Eddie Johnson named to USMNT roster
Johnson could miss as many as four Sounders matches -- including Open Cup -- while he's on national team duty.
Johnson could miss as many as four Sounders matches -- including Open Cup -- while he's on national team duty.
A 26-man roster has been called up for USMNT camp this summer, though 29 players will participate. A stable of MLS goalkeepers will rotate in-and-out during the month-long camp.
A lot of people assumed EJ was going to get a game or two off after he kneed Antoine Hoppenot toward the end of Saturday's match. Now we know why he wasn't.
Eddie Johnson more than makes up for a fairly pedestrian goal with an awesome EJ style goal celebration.
At 7 PM Friday night the United States will host Costa Rica in The Hex. Dick's Sporting Goods Park hosts the two national teams on their quest for Brazil 2014. Watch Eddie in Red, White & Blue with us.
Steve Zakuani crosses in a perfect ball onto the flying foot of Eddie Johnson to give Seattle Sounders FC the early 1-0 lead in the first Cascadia rivalry meeting of 2013.
Three big goals - each bigger than the last - powered Seattle Sounders FC past their CCL foes Tigres UANL. DeAndre Yedlin and Djimi Traore both scored their first goals for the Sounders and Eddie Johnson brings back the boom with his first of 2013.
With their backs against the wall once again, the Sounders took the advantage Tigres gifted them and roared into a historic win and a date in the CCL semifinals.
A real recap will be up in a while, but for now, just celebrate a seminal moment in American soccer.
Defensive slips and the lack of an effective counter leave the United States without points as they open up the Hex in their attempt to qualify for World Cup 2014 in Brazil. Both Mario Martinez and Eddie Johnson started.
Eddie Johnson will start in Wednesday's qualifier against Honduras.
Today's match is on BeIN sports with coverage starting at 12:30 and kickoff right about 1 PM. Connections to the Seattle Sounders are as strong as they've ever been for a World Cup Qualifier.