Author Archive for Daniel Seco
Altidore to Hull City
Yanks forward Jozy Altidore will be loaned out to Hull City, a team starved for offense, and a place where he will really get a shot at making his mark, according to his TWITTER entry four hours ago: First match is against chelsea subject to a work permit *wink* *wink* lol thanks for the support [...]
July/August Yankette of the Month– Lady Gaga (July)
Winning the July honors for Yankette of the Month must have been tough, because 23 year old Yonkers, New Yorker and NYU drop out Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta surely would be upset about the lack of Gold Cup entries. After all– the “B List” team represents the U.S. too… I mean, Lady Gaga used to [...]
62 Days of Summer: What Was, and What Will Be
According to one tabulation, if you count the “friendly” games and pre-league tournament play of our boys in red, white and blue– the summer breaks down to this: Three ContinentsThirteen Games29,936 miles (Or once around the world and across America and nearly back)13 cities174 Hotel Meals7 wins2 runner up trophysa bronze balla golden glovea newfound [...]
End of Summer: 2010 Player Power Ratings
Greetings. There is so much to talk about. Before we review the summer that was– and we will do so thoroughly– let’s talk about the road ahead– and I don’t just mean the August 12 trip to the Azteca, where the U.S. has never won, and which after the 5-0 embarrassment of a US “B [...]
U.S. v. Brazil– Confederations Cup Final
All the attention the last few days, even with the passing of the King of Pop, who I initially thought had just faked his death and was hiding out in Argentina with his mistress….. too soon ? Anyway– all the attention since the boys beat Spain has been a little odd. It is almost like [...]
Alamo Defending– And This Time– the Americans (Good Guys) Win
Remember the Alamo !! And…Don’t Tread on Me. Finally, the imposing logo of US Soccer has been rewarded with a victory that merits the suggestion the logo carries with it. The United States finally gave the American Outlaws, Sam’s Army, and many more of their die-hard fans the game and the win they spent countless [...]
UNITED STATES 2, SPAIN 0
Victory!!!!! First loss for The Red Fury in THREE YEARS. First loss for the Red Fury to non-European opposition in TEN YEARS. One of the greatest teams ever assembled falls to 14 guys playing their absolute guts out. The best to me of all was the final goal– a bit of pure arrogance from Ramos, [...]
Bradley to Pharaohs: Let my People Win…
And then they do. 3-0. And they advance to the next round. After two dismal performances. They are through. In a group with Brazil and Italy– the Italians are on a plane home. And the Yanks are not. And in other news, Paris Hilton is the new ambassador to UNICEF. (Sorry– but Jen Chang had [...]
A Gap In Class… And the U.S. Seem to have little passion
That was the single worst half of soccer the Yanks have played in this World Cup cycle. Conor Casey was not the answer, but apparently a coach who for whatever reason does not fear his job security does not care. I hope there was a bit of passion in the locker room, and a discussion [...]
Who’s Ready for the Kaka 2nd Minute Red Card?
To be closely followed by the Landon Donovan penalty kick goal and roughly ninety minutes of Alamo-level defending? Why not. PES 2008 has the U.S. winning two-nil on an early goal by Altidore and a second half set piece goal off of Sacha Kljestan’s head. But in the simulation the game decided to start Bobby [...]
