All Entries Tagged With: "Tim Howard"
State of the Union: With Howard Injured, Brad Guzan Gets Chance to Prove US Still A Goalkeeper Factory
Tweet Connor Walsh Editor’s Note: This is the third piece in a four-piece “State of the (US Soccer) Union” running in the build-up to the March World Cup qualifiers. Garrett McInnis broke down the US defense in part one. Neil W. Blackmon covered the midfield dilemma for Jurgen Klinsmann in part two. Today we discuss [...]
Previewing the US U-20 Qualifying, Landon’s Return, and other Monday Musings
Tweet Neil W. Blackmon With the failure in Honduras for the Senior team only a week and a half in the rearview, another US national team will take the field in a CONCACAF qualifying effort tonight in Puebla, Mexico, when the US Men’s U-20′s face off against Haiti (6:30 PM, Fox Soccer Network). Head Coach [...]
2011 Yanks Are Coming Best of US Soccer Awards: Part Two
Tweet 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 [...]
USMNT 23 for 2014: TYAC November/December Power Rankings
Tweet 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 [...]
Puck’s Friday Happy Hour: MLS Cup, and If USMNT Players Were Cocktails Edition
Tweet 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 [...]
France 1, USMNT 0: Klinsmann Does His Best Bob Bradley, Except Not As Good- TYAC’s FInal Word
Tweet 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 [...]
22 Americans Feel Pain in Paris: Your Official USA-FRANCE Preview
Tweet 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 [...]
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 [...]
Your USA-BELGIUM Preview: USMNT Aims for Rare Win On European Soil
Tweet 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 [...]
Yanks Abroad: When Was the Last Time Jozy Altidore Was Player of the Week? And more…
Tweet 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 [...]
