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Mexican Soccer's Crisis Of Confidence
by Ann Killion (Analysis | San Jose Mercury News - July 5)
Team Turmoil played at the Oakland Coliseum on Sunday. And, no, the Raiders' season hasn't started yet. more details | go to article

Bad Decisions Equal Net Loss For U.S. Women
by Ann Killion (Analysis | San Jose Mercury News - September 28)
For the past 11 years, we've come to expect a lot of our women's national soccer team. Victories, grit, excitement and - at the very least - competence. We didn't get that Thursday in the Women's World Cup semifinal game. We especially didn't get much competence from Coach Greg Ryan. more details | go to article

U.S. Soccer Shows It Can Keep A Secret
by Ann Killion (Commentary | San Jose Mercury News - September 7)
Shhhh. I'm going to let you in on a secret. One that, apparently, you're not supposed to know. The Women's World Cup is starting in China. On Monday. Yeah, that's right. This Monday. more details | go to article

Fresh Faces From Faraway Places
by Ann Killion (Analysis | San Jose Mercury News - June 3)
Those might have been unknowns wearing the red-white-and-blue on Saturday evening. But they were unknowns who play in Europe. And that's good news for U.S. Soccer. more details | go to article

The Race To 2010 Kicks Off This Week
by Ann Killion (Analysis | San Jose Mercury News - February 6)
Mexico is already ahead of the U.S. more details | go to article

Ghana Eliminates Listless Americans
by Ann Killion (Result | San Jose Mercury News - June 23)
NUREMBERG, Germany - Overmatched. Underwhelming. Soft. Slow. And often lost. more details | go to article

One Can't Mistake Mexico's Passion
by Ann Killion (Commentary | San Jose Mercury News - June 20)
A [well]-kept secret may be the identity of the world's second-best fans. I have no doubt it's the Mexicans. more details | go to article

Question Is Which U.S. Team Shows Up
by Ann Killion (Commentary | San Jose Mercury News - June 19)
FRANKFURT, Germany - So, which U.S. team will show up in Nuremberg on Thursday? The gritty warriors who fought, short-handed and bloodied, to earn a tie against the slickly talented Italians? Or the timid 1990s throwbacks who caved against the big boys from the Czech Republic? more details | go to article

Goal 2: Living the Dream
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U.S. Soccer Team Still Dancing But For How Long
by Ann Killion (Analysis | San Jose Mercury News - June 18)
FRANKFURT, Germany - So which U.S. team will show up in Nuremberg on Thursday? The gritty warriors who fought, short-handed and bloodied, to earn a tie against the slickly talented Italians? more details | go to article

Desperate Times For U.S. Against Italy Today
by Ann Killion (Preview | San Jose Mercury News - June 17)
Everyone is representing. There is a constant parade of jerseys streaming in and out of the Hauptbahnhof -- the main train station -- as futbol fans head to and from their games. Mexico. Saudi Arabia. Portugal. Croatia. And, yes, the United States. more details | go to article

Quakes' Owners Doing Team More Harm Than Good
by Ann Killion (Commentary | San Jose Mercury News - June 15)
That's an interesting trick the Anschutz Entertainment Group is pulling with the Earthquakes. It's making the team vanish, right before our eyes. more details | go to article

U.S. Soccer Labor Fuss Hurts Game
by Ann Killion (Analysis | San Jose Mercury News - January 11)
There's big trouble brewing for the United States. That's not a political statement. Just a soccer observation. This is a crucial year for American soccer. Or it should be, if the people running the sport wake up. Apologies if you're tired of sports labor impasses. I'd advise you to skip over to the hockey page, but . . . never mind. more details | go to article

Time Right For Donovan To Depart
by Ann Killion (Profile/Interview | San Jose Mercury News - November 24)
For four years, this day was coming. Landon Donovan was too good, too young, too valuable to stick around the Earthquakes and Major League Soccer for long. more details | go to article

Still The San Jose Earthquakes
by Ann Killion (Article | San Jose Mercury News - November 10)
Tuesday counted as good news on the Embattled Earthquakes front. And it was terrific news if you subscribe to the Chaos Theory of Soccer. General Manager Alexi Lalas announced that the team will play at Spartan Stadium in 2005, that season tickets are on sale, and that the coaching staff has been retained. more details | go to article

Quakes Fans Must Worry If Anything's Good Enough
by Ann Killion (Preview | San Jose Mercury News - October 28)
The politics of fear is a big strategy this fall. So big that it has spilled over from the presidential race into Major League Soccer. Just look at Anschutz Entertainment Group, the operator of the Earthquakes, which has devised an odd way of getting the team fired up for Saturday's second playoff game against Kansas City. This week, General Manager Alexi Lalas refused to rule out folding the team next year. more details | go to article

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