The Three Lions are landing back on their home turf today and before they even deplane, the English media will be on them like hounds. Their defeated faces will be splashed across the tabloids with horribly corny puns similar to the one shown in Nike’s ‘Write the Future Ad’. And the whole country is going […]
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When you are 11 years old, the word “gay” has a very specific meaning. It has nothing to do with homosexuality. It is all-purpose adjective that refers to some activity or event that no self-respecting 11 year old boy would want anything to do with. Classical music was gay. Picnics with egg salad sandwiches […]
Who Will Advance From World Cup Group C?(surveys) Group C of the 2010 World Cup is one of the most interesting ones for several reasons, most of which revolve around who will have win the bragging rights after the United States competes against rival England. But who do you think will advance from Group C? […]
Rounds 7 and 8 of CONCACAF World Cup qualifiers were the rounds that re-established the known order of CONCACAF national teams. The US & Mexico came into these rounds in need of 6 points to overtake Honduras & Costa Rica in the standings. The Stars & Stripes defeated El Salvador 2–1 at home in Utah […]
The eternal question of football/soccer and its survival in the United States is: Why won’t the sport be huge and break into the Big 4 of US Professional Sports (NFL, NBA, MLB, NASCAR)? Well we have 5 answers to that question that will make you think and hopefully bring out some emotion in favor or […]
As the USA stumbled upon a second place finish in the Confederations Cup, ESPN surely reaped the benefits. Although the team were lucky to be in the final, every “soccer” fan in the United States of America was jumping up in down as the US took a two goal lead, only to suffer a heartbreak […]
How would someone characterize US Soccer’s Summer of 2009? The extreme optimist would say that the US made a non-CONCACAF tournament major final for the 1st time by ending Spain’s world record streak, then with a “B” side made it to the final of the CONCACAF Gold Cup. The extreme pessimist would say that the United […]
