All Entries in the "July 2010" Category
US World Cup Cycle Report Cards: Goalies Edition
This is the first 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 either figured prominently in [...]
Casting The World Cup Final
We’ve all played this game before. It usually ends with all of your friends saying you look nothing like Ed Burns or James Van Der Beek, right? This begets a 15 minute discussion about the size of your nose? Okay, maybe that’s just how it happens for me. But for now let’s turn our attention [...]
Puck’s Happy Hour: World Cup Final
What a tournament it has been! Even with all the bullshit regarding the Jabulani flying off into space, concerns about South Africa’s ability to control massive crowds on the world’s biggest stage, gigantic divots on the pitch, and the occasional God-awful officiating, I have truly enjoyed every minute I’ve been able to watch. I want [...]
Germany-Spain Key Points
Tonight (or this afternoon, I guess), Germany will beat Spain by a score of two goals to one. That is my prediction, and here is my reasoning (in short form, as I am writing this on my lunch break before an afternoon of working while watching a match on ESPN3). The reasoning is simple, the [...]
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. [...]
Leave Our Beautiful Game Alone
Nothing renders the barroom bore more relevant than a real grievance or slight to the group he represents but if we are to move forward as a nation, species or race then sometimes you have to suck things up if they are for the greater good. Similarly if events happen that you don’t much care [...]
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.
Oranje: Don’t Look So Surprised
Holland just downed Brazil two to one, leaving the contents of the tournament co-favorite (let’s not forget about Spain) to scatter across Western Europe in returning to their home clubs. I like the Dutch and I tend to root against Brazil, but this is no Oranje flag-waving piece. I’m not of Dutch descent and I [...]
Puck’s Happy Hour: America
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, World Cup fans of all ages, the greatest holiday of the year is rapidly approaching. No, I am not talking about Canada Day (fuck those Sidney Crosby loving buffoons, but Pam Anderson is cool.) I am talking about the 4th of July. We celebrate independence from our former colonial [...]
World Cup Final Week: How US Soccer Writers See It
One of the sadder realities of humanity is that a single human life rarely involves more than twenty World Cups. Without question, South Africa 2010 has been a memorable one, no matter how you feel about the hornet’s nest noise emanating from your television. As a blog, this is our first go round covering a [...]
