Just when everything was starting to go U.S. Soccer's way ... they lose a key contributor out of no fault of their own. Budding winger Charlie Davies, almost inarguably one of the team's two fastest players and a key...

This time, they really had it. Just minutes into the game, the U.S. took a lead at Mexico, and visions of breaking the country's long winless streak at Azteca Stadium flittered in everyone's mind. Then Mexico remembered it...

This was supposed to be Freddy Adu. When Adu hit the scene as a teenage immigrant sensation, may called him the future God of American soccer. It hasn't happened yet, but the man who may be America's saviour is here...