You have to love British headlines: “Brilliant Yanks made England look like planks… and Jack Wilshere’s attitude stank.” Yahoo sports got wind of this and put it in good context. We’re probably not really able to teach anyone lessons in soccer. I think Ian Holloway is…
I have an orange jersey. I was pulling for them in the final against Spain in 2010. They were so great in their group games. They were my fallback team after the US got knocked out and England had long since gone home. But, unfortunately, I just can’t get…
Here’s what’s sad: I’m just not going to enjoy this World Cup as much from now on. Even though I don’t follow American soccer as much as I should, I got caught up in this team. I was scrambling to find a place to watch after having…
After the whistle blew after the second overtime in the Brazil Chile game and I knew it was going to penalties, I flipped a coin. Heads: Brazil, Tails: Chile. It was heads. I predicted a Brazil win and Brazil won. The penalty shootout has nothing to…
My girlfriend works for a beauty company. She doesn’t hate soccer. She’s far more ambivalent than that. I dragged her to the US soccer game. She actually enjoyed it but the next time I try to drag her, I think she’s going to dig in…
The World Cup is really the only time I consistently talk to non-soccer watching friends about soccer. Before the tournament even started I had a friend ask me “so, what’s got to happen for the US to advance?” I said, “I don’t know, man, but if they’re…
I remember when Bastian Schweinsteiger missed a penalty in the shootout of the Champions League final for Bayern in 2012. I really needed Bayern to win that year. If Chelsea lost, there would have been an extra spot in the Champions League for Tottenham Hostpur….
I didn’t even watch England’s final game. I was too busy watching Luis Suarez bite someone again. (Seriously, FIFA needs to do something about this guy.) Before Italy vs. Uruguay, I flipped over to the England game at the introductions and I could have sworn I…
On the bright side, we’re not England or Spain. If we had been offered a tie at the beginning of the match, we would have taken it. It was that the tie happened the way it did that stings. But it shouldn’t take away from…
I think our judgement has been clouded by the Ghana win. Going into that game, I was feeling guarded. Coming out of that game, I, like every other American fan who watched, was elated. I made temporary friends on the train ride home because of the…