All Entries Tagged With: "Jon Bornstein"
Bob Bradley: A Eulogy: In the End, Hard Work Not Enough To Overcome His Limitations
By Neil W. Blackmon “It’s disappointing to hear because I think he’s done a fine job. Always a diligent, hard worker.” – Sir Alex Ferguson “There is no other sport like football. It is beautiful and it imitates life because it is a game of failure. Americans have baseball, and it is beautiful and there [...]
Gold Cup 2011: Your Official TYAC USA vs. Guadeloupe Preview, where we again page Landon Donovan
By Jon Levy If I didn’t know better, I’d start this post by touting the merits of the “learning experience” the USMNT got on Saturday night in Tampa. After all, team leader and frequent spokesman Landon Donovan was branding the Panama match as such in the wake of the disappointing 2-1 loss. So it stands [...]
Detroit Rock City: Everybody’s Gonna Leave Their Seat: Your USA-Canada Preview
By Jon Levy Let’s put the Spain game squarely in the rear view. That’s what I’m writing to start this preview, and that’s what US Soccer should have already done. Two days ago. Or two minutes after the match ended; the sooner the better. It was a relatively pointless (if well intentioned) New England afternoon [...]
Cherundolo Falls Short of Champions League, Everton Owns Manchester City and more Yanks Abroad
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 season. [...]
USA vs. Argentina: Your Yanks Are Coming Preview
By Jon Levy Flashback to this time last week. Where were you? What were you doing? What were you wearing? No seriously what were you wearing? Nevermind. Before you miss the point completely, let me attempt to make one. A week ago today the state of the US Men’s National Team looked quite a bit [...]
Puck’s Friday Happy Hour: Special Jon Levy EPL Awards Presentation Edition
Constant Reader, Sadly, in glaring contrast to his promise that he would never abandon you, The Yanks Are Coming’s resident Pop Culture Guru, Puck, has taken off early for the weekend, leaving no manuscript in his wake. Irresponsible as this may appear, I think the man who’s been not-so-erroneously referred to as one of the [...]
USMNT World Cup Cycle Report Cards: Defenders Edition
This is the fourth of a four-part Series of Report Cards for the U.S. Men’s National Team’s Four Year World Cup Cycle, 2007-2010. While we are not issuing grades for all 92 players capped by Bob Bradley during the cycle, we will feature players not on the World Cup roster who figured prominently in the [...]
Bringing Bradley Back Carries Great Risks, Little Reward
The hearsay and conjecture is finally over, and well, meet the new boss, same as the old boss. Bob Bradley, Bobbo, Skeletor, or Junior’s Dad if you like, will hold tight to the reigns of the U.S. Men’s National Soccer Team. Here at Yanks we’re not above delving into fits of über-reactionary blogitude from time [...]
Despite Doom and Gloom, Bradley Extension Was Right Call
To the doubters who thought US Soccer would go quietly into the night again after the buzz of the vuvuzela faded slowly into the realm of summer memory and the calendar flipped to autumn, Monday’s announcement by the US Soccer Federation that Bob Bradley had been signed to a four year extension as coach of [...]
