All Entries Tagged With: "USMNT"
US-Mexico Gameday: Final Pre-Match Thoughts and Links
Tweet Neil W. Blackmon I love the smell of Mexico City in the morning. Smells of crisp spring air, flatas and baked breads, a touch or two of smog and today, of desperation. It’s a strange, brutally small-sample size world we live in as fans and journalists following the international game and so the narratives [...]
Showdown at the Azteca: The US-Mexico Preview
Tweet Jon Levy This week provides a perfect example of why I love international soccer so much. The sheer magnitude of every little event is staggering. Just a few days ago the US was in grave danger; one snowcapped goal later and they’re practically in the CONCACAF World Cup Qualification driver’s seat. On the other [...]
USA-Costa Rica Preview: Part II – Three Points, Any Which Way
Tweet Jon Levy The United States Men’s National Team faces a number of crises ahead of crucial World Cup Qualifiers against Costa Rica in Denver, and away to Mexico at the Azteca. The team lost its first match in this final hexagonal round of qualifying, and looking back to last month, those were the good [...]
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 [...]
State of the Union: US Midfield Still A Position of Strength, But Must Provide More
Tweet Neil W. Blackmon Editor’s Note: This is the second of a four-part series analyzing the “State of the US Soccer Union” as the Americans prepare for two critical CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying matches later this month. Today we look at the US midfield. Garrett McInnis breaks down the US defense in Part One. It wasn’t [...]
State of the Union: US Defense Desperately Searching for Right Combination, Continuity
Tweet Garrett McInnis Editor’s Note: This is the first in a four-part “State of the (US Soccer) Union” series that will run between today and the US World Cup qualifiers against Costa Rica and Mexico in two weeks. Today we examine the defense. When I set out to examine the current State of our Union’s [...]
As MLS Season Opens, Matt Besler Is Sporting Kansas City’s Anchor: Our Interview
Tweet Neil W. Blackmon 2012 was a season of championship and promise for Sporting Kansas City, as they won the US Open Cup championship and finished first in the Eastern Conference. Unfortunately for the club, despite the top seed, they were eliminated by Houston 2-1 on aggregate in the conference semifinals. It was a difficult [...]
USA U-20′s Enter the Knockout Round: Previewing the Canada Match
Tweet Jon Levy Last week I wrote a post on the US Under-20 team that was filled with backhanded compliments, branding the team less complete and far less talented than its recent predecessors, but applauding Tab Ramos and his squad for squeaking out an ugly victory over Haiti. One match later not much about my [...]
Thriving in Belgium, Sacha Kljestan Sits Down for an Interview
Tweet Neil W. Blackmon Sacha Kljestan, now in the best run of form in his life, has come a long way. Then again, he’s used to it. It wasn’t that long ago that Kljestan was a lightly recruited midfielder who got nary a look o US development teams as a teenager, most coaches thinking he [...]
US U-20 Team: Looking Back and Looking Forward
Tweet Jon Levy Well that was quite different, wasn’t it? It was an uninspired first match for the US U-20 team to start the 2013 CONCACAF Championship/U-20 World Cup Qualification Tournament, but a match in which a shorthanded team fought through its weaknesses to pick up an ugly win against an inferior opponent. Can’t think [...]
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