All Entries Tagged With: "Sunil Gulati"
A Dickensian Summer For US Soccer Ended Today With The Appointment of Jurgen Klinsmann, and one last plot twist: Hope.
By Neil W. Blackmon It finally ended today. Not a five year era—no—that was Thursday’s news. No—it ended. The summer that wouldn’t end. The summer that reminded us how great we can be; how fleeting success is; how far we have to go. The summer of everything ended this afternoon at what can only fairly [...]
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: After Worst Loss in Bradley Era, USMNT Fans Should Be Careful What They Wish For
By Puck First, before getting into my final thoughts on the Panama game, I need to give a huge shout out to the American Outlaws Tampa Crew for putting together one hell of an event. Everything from the pregame at MacDinton’s Irish pub, the exceptional tailgate, and the transportation to and from was spot on. [...]
Puck’s Friday Happy Hour: Gulati-Klinsmann Soap Opera Edition
Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome back into another Happy Hour. If your week has been anything like mine, that cocktail your dreaming of right now will be the taste of freedom. The thought of staring at a computer screen for another marathon session of “Journal of Containment Hydrology”, and “Environmental Toxicology” articles makes me want to [...]
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 [...]
