For anyone who watched the entire US v. Cuba game you can attest that it was a painful experience. Frankly, it resembled a USL game, and a bad one at that. The only positive is that more mainstream media is starting to notice.
Bad passes. Poor traps. Long balls without any purpose. And absolutely no rythm [...]
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Painful to Watch
Posted in US Nat Team, tagged Bob Bradley, Clint Dempsey, Cuba, DeMarcus Beasley, Landon Donovan, Maurice Edu, US Soccer on September 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Good US; Bad US
Posted in International, US Nat Team, tagged Bob Bradley, Brazil, Guatemala, Olympics, US Soccer on August 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Good:
The Women’s Olympic Team avenging the humbling loss to Brazil at last year’s WC and winning the gold. And doing it without their star, Amy Wambach. After watching the underachieving men’s side exit in the first round, it was refreshing to see a US squad pull out a gritty performance.
The Bad:
While on the surface [...]
More Olympic Fallout
Posted in International, US Nat Team, tagged Bruce Arena, ESPN, Olympics, US Soccer on August 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We proved we could play with the rest of the world…We’re certainly disappointed we did not advance. We surprised a lot of people around the world showing we could play with such style and class.
Bruce Arena, 1996 Olympics
Came across this quote in an article by ESPN’s Jeff Carlisle, which offers yet another candid critique of [...]
Gulati Fires Warning Shot?
Posted in International, US Nat Team, tagged Bob Bradley, Olympics, Peter Nowak, Sunil Gulati, US Soccer on August 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In an interview with Grant Wahl, Sulati made some candid remarks about the US Men’s Olympic team’s performance, including some of the coaching decisions made by Peter Nowak. While he was not talking directly about Bob Bradley, it was clear Gulati was speaking with Bradley in mind. This is especially true considering Nowak is Bradley’s [...]
US Bows Out
Posted in International, US Nat Team, tagged Brian McBride, Charlies Davies, Jozy Altidore, Michael Orozco, Nigeria, Olympics, Peter Nowak, US Soccer on August 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Thanks to a combination of a foolish elbow, poor substitution and sheer bad luck, the US saw its Olympic dream end today, losing 2-1 to Nigeria…
Unlucky Tie for US
Posted in International, US Nat Team, tagged Adu, Altidore, Feilhaber, Holland, Michael Bradley, Olympics, Szetela, US Soccer on August 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Despite outplaying the Dutch for most of the game and being minutes away from advancing to 2nd round, the US earned a disappointing tie against Holland today. Truth be told, had you told me before the game the US would get a point against Holland, I would have been thrilled.
But after watching the Americans control [...]
1st Olympic Win for US
Posted in International, US Nat Team, tagged Adu, Altidore, Japan, Olympics, US Soccer on August 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
For those who either watched it live (you are true diehards, my friends) or simply set their DVRs for 5AM EST, the 1-0 US victory over Japan in their 1st Olympic game was both a rewarding and frustrating game altogether…
Soccer Shorts
Posted in General, MLS, US Nat Team, tagged Development Academy, MLS, Olympics, SuperLiga, US Soccer on July 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Some quick, random thoughts from Futbol Insider…
A New Day
Posted in General, MLS, US Nat Team, World Cup, tagged US Soccer World Cup MLS Academy Altidore La Liga on July 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Soccer (or Futbol) is here to stay in the U.S. No longer should we concern ourselves if soccer will make it in this country. It will. It’s only a matter of time.
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