All Entries Tagged With: "US Soccer"
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 [...]
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 [...]
WANTED: TWO-THREE NEW WRITERS
In response to various direct messages, e-mails to the editors and twitter concerns- we are posting this here. The Yanks Are Coming is seeking two-three new writers for the site. If you are interested, please note the following areas we’re looking for content in and e-mail either Editor-In-Chief Neil W. Blackmon at nwblackmon@gmail.com or Associate Editor [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Voices in the TYAC Crowd: Why the US Loss to Japan May Have a Silver Lining
EDITOR’S NOTE: What follows is a Special Contribution to The Yanks Are Coming from reader and US fan Cameron James Siggs, Esq. We thank him sincerely for his fine contribution. First, a confession. I’m a soccer guy, and I have been forever. Never really played past grade school, but I did letter in Girls’ Soccer [...]
Simply Put- US Women Face Enormous Moment. Here’s betting they’re ready.
By Sean McElroy My Grandmother, who is ninety-three, has absolutely no reason to care about soccer. She is sharp as can be—her memory for her age is quite remarkable—and when I visit her she often asks about the various matches I am going to go see or have seen. Always, one conversation or question seems [...]
What Now For US Soccer? Easy. Be Champions.
We lost the bid. To a country which (as other writers have eloquently explained) has absolutely no business being in the World Cup, much less hosting the World Cup. I am really, really getting tired, however, of the defeatist attitude of American soccer fans. FIFA is a corrupt, stupid organization which shames the game. We [...]
Book Review: Long Range Goals, Beau Dure on The Business of Major League Soccer
Finding a book that covers the business of soccer is a little like finding ?The Amish Guide to Electronics?. Not many writers understand both aspects of the subject. We need a person who understands business and soccer. Beau Dure does a pretty good job of grasping the game and the business in ?Long Range Goals: The Success [...]
Is Rafa Marquez the AntiChrist?
“Well, I’m here to tell you … this will never happen. Sometimes relationships pass a point where they can be salvaged, as Ike & Tina, Nicole & OJ and Sam & Diane all proved over the years. In the Rocket’s case, too much has happened. We can’t let it go. We won’t let it go. [...]
