Archive for December, 2011
New Year’s Eve Happy Hour: Preston Zimmerman, and Puck’s 2012 Bold Predictions
By Puck Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome back to Puck’s Happy Hour. Hopefully the Holiday Season is treating you well with your family, friends, and, of course, cocktails filling the calendar. After spending some time in Upstate New York with the family, I am back at the TYAC home office taking some much needed time to [...]
2011 Yanks Are Coming Best of US Soccer Awards: Part Two
Part I of the 2nd Annual Yanks Are Coming Best of US Soccer Awards featured 2011′s US Soccer disappointments, frustrations, and best hairdo. The second portion of our awards focuses on the promise of youth, goalkeepers, and the goals scored in what was a thrilling year in American soccer. Again, a list of the finalists [...]
2011 Yanks Are Coming Awards Winners: Part One
First, we’d like to wish our own holiday wishes to our readers and new visitors. Thanks for making 2011 a special year at The Yanks Are Coming, and we hope to provide more solid coverage, analysis and unique perspectives on both the USMNT and USWNT in 2012. Soccer has always had a place at Christmas- [...]
A New Year, With Some New Faces: Santa Klinsmann Names Early Gifts for the Fans
It’s time again for the USMNT’s annual edition of Camp Cupcake, or as our friends over at The Best Soccer Show have coined it in honor of a certain German influence on US Soccer, Camp Strudel. Reserved for Scandinavian and MLS players who are just outside the core USMNT lineup, this edition of Camp Strudal [...]
Shea, Gonzalez Headline Jan Camp Roster
Fresh off the presses from Chicago comes the USMNT roster for Coach Klinsmann’s January camp. Set to begin on January 3, the camp will initially take place in Phoenix before heading to the Home Depot Center in Los Angeles for a week and then returning to Phoenix. The USMNT will face Venezuela on January 21 [...]
Top 5 Holiday Gifts For Soccer Fans
With Hanukkah already underway and Christmas mere days away, The Yanks Are Coming presents our first annual Top 5 holiday gifts for soccer fans. From the latest in kits to books that may change the way you view the game, you’ll surely find a gift for that special soccer hooligan in your life (or something awesome [...]
USMNT 23 for 2014: TYAC November/December Power Rankings
Garrett McInnis In the second iteration of the Yanks Are Coming “Top 23” series, the staff here at TYAC remains fairly settled regarding which players comprise the most important contributors to the USMNT, with most of the main contributers carrying over from the previous list. Only four players differ from the previous list of 23, [...]
2nd Annual The Yanks Are Coming US Soccer Awards
Loyal Readers, It’s that time of year again. Sparing you the cliches about how it seems like we just handed these things out a few weeks ago, it is indeed time to cap a rollercoaster year for US Soccer with our website’s awards. First, a few notes about the hardware up for [...]
Puck’s Friday Happy Hour: Thoughts on US U-23′s December Camp: London’s Calling
By Puck Ladies and Gents, welcome back into the Happy Hour. This week has been a series of disappointments for Puck and company. Both Manchester teams uneventfully crashed out of the UEFA Champions League, and Charlie Weis is leaving the Sunshine State to coach the woeful Kansas Jayhawks. Needless to say, many alcoholic libations are [...]
As Dust Settles on Galaxy’s MLS Cup Win- We Ask- What’s Next For Landon Donovan, David Beckham?
Connor Walsh In the immediate aftermath of Los Angeles’ decisive MLS Cup victory over Houston Dynamo, much was made of what was next for David Beckham? Was this truly the end of the Beckham experiment? With PSG lurking and Beckham hoping to play in the 2012 Olympics– opinions varied- but general sentiment was (and is) [...]
