Archive for May, 2010

TSG Goes Playground: ’02 vs ’10

(Note: This piece completed last week.) A few weeks ago The Shin Guardian brought you a piece comparing the ’06 Yanks to their 2010 counterpart. A number of you commented or emailed about adding a comparison to the 2002 squad that Bruce Arena directed all the way to the semis. Player-for-played which team is better? [...]

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Continuing Follow-Up: USA v. Turkey

More from looking back: • On the central midfield: I think one thing that needs to be kept in perspective is that the US had a very different approach from half one to half two in the midfield. Per Bradley’s comments as well as….well…the television, the US pressed two central midfielders up the pitch in [...]

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Initiating Follow-up: USA v. Turkey

First, let me mention that I knew there would be some challenges to my post-game review that I filed. Second, dead wrong on Benny Feilhaber from the little I have watched. My apologies. I completed my review on the train back to NYC about 4 hours after the Yanks completed their victory in the final [...]

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TSG Thanks Those That Fought In The Name Of

A good day and Decoration Day to everyone. A big thank you to all those who have passed in the line of duty….and those who have served or are serving home and abroad.

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Rope-A-Dope: USA Stuffs Turkey, 2-1

In the final game before the trip around half the world, the USMNT set their guns to “blaze” in the 2nd half after accepting attack volley after attack volley from the Turks in the first. Former Fenerbache player Colin Kazim-Richards found a leaking Arda Turan up the left wing in the first half to open [...]

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England versus Japan – World Cup friendly

The English media are going to have a field day over this result. It would be nice if they actually supported their national team but then it wouldn’t be England now would it. I didn’t think its possible for a team to play so poorly against a team who played quite well and win but [...]

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