Carlos Bocanegra

IRENE, South Africa -- They started scattering Sunday to the United States and Europe, never to come together as a group again. All the optimism had vanished, four years of planning and effort foiled by a debilitating defense, faltering forwards and,...

Carlos Bocanegra addresses reporters during a press conference in Saint- Etienne, central France, Friday July 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere) U.S. men's national team captain and former Fire defender Carlos Bocanegra will take part in a Q & A...

N9NE Steakhouse employees pose with the U.S. national team's Clint Dempsey, Jay DeMerit,Carlos Bocanegra, Stuart Holden and Eddie Johnson at N9NE Steakhouse on October 4, 2010.(Photo courtesy of N9NE Steakhouse) Several members of the U.S. men's...

(Photo by Stuart Franklin/Getty Images) U.S. national team captain Carlos Bocanegra had dinner with five teammates at Japonais on Tuesday. They ordered sushi rolls, duck and Japanese beer, among other things. The former Fire defender dined with...

Carlos Bocanegra, surrounded by his U.S. teammates, holds the award for "Best Moment" at the ESPYs in Los Angeles on July 14, 2010. (Dan Steinberg/AP) Carlos Bocanegra admitted he was a little caught off guard when an employee at the Guess store on...

It's not a move that is gong to get the football pages burning up across the world, but U.S. captain Carlos Bocanegra has moved across France to St. Etienne. Bocanegra played 54 times for Rennes in France. Rennes announced that left-sided defender...

Kate Walsh at the Piven Theatre Workshop awards brunch at Sunda on October 17, 2010. (Photo courtesy of Sunda) It’s getting colder in Chicago, but not so cold that it scared celebrities away from visiting in October (they usually don’t start wimping...

With Coach Bob Bradley due to name his roster this week for U.S. matches against Argentina on March 26 and Paraguay on March 29, the form of America’s top two dozen Europe- and Mexico-based soccer players is very much in......

With games scheduled next week and the week after against Argentina and Paraguay, Bob Bradley, coach of the U.S. national soccer team, followed the expected route on Wednesday and named a predominantly foreign-based roster of 24 players. That is not......

World Cup standout and Galaxy captain Landon Donovan and former soccer wunderkind Freddy Adu head a deep and experienced 23-man U.S. roster for next month's soccer friendly with World Cup champion Spain, as well as the CONCACAF Gold Cup. The......

They put themselves in a hole again, falling behind early against a rival with the overwhelming support of the crowd -- even though the U.S. soccer team ostensibly was playing a home game before 55,647 fans at Soldier Field. This time, though, the United...

For other countries, a second-round World Cup match is a big step. For the United States, Saturday's game against Ghana is so much more. The television audience back home could top the U.S. national team record of 13.7 million, set during the 1994...