All Entries Tagged With: "Thierry Henry"
A Closer Look At The Márquez Experiment
By Andrew Villegas Paging Sports Illustrated’s Grant Wahl, I have the topic and title for your next book: The Márquez Experiment. In a lot of ways, the Rafa Márquez experiment in NY was a more important experiment than the David Beckham experiment was for MLS. Márquez was supposed to bring in Mexicans — a huge [...]
Why Is MLS Sides Losing To Big Teams Good? Humble Pie.
By Andrew Villegas People looking to glean some sort of noble truth about the MLS by how it performs against heavyweights in their preseason are often met with a scoff and a few spoken caveats: It’s preseason, and the players have come a long way – often just returning back to playing form – for [...]
Barcelona’s Handling of Busquets Situation Proves It’s No Longer “Mas Que Un Club”
By Neil W. Blackmon “Mas Que Un Club” – Club Motto of FC Barcelona This article was originally going to run Sunday or Saturday evening, before the announcement by FIFA that Barcelona midfielder and Spanish international Sergio Busquets was cleared of wrongdoing for alleged racist statements made to Real Madrid’s Marcelo in the second leg [...]
Charlie Davies Comeback Hits a Bump in the Road, Agudelo’s Future, and other Mid-Week MLS Musings
By Neil W. Blackmon Last week was one of the more eventful seven day periods in the history of MLS thanks o Real Salt Lake’s 2-2 draw at Monterrey, and with the return leg Wednesday night providing the Claret and Cobalt an opportunity to be the first MLS side to win the competition in its [...]
MLS Preview: Seven Intriguing Subplots: Number 7: Omar Bravo. Will He Succeed? Does It Matter?
By Neil W. Blackmon EDITOR’S NOTE: This is Part One of a six-part MLS Preview Series on The Yanks Are Coming. Stay tuned for much, much more as we prepare for what should be the best MLS season yet. We’re less than three weeks away from the beginning of the 2011 MLS campaign, and despite [...]
How the Red Sox Venturing Across the Pond Promotes the Beautiful Game in New England
Ask any New Englander and you’ll find that there’s only one football to be found in the region. Sure, the local MLS side, the New England Revolution, may play in the same stadium as the NFL’s New England Patriots (both owned by billionaire Robert Kraft), but the general public consciousness and amount of media coverage [...]
A Book Review: Star-Spangled Soccer by Gary Hopkins
In the 1970s the U.S. had books that explained the rules. Then came the soccer books filled with coaching tips, diagrams of drills and British verbiage. Next a few biographies–Mia and Brandi. Finally, the United States has enough experience to justify a few books on soccer history between our borders. “Star-Spangled Soccer” helps us understand [...]
Save Soccer In US ? Henry Doesn’t Have To
French superstar Thierry Henry was introduced to the media as a member of the New York Red Bulls today, and already we’re dealing with the usual, tired arguments. From ESPN television sports talk shows such as PTI and Around the Horn to various sports talk radio outlets to mainstream sports and other writers; we’re hearing [...]
Player To Watch #15: Thierry Henry
Number 15: Thierry Henry Country: France Position: Forward Club Team: FC Barcelona, Spanish La Liga American-Based Professional Athlete “Soulmate”: Warrick Dunn (retired), RB, Tampa Bay Buccaneers/Atlanta Falcons I wouldn’t be too upset if our informed, gregarious and quick-witted The Yanks Are Coming readers called “handball” on our number 15 player to watch, France’s Thierry Henry. [...]
On Thierry Henry’s (Non) Penalty
After deliberating for nearly two months, FIFA announced on Monday that French striker Thierry Henry will not be handed down any disciplinary action for his blatant hand ball that effectively secured France a berth in this summer’s World Cup. As most of you already know, Henry twice extended his left hand to handle the ball [...]
