Archive for January, 2011

Follow-ups: Carroll, Adu, Edu, Junior, More

Monday bullets & weekend follow-ups: • Andy Carroll to Liverpool: £35m puts the target striker in Anfield. I absolutely love this move for Liverpool. Homegrown player, sure to be in the national team picture, young target striker who still can knock it in. Great move for the Reds today. • Lots of transfer hubbub sure [...]

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USA v. Chile Revisited: Selected Images

Once again, TSG photog extraordinaire Matt Mathai (@mathaim) does extraordinary work capturing in stills USMNT action. HDC is a little tough on the lighting and Matt’s great work speaks to his ability. Interspersed amongst the photos are some quotes from players in the mixed zone and some observations that just didn’t fit in any piece [...]

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The Weekend: Commentary…Here

A rocky start to our 2011 “smattering of predictions” piece. Our lay-up, Michael Bradley to the Premiership, just fizzled as Junior is Istanbul not Constantinople or Sunderland bound. (Update: Um, “just happened” … TSG looking a little better on the prediction.) Yet, a rebound as TSG claimed that “Two Javier’s would join the world’s elite.” [...]

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U-Turn: Michael Bradley Loaned to Aston Villa

In a silly season, that just got sillier: ESPN reporting–and uncle Jeff Bradley at ESPN offering congratulations–that Michael Bradley has been loaned through the end of the year to Aston Villa. Bradley could slot in immediately in the central midfield I surmise. But then again, Gerard Houllier loves to stockpile midfielders and he just brought [...]

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TSG: Where Erred

An apology to the TSG community on our “editoring” around Michael Bradley’s loan move. In August of 2010, TSG commented on Jozy Altidore heading to Besitikas. It was off a media report, that said the deal was finalized. Of course, as we know, didn’t happen. So, at TSG, we went over August and took a [...]

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TFIY: How I Became A Madridista

Well, we’re back today with our fourth installment of The Fan In You, a series where a fan offers their perspective on how they came to root for the team they love. This week’s piece brought to you by our La Liga correspondent Donald Wine II. When I was a kid, every fall I would [...]

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