Carlos Bocanegra

Life on the edge came to an exhausting and crushing end for the United States against a familiar foe. Ghana sent the U.S. packing from the World Cup - again - eliminating the Americans in the second round Saturday night. Asamoah Gyan scored 3 minutes...

Galaxy players Landon Donovan and Edson Buddle and former Galaxy player Herculez Gomez all were included Tuesday on the preliminary U.S. roster of 30 players for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, but there was no room for Charlie......

Assume, for a moment, that this is the starting 11 the United States will use at the World Cup: Tim Howard, Steve Cherundolo, Oguchi Onyewu, Jay DeMerit, Carlos Bocanegra, Clint Dempsey, Michael Bradley, Maurice Edu, Landon Donovan, Jozy Altidore and........

Turkey defeated the Czech Republic, 2-1, on Saturday in a match featuring two teams that the U.S. will play next week in its final World Cup preparatory games before leaving for South Africa. Goals by Arda Turan in the 31st......

Coming out of virtually nowhere--with all due respect to Major League Soccer's Galaxy and Puebla of the Mexican league-Edson Buddle and Hercules Gomez both were included on the U.S. World Cup roster Wednesday when it was revealed just moments ago......

It didn't take long for news of John Wooden's death Friday at the age of 99 to reach South Africa, where U.S. World Cup team member Carlos Bocanegra, a former UCLA player, reflected on his brushes with the legendary Bruins......

Robbie Findley and Edson Buddle will start up top this morning in the last warmup match for the United States ahead of the World Cup. Michael Bradley and Ricardo Clark will man the midfield against Australia, with Landon Donovan and Clint Dempsey on the...

G'day from the Royal Bafokeng Stadium in Rustenburg, South Africa. If the music here on this cool but pleasant evening were any louder, it would blow the names right off the starting lineups, which have just been distributed to the......

Landon Donovan may have scored the winning goal and Jozy Altidore and Clint Dempsey may have helped set it up. But Donovan said the U.S. could never have outlasted Algeria in Wednesday's crucial World Cup match if not for the......

Reporters from around the Tribune family tackle the question of the day, then you get a chance to chime in and tell them why they're wrong. Paul Doyle, Hartford Courant Landon Donovan and his teammate will still be riding an......

Bill Clinton has a brewskie with the US Soccer team after their victory this week. And he poses with the shirtless, tattooed player Carlos Bocanegra. Woof....

Bob Bradley has a dilemma. Robbie Findley, the starting striker in the US' first two games, is suspended due to yellow card accumulation. Even if Findley was available, it has become clear that he's not ready for starter's minutes. What is the US head...