Ramblings, Thoughts and Links from the Mind of The Ginge
About a week ago I checked into a Philadelphia Union game and noticed that out of nowhere Freddy Adu had changed his hair somewhat. Gone was the usual clean-cut look and in it’s place was a half-mohawk along with some Kanye looking stripes near his forehead. This wouldn’t be a…
When I started writing about American soccer I didn’t tell very many people my thoughts on the game. Now, about a year later, as someone who is rational enough to see that the game here is getting better (albeit at a slow pace) I feel more tempted to stick my neck out…
Mr. Matt Matt. Read more about U.S. Soccer trying not to suck at suckyball.wordpress.com. As the holiday season approaches and you as an American are bombarded by comments about NFL teams (Green Bay, Tebow, the Lions, Romo, fantasy football etc) it’s important to remember that you are a soccer fan in America. You are…
Mr. Matt Matt. Read more about U.S. Soccer trying not to suck at suckyball.wordpress.com. Let’s start here shall we? http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/14/sports/soccer/14gulati.html Team USA’s favorite economics professor spoke about soccer in 2006 and cautioned about the importance of not comparing America’s system to its European counterpart. I respect his educated opinion and have to give credit where it’s…
Michael Morales says he could’ve gone pro, but wanted to write about it instead. That’s what he keeps telling himself. He does share his simple thoughts occasionally with Ginge Talks The Footy (and sometimes at Dynamo Theory). If you’re desperate you can follow him on Twitter as @big_tx_morales. Look, I’m not going…
Omar Gonzalez is the future starting central defender for the US Men’s National Team. Omar knows it, the fans know it and something tells me Jurgen Klinsmann knows it. Trouble is, that future isn’t coming fast enough in the eyes of many fans and apparently not in Omar’s eyes either….
Mr. Matt Matt. Read more about U.S. Soccer trying not to suck at suckyball.wordpress.com. I’ll be the first to tell you that I haven’t been a supporter of U.S. soccer for a long time. If anything, without the pushing and prodding of my girlfriends family (who immigrated here over ten…
Last night we saw the debut of Jurgen Klinsmann as head coach of the US Men’s National Team and more important than the result, the players, the tactics, basically everything that people can attempt to break down and analyze, was the post match interview with Klinsmann (which you can watch…
I’m so happy my face is melting off! You know, when the Ark of the Covenant in Raiders of the Lost Ark, this is the kind of joy and jubilation they expected to come flying out. We’re talking the excitement levels you get when a bus comes around the corner packed with…
At halftime of yesterday’s US Men’s National Team match against Spain, USSF president Sunil Gulati was interviewed on ESPN and as usual, said little of interest and confirmed what we all knew, he’s Sepp Blatter’sman. Instead of standing up against the laughable mess that is FIFA, Blatter is steering the…
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