Archive for the ‘World Cup '10’ Category

Op-Ed: Pass The Damn Ball!

Guest contributor John Nyen, wrote an interesting piece that TSG published on why one should be more excited about Tim Ream and Eric Lichaj versus Juan Agudelo and Teal Bunbury. He maintained that the USMNT needed to shore up their defense in order for them to win more games. Though the US scored 5 goals, [...]

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ESPN UK’s Rebecca Lowe On All Things English

TSG had the honor once again of speaking with the absolutely wonderful and INCREDIBLY knowledgeable Rebecca Lowe. She had just finished doing her show for ESPN UK and we caught her while she was in a “football mind.” We touched on some of the topics we discussed in our first interview and discussed the future [...]

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Are The States Sweet 16?

A hockey game broke out in the comment section of our previous piece. The question? “Is the United States Men’s National Team a top 16 team?” My contention–which I admit is unique and highly debatable–is that–in a World Cup year–success and ranking is wholly predicated on the results of the World Cup. The United States [...]

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World Cup Jerseys Made In America

A few weeks ago TSG brought you a top-ten list of World Cup jerseys you could flaunt from nations around the globe that balanced uniqueness, hipness, and longevity. TSG writer Brian Mechanick–who penned our popular first piece on US jerseys–is back after some deliberation to share with you what jerseys to consider heading out of [...]

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World Cup’s Best 11 (and honorable mentions)

After every major tournament, journalists and the tournament organizers do their best to come up with a starting 11. Often the vast majority of the 11 consists of players from teams who participated in the semis and finals and there is an obvious logic to that. More often than not, those are the best 4 [...]

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Wrap-Up: World Cup 2010

Some quick thoughts from TSG as the 2010 tournament comes to a close: The Final • Easy to see now that Spain were the best team in the tournament. A line-up change by Del Bosque, not only removing the ineffective Fernando Torres, but moving to a 4-2-3-1 set the team in motion to capture the [...]

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