All Entries Tagged With: "Clint Dempsey"
Puck’s Gameday Happy Hour: Thoughts on the USWNT Goalfest, Clint Dempsey, Venezuela and More…
Puck Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome back into the Happy Hour. Since we last got together, I have been on top of the world. The Syracuse Orangemen (they will never be the Orange to true fans) are the number one team in the land, Manchester City remains atop the EPL table thanks to the head of [...]
2011 Yanks Are Coming Best of US Soccer Award Winners: Part Three
First, let us be among many, but hopefully not the last, to wish all our readers a Happy New Year. We wish you blessings, good fortune and health in 2012. We begin a comprehensive look at the Men’s U-23 Olympic Team this week, and we’re very excited about those pieces given our background as a [...]
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- [...]
2nd Annual The Yanks Are Coming US Soccer Awards
Loyal Readers, It’s that time of year again. Sparing you the cliches about how it seems like we just handed these things out a few weeks ago, it is indeed time to cap a rollercoaster year for US Soccer with our website’s awards. First, a few notes about the hardware up for [...]
USA-Ecuador Preview: Yanks Try To Build Momentum Against Hot Ecuador Side
By Jon Levy The Yanks’ one-nil victory over a mix-and-match Honduras squad this weekend didn’t inspire passionate feelings of indomitable hope or incredulous consternation, and that’s probably a good thing. The summer of 2011, the summer of everything for the national teams took the American soccer community on a ride we won’t ever forget, but [...]
Yanks Abroad: Dempsey Double Duty, Buddle Brace Headline Europa Action
by Dru Boyer The Yanks Abroad returned to Europa League play on Thursday with a vengeance … not a single Yanks’ squad lost a match. It was a pretty decent Thursday, in fact the Yanks were 7-2-0 in the matches (Dominic Cervi and Brad Friedel did not dress for Celtic and Tottenham, respectively.) The Player of the Week honor goes [...]
Your USA-BELGIUM Preview: USMNT Aims for Rare Win On European Soil
Coming off a loss to Costa Rica, the US Men’s National Team is jump-kicking its way across the Atlantic, all the way to the home of Jean-Claude Van Damme and waffles with oversized syrup traps. Before we get to our official TYAC preview, here’s a primer in case you missed the last episode. Last time [...]
Yanks Abroad: When Was the Last Time Jozy Altidore Was Player of the Week? And more…
by Dru Boyer As the American’s abroad return to the USMNT for an international break, a couple of guys had a very solid week and one in particular may like to forget last weekend…but who hasn’t been there? Player of the week honors to Jozy Altidore, who bagged a brace for AZ Alkmaar in their [...]
EPL In Focus: Wenger Responds To Manchester Massacre- But Is Damage Already Done?
By Guy Bailey Renowned motivational speaker Zig Ziglar once said “If you learn from defeat, you haven’t really lost”. Well I guess Zig wasn’t at Old Trafford on Sunday afternoon to watch as comprehensive a defeat in every sense of the word handed down to an anemic Arsenal team by Manchester United. I have to re-emphasize, [...]
Altidore’s Big Week, Jon Spector Solid Away From West Ham, and Other Yanks Abroad
by Dru Boyer The season is back, and I’m late. How was your summer? The start of European football brings with it all things good in this world…soccer, NFL, college football, and here in the Bluegrass State, college basketball preseason. I’m really looking to adopt an EPL side this season, I’ve remained neutral for too [...]
