The Great Debate

Tim’s tirade: clearly wrong

June 30, 2011

It’s no secret.  Tim Howard was not pleased with how the Gold Cup awards ceremony played out.  For those of you who haven’t seen, this is what he had to say: CONCACAF should be ashamed of themselves.  I think it was a [expletive] disgrace that the entire postmatch ceremony was in Spanish. You can bet [...]

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The Rose Bowl: a fitting home for the Gold Cup final

June 28, 2011
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Like many of you, I’ve been reading a lot about Saturday’s Gold Cup final. Meaning, I’ve been reading a lot of complaining. I’m on board with most of it. The Nats have looked uninspired since the World Cup, and it’s getting pretty frustrating. But I’ve come across a lot of writers focusing on where the final [...]

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Project 2010: a postmortem

July 15, 2010

Before the 1998 World Cup, US Soccer, advised by (future National Team coach?) Carlos Quieroz, set the lofty goal of becoming a World Cup contender by 2010–a mere twelve years down the line.  Now that that deadline has passed, it’s time to take a look at Project 2010, to determine its success or failure. Wait.  Isn’t that [...]

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Marsch made Assistant Coach – Good for US Soccer?

February 18, 2010

For what our opinion’s worth (and we realize that it isn’t much), no, Marsch’s appointment is not good for US Soccer.  And as it turns out, we aren’t the only ones who feel this way.  Paul Gardner over at Soccer America wrote a piece recently called U.S. Coach: No Experience needed.  In this article Gardner touches on [...]

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Why the World Cup draw is inherently unfair

December 3, 2009

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 [...]

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Better know a kit: A history of the modern U.S. soccer jersey

October 13, 2009

We’re taking a look at the USA men’s soccer jerseys of the last 25 or so years, not only to provide a bit of history, but also as a bit of a refresher before looking toward the future of the USA’s kit. My main complaint about the USA kit is that there’s no continuity. Unlike [...]

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Debunking the myth: The unique difficulty of CONCACAF away qualifiers

October 8, 2009

We ran this post a while back, but since this topic has reared its head yet again with the upcoming US World Cup qualifiers, we thought we should post it one more time. In a brief September 8th article, we brought up the debate on the difficulty of CONCACAF away Qualifiers, citing Ives Galarcep’s “Hazards [...]

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Fire Bob Bradley

June 19, 2009

We’ll admit that we have never been Bob Bradley’s biggest fans, but we’ve also tried to refrain from calling for his head.  That was until the Brazil match.  Given the US’s performances over the past few weeks, it has become doubtlessly clear that our current coach is not the man for the job.  While all [...]

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The Great Debate: CONCACAF Away Qualifiers

September 30, 2008

In this section, we give our take on one of the most hotly-contested issues in US Soccer. In a brief September 8th article, we brought up the debate on the difficulty of CONCACAF away Qualifiers, citing Ives Galarcep’s “Hazards of road qualifiers” and Luis Bueno’s “Debunking the myth.” While looking through Soccer by Ives this [...]

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Away qualifiers in CONCACAF

September 8, 2008

There’s been a lot of talk these days about the difficulty of away World Cup Qualifiers in CONCACAF (and everywhere else, for that matter).  Here is Ives Galarcep’s take on the “Hazards of away qualifiers.” We here at Project 2010 (the Blog) are of a different opinion.  As Luis Bueno demonstrates in article, “Debunking the [...]

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