Archive for 'us soccer' Category
Crawling Toward the Mainstream
6 December 2006Back during the MLS season, I remember thinking that soccer will have truly arrived in this country when something like Chad Barrett breaking his foot and missing the rest of the regular season shows up on the screen crawl of Comcast Sportsnet Chicago.
So you can imagine my surprise when I saw that ESPN2 reported both [...]
Final at TP?
30 August 2006If the Chicago Fire can defeat D.C. United in the semifinals of the U.S. Open Cup on Wednesday, Sept. 6 at Toyota Park, then they will be hosting the final against either the Houston Dynamo or Los Angeles Galaxy. US Soccer confirmed the hosting procedure in a press release on Wednesday. It would be the [...]
Arena to Name the 23
2 May 2006United States National Team manager Bruce Arena will name his 23-man roster on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. CT for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, kicking off June 9 in Germany. There has been a lot of speculation on who Arena is taking to Germany and it will all be revealed, as the anticipation of the [...]
The Whoas of Cary, N.C.
12 April 2006Wow! That was a bad game from start to finish against Jamaica. I expect more out of the United States against an opponent like this, even with a make-shift lineup. A 1-1 tie against them is not what you want, but in the end this game means very little.
It does mean that some players are [...]