Editors’s Note: The US Women are about to kickoff their World Cup, TSG guest columnist Maura Gladys concludes the positional review with the forwards. This piece written last week. Part I: Defense: USWNT positioning more core US backline success than experience. Part II: USWNT: About That Midfield The United States is poised to have it’s trademark [...]
Archive for June, 2011
26 Jun
Snap Judgements: Mexico Roars Back, Knocks Out US, 4-2
The United States came out like the real banditos Saturday night, but left instead as their victims. Guns blazing, with the pride of Nike Soccer (Freddy Adu, Landon Donovan and Clint Dempsey) all taking turns leading the line, the States took it Mexico with their best of-ball movement yet of the Gold Cup tournament early [...]
25 Jun
USA vs. Mexico: Live Commentary
Update: Freddy Adu starts for Juan Agudelo… Your US line-up: Howard; Cherundolo, Goodson, Bocanegra, Lichaj; Bradley, Jones; Donovan, Adu, Bedoya; Dempsey. It’s the United States. It’s the Mexico. Both clubs come in today looking for that golden ticket to the 2013 Confederation’s Cup. No more is to be said. The Rose Bowl in Pasadena is [...]
25 Jun
Winner: 2011 Gold Cup Don’t Tread Challenge
The winner–by popular vote–of the TSG 2011 Don’t Tread Video Challenge. Mike Brienz we’ve got a Jay DeMerit Story DVD for ya!
24 Jun
Orange Slices: USA vs. Mexico
Orange Slices is our game day, catch-all post that we update during the day before the match. Don’t accept substitutes, imitators or copycats! Ask for fresh, wholesome Orange Slices by name. Hello and welcome to game day! That is, the final game for the States at Gold Cup 2011 and….the final meaningful game until World [...]
24 Jun
Preview Lite: USA vs. Mexico: Been There, Done That
It’s Germany. It’s Argentina? Let’s get it on…. Okay, not quite, that’s the look the US (Germany) and Mexico (Argentina) are going to give you. However, as is well known, these two neighbors battling it out for CONCACAF supremacy–much more so in the wake of Jack Warner’s demise–are very familiar with each other. This Saturday [...]
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