Articles tagged with "usa"
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Jun 16th, 2006
Arena has promised changes for tomorrow's do or die game. If you had Bruce's job (and it might be available soon) then who would be ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Jun 16th, 2006
At yesterday's press conference, Arena was keen to play down suggestions of a conflict between himself and DMB, maybe a little too keen. He also ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Chuck Closterman | Jun 16th, 2006
I'm sure by now everyone has heard the news: That in the past two World Cups, only Turkey managed to make it to the ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Jun 16th, 2006
Italian players have admitted they've never heard of most of the US squad. When asked to name a US player, Andrea Pirlo said:
"There is Reyna, ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Jun 16th, 2006
Whatever else you may think of him, Rupert Murdoch did at least one good work this week.
Some US military personnel stationed overseas had been ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Jay | Jun 16th, 2006
Oh dear. Eddy Johnson of the US team has likened Saturday's match to a war. It's a tired and pathetic analogy, and his youthful exuberance ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Jun 15th, 2006
Monday's game received a 2.4 cable rating, which is good apparently. The game was ESPN2's highest rated show of 2006 so far.
The bad news is ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by jesse jesse | Jun 15th, 2006
So yes, it was bad. With Sam's Army in the stands in Germany, pubs in New York (and much of the country of course, but ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Jun 15th, 2006
Bobby Convey had an interesting response when asked to explain Monday's disaster.
"I think the reason why we didn't do well is because everyone did ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Jay | Jun 14th, 2006
The history of US/Italy matches can be counted on one hand: 4 meetings (3-1-0 to Italy). Two of those matches were World Cup matches; the ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Jun 14th, 2006
If you're a glass-is-half-empty type, then USA's World Cup 2006 is all but over.
So you may be interested to learn that possible World Cup ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Jun 14th, 2006
Looks like Eddie Pope should be fine to play against Italy, broken thumb or no broken thumb.
X-rays are being taken, but they're only precautionary.
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Jun 14th, 2006
I am an American. From Arctic Canada to Punta Arenas, Argentina, I likes me some Americas. I was born in the Americas and ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Sean Keener | Jun 14th, 2006
Chris and I were lucky enough to grab some world cup tickets for a few USA games months ago. We were at the 3 nil ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Jun 13th, 2006
Click on Bruce Arena's image (right) to hear the mp3 of his "day after the disaster" press conference.
Edited highlights, and interpretations, available below.
-On personel changes ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Jun 13th, 2006
There is plenty to be negative about following the Czech result, and given the performance negativity seems the only sane response. We all know how ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Jun 13th, 2006
DaMarcus Beasley has reacted badly to Arena's quote that we "got nothing" out of him, saying:
"I was back there defending the whole time, I don't ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Jun 12th, 2006
Arena gave Johnson some praise, but wasn't impressed with LD or DMB:
"Landon showed no aggressiveness," he said, "and we got nothing out of Beasley today."
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Jun 12th, 2006
It was only one game, but it seems like everything we've feared for the last six months has come to pass.
McBride isn't mobile enough to ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Jun 12th, 2006
As always, player ratings are up for debate.
Keller 5: no massive errors, but wasn't even close for any of the goals. also question marks ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Jun 12th, 2006
Maybe Italy and Ghana can cheer us all up.
What would be a good result in the Italy - Ghana games for USA fans?
I'd quite ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Jun 12th, 2006
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Jun 12th, 2006
Today's the day we find out if this USA team is really any good. Teamsheets are in and Arena has gone 4-5-1 with Donovan as ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Jun 12th, 2006
With the Czech game literally hours away, we still have no idea what Arena's starting eleven will be.
While we could all name the keeper, and ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Jun 12th, 2006
Yanks Abroad recently ran an article about the importance of set pieces at the World Cup, and Claudio Reyna also mentioned it in a recent ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Jun 11th, 2006
Brian Ching has had 13 stitches in a gash above his right eye after a collision in training.
Arena refused to say who the collision was ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Jun 11th, 2006
With World Cup goalkeepers doing plenty of complaining about the new Adidas Teamgeist ball, Bruce Arena gave his opinion at a press conference today:
"Goalkeepers are ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Jun 11th, 2006
Kasey Keller isn't prepared to put his rivalry with Brad Friedel to bed just yet. How about this for a quote about patriotism and playing ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Jun 10th, 2006
Click on Stephen Colbert and prepare to be insulted. Remember folks, it's only satire.
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Jun 10th, 2006
Click on Jon Stewart to see the only World Cup preview you'll ever need, featuring the Daily Show's Resident Expert (on everything) John Hodgman.
