All Entries in the "September 2010" Category
A Word on Brian McBride, and On-the-Spot Writing of the Week
It’s been quite a week folks. Before I get to soccer writing this week that was “on the spot”, a brief aside to discuss one happening that we at The Yanks Are Coming would be a failure to not mention. As most of you all know by now, legendary American striker Brian McBride stepped away [...]
How An Everton Hater Ended up Loving Tim Cahill
Editor’s Note: This is the first of a series of pieces on “Teams we loathe with players we love.” I truly hate Everton. I’m not a Liverpool fan, and I loathe the other half of Merseyside. This hatred seems a bit odd coming from a Manchester City fan. Sure, there were much more obvious choices [...]
Yanks Abroad: End of August, International Break
I apologize for my Jonathan Spector v. Ryan Giggs like effort this week, but I’ve had too much going on. Forgive me, lets all get drunk and forget about it this weekend…deal? Bolton @ Southampton 8/24/10 Stu Holden entered the Carling Cup match in the 66th minute for the away side and did his part [...]
Puck’s Friday Happy Hour: Fun with EURO 2012 Qualifying Edition
Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to another wonderful Happy Hour. Just in case anyone cared, and you probably don’t, I finally managed to get that hydride generation atomic fluorescence instrument up and running. I can now finally spend my time doing more important things like sitting at my desk and pretending to read “Chemical and Engineering [...]
Bringing Bradley Back Carries Great Risks, Little Reward
The hearsay and conjecture is finally over, and well, meet the new boss, same as the old boss. Bob Bradley, Bobbo, Skeletor, or Junior’s Dad if you like, will hold tight to the reigns of the U.S. Men’s National Soccer Team. Here at Yanks we’re not above delving into fits of über-reactionary blogitude from time [...]
Despite Doom and Gloom, Bradley Extension Was Right Call
To the doubters who thought US Soccer would go quietly into the night again after the buzz of the vuvuzela faded slowly into the realm of summer memory and the calendar flipped to autumn, Monday’s announcement by the US Soccer Federation that Bob Bradley had been signed to a four year extension as coach of [...]
