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Veteran Michael Bradley, youngster Nick Lima earn top marks as U.S. start 2019 with a victory

The Gregg Berhalter era got off to a great start in Phoenix as the United States dominated Panama from start to finish.

USMNT forward Christian Ramirez describes his debut goal against Panama and the role he was expected to play as a No. 9 in Gregg Berhalter’s system.
With an young, experimental team at his disposal, new United States head coach Gregg Berhalter started off his tenure with an encouraging 3-0 victory over Panama at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.
Positives
It was nearly all positive for Berhalter and his charges. Five Americans made their national team debuts, the most in a USMNT game since 1992. Despite inexperience throughout the squad, the team executed Berhalter’s plan and leveraged their possession advantage to a 3-0 win. Improvement…

U.S. coach Berhalter defends inclusion of ‘quality’ Bradley in squad

Veteran midfielder Michael Bradley offers an early assessment of USMNT coach Gregg Berhalter and insight into his future with the national team.

Bill Hamid doesn’t hold back to ESPN FC about being left out of the U.S. national team’s January camp.

USMNT goalkeeper Zack Steffen talks about the January training camp and how Gregg Berhalter has instilled his philosophy in the squad already. GLENDALE, Calif. – United States manager Gregg Berhalter has come to the defense of midfielder Michael Bradley, insisting that “it’s clear that he has quality.”
Bradley is part of the squad that will face Panama at State Farm Stadium on Sunday. If he sees the field, which seems likely, it will mark just the second game he has played for the U.S. since his participation in the match against Trinidad and Tobago in which the Americans failed to qualify for the 2018 World Cup.
During that time, Bradley…

Michael Bradley on anniversary of Trinidad loss: ‘Things go on’

Michael Bradley comments on the United States’ past year since failing to qualify for the World Cup and how excited he is for what’s to come.

A few veterans return to the USMNT fold, but it’s the young prospects we’ve seen in 2018 which hope to excite for years to come.

USMNT’s Julian Green looks ahead to Thursday’s game against Colombia in his father’s hometown of Tampa.

Dave Sarachan talks about the young United States squad for the upcoming friendlies and the importance of integrating Michael Bradley into the team. TAMPA, Fla. — Tuesday marks the one-year anniversary of the U.S. national team’s failure to qualify for the 2018 World Cup. But for midfielder Michael Bradley and goalkeeper Brad Guzan, the current imperative is to look forward.
Both Bradley and Guzan are back in the national team fold after a year away, with both players preparing to face Colombia on Thursday in Tampa followed by a match against Peru in East Hartford, Connecticut five days later.
Both players were a constant presence during the…

Michael Bradley calls for ‘balance’ in new-look United States squad

Midfielder Michael Bradley and goalkeeper Brad Guzan are back with the U.S. national team, two days shy of the first anniversary of the most crushing defeat in the team’s history.
Bradley captained the Americans for the 2-1 loss at Trinidad and Tobago last Oct. 10 that ended the United States’ streak of seven straight World Cup appearances. Guzan was on the bench as Tim Howard started in goal in the loss.
Coach Bruce Arena quit three days later and the team has been run on an interim basis by his…

Michael Bradley returns as U.S. begin process of mixing the old guard with young core

Michael Bradley, 31, is back with the USMNT for the first time since the defeat to Trinidad and Tobago.
There was only one way that Christian Pulisic’s return to the U.S. men’s national team could be overshadowed, yet caretaker manager Dave Sarachan obliged. Michael Bradley is back in the U.S. fold.

For years now, Bradley, 31, has divided opinion like no other U.S. player. When the U.S. faces Colombia in a friendly on Oct. 11, it will be just over a year since the Americans suffered their greatest humiliation, that of losing to Trinidad and Tobago 2-1, a defeat that eliminated them from qualifying…

Michael Bradley on Zlatan Ibrahimovic confrontation: ‘There wasn’t much to it’

During an interview on the Max & Herc Podcast, Michael Bradley shared his view of his interaction at the weekend with Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
“There wasn’t much to it,” Michael Bradley has said of the trash talking that went on between himself and Zlatan Ibrahimovic in Toronto FC’s 5-3 victory over the LA Galaxy on Saturday night at BMO Field.
The pair were caught in a spirited argument in the 93rd minute of Saturday’s match, in which the defending MLS Cup champions won for just the second time in their past six matches, and handed the Galaxy their seventh straight contest without a win.
The Toronto FC captain was a guest on Monday’s…

Father vs. son: Bob, Michael Bradley put family on hold as LAFC visits Toronto

The FC guys are in agreement with Alejandro Moreno that Toronto FC do not have enough in the tank to make the MLS playoffs.

Judging from his tone of voice, it’s clear which part of this weekend’s trip to Toronto LAFC coach Bob Bradley is most looking forward to.

On Saturday night, he will face off against his son, Michael, TFC’s captain and do-everything midfielder. Believe it or not, given their widely intersecting journeys in the highest circles of American soccer, this is actually the first time the Bradleys will go head to head on opposite sides of a competitive game.

LAFC and TFC played against each other this…

Michael Bradley coy on next United States call-up: ‘That’s not a question for me’

American international Andrija Novakovich fends off two defenders and scores his first Dutch Eredivisie goal in Fortuna Sittard’s loss to PSV.

Jozy Altidore looks ahead to Toronto FC’s push for the playoffs and discusses the youth movement on the USMNT.
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Toronto FC midfielder Michael Bradley said he has “had a few conversations” with caretaker national team manager Dave Sarachan, but declined to get into whether he anticipated getting called up for the United States’ upcoming friendlies.
Bradley hasn’t been called up to the national team since the U.S. was eliminated from qualifying for the 2018 World Cup last October, when the team sustained a stunning 2-1, final day defeat to Trinidad & Tobago. Since then, Bradley’s role as…

Michael Bradley: MLS should use ‘discretion’ after Sebastian Giovinco red card

Cristian Penilla scored twice for New England in the first ten minutes as the Revs survive a late onslaught from Toronto.
Toronto FC captain Michael Bradley called for MLS to use “a little bit of discretion and feel” in red-card judgments after star attacker Sebastian Giovinco was sent off late in Toronto’s 3-2 defeat to New England on Saturday night.
Giovinco had just cut Toronto’s deficit to one with an 89th-minute penalty and while running back to the center circle momentarily put his hand to the face of the Revoltion’s Wilfried Zahibo, and referee Mark Geiger issued the Italian the first red card of his career…

Bradley’s missed penalty not a true reflection of Toronto FC’s campaign

A disconsolate Michael Bradley reflects on Toronto FC’s loss in the CONCACAF Champions League final.

It was the kind of performance that years from now ought to be recalled with fondness. Toronto FC trailed 2-1 from the first leg of the CONCACAF Champions League final against C.D. Guadalajara. And with just about every center-back on its roster injured, the Reds delivered a performance for the ages, beating Chivas 2-1 to level the series on aggregate.

Alas, that will not be all that is remembered. Chivas ended up prevailing in the ensuing penalty shootout 4-2 to claim continental supremacy for…

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