All Entries Tagged With: "Juan Agudelo"
USA-Paraguay: Your Preview and Pre-Match Analysis
Tweet By Jon Levy Coming off a mixed performance but quality result on Saturday night against Argentina, the Yanks will look to put it all together Tuesday night in Nashville against another good South American team. Paraguay just put in an uncharacteristically defensively deficient performance against Mexico, so they’ll also look to get back on [...]
As Scoring Goes, So Goes MLS, And Other Thoughts on Week One
Tweet By Andrew Villegas What did we learn from Week 1 of the MLS season? As scoring goes, so will go the MLS and the popularity of soccer in America. Americans love scoring. And it’s why the collective “they” of the American sports psyche have kept soccer at an arm’s length for so long: “Why [...]
MLS Intriguing Subplot Number Four: More MLS Homegrown Talent and the USMNT
Tweet By Neil W. Blackmon This is the fourth piece of a seven-part series highlighting the most intriguing subplots of the 2011 MLS campaign. Our other MLS preview pieces are linked below: Number 7: Omar Bravo: Next Designated Player to Fail, or is Sporting KC the place for a revival? MLS Eastern Conference Preview: Five [...]
USA-South Africa Final Thoughts and Player Ratings
Tweet As usual, though a bit late, here are three quick thoughts and player ratings from Wednesday’s 1-0 United States Men’s National Team victory over South Africa in the Nelson Mandela Cup. I promise to litter a bit of optimism in my piece without discounting Dr. Crowley’s egg-nog sized glass of pessimism. I found a [...]
Expect A Blend of Reserves, New Faces, For South Africa Friendly
Tweet Most the attention in American soccer circles right now is rightly focused on the MLS Playoffs and this weekend’s upcoming Conference finals, the US Women’s struggle to qualify for the World Cup following the shocking defeat to Mexico some have labeled the greatest upset in the history of soccer, as well as the US [...]
