All Entries in the "June 2010" Category
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 [...]
Who We Hate In The World Cup
A friend of mine said that she would be more excited about the World Cup if she knew who to cheer for among the 32 teams. My response was to tell her cheer for the U.S. and against everybody else. Upon further review, I realize that my directions are too simple. Most soccer fans have [...]
90 Minutes For Four Years
This one is nothing but ropes and asses. The U.S. Men’s National Team, for the sixty-fifth time in this four year cycle, ninety minutes for everything. Ninety minutes for four years. Nothin’ but ropes and asses. Soccer, so much like life, is unfair sometimes. We learned a harsh lesson about that, together, last week in Johannesburg. [...]
Group B Rundown
Argentina vs. South Korea This proved to be one of the more interesting matches of the World Cup thus far. Going into the match, everyone knew that the Argentineans were the favored side. However, South Korea’s pervious performance against the Greeks showed the world they were a much more formidable side than originally thought. Going [...]
USA v. Algeria: Preview
I don’t know much about soccer or this silly little tournament that’s going on, but word is this is a pretty big match. Apparently the Yanks can win the group, qualify for the next round by finishing second, or fail to advance altogether. Who knew!? Before we get to the match preview itself, here’s a [...]
Player To Watch #1: Leo Messi
Player Number One: Leo Messi Country: Argentina Position: Forward Club Team: FC Barcelona American-Based Professional Athlete Soulmate: Kobe Bryant, Guard, Los Angeles Lakers By the time our # 1 Player to Watch at the 2010 World Cup reaches his 23rd birthday, his national team, the Albiceleste, will be finished with group play and, sitting as [...]
Group A: Final Matchday
It’s not as wide open as we thought it might be going into Tuesday’s final matches, but no team has guaranteed themselves qualification or elimination just yet. Essentially Mexico and Uruguay, both on four points after great wins, will be battling for group supremacy, but will they play for a draw? Meanwhile, France and South [...]
TV And The Growth Of US Soccer
If we listed the ten biggest decisions that put soccer where it is today in the United States, somewhere in the middle would be televising the 1966 World Cup to American audiences. Television’s influence has not slowed down. The golden days of U.S. soccer had been killed before the Great Depression. The American Soccer League [...]
Puck’s Hangover: Tommy Smyth
Over the last week, I have truly enjoyed each of the games during the World Cup. It’s easy to love an even that happens once every four years, but even the most uninteresting games (ie France vs. Uruguay) have been enjoyable. After trying to figure out why this was the case, “Lighting Cup” Levy and [...]
Group H Round-up
The Rojas have arrived in Group H and as I exclusively predicted, took off like a rocket, even if the scoreline didn’t reflect their superiority against the game but limited Hondurans. Jean Beausejour (who sounds like he’d appear if you say his name three times) scored for Chile with a tap-in on 34 minutes and [...]
