This is pretty indescribable. So I wont describe it, other than to note that it does not appear to be a joke. (H/T Ginge Talks the Footy)
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The World Cup: As Popular In The U.S. As The World Series?
Posted on June 30, 2010 by Pat Garofalo
Yesterday, Ken pointed out that more Americans are following the World Cup than live in the United Kingdom, a great stat to refute the notion that Americans don’t care about soccer. I’d like to add to that a fun little stat from the New York Times’ Sports Business column — as many Americans watched the [...]
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Size matters: More Americans following the World Cup than entire population of UK
Posted on June 28, 2010 by Ken Gude
Andrew Sullivan, a British transplant living here in America has done an admirable job tracking the following of the World Cup here in America from a British perspective. Usually that means narrow-minded dismissal of “soccer” ever taking hold here, but Sullivan has not succumbed to that lazy analysis. He does post today, however, the chart [...]
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Assessing US World Cup Performance
Posted on June 27, 2010 by Ken Gude
The US showed some great strengths and glaring weaknesses in its four games at the 2010 World Cup, but overall this team is in position to continue its improvement before the next World Cup in Brazil in 2014. The top players performed well, young players had solid tournaments, and coach Bob Bradley showed admirable flexibility [...]
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USA-Ghana Post Mortem
Posted on June 26, 2010 by Max Bergmann
After a tournament filled with dramatic comebacks, the US couldn’t muster that second goal that would have either won the match or sent it to penalties in extra time. Alas the US didn’t get it done. While the US had achieved its stated goal – to get out of the group – the loss to [...]
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Congratulations to our boys for earning respect of soccer world
Posted on June 26, 2010 by Ken Gude
I know its hard in the midst of such disappointment to push away those feelings and recognize that the US team accomplished a great deal in this tournament. There will be plenty of time for analysis and recriminations. The bottom line is that this team earned the respect of the soccer world. I can’t tell [...]
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USA v Ghana: Jozy Altidore needs to score
Posted on June 26, 2010 by Ken Gude
Here we go, the business end of the World Cup begins today. As we have discussed repeatedly, the US has a favorable draw but none of that matters unless it performs well and wins games. The Ghanaians are a quick side that play two holding midfielders that help clog up the middle and stiffle their opponents. [...]
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USA vs. Africa
Posted on June 26, 2010 by Max Bergmann
The US for the first time in this tournament will play in a game with nothing to lose. Yes the US might be slight favorites to advance over Ghana, but even if the US team loses it will be seen as a successful World Cup in which they played well and demonstrated immense resolve. But [...]
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Norway embraces Association Football setting up Scandinavian rivalry at AF
Posted on June 25, 2010 by Ken Gude
Norway loves Association Football – the sport and the blog! The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation has run a story on Americans embracing soccer and watching the World Cup in record numbers. The piece, titled “Amerikanrnes VM-interesse tar av (The Americans Interest in the World Cup Takes Off)” picks up a quote of Max’s from today’s Agence-France [...]
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Postmortem: What Happened To Africa?
Posted on June 25, 2010 by Pat Garofalo
With just one day left in group play, I think it’s an appropriate time to ask what on Earth happened to Africa in this tournament? Unless the Ivory Coast manages to score a touchdown against North Korea tomorrow, just one African team out of six will make it through to the second round. And even [...]
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