All Entries Tagged With: "Everton"
US Men Begin Critical Summer With Stern Test Against Belgium
Tweet Jon Levy A rematch and a measuring stick match at Cleveland’s FirstEnergy Stadium, the Factory of Sadness. Now let’s all hope Belgium is the recipient of that sadness in a rare turn; as anyone who’s aware of the NFL’s existence knows, it’s usually the hometown Cleveland Browns that drive their fans to cry into [...]
State of the Union: With Howard Injured, Brad Guzan Gets Chance to Prove US Still A Goalkeeper Factory
Tweet Connor Walsh Editor’s Note: This is the third piece in a four-piece “State of the (US Soccer) Union” running in the build-up to the March World Cup qualifiers. Garrett McInnis broke down the US defense in part one. Neil W. Blackmon covered the midfield dilemma for Jurgen Klinsmann in part two. Today we discuss [...]
As Landon Ponders Goodbye, We Hope For Understanding
Tweet Neil W. Blackmon ““I’m going to take as much time as I need and decide if and when I’m ready to come back… I can’t put a time frame on that. If it takes two weeks and I’m ready to go again or two months or a year or two years. Or never. I [...]
As Dust Settles on Galaxy’s MLS Cup Win- We Ask- What’s Next For Landon Donovan, David Beckham?
Tweet Connor Walsh In the immediate aftermath of Los Angeles’ decisive MLS Cup victory over Houston Dynamo, much was made of what was next for David Beckham? Was this truly the end of the Beckham experiment? With PSG lurking and Beckham hoping to play in the 2012 Olympics– opinions varied- but general sentiment was (and [...]
Why Is MLS Sides Losing To Big Teams Good? Humble Pie.
Tweet By Andrew Villegas People looking to glean some sort of noble truth about the MLS by how it performs against heavyweights in their preseason are often met with a scoff and a few spoken caveats: It’s preseason, and the players have come a long way – often just returning back to playing form – [...]
Cherundolo Falls Short of Champions League, Everton Owns Manchester City and more Yanks Abroad
Tweet by Dru Boyer Brad Friedel made a save in a 1-1 draw with Wigan at Villa Park. MB0 was active, but did not appear…kinda like the ghosts on Ghost Hunters, or am I the only one that watches that show? Mystery remains open as to where the Favre of Villa Park will land next [...]
Pounding Capri-Suns and Hi-C’s: Your Americanized Weekend Preview
Tweet By Neil W. Blackmon In the wake of a busy midweek featuring more MLS roster-shuffling, the return of Charlie Davies and of course Champions League and Europa tilts, we have an FA Cup weekend in England highlighting a less than full, but still juicy, slate of soccer action across the pond. Everyone that comes [...]
Liverpool’s Resurgence, Moyes’ Future at Everton, Dempsey’s Heroics and Other Musings
Tweet By Neil W. Blackmon Monday was a travel day for your Editor-In-Chief and he ran into a computer crisis this weekend (story too long and absolutely irrelevant to your life to tell), so I thought I’d link a few pieces and provide some commentary on the weekend that was and the “what’s to come” [...]
Puck’s Friday Happy Hour: Thank You Brian McBride Edition
Tweet Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome back to another Happy Hour. The majority of this past week I’ve been in the lab working on the “flux capacitor.” While it’s been a struggle trying to generate enough power to hit the magical 1.21 gigawatts, I am making some progress. My advisor walked in just the other day [...]
Puck’s Friday Happy Hour: What Our Writers REALLY did on vacation Edition
Tweet Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome back into another lovely Happy Hour. I can’t wait for the weekend to begin. Down in Yanks Are Coming country, the Gators host LSU , so the bars will be much more crowded than they are all year, which is an enormous disad to allowing me and the gang more [...]
