Recent US vs. Panama (Gold Cup Quarters, July 18, 2009) Articles
Stempel, Panama's Main Man
by No Author Listed (Profile/Interview | FIFA - July 16)
Panama go into their quarter-final on Saturday against hosts and holders USA as massive underdogs. However, as FIFA.com found out in an exclusive chat with their England-born boss Gary Stempel, the surprise Central American champions, who were knocked out of qualifying for the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ last year, are relishing the opportunity to play the role of spoilers once again. more details | go to article

Ching: Panama Is Going To Be Difficult
by Allen Ramsey (Profile/Interview | Goal.com - July 16)
The veteran striker says that Panama will be a stern test for the Red White and Blue. more details | go to article

Quaranta And Holden Looking Forward To Panama Challenge
by Allen Ramsey (Profile/Interview | Goal.com - July 16)
Two of Bob Bradley’s young midfielders spoke today about their upcoming Gold Cup quarterfinal against Panama. more details | go to article

Gold Cup Preview: United States vs. Panama
by Noah Davis (Preview | Goal.com - July 15)
The Gold Cup quarterfinals pit the USA against Panama. Goal.com's Noah Davis previews the action. more details | go to article

U.S. Set To Face Panama In CONCACAF Gold Cup Quarterfinals
by No Author Listed (Preview | USSF - July 16)
After going undefeated in Group B action, the U.S. Men's National Team faces Panama for a place in the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup semifinals. more details | go to article

US Playing Short-Handed Against Panama
by Associated Press (Preview | Yahoo - July 16)
The United States will be playing short-handed in Saturday’s CONCACAF Gold Cup quarterfinal against Panama. more details | go to article

Depleted U.S. Faces Tough Test From Panama
by Ives Galarcep (Preview | ESPN - July 16)
If coach Bob Bradley is going keep the U.S. national team's successful summer going, and if he is going to add another Gold Cup trophy to the trophy case, he will have to do so with a shell of the team he started the 2009 Gold Cup with. Also: previews of the rest of the Gold Cup Quarterfinal games. more details | go to article

Countdown To U.S.-Panama
by Jonathan Tannenwald (Blog Entry | Philadelphia Inquirer - July 18)
So here we are in the final hours before the United States faces Panama at Lincoln Financial Field. This will be the last post on here until the match kicks off, so let's lay out a few things you should know before you head to the stadium. more details | go to article

Emphasis On Depth Right For Young USA Soccer Team
by John Smallwood (Profile/Interview | Philadelphia Inquirer - July 18)
United States soccer coach Bob Bradley understands the situation. more details | go to article

Gold Cup Game Offers A Chance For U.S. Second Tier
by Pat Leonard (Preview | Philadelphia Inquirer - July 17)
The biggest names in United States soccer are not playing in the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup, but U.S. players in tomorrow's quarterfinal match against Panama at Lincoln Financial Field still could have a chance of making next summer's World Cup roster. more details | go to article

David Akers Gets His Soccer Kicks
by Pat Leonard (Profile/Interview | Philadelphia Inquirer - July 16)
The football goal posts at Lincoln Financial Field will be removed Saturday, otherwise a couple of members of the U.S. soccer team might be tempted to go for three. more details | go to article

Gold Cup Will Be Showcase For The Linc
by Kerith Gabriel (Profile/Interview | Philadelphia Inquirer - July 16)
Consider this weekend's CONCACAF Gold Cup quarterfinal a litmus test of just how strong of a hold soccer has in Philadelphia. more details | go to article

Gold Cup Soccer Coaches Praise Philadelphia
by Pat Leonard (Profile/Interview | Philadelphia Inquirer - July 15)
Few details of the U.S. soccer team's return to Philadelphia were lost in translation at Lincoln Financial Field yesterday. more details | go to article

Bradley Brings Consistency To U.S. Soccer
by Kerith Gabriel (Profile/Interview | Philadelphia Inquirer - July 15)
When Bob Bradley took over the role of coaching the United States men's soccer team from Bruce Arena in the fall of 2006, words fail to describe the size of shoes the Montclair, N.J., native needed to fill. more details | go to article

Agenda: CONCACAF Gold Cup Quarterfinal Doubleheader
by No Author Listed (Preview | Philadelphia Inquirer - July 15)
The United States emerged from Group B virtually unscathed, entering Saturday's match against Panama with a 2-0-1 mark more details | go to article

Popular US vs. Panama (Gold Cup Quarters, July 18, 2009) Articles
U.S. Soccer Team Hopes To Build Momentum
by Don Benevento (Profile/Interview | South Jersey Courier Post - July 18)
Advocates of U.S. soccer have seemingly spent years in search of that one game or that one breakthrough tournament outcome that will bring the game so loved by sports fans throughout the world closer to the center of the American stage. more details | go to article

David Akers Gets His Soccer Kicks
by Pat Leonard (Profile/Interview | Philadelphia Inquirer - July 16)
The football goal posts at Lincoln Financial Field will be removed Saturday, otherwise a couple of members of the U.S. soccer team might be tempted to go for three. more details | go to article

Holden's Stock Soars Nationally
by Bernardo Fallas (Profile/Interview | Houston Chronicle - July 18)
Perhaps never in his young career had Stuart Holden experienced so many emotions at once as when he was racing toward the crowd to celebrate his dramatic goal last weekend against Haiti, all the while being mobbed by teammates. more details | go to article

A Success Story That's Only Beginning
by Glenn Davis (Profile/Interview | Houston Chronicle - July 18)
I call it the connection. That invisible thread that ties the grass-roots level of soccer directly to the bigger picture. The bigger picture for a young soccer player could be the college or professional game. more details | go to article

In Gold Cup, U.S. Seeks To Keep Confederation Cup Momentum
by Pat Leonard (Preview | Philadelphia Inquirer - July 18)
Critics of U.S. soccer point to the national team's 3-2 loss to Brazil in June's Confederations Cup final as proof of a persisting talent gap between the Americans and the world's top programs. more details | go to article

Who Will Win The Gold Cup Quarterfinals?
by Jerrad Peters (Commentary | Soccer365 - July 16)
Soccer 365’s football journalist Jerrad Peters takes your question on who will win the Gold Cup quarterfinal match-ups and adds his thoughts on the silliness of the tournament being played over three weeks. more details | go to article

U.S. National Team Hits The Linc
by Josh Wheeling (Preview | Metro - July 17)
On Saturday night, the U.S. soccer team will face a familiar foe in an unfamiliar place. more details | go to article


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