Add to: Facebook | Digg | Del.icio.us | Stumbleupon | Reddit | Twitter | Furl | Newsvine Editor’s Note: Thank you, thank you, thank you, Mr Clint Dempsey. Your scorpion kick attempt on Wednesday night brought us back to a piece we did nearly two years ago. Much less than seven degrees of separation brought [...]
Archive for the ‘Turning Back the Clock’ Category
13 Oct
The Most Important Win?
A couple of months ago, I watched “The Two Escobars,” ESPN’s 30 for 30 documentary on the lives of Colombian soccer player Andres Escobar and drug cartel leader Pablo Escobar. It was recommend to me by a non-soccer fan as one of the best documentaries he has ever seen. It is excellent. The film [...]
11 Apr
They Shared It: The USMNT….20 Years Ago
Finally we return to our “Turning Back the Clock” series: From Sam in our comment section (I had to create a post): Sam says…. “Didn’t quite no where to share this with you guys, but perhaps in the spirit of talking up hypothetical strategy on our complete destruction of England we could stop a minute [...]
4 Feb
Dooley? Earnie? Bruce Murray? Tony Sanneh? Which Former Player Could USA 2010 Use Most?
We continue the Jumble Part II by leading with a thought from the comment section. TSG commenter George Cross hinted at a dandy of a post idea as he dropped the name Roy Wegerle as we discussed the impact that a certain Owen Hargreaves could have on the English side in 2010. Cross, an English [...]
4 Jan
Working Our Way Back: US Downs Mex..(2002)
Had such a good time with the video splice of the States – Germany 2002 tourney game, that we’ll work our way backwards. Not quite the pace and theatrics of the last video, but 5 minutes on the game that advanced the Yanks to play the Ballacks. As a fan, this game is a bit [...]
29 Nov
World Cup Soccer Balls: Tiento To Jabulani
The required equipment list for soccer spans exactly one line that reads “ball” in some language. Even the term “ball” is relative as disadvantaged kids around the globe are known to use wadded-up plastic bags and Pelé allegedly juggled a grapefruit. For most Americans of my generation, the term “soccer ball” conjures up an image [...]
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