Soccer Limey in America

Jürgen Klinsmann named new USA coach | Football | guardian.co.uk. As I failed to predict, German coach Jurgen Klinsmann was announced today as the successor to Bob Bradley as coach of the USA Men’s National team. His official unveiling is at a press conference on Monday, and hopefully, with his record, it should herald a [...]

Gold Cup loss was final nail for Bradley – World Soccer – Yahoo! Sports. Today, the  United States Soccer Federation (USSF) dismissed MNT coach Bob Bradley following months of speculation about his future. The USA’s defeat in the Gold Cup Final against Mexico was thought to have been the final straw for the former Chicago Fire [...]

Since Aston Villa of the English Premier League received the resignation of their manager Martin O’Neill last week, writers from all over the game have been speculating as to who might be the Irishman’s successor. With the timing so close to the opening of the new season in England, Aston Villa owner Randy Lerner is [...]

A worrying trend has developed with the preparations of World Cup USA 2010. Looking back on 2009 , supporters of the US National team have to be pleased with performances leading up to a World Cup year . Their record of 13 wins, 3 draws and 8 losses is a pretty impressive one considering the [...]

Fill a room with 100 Soccer fans from either side of the Atlantic and I doubt that even half of them would have ever heard of Belo Horizonte , let alone its significance in the progress of the sport in England and the US . It was of the course the site of probably the [...]