Neil Blackmon on the year that was in US Soccer. “There is no other sport like football. It is beautiful and it imitates life because it is a game of failure. Americans have baseball, and it is beautiful and there you have failure too—but football is different because it is epistemological. You can have failure [...]
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22 Aug
Ali Krieger: On Rising Again In Germany
Ali Krieger made the leap into the main stream after coolly slotting home the 5th and decisive penalty in the infamous quarterfinal against Brazil. Having played most of her professional career in Germany (she is back with FFC Frankfurt), she might have gone under the casual fans radar, but as a rock at right back, [...]
18 Jul
Women’s World Cup Final: Japan Keeps Coming…And The US Capitulates…
TSG’s Maura Gladys on the intersection of fandom and objectivity after yesterday’s US Women’s World Cup Final loss. In the end, this whole tournament was about heart. We saw that in yesterday’s championship match, in the semifinals, quarterfinals, and group stage. We saw that in the way teams played with the grace, creativity and fire [...]
17 Jul
Not To Be Outdone? Ode To O’Reilly
The actual email exchange below. ———- 1:06AM: i saw the rapinoe song friday and knew i had to make one for heather o’reilly, so i did: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsEz9cFNP5U i had already been thinking of making a team song…i was gonna rhyme rapinoe with “neato”. casino is a much better choice. anyway, when i heard someone had [...]
16 Jul
Women’s World Cup Final Primer: US vs. Japan
Update: USA vs. Japan: Live Commentary…right here TSG’s Maura Gladys almost home with her primer for the Women’s World Cup Final. There’s really not much to talk about at this point. We can talk about tactics, strategy and lineups for hours, but it won’t do any good. The U.S. is big and physical. The Japanese [...]
14 Jul
USWNT: Amy LePeilbet Infographic, plus Lloyd-Cheney Review…
Got a little curmudgeony this morning–apologies. The disposition was due in part to the suggestion that Carli Lloyd hasn’t upheld her part of the bargain in central midfield for the US given Lauren Cheney’s move their in yesterday’s game against France. Some quick observations: » Lloyd played nearly double the amount of time that Cheney [...]
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