Michael Bradley News

Virginia coach George Gelnovatch holds the trophy following Virginia's victory over Akron in men's College Cup championship soccer Sunday.

The U.S. national team paid it forward in its final World Cup qualifier after benefitting from Brazil's straight play in the Confed Cup.

It's rare that a father coaches his son in top-level soccer, let alone at the national team level.

American players wanted to win for Charlie. They didn't, but it sure felt like a victory when the United States scored with just seconds remaining in its final World Cup qualifier at Washington.

Jonathan Bornstein 's header in stoppage time capped the evening. But not to be underestimated was right back Steve Cherundolo 's performance in the USA's 2-2 tie that earned it first place in Concacaf qualifying.

The USA had clinched a World Cup berth. Forward Charlie Davies was in a hospital starting a long recovery from a devastating auto accident.

Playa Azul, on International Boulevard in East Oakland, was aptly named as it was the place to be Saturday night for East Bay Catrachos.

After helping Mexico make a run at reaching the Olympics in 2008, Edgar Castillo may help the U.S. reach a much grander stage.

Egypt's Ahmed Fathi collides into goalkeeper Essam Al Hadari as Charlie Davies of the U.S. is about to score during their Confederations Cup soccer match at The Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace in Rustenburg June 21, 2009.

PARK CITY, Utah, Sept. 4 -- High in the Wasatch Range, where summer is stubbornly giving way to autumn in this fashionable village, Jonathan Spector is thousands of miles and a world apart from the spectacle of English soccer, and in particular, from the ruckus caused by unruly fans in London last week.

The serene mountain setting, where the U.S. men's national team has been training ahead of Saturday night's World Cup qualifier against El Salvador at Rio Tinto Stadium on the outskirts of Salt Lake City, starkly contrasts with the scene that unfolded inside and outside Upton Park.

Jonathan Spector laughs when asked about the father of one of his close friends, who also happens to coach the U.S. national team.

Real Salt Lake MF Kyle Beckerman and FW Robbie Findley have been named to the U.S. Men's National Team for the upcoming CONCACAF World Cup Qualifiers.

By Jeff Carlisle, ESPNsoccernet It's a theory that has achieved almost gospel-like status in the United States.

The choice was easy for Staff Sgt. Michael Bradley, bobsledder extraordinaire: snow.

The United States took its first lead in four decades of playing soccer at Estadio Azteca on Wednesday, but the advantage proved as thin and gasping as the air at high altitude.

By any standards, the Summer of 2009 will go down as one of the most memorable seasons in American Soccer history.

Joined United States defender Oguchi Onyewu joined AC Milan on Tuesday, becoming one of the few Americans to play in Italy's top soccer league.

Free-agent forward Stephane Veilleux, who spent his entire NHL career with the Minnesota Wild, signed Tuesday with the Tampa Bay Lightning.

A person familiar with the negotiations says the Detroit Pistons and John Kuester are nearing an agreement to make him their coach.

In his career as a soccer player, he's flown thousands of miles to locations as exotic as South Africa, China, Switzerland and Cuba, yet Maurice Edu rates a bus ride as one of the most memorable experiences of his life.