All Entries in the "November 2009" Category
Charlie Davies Status Update
Tweet FC Sochaux-Montbeliard reports that Charlie Davies is making significant progress as he undergoes rehab in Delaware. “After leaving Washington two weeks ago, Charlie Davies continues his rehabilitation in Delaware. After some final check-ups, which he underwent at the hospital from Monday till Wednesday, the doctors told that the progress Charlie Davies makes, is “fantastic”.” [...]
Happy Thanksgiving!
Tweet From all of us at The Yanks Are Coming, we hope you’ve had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We’re sure Kyle Beckerman is very thankful for Landon Donovan right now. Hell, can you blame him?
Neil and Raf’s Textual Healing (Part Two)
Tweet 3:50: Hell freezes over. Raf: CASTILLO!!!!! AND HELL FROZE OVER. MB90 OFF THE PITCH!!!! Neil: Omfg. Good job Bobbo. AKA, the only thing that Bobbo did right all game. Get his boy off the field, and let Castillo on. And, even then, he screwed this up. Bad Benny had reared his ugly head when [...]
Neil and Raf’s Textual Healing (Part One)
Tweet That game sucked. I’m pissed. I’m not even going to analyze anything. I’m just going to go over my real-time text message conversation that I had with Neil the entire time: 3:00 p.m. ET: I curse out the 4-letter network for not cutting to the US game when I realize 25 minutes have gone [...]
The Puck Strikes Back
Tweet Ladies and gentlemen, Thierry Henry haters of all ages, please allow me to introduce myself, I am PUCK. I like to consider myself a man of all things sports. Growing up in Western New York, I am a long tortured Buffalo Bills/Sabres (Adios Dicky Boy) fan, and an unapologetic New York Yankees and Blackchester…err [...]
Introducing Jacklegs – Levy
Tweet jackleg (jack-legg) [noun] – Slang. a contemptibly naive, fatuous, moronic, or inconsequential person. Jackleg. The word, the myth, the legend. It’s a useful insult, and one that you won’t hear less than five times in any hour spent hanging around Yanks contributing writer Neil Blackmon. So we’ve got the definition, but when is it [...]
Previewing U.S./Denmark – Crowley
Tweet Since we have another friendly Wednesday against Denmark, I thought it would be wise to illustrate what Bobbo “will do” and what Raf “would do differently.” As announced today, the roster for the Denmark game was just released. Here’s what Bobbo is “going to do” for his starting 11 I think: Keeper: Guzan Defenders: [...]
Vote For Best Soccer Blog
Tweet The U.S. Soccer team’s official Web site is currently conducting a search for the best soccer blog. As stated on the site, www.ussoccer.com, “Countless soccer blogs are on the information superhighway, but which is the one you click first when you get into the office in the morning?” The Yanks Are Coming encourages you [...]
U.S./Slovakia Wrapup – Crowley
Tweet So there I was Friday night, minding my own business, watching some meaningless TV. I was having an internal debate about the merits of spending yet another night at Sh’booms. On one hand, it would be AWESOME, as I just discovered what a Vegas Bomb was about 2 weeks ago, and I recently got [...]
What Challenges Remain… – Blackmon
Tweet This is Part Two of a Three Part Series on The United States Men’s National Team’s run through qualifying for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. This section addresses particularly what changes need to made to the team to have a successful trip next summer and what challenges and obstacles will and have [...]
