All Entries Tagged With: "Altidore"

Jozy Altidore: This Is SportsCenter

Far too infrequently a commercial comes around that changes one’s life. Think “Terrible Terry Tate the Office Linebacker” or “Chicks Dig The Long Ball,” starring Mad Dog and Tommy G. Or anything involving high school football and Nike. When I die and they lay me to rest / Gonna go to the place that’s the [...]

Holland v US: Player Ratings

Trying to defend against the Dutch is like trying to catch a bullet with your teeth. With Penn and Teller not in our Starting XI, the US succumbed 2-1 to the Clockwork Orange in front of 46,630 packed into the Amsterdam ArenA. Starters Howard: 7. Unlucky to give up goals by PK and deflection. Great [...]

Five Young Players You Need To Watch

The finest players on the planet will be trying to bring glory to themselves and their country this summer, but a select few of them will not be established stars, but young players full of hope and potential. This week, we’ll be examining five young players looking to stake their claims to future megastardom in [...]

Neil and Raf’s Textual Healing (Part Two)

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 the [...]

Hard Part Arrives For Yanks – Blackmon

This is the first of a three blog installment taking a look back at qualifying and as noted in the title, a look ahead to South Africa 2010, over the course of the next week.

We’ve come a long way, both as a blog and more importantly, as a national team since the summer of 2008 [...]

Running Diary Part Two – Crowley

My thoughts on the Honduras match and where we’re headed: 1.)    Jozy is the real-deal.  Jozy played the best game I’ve ever seen him play.  He was clearly inspired by Chuck D’s injuries and was ready to take it out on the Ticos.  He was remarkable, and he’s improved dramatically since he started playing for [...]

Guardado: Mexico will win 3-0… – Blackmon

Diminutive Mexican mid Andres Guardado sure is confident heading into tomorrow’s clash between the Yanks and El Tri @ the Azteca. (4 PM, Mundo 2 for an English Broadcast)Insisting that the presence of a U.S. “A Team” will not matter, Guardado, who is battling a bit of a knee injury, said Monday morning– “Of course [...]