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Yanks To Take On Brazil
With all this focus on the World Cup (only like a week left!), one interesting announcement seems to have slipped by most soccer fans. Fear not, “the most important blog of our time” is here to help. Just a few days ago it was announced that the USMNT will host Brazil on Tuesday August 10th [...]
US Soccer: What To Look For Tonight
Photo by Eric Beard/AFootballReport.com The Yanks will clash with Petr Cech and the Bohemians this evening in East Hartford in the first match of their World Cup tune-up schedule, appropriately dubbed “The Send-Off Series.” New Czech coach Michal Bílek is trying to put his stamp on the national team by auditioning a cast of anything [...]
All Eyes Turn To Amsterdam (Part One)
With the last-chance-saloon match in Tampa safely in the Yanks’ rear view mirror, all eyes in the world of American soccer now with cautious optimism fix themselves on Amsterdam, where at least a skeleton of Bob Bradley’s World Cup side prepares to take on Holland Wednesday afternoon. Bradley’s roster includes a nearly complete version of [...]
Who’s Going To Amsterdam?
Fresh off the presses from US Soccer comes word that Bob Bradley has announced his roster for the March 3rd friendly against the Netherlands. While the glut of European-based players is a gimme, some of the names set to join the squad at Amsterdam ArenA may garner a degree of surprise. For me, my attention [...]
Previewing The US/El Salvador Match
Tonight’s match in Tampa will be Bob Bradley’s last chance to assess several of his team’s fringe players prior to selecting the squad that will fly to South Africa. El Salvador is no joke, but at this point they should be a better measuring stick for the Yanks B/C team than the starting unit. Yeah [...]
It’s Nobody’s Business But The Turks
The Yanks completed (or so we think) their pre-World Cup schedule today by finalizing a May 29th match against Turkey in Philadelphia. The Turks are often described as a plucky bunch, with terms like all-heart being tossed around. They deserve more credit than that, a lot more. Turkey isn’t just a team of guys who [...]
USA v. Honduras Player Ratings
Perkins: 5. Unlucky to be beaten three times, all from the spot or closer. Came out on crosses well. Confident coming off line to challenge through balls. Made 1v1 save look easy. Follows up superb Gold Cup with solid showing, but we could have seen more vocal control of backline. Wynne: 3. Nothing more than [...]
Two Quick Yellows…
Luckily, the count on the yellow cards is one for each side. Capt. Jimmy Conrad received one in the sixth minute for clipping Walter Martinez (F) just after the Robbie Rogers corner kick. For Honduras, Jerry Palacios (F) got called for a yellow for a challenge at the top of the box during the eight [...]
Live From The Home Depot Center
We’re coming to you live from the press box at the Home Depot Center. If you’re not at the game, you can catch it on either the Fox Soccer Channel or TeleFutura. For those of us either at work or unable to be in front of a TV, we recommend checking out the Match Tracker [...]
Musings On U.S. / El Salvador
Settle down Yanks fans. The next chapter of the U.S.-Mexico rivalry quickly dissolved when a battle over television rights reared its ugly head. Univision and Telemundo, both broadcasting solely in Spanish, refused to back down and the match never materialized. As expected, I was eagerly anticipating the game, even if I did have to suffer [...]
