Over the next couple of weeks, we’ll provide you with all the post-WC analysis you can handle, but for now, let’s talk about the final. As I was watching the game, I didn’t have a strong rooting interest either way, but I expected a great game. Both teams were stocked with All-Stars at virtually every position. The Spanish had won Euro; the Dutch were working on an undefeated tournament. Although the score line of a lot of the Spanish games this… Read more
It’s Sunday in America, and World Cup Final Sunday at that. The Super Bowl of Soccer, only way more important. Come join us for a live chat as we discuss the game and more. Can Holland become the first side since Brazil in 1970 to win every game they play at the World Cup Finals? Can Spain capture the second Euro/World Cup double in history– and if they do– will they for small moments rue the defeat to the United States last summer that cost them a shot at the… Read more
We’ve all played this game before. It usually ends with all of your friends saying you look nothing like Ed Burns or James Van Der Beek, right? This begets a 15 minute discussion about the size of your nose? Okay, maybe that’s just how it happens for me. But for now let’s turn our attention away from the actors and celebrities that you and your jackass friends don’t actually look anything like and focus on what could be another epic World Cup final. So epic… Read more
Posted by Puck in July 2010
What a tournament it has been! Even with all the bullshit regarding the Jabulani flying off into space, concerns about South Africa’s ability to control massive crowds on the world’s biggest stage, gigantic divots on the pitch, and the occasional God-awful officiating, I have truly enjoyed every minute I’ve been able to watch. I want to quickly run through a few of my favorite memories from the summer of 2010 that do not involve my beloved USMNT. (Not… Read more
Tonight (or this afternoon, I guess), Germany will beat Spain by a score of two goals to one. That is my prediction, and here is my reasoning (in short form, as I am writing this on my lunch break before an afternoon of working while watching a match on ESPN3). The reasoning is simple, the Germans are a younger, and stronger, attacking side than the Spanish. Yes, I know that Germany lacks Mueller, which will significantly impact their attacking prowess,… Read more
If you haven’t been to Jared Montz’s site, you’ve been missing out on a wealth of excellent content. Not only is Jared a former professional soccer player, he’s also an accomplished coach, writer and interviewer. While pretty much everything is top-notch on his site, we here at The Yanks Are Coming really enjoy his podcast. This week, Jared sat down with Andy Barron, a non-professional soccer player, who actually made the New Zealand national team and saw… Read more
Nothing renders the barroom bore more relevant than a real grievance or slight to the group he represents but if we are to move forward as a nation, species or race then sometimes you have to suck things up if they are for the greater good. Similarly if events happen that you don’t much care for or agree with then it doesn’t necessarily mean the end of civilization. If gays want to get married, what’s it to you? You’re not been forced into a homosexual tryst… Read more
Holland just downed Brazil two to one, leaving the contents of the tournament co-favorite (let’s not forget about Spain) to scatter across Western Europe in returning to their home clubs. I like the Dutch and I tend to root against Brazil, but this is no Oranje flag-waving piece. I’m not of Dutch descent and I didn’t leap into TYAC writer Puck’s arms whenever the Netherlands scored, that’s reserved for clinical Landon Donovan penalty kicks to draw the Yanks… Read more
One of the sadder realities of humanity is that a single human life rarely involves more than twenty World Cups. Without question, South Africa 2010 has been a memorable one, no matter how you feel about the hornet’s nest noise emanating from your television. As a blog, this is our first go round covering a World Cup, and we look forward to many more. A great reward that accompanied the hard work we’ve put into making this site a reliable, fun and… Read more
As I’ve chronicled on this website before, The Yanks Are Coming was born out of the failure of the 2008 Olympic squad, the disappointment of the Orozco Red Card, the pain of the Netherlands draw, and the heart-ache that stems from elimination of the promising young team in our brief modern footballing era. Appropriately then, this blog continues after a failure even more painful than the Olympics. We all know as USMNT fans that usually if something can go… Read more
Now that I’m on the road to accepting what happened last Saturday and I’ve finally managed to crawl my way out of this empty bottle of whiskey, I guess I should go back to writing about the big worldwide soccer tournament which is apparently still taking place. Most readers of the most important blog of all time lost their biggest rooting interest when the Yanks were eliminated, or the next day when the Limey Wankers went down in TYAC writer Guy Bailey’s… Read more
Posted by Puck in June 2010
After the heartbreaking loss to Ghana last Saturday, I was furious. How was it possible that with this once in a lifetime opportunity to get to the final four of the world’s largest and globally significant tournament that we could blow it? When we started extra time, I had this feeling slowly creeping into my brain. If we could manage to play good defense for the first 10 minutes, we would find a goal to win and not have to go to penalties. Then, my… Read more
The compliment to my “Out of Miracles” piece, and a painful reminder of the U.S. exit as it stands to be my final player ratings piece of a competitive (non-friendly) match until next summer’s Gold Cup, which again becomes a point-of-emphasis for the U.S., as victory ensures qualification for the 2013 Confederations Cup in Brazil. Tim Howard, 5—His distribution was excellent again and led to a couple of counterattacking chances for the U.S. as… Read more
I can’t tell you what it really is, I can only tell you what it feels like, And right now it’s a steel knife to my windpipe… — Eminem Marshall Mathers describes the pain of this one pretty accurately. It hurt. It still hurts. And to a large extent, it is hard to believe the United States won’t take the field in South Africa again Friday afternoon. Certainly that is the feeling among the many new fans I’ve talked to—a feeling of disbelief and… Read more
