Author Archive for Jon Levy
USA – Panama: Round Three – Your TYAC Preview
Jon Levy The Yanks are coming off what’s becoming the typical Jurgen Klinsmann USMNT performance when faced with less skilled competition. They possessed the crap out of ball, moved it well in their opponent’s half, but failed to generate clear cut scoring chances against a well organized defense. But they did get a pinch of [...]
USMNT- Venezuela: Your TYAC Official Preview
Jon Levy The national team hasn’t even suited up in 2012, but it’s already been an encouraging year for American soccer. Dempsey and Donovan (for two months, at least) are both leading the line of attack for their respective English Premier League teams, the Women’s National Teamers avoided a would-be tragedy in their Vancouver hotel [...]
TYAC Olympic Qualifying Position Breakdown: Making Middy Music
Jon Levy You’ll have to forgive all of us here at The Yanks Are Coming for getting into a more-than-healthy amount of self-referencing in the coming months. We’re coming up on the blog’s fourth birthday this summer, TYAC having been created in the wake of a very talented 2008 Olympic soccer team’s early and unexpected exit from the Beijing [...]
Goal Starved USMNT Faces Stingy Slovenian Defense: Your Official TYAC Preview
By Jon Levy I’m going to be really nice to Jurgen Klinsmann and describe his first six matches in charge as “underwhelming.” Far more severe adjectives could be applied, especially after the disappointing performance against France. Alexei Lalas nailed it, as he often does, in calling the team out for not even attempting to rise [...]
22 Americans Feel Pain in Paris: Your Official USA-FRANCE Preview
By Jon Levy The Yanks are over in Europe for a long weekend with their cool Uncle Jurgen; supposedly he’s going to take them out to discotheques, let them drink and talk to girls, and really help them find themselves. Meanwhile, they’re tasked with making some sort of progress as a national team in the [...]
USA-Ecuador Preview: Yanks Try To Build Momentum Against Hot Ecuador Side
By Jon Levy The Yanks’ one-nil victory over a mix-and-match Honduras squad this weekend didn’t inspire passionate feelings of indomitable hope or incredulous consternation, and that’s probably a good thing. The summer of 2011, the summer of everything for the national teams took the American soccer community on a ride we won’t ever forget, but [...]
Life Without Landon: Your U.S.-Honduras Match Preview
By Jon Levy A month ago it looked like we were in for what could pass for a marquee CONCACAF friendly. Now that’s wrong for a couple reasons. Aside from the fact that no “marquee CONCACAF friendly” outside of U.S./Mexico exists, both the U.S. and Honduras have now both been hit with the injury bug. [...]
Your USA-BELGIUM Preview: USMNT Aims for Rare Win On European Soil
Coming off a loss to Costa Rica, the US Men’s National Team is jump-kicking its way across the Atlantic, all the way to the home of Jean-Claude Van Damme and waffles with oversized syrup traps. Before we get to our official TYAC preview, here’s a primer in case you missed the last episode. Last time [...]
USA-Costa Rica: Your Jurgen Plays A Los Angeles Home Game TYAC Preview
By Jon Levy Jurgen Klinsmann welcomes most of the important European-based pieces of his new national team as he looks to build on the Mexico draw in matches two and three of his USMNT regime. But before we get into the Costa Rica match, some news and notes are in order. Clint Dempsey did not [...]
