Author Archive for Daniel Seco
OSA World Juggle-a-thon To Benefit Nothing But Nets
In New Orleans, we are left with a red bump commemorating a mosquito’s feast on an arm or leg. A world away in Africa? Malaria. A child rendered lifeless every 45 seconds. Amidst life’s inequities we come to take solace in the efforts of those selfless few like Jared Montz, a former professional soccer player, [...]
Happy Thanksgiving From The Yanks Are Coming
To all our loyal readers, We at The Yanks Are Coming would like to wish you, your loved ones, friends and families a very happy and safe Thanksgiving Day and weekend. The holidays are a special time that often put things into perspective that shouldn’t need perspective, such as the value of friendship and family [...]
Back From Our Vacation, We (and the USMNT) Move Forward
It had been a long year, and a long summer, and we here at the Yanks Are Coming certainly have had a lot on our plates in the past month. With MLS pushing towards an exciting playoff season, Bob Bradley settling in and preparing the U.S. for a crucial 2011 Gold Cup campaign, Jermaine (yes, [...]
Play 2010/11 Premier League Fantasy Challenge
Thanks to our friends from A Football Report and www.football-corner.org, we’re proudly taking part in the 2010-2011 Premier League Fantasy Challenge. Again, the challenge is sponsored by A Football Report, and we along with the good folks at Football Corner wanted to make sure we helped out and made the league as competitive and fun [...]
New Content On JMS Podcast
If you haven’t been to Jared Montz’s site, you’ve been missing out on a wealth of excellent content. Not only is Jared a former professional soccer player, he’s also an accomplished coach, writer and interviewer. While pretty much everything is top-notch on his site, we here at The Yanks Are Coming really enjoy his podcast. [...]
Happy Fourth Of July!
Get out the Springsteen music and make that requisite trip to Wal-Mart for an “I Heart America” t-shirt ‘cuz it’s our country’s birthday! Enjoy your day and look for some oh-so-sweet content coming very shortly. Until then, please refrain from blowing up your face lighting off fireworks, even you, Jon.
Donovan To World: I Got This
Sometimes in life, all you need is a bro. A Lanbro, that is. One that’s totally getting iced tonight. Still numb from the awesomeness that is Landon Donovan, I find myself hardly in a state of mind to articulate the innumerable emotions running through my sober veins hours after the US took the group from [...]
USA/England Live Coverage
The Yanks Are Coming’s Dan and Neil will be tweeting live from The Brewhouse Cafe in Atlanta, GA. If you are in the area, we’d love for you to join us, watch some incredible soccer and pound beers. If you are new to the site, Neil is nwb_USMNT and Dan runs the YanksAreComing Twitter account. [...]
The Greatest Story Never Told: Aboard Air Bradley One
It’s soccer Christmas Eve and Dan Wiersema from The Free Beer Movement has quite the read for you below. If you don’t know Dan or The Free Beer Movement, you’re really missing out on one of the cooler soccer sites out there. Enjoy. Now our boys are safely in Irene, South Africa, checked into their [...]
Donovan Murders Wayne Rooney!
What is there to say about this image besides the fact that it is incredible? Beyond the hold-your-breath matches, infallible fandom and myriad talking heads the World Cup will surely provide us, soccer-related artwork has become commonplace in the weeks leading up to South Africa. From ESPN’s caricatures of the USMNT on the Delaware River [...]
