Category Archives: - US/MLS

My Take on the Beckham Fiasco

7/21/2009 – 10:35 am

Guy, my little friend from school whose cubby hole is near mine, asked for me to form an opinion for him on the Beckham confrontation with a fan. First, a recap. Here’s my take: Beckham’s career was stalling out in Europe so he and Posh Spice decide that they’ll move to Hollywood and take over. [...]

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US (yawn) vs Honduras and Other Footie Thoughts

7/9/2009 – 8:54 pm

The USMNT B-team beat the Honduras B-team 2-0 last night. The first half was dreadfully dull but the second half was more watchable. What this tournament has proved thus far (in the opening two games for the US) is that the talent pool is not deep. Granted, ten years ago US Soccer could not have [...]

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Does the Gold Cup Really Matter?

7/5/2009 – 2:02 pm

My excitement for the US playing in the Gold Cup can be summed up with the statement that I watched about half the game today, fast forwarding using the DVR. In light of the Confederations Cup, it just doesn’t hold my interest this year. The problem? Most of the teams in CONCACAF aren’t that good. [...]

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The Thought-Provoking Off-Season

7/3/2009 – 11:29 am

/ / Just to point out a few articles I found quite interesting in the last week or so: * F365′s John Nicolson puts forth a passionate defense of US soccer fans * Landon Donovan slags Beckham in a new book by Sports Illustrated‘s Grant Wahl called The Beckham Experiment, which they’ve also been talking [...]

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Making Sense of the Confederations Cup

6/28/2009 – 5:05 pm

Well, about an hour ago the US went down to Brazil in the Confederations Cup final 3-2. Only the most blinkered myopic fan wouldn’t admit that the best team won. The US battled as hard as they possibly could and did fantastically well to get themselves up 2-0 but couldn’t hold off the more talented [...]

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¡Ay Dios Mio, No Lo Creo!

6/25/2009 – 11:08 am

/ The near-impossible happened: the US upset the #1 ranked team in the world, and what’s more they deserved it. They rode their luck hard and took enough of the few chances they created to win. In fairness, 2-0 was harsh on Spain. A more truthful scoreline would have read 1-0 or 2-1 considering the [...]

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My Two Favoritest Teams Squaring Off

6/24/2009 – 1:20 pm

/ Call me a traitor but I’m really having a hard time deciding who I should be rooting for more during today’s Confederations Cup semifinal betwixt my two most favoritest national teams, the US and Spain. Consider: * I’m American. Believe me, if I wasn’t, it would be very hard to root for the USMNT [...]

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And Where Did That Come From?

6/22/2009 – 4:58 pm

Like many critics of the US Nat’l Team, I have to take back a few things. I didn’t give them a shot in hell in qualifying after a hard-fought but disheartening loss to Italy and a complete no-show against Brazil. Frankly, I figured Egypt would mop the floor with this US squad. Happily, they proved [...]

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Deja Vu All Over Again

6/18/2009 – 1:35 pm

My pre-Confederations Cup prediction for the US? Three games, three losses. Right now it looks a great bet! The team’s in shambles, really. DaMarcus Beasley shouldn’t be on the roster much less in the starting lineup, a fact patently obvious to everyone except Bob Bradley. While the goal in the sixth minute was definitely a [...]

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The Lining is Silver

6/15/2009 – 4:36 pm

Well, that sucked. The US tragically lost to Italy by a score of 3-1. Once again, any neutral would have to agree that the US got royally, royally screwed by the referee. There is no way, in any shape or form, Ricardo Clark should have received a red card for his tackle. A yellow? Of [...]

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