All Entries Tagged With: "Clint Dempsey"
World Cup Qualifying: Loss At Jamaica Means Klinsmann’s Feeling Out Process Over
Tweet Jon Levy and Neil W. Blackmon Call it thirty-seven seconds of bliss and an evening of agony if you’re into the poetic. Credit an improved Jamaica side that exploited an American group that was missing two of its finer players and curiously omitted its longtime captain from a competitive match starting lineup for the first [...]
USA-Jamaica Preview: US Again Out For A Bit of History, Three Road Points in Jamaica
Tweet Jon Levy Two matches in five days against the other top team in our qualifying group. These matches were always going to be important, but they’ve taken on even greater significance ever since Marco Pappa’s sublime free kick in Guatemala sent you scrambling for your qualifying schedule. These could be make-or-break matches. Win ‘em [...]
Antigua and Barbuda: Three Points and a Boyd Cap Tie, But US Knows it can Be Better
Tweet Neil W. Blackmon It was fitting that on a night where a steady rain made the Raymond James Pirate ship appear to be moving in the mist, the United States got off to a foggy, turbulent start to World Cup qualifying, winning a game 3-1 but also getting a stern warning as to just [...]
In Guatemala, Klinsmann-Led Yanks Face TrickyTest, With Chance To Prove A Point
Tweet Jon Levy The Yanks now sit at two wins, one loss, and one draw in Jurgen Klinsmann’s five match non-tournament. More importantly, the team’s shown gradual progress towards the manager’s ideal throughout this camp, as Klinsmann continues to figure out which players work at which positions within his preferred formation. Most important of all, [...]
TYAC’s USA-Italy Preview: Grand Test for USMNT in Genoa
Tweet Jon Levy The Yanks roll into Genoa on the back of two less-than-impressive victories over Venezuela and Panama, but on the back of two victories nonetheless. Say what you will about the performances, it was a nice change of pace to see the United States get a couple wins, even if they were achieved [...]
Puck’s Gameday Happy Hour: Thoughts on the USWNT Goalfest, Clint Dempsey, Venezuela and More…
Tweet 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 [...]
2011 Yanks Are Coming Best of US Soccer Award Winners: Part Three
Tweet 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 [...]
2011 Yanks Are Coming Awards Winners: Part One
Tweet 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 [...]
2nd Annual The Yanks Are Coming US Soccer Awards
Tweet 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 [...]
USA-Ecuador Preview: Yanks Try To Build Momentum Against Hot Ecuador Side
Tweet 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, [...]
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