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New Nike USA 2012-14 Jersey Leaked

November 18, 2011
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Via Football Shirt Culture (if you squint, you can make out the watermark on the images). This is supposedly the new Nike USA home shirt, due out next year. What do you think? Good? Bad? Real? Fake? I need to digest this for a bit before passing judgment. I think this was the site that [...]

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Good ol’ New York Times…what took you so long?

November 1, 2011

Looks like there’s a new player in the analyzing-US-National-Team-player-ratings game. They may be three years late, but we’d like to welcome the New York Times Goal blog to the party! What took you so long, boys? As you may or may not know, we’ve been analyzing US player ratings for a while now, and even [...]

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Bedoya added to USMNT training camp (UPDATED)

May 29, 2011
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A report has just come out stating that Alejandro Bedoya has been added to the Gold Cup roster, presumably replacing the injured Benny Feilhaber. You can find the report here (in Swedish). We’re waiting to confirm this with a source we’re familiar with. At that point, we’ll remove the question mark from the title and [...]

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Tom Howe: the man all youth coaches should aspire to be

May 16, 2011

A friend of P2010 forwarded us an article a while back — a Q&A with his former youth coach, which you can (and should) read here. You may not know Tom Howe – I didn’t before I read that article — but you really should.  For many years he coached at the famed St. Louis Scott Gallagher [...]

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Brad Friedel declared bankrupt

January 22, 2011

I don’t want to kick a good man while he’s down, but how do you make £40,000 a week and end up £5million in debt? Isn’t Friedel supposed to be good at saving? [cue rimshot] But seriously folks, The Mirror has all the details.

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Could Rooney sale help Everton buy Donovan?

October 19, 2010

Match Fit USA have pointed out something interesting this morning–Manchester United’s sale of Wayne Rooney could help fund an Everton move for Landon Donovan. Wayne Rooney appears headed out of Manchester United, a situation that would be a windfall for the club the developed him, Everton.  A sell-on clause of 25%, should United be find [...]

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Latham: Rethinking the U.S. Central Midfield Situation

October 13, 2010

I know that posting links to other sites is pretty lazy, but Brent Latham of The USA 10 Kit has written an interesting article on the current USA midfield situation. It seemed like something I should pass along. Latham believes that, although he is one of our better players, perhaps Michael Bradley shouldn’t be assured [...]

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Davies progressing slowly

September 24, 2010

Soccer America has posted an article with an update on Charlie Davies’ comeback. He seems to be progressing slower than initially thought, and is currently struggling to contribute to Sochaux’s reserves in the fourth division. Sochaux coach Francis Gillot said, “Charlie is still very far from achieving his level. I can’t yet count on him. [...]

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Klinsmann: the best candidate for national team coach

September 22, 2010

The excellent Frank Dell’Apa has penned a great little article supporting his claim that Jurgen Klinsmann is/was the best candidate for the recently-filled coaching vacancy at US Soccer. I have to say that I agree with him on this. “But the United States lacks an understanding of the subtleties of soccer and that is one [...]

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ONION: Nation’s Soccer Fan Becoming Insufferable

June 4, 2010

I know this takes the standard approach of mocking soccer, but it’s still pretty funny. As the 2010 World Cup approaches, friends, family, and coworkers of 32-year-old Brad Janovich are growing less tolerant of the exuberant behavior of the United States’ lone soccer fan. “Who’s got World Cup fever?” Janovich asked his officemates at Credit [...]

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