Recently, it has come to my attention that people throw around the word “hate” a little too casually. I hate her. I hate him. I hate Wayne Rooney. Really? Do you really detest this certain person that much? I don’t think so. So it gives me great pleasure (or displeasure, I can’t decide) to talk about the one single person I hate on this planet. I give you Anatoli. Anatoli was the takeover soccer coach of my middle school club team, Texas Spurs. He… Read more
(Photo courtesy of Tifosi) During the halftime coverage of the US/El Salvador match, Rob Stone and John Harkes made several points about the injured Yanks that are currently on the mend. Hopefully Ricardo Clark, Clint Dempsey, Gooch, and The Maestro are all making an excellent recovery as these four are without question “on the plane” for the trip to South Africa come June. However, if you look at the previous list, there is one name that some of you may… Read more
Join us this Wednesday for the US/Netherlands friendly as senior writer Neil W. Blackmon will be taking your questions and comments during the match. We’ll be chatting live starting at 2:30 p.m. so have your questions ready! We look forward to hearing from you. If you’re usually on Twitter for matches, we encourage you to follow Dan (@YanksAreComing) and Jon (@TYAC_Jon) as they will be tweeting live. Dan will be in the New York City area, so you might be… Read more
Over the years, the World Cup has featured an astounding array of legendary players performing extraordinary feats. But occasionally, a player comes along who commands the attention of the entire globe, grabbing the headlines and bringing glory to himself, and quite often, his country. Sometimes it’s a relative unknown who bursts into international superstardom overnight. Other times, a great will cement mythical status in the footballing pantheon. Here are six… Read more
Heath Pearce vs. Jon Bornstein As I’ve chronicled several times, our left-back situation is interesting to say the least. I’ve been under the opinion that the only left back in America worse than Bornstein is Heath Pearce, and we need something, ANYTHING, else. I’m man enough to know when I’ve been wrong; I saw something Wednesday night that I never thought I’d ever see in my wildest dreams, and I’ll write about it in a minute. First though, I want… Read more
Tampa was awesome, our tailgate was phenomenal, and the American Outlaw guys and gals were the fire. If you’ve never hung out with AO, you really need to. If you enjoy the finer things in life such as beer, soccer, and America, you will love hanging out with AO. Big thanks to them for making our tailgate a huge success. I know Dan, Jon and I had a good time, all of our FL friends that came (many of whom know nothing about soccer) had a blast, and AO certainly… Read more
We’ve all been there; two mates arguing over the same woman, or maybe seeing the same woman, or even worse, diddling the same woman. Everybody pretends that it’s all fine and everybody are mates after all and it’s a wonderful sentiment to enjoy for the few seconds it takes you to realize that, like open relationships and sex addiction, it doesn’t exist. It’s a cover story, a state of mind a close partner or friend in denial will adopt to hide from the… Read more
Fresh off the presses from US Soccer comes word that Bob Bradley has announced his roster for the March 3rd friendly against the Netherlands. While the glut of European-based players is a gimme, some of the names set to join the squad at Amsterdam ArenA may garner a degree of surprise. For me, my attention quickly shifted to the inclusion of former Maryland Terrapin and TYAC favorite Mo Edu. As Ives Galarcep points out in his column, Edu hasn’t been with the… Read more
On the same night Mexico’s non-European based players drilled Bolivia 5-0 in San Francisco, the US bubble boys struggled to put away a depleted El Salvador side. The dreary match conditions eventually took their toll on Los Cuscatlecos; after taking the lead in the 59th minute the ever-flagging visitors conceded two, the latter coming in stoppage time. Starters Rimando: 5. Not much to do. Unlucky to be undone by Evans’ poor back pass. Like to see better… Read more
Before we get to the winner, everyone at The Yanks Are Coming would like to once again thank you for your continued support. We had a great time meeting some of you yesterday at our tailgate in Tampa. While we wish more of you came out, Dan currently has seven cases of Bud Light sitting in his office (so if you’re in Gainesville…). With regard to the contest, we received some amazing comments that really impressed us. We truly appreciate your entries and… Read more
EDITOR’S NOTE: Instead of boring you with a paragraph or two regarding what we’re doing today, I decided to break it up into a series of bullet points. Use the extra time to chug copious amounts of warm beer. Have a hell of a day. If You’re Going To Be In Tampa We’re drinking manly beers and doing absurd shots like the “LeBomb James” at MacDinton’s Irish Pub from 1 p.m. until 3:30. Come find us and we can do a shot. We’ll decide who’s paying later. After… Read more
Tonight’s match in Tampa will be Bob Bradley’s last chance to assess several of his team’s fringe players prior to selecting the squad that will fly to South Africa. El Salvador is no joke, but at this point they should be a better measuring stick for the Yanks B/C team than the starting unit. Yeah yeah, on any given day El Salvador could handle the U.S. starting roster, but this is still a better match for the U.S. reserves than say, Netherlands next week…. Read more
While the content here at The Yanks Are Coming is nothing short of top-notch, we want you to know it’s OK to venture elsewhere in the blogosphere. To spare you from reading hours and hours of worthless crap, we present you five of the best stories of the week from other sources. Excuse us while we pat ourselves on the back. The Rundown 5. The Free Beer Movement: Announcing www.thefreebeermovement.com! Starting off The Rundown, we offer a hearty… Read more
This is the first in a weekly series of World Cup history lessons brought to you by our very own “Professor” Guy Bailey. He is not actually a professor; the only professor on staff is Jamie Clary. Well. sort of. The 1930 World Cup – Uruguay The first official World Cup actually came about because of the intransigence between the International Olympic Committee and FIFA, so no change there then. Since 1914, when the rest of Europe had its mind on another,… Read more
