
It is finally here. After a long and mostly unsatisfactory stretch of friendlies where the Yanks saved their finest play for last; after an Olympic Tournament that saw our young future burn brightly and fade tragically into the humid, Beijing night– we’ve reached the first semifinal group match of our trek to South Africa 2010. We play a Guatemala side that traditionally gives us trouble on its home turf. The Yanks are 1-4-4 in 9 matches historically in Guatemala,… Read more

They had me excited. Even before the Olympics started they had me excited. Then they beat Japan and outplayed UEFA’s back-to-back U-21 champions and I had to start annoying people. I assaulted friends and coworkers with unprompted diatribes on the merits of Sacha Kljestan, and all the permutations that would see the US through to the knockout round (don’t feel bad for them though, the friends know what they’re getting into, and it’s because of the… Read more