All Entries in the "July 2010" Category
Kljestan Begins 2014 Quest With Purpose in Belgium
The World Cup has come and gone but it isn’t hard to beckon back a year and a half ago and remember that a man who ultimately was left off the World Cup roster was, for a brief respite in time, the toast of the proverbial town. Indeed, USMNT fans felt shaggy-haired Chivas USA attacking [...]
Trading Free Throws for Free Kicks
The 15 finalists for the USA Men’s Basketball roster came out today for the 2010 World Championships. After reading through the names on the roster, I began to think about what a USMNT roster could look like if these guys had been playing with their feet for as long as they’ve been hooping. The roster [...]
Contest: Find Editor Dan Seco an EPL Team !!
As a few The Yanks Are Coming readers are aware, our Editor In Chief and fearless, visionary leader Daniel Seco does not have a favorite English Premier League Team. He’s dabbled a bit with the boys at Craven Cottage but never fully bought in. Same for the Billy Beane Sabermetrics club success story that plys [...]
Joe Cole to Liverpool is Truly Boom or Bust
So Joe Cole leaves Chelsea and joins Liverpool for a no doubt whopping signing-on fee plus a comparable weekly wage and probably the promise of greater playing time. Since bursting onto the scene with West Ham nearly 10 years ago as the next big thing, Cole has flattered to deceive. Whilst obviously talented, Chelsea never [...]
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 [...]
Puck’s Friday Happy Hour: Sports Faux Pas Edition
Some people hate watching the same move over and over again. I do not subscribe to that philosophy. There are some flicks I am forced to watch over and over again when they are on TV. Anyone who knows me well understands that Kung Fu Panda and Pulp Fiction top this list. Another class film [...]
Landon to Man City: Makes Sense, Just maybe not For Landon
Within the last 48 hours, my favorite EPL team, Manchester City (called Blankcheckster City by fans of other less kick-ass EPL sides) and their scarf wearing, meatball eating coach Roberto Mancini have confirmed their interest in signing [Landon Donovan during the summer transfer window. This comes directly on the heels of MLS commissioner Dan Garber’s [...]
The Kids Are Alright: US Rising Midfielders for 2014
Six US Midfielders on the Radar For 2014 Alejandro Bedoya, Orebro–The Boston College product had such a promising season in Sweden, endearing himself to Orebro fans and USMNT fans alike– that he received a surprise call-up to the final USMNT World Cup camp and had a legitimate shot of making the roster for South Africa. [...]
US World Cup Cycle Report Cards: Midfielders Edition
This is the second of a four-part Series of Report Cards for the U.S. Men’s National Team’s Four Year World Cup Cycle, 2007-2010. While we are not issuing grades for all 92 players capped by Bob Bradley during the cycle, we will feature players not on the World Cup roster who figured prominently in the [...]
Going Out On A High Note
A few weeks ago I could have ended my soccer career on a high note. In stoppage time, I scored the tying goal for my over-30 team that was facing relegation. I thought about never playing again. Whatever it is, we all want to leave it on our terms. We want to go voluntarily–quit instead [...]
