All Entries Tagged With: "West Ham United"
Jon Spector’s West Ham Future, MB 10, Mo Edu Three-Peats, and Other Yanks Abroad
Tweet by Dru Boyer With seasons all across Europe coming to a close, many Americans abroad were battling for a chance at Champions League or Europa League births. Some made their dreams come true, and others will have to wait for next year. There are still some matches to play in the Premiership this weekend, [...]
Pounding Hi-C’s and Capri Suns: Your Americanized Weekend Preview
Tweet By Jon Levy Royal Wedding kicked off the weekend but the soccer should be nearly as exciting as a Sarah Burton of Alexander McQueen dress (I googled that, I promise), so let’s just dive right in to your Americanized Weekend Preview and viewing guide. MLS This week’s marquee MLS matchup pits buddy forwards Teal [...]
Relegation: An Appreciation, For All The American Fans Who’ve Felt It’s Ugly Relative, Resignation
Tweet By Neil W. Blackmon This piece is dedicated to my co-writers, Puck, who has sat through meaningless Bills games in the blistering cold, and Jon Levy, who faces a month and a half long fight of his own with his beloved West Ham; and to any American sports fan who has been on the [...]
Pounding Hi-C’s and Capri Suns: Your Americanized Weekend Preview
Tweet By Neil W. Blackmon Coasting past the international break, a busy week of EPL action and the first half of the Champions League quarterfinals, we’ve reached the “this time it’s for the money” part of the European schedule. That makes for an exciting weekend overseas, and one that will definitely impact the future of [...]
Pounding Capri Suns and Hi-C’s: Your Americanized Weekend Preview, Plus A Warning About Jermaine Jones
Tweet By Neil W. Blackmon Weekend preview time, folks!! With MLS just around the corner, our wandering Anglophile eyes can shortly turn a lonely eye homeward—but this weekend there are several critical matches in England, Spain, France, Germany and the beleaguered Serie A—and at least a few of those matches involve your Yanks. So go [...]
Jon Spector: The Creation of A Midfielder
Tweet Some midfielders are born to play the position. Barcelona and Spain’s Ballon D’or winner Xavi comes to mind. There’s plenty to say about a player like Xavi, who was seemingly handed the keys to the middle of the pitch at birth. But that’s not a topic for me to tackle, not today anyway. No, [...]
Yanks Abroad: End of November Edition
Tweet As of the submission of this post, we are about 11 hours from the announcement of the host country of the 2022 World Cup. I’m excited as crap about the potential of the cup returning to the states, but it is mind boggling to think that the U-17 guys I watched tonight defeat Korea [...]
Fan Frustration, West Ham Expectation, and the Carling Cup
Tweet Hello, my name’s Jon, and I’m a big sports fan. I feel I can open up to you, so I’ll expand a little on this topic. I like sports for many reasons, but for our purposes here today, let’s just focus on one. Suffice it to say that part of what I love about [...]
Puck’s Friday Happy Hour: What Our Writers REALLY did on vacation Edition
Tweet Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome back into another lovely Happy Hour. I can’t wait for the weekend to begin. Down in Yanks Are Coming country, the Gators host LSU , so the bars will be much more crowded than they are all year, which is an enormous disad to allowing me and the gang more [...]
West Ham United vs. Yom Kippur (and Stoke City)
Tweet My favorite English football club may not be very good. Okay, they’re definitely not very good. But what West Ham United tends to lack in on-field acumen, they tend to make up for in wildly entertaining storylines. Just within the last four years they’ve been rescued from foreclosure at the hand of the Icelandic [...]
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