Why the World Cup draw is inherently unfair
In the lead-up to Friday’s World Cup draw, there has been plenty of speculation about the seeds, pots, and best- and worst-case scenarios. While doing my best to take part in the guessing game, it dawned on me: the World Cup draw is an inherently unfair system. Not just “kind of unfair”–the kind of unfair [...]
U.S. to face Slovakia on November 14
As reported just about everywhere, the USSF seems to have nailed down a friendly with Slovakia on November 14. This news comes on the heels of the announcement of the November 18 match against Denmark.
TV Info for US vs. Honduras: List of pubs showing the match
The below is the revised list of confirmed establishments who have contracted for the English telecast (via The Shin Guardian): Chicago – Small Bar Location: 2049 West Division San Diego – O’Brien’s Pub Location: 4646 Convoy St. San Francisco – Danny Coyles Location: 668 Haight St. Albany – Wolff’s Biergarten Location: 895 Broadway (Yelp lists [...]
How the U.S. can qualify for the World Cup on Saturday
As explained by US Soccer’s Studio 90: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKzxSpyqFp4]
Match Preview [6.28.09 vs. Brazil]
Last game was amazing. While Spain were clearly a better, more skilled team than the USA, everyone wearing the red, white, and blue put in a good performance. And believe it or not, we were better on the day. Even our old foe Bob Bradley deserves credit. Ever since he changed to a proper 4-4-2, [...]
Match Preview: 6.21.09 vs. Egypt
The final first round games are about to kick off, so we thought we’d throw our ideal lineup out there. If for no other reason, it will give us the right to say “I told you so” in the event of a loss today. If we win, on the other hand, we will obviously never [...]
Match Preview [6.18.09 vs. Brazil]
Since it’s the eve of our clash with Brazil, it only seems right to throw out our ideal line-up. If for no other reason, it will give us the right to say “I told you so” in the event of a loss tomorrow. If we win, on the other hand, we will obviously never speak [...]
Confederations Cup Predictions
NICK These predictions are based on absolutely nothing…other than my unparalleled soccer expertize. Like many, I’m not feeling too optimistic about about this tournament after the last two qualifiers. My predictions for Team America… Record: 0-0-3 (0 pts.) Goals for/against: 1-6 Leading goal scorer: Giuseppe Rossi, 3 goals. Oh wait…hmm…I’m gonna figure that a defender [...]
Back In Action
We here at Project 2010 are all fired up for the Confederations Cup, so we decided to fire up the ol’ blog again. It’ll be basically the same stuff from us–anything and everything that has to do with the United States national team, both on the field and off. We might stray off topic from [...]
La Guerra Fria Nears!
Project 2010 weighs in on who the US should start vs. Mexico.
