So, the US lost. I am sad, but happy we did not get played off the park and advanced out of our group. Salutations to Ghana – I do not wish you well, but you deserved to win. Daggumit!
Still, despite the unprecedented attention to the World Cup in the US, unfortunately big media continues to [...]
No, I am not referring to the pervasive US parties after Donovan’s spectacularly dramatic goal. Or the slight spike in internet traffic. No, I refer to a more personal stat for this site.
The tie against England, the stirring comeback against Slovenia, could the US world cup run get any more dramatic? In a word, yes. The Yanks brought an attacking verve to the clash with Algeria, but the ball simply refused to ripple the back of the net. Still, a combination of excellent fitness, quick thinking, and [...]
The World Cup group stages is an engineer’s delight. After each game, you can pull out your graphing calculator, whip up an excel spreadsheet, and coherently articulate the goals/points/wins necessary for the teams to advance. However, not all of us who follow the game revel in the hegemony of mathematical summation. Despite a very clear [...]
Instead of writing a lot, I’m just going to steal some content to try and brighten your Monday morning. Here goes….
The US mounted a stirring comeback against Slovenia, yet a third goal by the Yanks was incorrectly(?) called back. Alan Jacobs at Run of Play argues that referees are weak – they prefer to rule [...]
This is just a gentle remainder that tomorrow you can see a bunch of convoluted Elvis Presley references and photoshopped pictures. Oh, and we may occasionally reflect upon the Ivory Coast-Brazil game. Or as ye olde Spanish speakers may say, PARTIDAZO.
Please come joint the fun. Or at the very least email me a negative [...]
The England game is firmly behind us. A fluke goal could not overshadow a creditable fightback and a respectable draw. Next on the agenda, though, was a deceptively dangerous game of the Eastern European variety. Last World Cup, the Czech Republic put the US to the sword in a matter of minutes.
The US played a [...]
Theories abounded that this World Cup would favor attacking teams. The cold weather was supposed to lead to superior fitness and, ergo, a goalfest of epic proportions. However, these scientific theories overlooked a very simple fact – we live in the dark ages of soccer. Despite Barcelona’s great season a year ago and Spain’s title [...]
So, I generally try to stay away from the “Guardian-fact-checking” style of blogging. I also am a huge fan of the Goal blog at the NYTimes. Still, that made this morning’s reading all the more disturbing.
How intriguing, no? Zidane won the World Cup with Italy in 1998 and then played against Italy in the 2006 [...]
To the cries of “taxation without representation” and “remember the Boston tea party,” the United States bravely took the field against its colonial masters, ie, England. While the Yanks had long ago traded tea for Coca Cola and fish & chips for burgers & fries, some remnants of lingering Anglo-Saxon roots remained. Both sides [...]
