Sunday, December 22, 2013

USMNT Venues in Brazil 2014

This map shows the 3 group stage venues and the two possible venues in the round of 16 for the US Men's National Team at the Brazil World Cup in 2014. The orange dot in Sao Paulo represents where the team will train and the purple lines represent the travel to reach the other venues. Click on the symbols for more info;


Monday, December 9, 2013

Tim's Beard Says Timmmyyyyyy!

Remember when the cry was loudest for Brad Guzan to supplant Tim Howard as the U.S.A number one in goal? It was shortly after this;



Howard deserved some criticism for the goals that occurred in that game but there was always a bigger break down before the final shot was made. The momentum for Brad Guzan has swayed with U.S. fans recently, as Tim Howard has made a number of strong performances to help catapult Everton up near the top four in the Premier League. On a day where Aston Villa and Guzan fell to relegation candidate Fulham, Howard shined brightly for Everton as they declared their intentions at the Emirates with a well earned draw against Arsenal. If you missed it, please see the extended highlights below;



Saturday, December 7, 2013

USMNT To Embark on a Magical, Amazon, Soccer Journey

Here is a map that gives an overview of the travel required for the US men's national team next summer in Brazil. The US nat's will be using the training facilities of Sao Paulo Futebol Clube as their home base, making trips to Natal, Manaus, and Recife for the group stage games. Map below the fold;


Friday, December 6, 2013

USMNT Player Tweets About World Cup Draw


Figured I'd collect some player reactions to the draw (more to come later);

Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Altidore Strikes Back??

According to soccerway.com, Jozy Altidore is being given the start today by Sunderland with Fabio Borini as his strike partner. Further changes are present in the midfield where Seb Larsson finds a spot on the bench to make way for Sung-Yong Ki. If Sunderland can manage to avoid a red card (never a given for this team) I think Altidore will take advantage of his opportunity, play well, and (yelp!) score his first goal of the Premier League campaign.