I used to go to the Home Depot Center game held after January camp every year, but to my shame, I was absent in '09, '10, '11. Then they didn't play Jan games in Carson in '12 and '13. (I'm still not sure if I was at the Jan 2004 game vs Denmark. I definitely was at the 2003 MLS allstar game, which Donovan, Beasley, Bocanegra, Mathis and Hejduk played in). I vow to take my kids to every US Soccer game held within LA county from now on. To preserve my own memories, I'm listing my caps.
My caps:
2006
January 20
US 5 - Norway 0, Home Depot Center (Carson)
(Twellman 5', 17', 76'; Eddie Pope 67', Chris Klein 87'). - Taylor Twellman hat trick.
February 10
US 3 - Japan 2, AT&T Park (San Francisco)
(Eddie Pope 24'; Clint Dempsey 39'; Taylor Twellman 50').
June 12
US 0 - Czech Republic 3, Fifa World Cup Stadium (Gelsenkirchen)
FIFA 2006 WC!
June 17
US 1 - Italy 1,
Fritz-Walter-Stadion (Kaiserslautern)
(Italy own goal 27') FIFA 2006 WC - 9 men.
June 22
US 1 - Ghana 2,
Frankenstadion (Nuremberg)
(Dempsey 43') - FIFA 2006 WC
2007
January 20
US 3 - Denmark 1, HDC
(Landon Donovan PK 44'; Jonathan Bornstein 57'; Kenny Cooper 80') - Bob Bradley debut.
June 7
US 1 - Guatemala 0, HDC
(Clint Dempsey 26') - Gold Cup 1st round
June 9
US 2 - Trinidad & Tobago 0, HDC
(Brian Ching 29', Eddie Johnson 54') - Gold Cup 1st round
September 9
US 2 - Brazil 4, Soldier Stadium (Chicago)
(Carlos Bocanegra 21'; Clint Dempsey 73') - Kaka'! Ronaldinho!
2008
January 19
US 2 - Sweden 0, HDC
(Eddie Robinson 15'; Landon Donovan PK 48') Landon Donovan became US' all time leading scorer.
June 15
US 8 - Barbados 0, HDC
(Clint Dempsey 1', 63'; Michael Bradley 12'; Brian Ching 20', 89';
Landon Donovan 59'; Eddie Johnson 82'; Own Goal 86') - My first World
Cup qualifier.
2011
June 25
US 2 - Mexico 4, Rose Bowl (Pasadena)
(Michael Bradley 8'; Landon Donovan 23') - Gold Cup Final, Bob Bradley's last game
September 2
US 0 - Costa Rica 1, HDC
My eldest son's first game. US dominated possession, but couldn't convert.
2014
February 1
US 2 - South Korea 0, Stubhub Center
(Chris Wondolowski 4', 60')
2015
February 8
US 2 - Panama 0, Stubhub Center
(Michael Bradley 27'; Clint Dempsey 37') - 2nd son's first game. Bradley's Olimpico!
October 10
US 2 - Mexico 3, Rose Bowl
(Geoff Cameron 15'; Bobby Wood 108') - Concacaf Cup. Met Landon!
2016
February 5
US 1 - Canada 0, Stubhub Center
(Jozy Altidore 89')
2017
January 29
US 0 - Serbia 0, Qualcomm Stadium (San Diego)
Bruce Arena's first game back; Daughter's first game!
March 24
US 6 - Honduras 0, Avaya Stadium (San Jose)
(Sebastian Lletget 5'; Michael Bradley 27'; Clint Dempsey 32', 49', 54'; Christian Pulisic 46') WC Qualifier; Pulisic's coming out party!, Dempsey hat-trick! Rain!
2018
January 28
US 0 - Bosnia-Herzegovina 0, Stubhub Center
Pregame field pass
November 15
US 0 - England 3, Wembley Stadium (London, UK)
Rooney's last game
2020
February 01
US 1 - Costa Rica 0, Dignity Health Sports Park
(Ulysses Llanez 50' PK). Brendan Aaronson's first cap.
2021
September 05
US 1 - Canada 1, Nissan Stadium (Nashville, TN)
(Brendon Aaronson 55') - Met Beasley! Family's first WQ qualifier. 72% possession
November 12
US 2 - Mexico 0, TQL Stadium (Cincinnati, OH)
(Christian Pulisic 74', Westin McKennie 85') - 44 degrees at gametime. Dos a cero!
2023
January 25
US 1 - Serbia 2, BMO Stadium (LA, CA)
(Brandan Vazquez 29') - Slonina's and Zendajas' first cap. Cade Cowell hit post twice. Daddy and Maddie night out!
January 28
US 0 - Colombia 0, Dignity Health Sports Park (Carson, CA)
Paxton Aaronson's first cap. US record - 759 straight shutout minutes from Sean Johnson. 5 players from 2022 WC roster started - Johnson, Kellyn Acosta, Walker Zimmerman, Aaron Long, Jesús Ferreira
2024
June 23
US 2 - Bolivia 0, AT&T Stadium (Arlington, TX)
(Christian Pulisic 3', Folarin Balogun 44') - Copa America first round!
- I've seen Dempsey score the most - 10 goals. Twellman, Donovan, and Bradley each scored 4.
- 27 games total. 13 at the Home Depot / Stubhub Center / Dignity Health, 3 in Germany, 2 at the Rose Bowl, 1 at AT&T Park, 1 at Soldier Field, 1 at Qualcomm Stadium, 1 at Avaya Stadium, 1 at Wembley Stadium, 1 at Nissan Stadium, 1 at TQL Stadium, 1 at BMO Stadium, 1 at AT&T Stadium.
