All Entries Tagged With: "Maurice Edu"
State of the Union: US Midfield Still A Position of Strength, But Must Provide More
Tweet Neil W. Blackmon Editor’s Note: This is the second of a four-part series analyzing the “State of the US Soccer Union” as the Americans prepare for two critical CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying matches later this month. Today we look at the US midfield. Garrett McInnis breaks down the US defense in Part One. It wasn’t [...]
USA-Jamaica Preview: US Again Out For A Bit of History, Three Road Points in Jamaica
Tweet Jon Levy Two matches in five days against the other top team in our qualifying group. These matches were always going to be important, but they’ve taken on even greater significance ever since Marco Pappa’s sublime free kick in Guatemala sent you scrambling for your qualifying schedule. These could be make-or-break matches. Win ‘em [...]
USA-Mexico Preview, Part One: Breaking Down the US Roster
Tweet Connor Walsh In the wake of Mexico’s gold medal winning performance in the Olympics, fans of the US Men’s National Team understandably began to worry. After all- the Mexican trophy collection this World Cup cycle is remarkable: U-17 World Champions, U-20 Third Place, Toulon Cup Champions, Pan Am Games Champions, Gold Cup Champions, Olympic [...]
Antigua and Barbuda: Three Points and a Boyd Cap Tie, But US Knows it can Be Better
Tweet Neil W. Blackmon It was fitting that on a night where a steady rain made the Raymond James Pirate ship appear to be moving in the mist, the United States got off to a foggy, turbulent start to World Cup qualifying, winning a game 3-1 but also getting a stern warning as to just [...]
Canada Draw Proof US Have Thin Margin For Error, But May Prove Useful Down Road
Tweet Neil W. Blackmon Greetings after a long and not so fruitful trip to Toronto, where the USMNT drew Canada 0-0. On the one end, the Americans did not lose to the Canadians for the first time since the Reagan Administration. On the other hand, they deserved too, as only a phantom foul negated a [...]
The Thin Grey Line: Loss To Brazil Shows The U.S. Still Have Some Wilderness to Navigate
Tweet Neil W. Blackmon A bit behind the flurry of post-match analysis, but perhaps that’s okay for a more analytic look at the United States’ 4-1 loss to Brazil at FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland Wednesday night. The most certain (though maybe not the largest?) takeaway from the match? Brazil is still really good, even [...]
Youthful Brazil Poses Stern Test For Evolving US Offense: Your TYAC Preview
Tweet Neil W. Blackmon Fresh off the most dominant performance of the Klinsmann era, and perhaps the most dominant display by a U.S. MNT midfield in a decade Saturday against Scotland in Jacksonville, the United States plays game two of what Jurgen Klinsmann last week called a “five game tournament” tonight against a youthful, experimental [...]
Goal Starved USMNT Faces Stingy Slovenian Defense: Your Official TYAC Preview
Tweet By Jon Levy I’m going to be really nice to Jurgen Klinsmann and describe his first six matches in charge as “underwhelming.” Far more severe adjectives could be applied, especially after the disappointing performance against France. Alexei Lalas nailed it, as he often does, in calling the team out for not even attempting to [...]
Yanks Abroad: Dempsey Double Duty, Buddle Brace Headline Europa Action
Tweet by Dru Boyer The Yanks Abroad returned to Europa League play on Thursday with a vengeance … not a single Yanks’ squad lost a match. It was a pretty decent Thursday, in fact the Yanks were 7-2-0 in the matches (Dominic Cervi and Brad Friedel did not dress for Celtic and Tottenham, respectively.) The Player of the Week honor [...]
Altidore’s Big Week, Jon Spector Solid Away From West Ham, and Other Yanks Abroad
Tweet by Dru Boyer The season is back, and I’m late. How was your summer? The start of European football brings with it all things good in this world…soccer, NFL, college football, and here in the Bluegrass State, college basketball preseason. I’m really looking to adopt an EPL side this season, I’ve remained neutral for [...]
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