Archive for August, 2010
A Book Review: Star-Spangled Soccer by Gary Hopkins
Tweet In the 1970s the U.S. had books that explained the rules. Then came the soccer books filled with coaching tips, diagrams of drills and British verbiage. Next a few biographies–Mia and Brandi. Finally, the United States has enough experience to justify a few books on soccer history between our borders. “Star-Spangled Soccer” helps us [...]
1,500 Words on the EPL’s First Three Weeks
Tweet In a culture where we readily deploy American sporting metaphor in everyday conversation, there’s little reason to embrace the English Premier League. It opens, at least in terms of its general reception by the American “sports as sacred” public, with three strikes against it, or at the very least, on fourth and long. Strike [...]
With or Without Bradley, Five Things the US Must Do To Move Forward
Tweet With the 2010 World Cup now behind us, it is now time for the United States Soccer Federation to take a good hard look at the American program, and it’s progress over the past four year cycle. Basically, this is a job report for Bob Bradley, and a way of taking a look at [...]
Puck’s Friday Happy Hour: Michel Platini is a Jackleg Edition
Tweet Fans, lovers, scholars, inmates, brothers, haters, stalkers, and anyone else who sends me fan-mail, welcome to another Happy Hour. I hope your week has been most excellent. While I have been slaving away trying to calibrate my new Hydride Generation Atomic Fluorescence Spectroscopy instrument, I trust you have been stuck at your jobs doing [...]
Real Salt Lake’s Mexico City Collapse, and Why It Matters
Tweet Prior to CONCACAF Champions League kickoff last night between Cruz Azul and Real Salt Lake in Mexico City, only two things were clear. First, no MLS side had ever come into Mexico City, or any other part of Mexico, for that matter, and left with a victory. The success rate for crossing the border [...]
Yanks Abroad: Week of August 15-21
Tweet Raise your hand if you had three 6-0 results this weekend. I had expected, foolishly, that week two would feature some closer match-ups. It was (dis)interesting to see that the 4 letter network featured a pair of games that found the winning sides scoring 9 goals, while their opponents couldn’t find the net. Please [...]
Bob Bradley: The Safe, Responsible Choice For US Soccer
Tweet At a crossroads, the United States Men’s National Team’s decision about its next coach seems to break down to simple mathematics. Don’t worry or stop reading now, I’m not about to break into a lecture on derivatives or differential geometry. I might however, use a rudimentary game theory model. In fact, I will. You [...]
USA vs. Brazil Preview
Tweet EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ– Does this week’s spat of international friendlies represent an incredibly awkwardly timed set of fixtures being shoehorned into a tiny window and conflicting with many league schedules while needlessly interrupting the lead up to the Western European club season? Yes. Should we shut up about it and enjoy the matches themselves [...]
Contest Entries: Liverpool FC
Tweet Today, two of The Yanks Are Coming’s longtime readers serve up reasons Dan should pick Liverpool as his English Premier League team. The red team, from Merseyside is the third of the big four represented in the contest, and although they are in turmoil, their rich history is surely worth strong consideration. Blessed with [...]
Puck’s Friday Happy Hour: Clint Mathis, Brazil Edition
Tweet Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to yet another wonderful Friday in the Happy Hour. I must say that the contest entries have been very good thus far, but we would love for you to continue “Bringing The Funk”. The more entries we receive really give our fearless leader and occasional editor, Dan Seco, a flavor [...]
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