All Entries Tagged With: "Bobbo"

State of the Disunion (Part I)

Nearly two weeks ago, the President’s State of the Union Address struck a hopeful and at times confrontational tone. Informing both the ineffective Congress and an impatient country that there remained much work to be done, the President also noted with optimism that there was reason for hope and that happier days were around the [...]

Team USA and Zakumi Do Disco

Bob makes a good elf… We here at The Yanks Are Coming have been known to enjoy a good time. Well, we may have taken it too far with our latest offering. For your viewing pleasure, we proudly present members of the USMNT (including Coach Bradley) along with Zakumi dancing to disco music. In elf [...]

USA to take on Netherlands in Amsterdam

Netherlands. March 3. In Amsterdam. Who knew they had this one in the works? One day after announcing plans to play Honduras at home on January 23rd Bob Bradley and his men have officially scheduled a game against the Netherlands in Amsterdam on March 3rd. This is a daunting task, but a necessary one. U.S.A. [...]

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 [...]

Neil and Raf’s Textual Healing (Part One)

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 by. [...]

Previewing U.S./Denmark – Crowley

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: Bornstein [...]

U.S./Slovakia Wrapup – Crowley

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 the [...]

What Challenges Remain… – Blackmon

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 already [...]

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 [...]