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The US Men's National Soccer Team has announced the 23-man roster. Ahead of today's game against Turkey in Philadelphia's Lincoln Financial Field. That game begins at 2PM EST/11PM PST. That game can be seen on ESPN 2.

“We’ll have a team that is close to our regular eleven. As we get closer to the England match, we always have to make decisions about what will be our best team for that day. So we’ll use a tough matchup with Turkey to help us in that regard,”Coach Bob Bradley said about today's starting eleven.

American soccer player Clint Dempsey nails a long distance lob over the Juventus goaltender from outside the box.

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The Dutch walked away with a cheap win today after a bunch of sorry acting, whining and luck. That's why Americans find it hard to watch soccer. Late in the first half, some light contact between crying Dutchman Robben and an American defender sent Robben flying to the ground and apparently ailing like he had just been mowed down by a bus. So, naturally, this being soccer, the Dutch get a penalty kick, essentailly a free goal for Robben's Oscar worthy performance.

Today's Lineup: 1-Howard; 2-Spector, 15-DeMerit, 3-Bocanegra, 13-Bornstein; 22-Holden, 14-Torres, 4-Bradley, 10-Donovan; 12-Altidore, 19- Findley

This article by ESPN's Jim Caple pretty much says it all about this year's Olympics in Vancouver.

We Are Canada's Worst Nightmare by Jim Caple, ESPN

OLYMPIC MEDAL COUNT

American goalie Ryan Miller's stellar play held in an offensive asasult that lived up to its hype as the Americans win the vital grudge match over Canada and advance to the medal round.

The US went up quickly in the first minute when Brian Rafalski hit a long shot that was redirected  in front of the goal and got over the shoulder of Canada goaltender Martin Brodeur. Canada leveled the score on a goal by Eric Staal in the 9th minute.

The US Men's Hockey team and Canada are on a collision course in Olympic Hockey. Both teams are 2-0 headed into Sunday's matchup in Vancouver. The US has had some battles with the Canuck nationals in the past and this year's game could be another war.

On Day 1 of Olympic Competition, there are two things to watch: Men's Downhill Skiing and Men's Olympic 1500m Short Track Speed Skating.

Men's Downhill: Saturday, Feb. 13. TV: NBC 8pm PST

Coach Bob Bradley of the United States Soccer team has announced his 23-man roster for World Cup training. The team will gather Feb. 10 at the Home Depot Center in Carson, CA to begin preparations for the Feb. 23 match against El Salvador in Tampa, FL.

The US Men's National Team lost its opening match of 2010 with a loss to Honduras 3-1 Saturday night in Carson, CA. The US went down to 10 men in 17th minute after defender Jimmy Conrad was sent off after a second yellow card. Honduras took the lead on a Carlos Pavon penalty kick. Honduras' Jerry Palacios headed a ball in to give Honduras a 2-0 lead in the 37th minute.