http://www.sportsbooks.com/ Sportsbooks - Pro and College sport headlines and stories on the NFL, NBA, NCAA, NHL, MLB, football, baseball, basketball, World Series, Super Bowl. en-us jackblack@sportsbooks.com http://www.sportsbooks.com/ Players making their first deposit with Sportsbooks.com will automatically receive a Tournament Ticket to the $500 Welcome Freeroll. http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/1075820.html Tobin Heath opened the scoring while Christen Press added a brace to see the United States women's national team claim a 3-1 victory over the Netherlands in a friendly match at Kyocera Stadium on Tuesday. The opening goal came in the 36th minute of play after Sydney Leroux centered a low cross that was dummied by Press and slotted home by Heath from 15 yards out. Leroux helped set up the second goal just before halftime as he http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/1075106.html A six-goal second half was split evenly as the United States and Germany played to a 3-3 draw on Friday in a friendly that featured the top two teams in the women's game. Abby Wambach scored her 155th career goal to move to within three of Mia Hamm's all-time record, while Germany scored twice in the final six minutes of the match to earn the draw. Wambach opened the scoring in the 47th minute when she headed home Megan Rapinoe's http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/1069931.html Clint Dempsey's first-half goal lifted the United States to a gutsy 1-0 win over Costa Rica in World Cup qualifying at a snowy Dick's Sporting Goods Park. After suffering a 2-1 defeat to Honduras to open the Hexagonal round of qualifying on Feb. 6, Dempsey's lone tally in the 16th minute made sure the United States bounced back by claiming a crucial three points in horrendous conditions on a snow-covered pitch. Leading up to http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/1069586.html Jurgen Klinsmann is not averse to adversity. He faced it as head coach of the German national team and once more as Bayern Munich manager. His track record in dealing with said adversity is relatively dichotomous. Klinsmann was able to overcome the skeptics and lead Germany to a third-place finish in the 2006 World Cup, but his time with Bayern, while not drastically unsuccessful, came to an abrupt end before the conclusion of the 2008-09 season du http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/1066879.html A pair of first-half goals from Alex Morgan propelled the United States women's national team to a 2-0 win over Germany in the final of the Algarve Cup. Morgan fired the U.S. into the lead after 13 minutes when Sydney Leroux's cross was cleared straight into her path, allowing the striker to control the ball and hammer a left-footed shot past goalkeeper Almuth Schult. Germany was the more dangerous side but American goalkeeper Nicole Barnh http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/1065781.html Alex Morgan scored the equalizer in the 56th minute as the United States women's national team advanced to the final of the Algarve Cup with a 1-1 draw against Sweden on Monday. A win or a draw in Monday's game would be enough to send the U.S. to its 10th title game appearance in 11 years, but the match didn't start well as Sweden took the lead in the fourth minute through Lisa Dahlkvist. Lotta Schelin broke through on goal for Sweden, but http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/1064668.html Abby Wambach moved to within four goals of Mia Hamm's team record on Wednesday as she scored in a 3-0 win for the United States over Iceland in the Algarve Cup opener for both sides. It took until the 48th minute for the U.S. to open the scoring and it came from Lauren Cheney's corner kick as she played the ball into the area where Rachel Buehler, who was making her 100th appearances for the national team, found the back of the net http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/1064171.html When Brian McBride decided to hang up his cleats as a member of the United States national team following the 2006 World Cup, the search began. In the six-plus years that have followed, there have been players who have looked capable of filling McBride's shoes as the man to lead the line for the Americans, but no one who has taken hold of the role on a regular basis. Players like Landon Donovan and Clint Dempsey have scored goals for the United States, but both g http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/1062293.html United States women's national team goalkeeper Hope Solo will miss next month's Algarve Cup because of a wrist injury which may require surgery. Solo has been playing with damaged ligaments in her right wrist, and she has been advised to undergo treatment by the team's medical staff ahead of qualifying for the 2015 World Cup, which begins next year. With Solo out, Nicole Barnhart, Ashlyn Harris and Jill Loyden will be the three goal