Archive for December, 2009

Memory Lane: USA Clubs Honduras

To conclude the year, a look back at one of my favorite columns I’ve ever written for any publication. I hardly remember what I wrote without re-reading and re-reading the piece, but I remember making mental note after mental note as I watched USA vs. Honduras on October 10th unfold at Danny Coyles in San [...]

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Lunch, Backpack, Check! TSG Goes To Camp

Update: We’re in the process of figuring out the days we’ll be in camp and who we want to chat with….so last shot here folks. The Shin Guardian is going to attend the USMNT January camp. Want to know how Geoff Cameron feels about his first call-up? Want to know how Benny! feels about being [...]

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Can The USMNT Avenge The Ghost of Frings?!

There is no antibiotic for World Cup fever. And yesterday’s piece on the starting 11 for the decade had us recanting the Cup games of the past 10 years….with conversations around Sanneh and the Germany game in 2002 on the forefront of our mind. While TSG will be decidedly focused on the three first-things-first matches [...]

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USMNT ’00-’09: TSG’s Squad For All The Marbles

This one is sure to be controversial as we begin ringing in the New Year….and closing the decade. TSG sat down and asked ourselves the question: “Selves, if you had to put one team out there to win a game for the USMNT, grabbing players only from the decade we are now concluding, who would [...]

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Monday-P-L: Specs Gets In, More…

We’ll just use this column today to update Americans in the Premiership and all other mild goings-on during a global holiday week. • One game in the book thus far, Jonathan Spector subbed in for Herita Ilunga at leftback in the 20th min. Specs, who’s been per our last columns, the 5th defender looked a [...]

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TSG Weekend Revs: Jozy Fights The Fergusons

→ Yesterday’s piece on Phil Brown using Jozy more. Well, first, a big thank you to our readers. I had the luxury of reviewing all your comments before this evening’s Hull City-Manchester United replay on FSC. If you must know why I’m watching the 2nd showing, I was in transit back to the Left Coast [...]

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