All Entries Tagged With: "Brian Ching"
2011 Yanks Are Coming Awards Winners: Part One
First, we’d like to wish our own holiday wishes to our readers and new visitors. Thanks for making 2011 a special year at The Yanks Are Coming, and we hope to provide more solid coverage, analysis and unique perspectives on both the USMNT and USWNT in 2012. Soccer has always had a place at Christmas- [...]
MLS Preview: Eastern Conference: Five Most Intriguing Teams
By Jon Levy The second piece of our MLS preview takes a look at five intriguing sides from the Eastern Conference. New York Red Bulls Outlook: The Red Bulls were as good as advertised last year, at least in the regular season. They finished first in the East, but were ousted from the playoffs early [...]
Puck’s Friday Happy Hour: MLS All-Star Game Edition
Loyal readers, I hope your last few days of work have not been as stressful as mine. I don’t know exactly what has happened over the last week, but several contributing writers for “the greatest blog of all time” have decided that they needed to take some time off. Some people have actually been working [...]
Thoughts On Czech Match, Final Roster
At the end of the day, Tuesday’s 4-2 “Send-Off Series” loss to the Czech Republic was, if nothing else, a “friendly” reminder that while the World Cup is the pinnacle and embodiment of why we call soccer the “Beautiful Game,” the process of selecting World Cup squads is anything but beautiful. It is cruel, it is difficult, [...]
Bubble Watch: Kenny Cooper
Seven months. A mere seven months until the entire world will put aside their differences, forget (at least we can hope) about wars, economies, and politics, and focus squarely on South Africa. For soccer aficionados worldwide, seven months is considered a lifetime. For the team managers, however, seven months more closely resembles only seven days. [...]
