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Jozy Altidore scored two second-half goals in his return to the U.S. national team, and the Americans rallied to beat Peru, 2-1 in an exhibition Friday night in Washington.

United States men's soccer team striker Clint Dempsey achieved his first hat trick in an international match when he scored three goals in Saturday's 6-0 rout of Cuba.

Two years after the El Salvador men's soccer team and its rabid soccer fans gave M&T Bank Stadium a taste of what games are like in their home country for a Gold Cup quarterfinal against the heavily favored U.S., the scene at the same venue for the same event should be quite different Saturday. The result between Team USA and Cuba should not.

The preliminary round run to M&T Bank Stadium for Saturday's CONCACAF Gold Cup quarterfinal knockout game against Cuba has been fueled mostly by the old guard.

DaMarcus Beasley is playing his latest, and likely last, World Cup with little fanfare ¿ just the way the soft-spoken defender prefers it.

The United States showed flashes of the team we hoped it would be in the World Cup in Brazil, but needs a sustained performance to advance farther in the knockout rounds.

Michael Kammarman, a product of the Laurel Boys and Girls Club soccer program, is getting a lot of stamps in his passport. The latest stop has been soccer-crazy Brazil, where the former Delaware soccer player is the press officer for the U.S. men's soccer team that is taking part in the 2014 World Cup.

Taylor Twellman, 34, has turned into one of the fastest-rising talents in American sports media as an analyst and, according to lead ESPN World Cup announcer Ian Darke, "he's very much the flavor of the month."

As a kid, Kyle Beckerman always had his eye on the World Cup. He painted pictures of U.S. soccer stars, wowed classmates at Crofton Woods Elementary with his command of a soccer ball and even tagged his adolescent signature: "USA #15."

The World Cup has become a major event for local sports fans, thanks to the growth of youth soccer and the proliferation of overseas soccer coverage on American television.

The U.S. Men's National Team defeated Azerbaijan with goals from Mix Diskerud and Aron Johannsson Tuesday night in San Francisco

Landon Donovan was left off the United States World Cup team, but Crofton's Kyle Beckerman and Maryland Terrapins Graham Zusi and Omar Gonzalez will all travel to Brazil.

Crofton native Kyle Beckerman and former Terps stars Omar Gonzalez, Clarence Goodson, Graham Zusi, and Maurice Edu were all named Monday to the United States¿ 30-man provisional roster ahead of next month¿s World Cup in Brazil.

Before playing El Salvador in the CONCACAF quarterfinals at M&T Bank Stadium, U.S. midfielder Mix Diskerud had some painful memories of last summer's 3-3 tie with the Central American team in the U-23 Olympic qualifying team.

In the past, El Salvador has been a tough soccer out for the U.S. national team, particularly on the road. Not Sunday.

Chris Wondolowski, the reigning MLS MVP, has scored five goals through three Gold Cup matches for the United States.

After the U.S. men's national soccer team lost a friendly to Belgium in May, a disgusted coach Jurgen Klinsmann tried to talk about what positives the Americans could get out of the surprising defeat.

The U.S. men's national soccer team's first appearance in Baltimore since 1997 took a couple of interesting twists this week leading up to Sunday's CONCACAF Gold Cup quarterfinal against El Salvador at M&T Bank Stadium.

The United States soccer team had been hoping to show its new coach that it could compete with the skilled Brazilians.

For Americans, game against Brazil will be a bench mark as players adjust to new leadership of new coach Jurgen Klinsmann.

Baltimore Orioles have had talks with several teams about adding pitching