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WC Qualifying: US 2-2 Costa Rica
Color me completely stunned right now. I can’t believe how this game finished up. I can’t decide if we played well or played bad. Maybe we played worse than we should have against a team like Costa Rica, but part … Continue reading
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Tagged Charlie Davies, Costa Rica, Oguchi Onyewu, Robbie Rogers, soccer, USMNT, WC qualifying
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Why I Loathe Mexican Soccer
The below excerpt from this Yahoo article is why I loathe Mexican soccer. The man with the tri-colored mohawk took a swig of beer, stuck his fingers down his throat and vomited the mixture back into his cup. In the next … Continue reading
WC Qualifying: USA 1-2 Mexico
Expected but still disappointing result. We didn’t look like the same team that played in the last couple of games of the Confed Cup. We weren’t terrible, but we definitely weren’t at our best. Just a couple of quick thoughts … Continue reading
WC Qualifying: USA 2-1 Honduras
Much better result, marginally better performance. Getting a win in this game gets us a fair amount closer to qualifying for the Cup. The problem comes in that I, along with a few others that watch the soccer world, am … Continue reading
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Tagged Benny Feilhaber, Honduras, Jonathan Spector, soccer, USMNT, WC qualifying
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WC Qualifying: Costa Rica 3-1 United States
We didn’t lose, we got embarrased. If we keep playing like that, we’re not qualifying for the Cup. So many things went wrong with this game its hard to know where to start, so I’ll just jump right in. Our … Continue reading
WC Qualifying: USA 3-0 Trinidad and Tobago
So this post is way way overdue, but I still have the thoughts bouncing around in my head and wanted to share them anyway. Removed from the immediate reaction to the game, it will likely be more abreviated than it … Continue reading
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Tagged Demarcus Beasley, Jozy Altidore, soccer, Trinidad and Tobago, USMNT, WC qualifying
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WC Qualifying: USA 1-2 Trinidad & Tobago
Disjointed and disappointing; my view of the US’s performance in a nutshell. At the most basic level, the result of this game didn’t really matter because the US had already qualified for the next round of qualifying. Despite this fact, … Continue reading
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Tagged Brad Guzan, Heath Pearce, Jozy Altidore, soccer, Trinidad and Tobago, USMNT, WC qualifying
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