shied…

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DeAndre Yedlin’s youth club believes it is owed payment from the player’s 2014 transfer to Tottenham.
The dispute involving the collection of solidarity payments for Redmond, Washington-based youth club Crossfire Premier is one step closer to being heard by FIFA’s Dispute Resolution Chamber.
Crossfire Premier is attempting to collect solidarity payments it feels it is owed from the transfer of one of its former players, DeAndre Yedlin, when he moved from the Seattle Sounders to English Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur in August 2014.
The Chicago Sockers and the Dallas Texans also have cases…

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Nick Rimando stood strong in net for Real Salt Lake, but a deflected goal by Harry Shipp earned Seattle all three points. United States midfielder DeAndre Yedlin has returned to the Seattle Sounders for a training spell.
Yedlin left the Sounders, where he began his career as a homegrown player, after the 2014 to move to England.
Having just helped Newcastle win promotion to the Premier League, Yedlin rejoined his former club at Wednesday’s training to keep fit ahead of next month’s World Cup qualifiers.
“It’s great,” Yedlin said. “It’s nice to see old faces and some new ones as well. The team has changed a little bit…

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LA’s struggles continued as Clint Dempsey and Jordan Morris both scored to earn three points for Seattle.
One U.S. national team mainstay made consecutive Premier League starts for the first time since August, while another is heading back to England’s top flight after a productive detour in the second tier. In MLS, meanwhile, several attacking players are showing off their sharpness, but there’s also worrying injury news for Bruce Arena, both at home and overseas.
With the start of the next national team camp just over a month away, which Americans are trending north and whose stock is heading the…

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Herculez Gomez delves into the 2026 World Cup hopes of the United States after Bruce Arena’s recent comments.

Earnie Stewart feels the United States have all the tools to become a world power in soccer.

Herculez Gomez shares his thoughts on how the United States would factor into a three-nation World Cup bid.
One U.S. starter is rounding into form. Another just returned from a long layoff, and several youngsters are pushing for inclusion either on Bruce Arena’s roster for June’s World Cup qualifiers against Trinidad and Tobago and at Mexico, the CONCACAF Gold Cup in July, or both. 
The priority, of course, is the former.
“We have to get results in these two games,” Arena said last week on a conference call with reporters.
“We’re going to stick to the group of players we had in the last camp and…

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ESPN FC’s Taylor Twellman believes Christian Pulisic made a ‘massive statement’ with the fight he showed against Panama.

Michael Bradley and Clint Dempsey were two of the players named in the class action lawsuit.
A class action lawsuit filed by three youth clubs against the MLS Players Union, as well as players Michael Bradley, Clint Dempsey, and DeAndre Yedlin has been dismissed by order of the U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas, Sherman Division.
In dismissing the suit, the court ruled that it lacked personal jurisdiction over the MLSPU and specific jurisdiction over the players involved.
A third motion, asking for a change of venue to the U.S. District Court Massachusetts District, was rendered…

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