Here April Fools Day came and went and I didn’t put up a single post. I’m so ashamed. What fun it would have been to write "US Soccer brings Bruce Arena back into the fold as lifetime head coach of the men’s national team" or "Dave O’Brien banished from soccer announcing by FIFA decree" But [...]
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Dave O’Brien is OUTTA HERE. But…
Over at ThroughBall, Josh notes that ESPN announced their broadcast team for the upcoming USMNT matches and Dave O’Brien is NOT part of it. But wait. Bruce Arena is. Given The Bruce’s obnoxious tendencies when talking about soccer to the press, this is an improvement how? Well, look who else is on the team:
Former U.S. [...]
It’s All About The Perspective
Josh over at Throughball had some key things to take away from Bruce Arena’s now infamous SI interview with Grant Wahl. Lets just say with Bruce’s well known ‘way’ with the media, they weren’t positive. But the real fun started in the comment thread, and I just had to share this comment which was in [...]
US Soccer – Now What?
In the past two months we’ve seen our US Men’s Team head to Germany, exhibit mostly conservative play, get schooled, and lose their head coach. While many may be distressed by this turn of events, I see an opportunity for a new beginning and fresh start. In keeping with the topic of the upcoming 3rd [...]
Survey Says … Off With His Head!
It all started with ESPN commentators and ex USMNT members Wynalda and Balboa calling for Arena’s firing flat out. Julie Foudy tried to stick up for him but it was halfhearted at best. A quick look around the Soccersphere and there is no question it’s a pile-on. While it is often instinctive for fans to [...]
It Hurts – But We Still Have Lots of Soccer Left
The USA didn’t deserve to advance. What else can you say? Bruce Arena, known for taking chances and winning, turns conservative for the World Cup. Every match many felt he should have put more power up front. One of ESPN’s commentators, Eric Wynalda, felt it was time for US Soccer to think about a new [...]
Make Sure You Have Two TVs
It didn’t hit me until just now, because I skimmed over the later part of the schedule. The USA v Ghana match is at the same time as the Czech Republic v Italy match. That makes things pretty intense for USA fans! Wherever you plan to watch the match, make sure it has two TVs! [...]
POLL – How Will the USMNT Do Against Italy?
Well if I was up until 4AM working on the site upgrade I might as well give the new stuff a spin. So let’s try a poll. Feel free to add comments as well.
Here’s hoping they come out on fire!
A Little Self Criticism Never Hurt Anyone
Now that we US fans have had a chance to sleep, hopefully the sting of yesterday’s loss is a little less intense. Mmmmmmmm Nope. Bruce really tore into the team and specific players yesterday in his frustration. Can’t say it was undeserved. But I’ve yet to read a single comment from him related to [...]
Quotes From USMNT Coach and Players
They’ve posted a number of quotes from Bruce Arena and from the USA and Czech Players over at the official World Cup 2006 site. First up – Coach (er sorry ‘Manager’) Arena:
It was certainly a very poor start to the game, down a goal in the first five minutes of the game against a team [...]
The Crowd Factor – USA v. Czech Republic
With the USA viewed negatively by more and more people overseas, how bad will the crowd be at today’s match
