Filed under: Soccer | Tagged: Algeria, Landon Donovan, Soccer, US Soccer, USA, USA Soccer, World Cup, World Cup 2010 | 1 Comment »
Filed under: Soccer | Tagged: Algeria, Landon Donovan, Soccer, US Soccer, USA, USA Soccer, World Cup, World Cup 2010 | 1 Comment »
Today, USA defeated Algeria 1-0. Today, USA also defeated all the doubters, naysayers, and nonbelievers. All the English fans who weren’t worried about us, all the national pundits who slammed the US team, all the referees who blew calls against us: Defeated. And it was so sweet.
Landon Donovan’s 92nd minute strike was the best moment I’ve had as a US Soccer fan, and I’ve been alive for some great ones. Up until now, that honor went to John O’Brien for his early strike against Portugal in the 2002 World Cup. Today blew that away.
I was at Tigin Irish Pubs (the official US Soccer bar in St. Louis) for the match and there was red, white, and blue everywhere.
Filed under: Soccer | Tagged: Algeria, France, Ghana, Landon Donovan, Soccer, Spain, US Soccer, USA, USA Soccer, World Cup, World Cup 2010 | 1 Comment »
I meant to do this yesterday but I was busy. It happens. Anyway, Bob Bradley made his final cuts from the provisional squad down to the 23 man team that will be representing the US in South Africa. For the most part, I think he did a fine job. One pick in particular confused me a bit, but we’ll get into that later. First, let’s take a look at the team:
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As many of you know, and probably saw, the ESPYs were on last night. For those of you that don’t know, the ESPYs is an annual awards show hosted by ESPN. This year Samuel L. Jackson hosted the show and did a pretty good job. There were funny parts and on the whole it went well but I think there have definitely been better ESPY nights in the past. We did get a small glimpse at what a day in the life of Peyton Manning is like, which was obviously my favorite part of the night. We also had some eye-candy on hand with two of my top three favorite super models being in attendance; Miranda Kerr and Marisa Miller. I would also like to add that Marisa Miller is a Vols fan, just to throw that out there.
On to the results: Continue reading
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