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USA-Costa Rica Preview: Part II – Three Points, Any Which Way
Tweet Jon Levy The United States Men’s National Team faces a number of crises ahead of crucial World Cup Qualifiers against Costa Rica in Denver, and away to Mexico at the Azteca. The team lost its first match in this final hexagonal round of qualifying, and looking back to last month, those were the good [...]
USA-Costa Rica Preview, Part One: As Pressure Swirls, A Proposed Plan of Attack for Klinsmann (Again)
Tweet Garrett McInnis and Neil W. Blackmon on the US Roster and What They’d Like to See Friday Night in Denver Well, so much for having that steady presence in the back four. As I mentioned earlier this week I was hoping to see a defense of Timmy Chandler, Geoff Cameron, Carlos Bocanegra and Fabian [...]
Previewing the US U-20 Qualifying, Landon’s Return, and other Monday Musings
Tweet Neil W. Blackmon With the failure in Honduras for the Senior team only a week and a half in the rearview, another US national team will take the field in a CONCACAF qualifying effort tonight in Puebla, Mexico, when the US Men’s U-20′s face off against Haiti (6:30 PM, Fox Soccer Network). Head Coach [...]
USA-Antigua/Barbuda Preview: Injuries And Plenty, Island Adventure Awaits
Tweet By Jon Levy The Yanks head into their last two matches in this round of qualifying in a good position, tied for first in the group with Guatemala, and just ahead of Jamaica on goal differential. It’s not the dominant position in the standings the team had hoped for at this point, but it’s [...]
Crunch Time In Columbus: US-Jamaica Redo Packed With Storylines
Tweet Jon Levy and Neil W. Blackmon “If we don’t win on Tuesday, it gets pretty scary.” – Jozy Altidore Jurgen Klinsmann says “we won’t lose” but Jozy Altidore captures the moment better. Tonight’s Jamaica-USA match, the second such encounter in five days, is the most critical USMNT qualifying match since 2001. Steve Davis at [...]
US Road to Brazil 2014 Begins in Tampa Friday Night: Your Antigua and Barbuda Preview
Tweet Neil W. Blackmon It’s here. Ready or not. The United States will begin its qualifying campaign for the 2014 World Cup Finals in Brazil Friday night in Tampa, Florida. Yes, it’s finally here. Nearly two years after Asamoah Gyan put the Americans down 2-1 and ultimately out of the 2010 World Cup, that highlight [...]
USMNT-Canada: Toronto Friendly Last Stop Before 2014 Campaign Begins- Your Preview
Tweet Jon Levy Well we’ve witnessed a couple starkly mixed results as we head into game three of Klisny’s “five game tournament,” or as we at TYAC call it, “The Curious Case of the Kljestan Exclusion: Part One Million”. We jest. But “The American Fan Longs For A Guy Whose Ripped Up His Knee A [...]
Freddy Adu: Ready to Lead? And Other Burning U-23 Questions Before Tonight’s Opener…
Tweet By Garrett McInnis As I was throwing clothes into a suitcase, I was left thinking about the next few days and what they will be like. I’m heading to Nashville today before the US Under-23’s opening match of Olympic Qualifying. This will be my first foray into covering the United States as a live, [...]
TYAC USMNT Olympic Qualifying Position Breakdown: Am I Being Too Forward ?
Tweet Neil W. Blackmon Caleb Porter’s U-23 side, the January camp edition, fell 4-0 to the Klinsmann Camp Cupcake edition of the USMNT this weekend, and while conceding four goals to the senior side may cause some alarm among those anxiously monitoring this group’s progress, it’s the lack of goals that was somewhat surprising to [...]
USMNT 23 for 2014: TYAC November/December Power Rankings
Tweet Garrett McInnis In the second iteration of the Yanks Are Coming “Top 23” series, the staff here at TYAC remains fairly settled regarding which players comprise the most important contributors to the USMNT, with most of the main contributers carrying over from the previous list. Only four players differ from the previous list of [...]
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