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2011 Yanks Are Coming Best of US Soccer Awards: Part Two
Part I of the 2nd Annual Yanks Are Coming Best of US Soccer Awards featured 2011′s US Soccer disappointments, frustrations, and best hairdo. The second portion of our awards focuses on the promise of youth, goalkeepers, and the goals scored in what was a thrilling year in American soccer. Again, a list of the finalists [...]
USMNT 23 for 2014: TYAC November/December Power Rankings
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 23, [...]
Puck’s Friday Happy Hour: MLS Cup, and If USMNT Players Were Cocktails Edition
By Puck Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome back into the Happy Hour. With my qualifying exams finished, I can finally enjoy a weekend full of Florida Football, PBR, and the MLS Cup Final. While the great majority of USMNT fans seem ready to proclaim Klinsy the greatest US National Team coach since Herb Brooks, I am [...]
France 1, USMNT 0: Klinsmann Does His Best Bob Bradley, Except Not As Good- TYAC’s FInal Word
By Garrett McInnis Prior to the France match, I had completely unrealistic expectations. The same can be said of my expectations for Jurgen Klinsmann’s first few months as manager of the National Team. I think it’s safe to say that most American soccer fans got a little too excited by Klinsy’s hire. Having said all [...]
22 Americans Feel Pain in Paris: Your Official USA-FRANCE Preview
By Jon Levy The Yanks are over in Europe for a long weekend with their cool Uncle Jurgen; supposedly he’s going to take them out to discotheques, let them drink and talk to girls, and really help them find themselves. Meanwhile, they’re tasked with making some sort of progress as a national team in the [...]
Yanks Abroad: Dempsey Double Duty, Buddle Brace Headline Europa Action
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 goes [...]
Your USA-BELGIUM Preview: USMNT Aims for Rare Win On European Soil
Coming off a loss to Costa Rica, the US Men’s National Team is jump-kicking its way across the Atlantic, all the way to the home of Jean-Claude Van Damme and waffles with oversized syrup traps. Before we get to our official TYAC preview, here’s a primer in case you missed the last episode. Last time [...]
Yanks Abroad: When Was the Last Time Jozy Altidore Was Player of the Week? And more…
by Dru Boyer As the American’s abroad return to the USMNT for an international break, a couple of guys had a very solid week and one in particular may like to forget last weekend…but who hasn’t been there? Player of the week honors to Jozy Altidore, who bagged a brace for AZ Alkmaar in their [...]
Gold Cup 2011. US vs. Mexico. The Final. Your Preview. Part Two.
By Jon Levy USA – Mexico: TYAC Previews The Gold Cup Final – Part 2 of 2 My Gold Cup Final Preview Part 1 should provide all the preface you want or need. Now let’s get down and dirty, let’s get down to brass tax, let’s get down to any number of trite clichés! What [...]
Gold Cup 2011: US-Jamaica, Every Little Thing’s Gonna Be Alright… Your TYAC Preview
By Jon Levy Rarely do I have something randomly in common with both Landon Donovan and Clint Dempsey on the day before a big USMNT match, but on Saturday, all three of us will be doing roughly the same thing. Dressing up, enjoying catered fare and folding chairs, and making nice with people we haven’t [...]
