Hi! We’re the Red, White and Blues Brothers and this is our color-coded U.S. Soccer blog. Chip writes in red and Danny writes in blue. We cheer for the U.S. and you better too!
Well, we are on the eve of the fall stretch. Time to qualify for WC. We could conceivably qualify by beating Costa Rica. A lot has to happen for that to happen and there is some sorta math formula and cosmos lining up and things like that. So, we won't get into that now. Besides, I would rather qualify on Tuesday night by beating Mexico in Columbus! Wouldn't you? I will be there live and in person with none other than Danny Donuts to root on the USA! And I'll be there with the one and only Chip Daly!
But for now... Costa Rica. It won't be an easy game if the airport arrival is any indication. But the Yanks won't allow some taunting Yahoos and egg throwing Bohemians deter us from our goal. Keep that winning streak alive in Costa Rica and on into Columbus!
The U.S. is hot with our longest all-time winning streak and we’re coming off an undefeated Gold Cup Championship. The European leagues are up and rolling and the MLS players should be in mid-season form. Since the last qualifier in June, big moves have Clint Dempsey back in the MLS and Jozy Altidore playing in the English Premier League. Landon Donovan had a successful Gold Cup run, signed a big contract with the LA Galaxy to stay in the MLS and has found his way back onto the Senior team. A couple of youngsters who had good showings in the Gold Cup found their names included in Jurgen Klinsmann’s 23-man roster. I’m most interested to see what he does up front. Jozy Altidore is hot and needs to be the target in front of the net and Captain Clint Dempsey will most likely be up top with him. Will Landon Donovan and Eddie Johnson be used as subs? Rumors of playing Landon at halfback or using him as a substitute abound. Cleary Jozy and Clint have earned their positions and I am afraid Landon is going to have to prove himself once again. I think he will. IN fact, I predict Landon comes on early in the second half and provides a spark that leads us to a 2-1 victory! What say you?
I was also surprised to see that Chris Wondolowski did not get called into camp. He had the magic touch scoring goals in the Gold Cup but he’ll have to wait and see f he gets called up in October. We also have several players carrying one yellow card. If anyone gets a yellow in Costa Rica on Friday, chances are they’ll be sitting out with a suspension against Mexico on Tuesday.
Even though U.S. took care of Costa Rica without two much difficulty in the Gold Cup, the last time these two teams met in qualifying was the famous SnowClasico back in March in Denver. Dempsey got the only goal and Brad Guzan was in net because Tim Howard was out with a broken back. I’m pretty sure snow is not in the forecast in Coast Rica this Friday, but one thing is for certain, Los Ticos wants revenge and this time they’re the home team. It’s going to be a tough game on the road. Although the Yanks need to take it one game at a time, Us fans get to look forward to an amazing game next Tuesday at the sold-out Columbus Crew Stadium. The Red White and Blues Brothers will be in attendance as part of U.S. Soccer’s largest Supporter Section! There will be 9,000 U.S. screaming Supporters and several more fans!
Well, we are on the eve of the fall stretch. Time to qualify for WC. We could conceivably qualify by beating Costa Rica. A lot has to happen for that to happen and there is some sorta math formula and cosmos lining up and things like that. So, we won't get into that now. Besides, I would rather qualify on Tuesday night by beating Mexico in Columbus! Wouldn't you? I will be there live and in person with none other than Danny Donuts to root on the USA! And I'll be there with the one and only Chip Daly!
But for now... Costa Rica. It won't be an easy game if the airport arrival is any indication. But the Yanks won't allow some taunting Yahoos and egg throwing Bohemians deter us from our goal. Keep that winning streak alive in Costa Rica and on into Columbus!
The U.S. is hot with our longest all-time winning streak and we’re coming off an undefeated Gold Cup Championship. The European leagues are up and rolling and the MLS players should be in mid-season form. Since the last qualifier in June, big moves have Clint Dempsey back in the MLS and Jozy Altidore playing in the English Premier League. Landon Donovan had a successful Gold Cup run, signed a big contract with the LA Galaxy to stay in the MLS and has found his way back onto the Senior team. A couple of youngsters who had good showings in the Gold Cup found their names included in Jurgen Klinsmann’s 23-man roster. I’m most interested to see what he does up front. Jozy Altidore is hot and needs to be the target in front of the net and Captain Clint Dempsey will most likely be up top with him. Will Landon Donovan and Eddie Johnson be used as subs? Rumors of playing Landon at halfback or using him as a substitute abound. Cleary Jozy and Clint have earned their positions and I am afraid Landon is going to have to prove himself once again. I think he will. IN fact, I predict Landon comes on early in the second half and provides a spark that leads us to a 2-1 victory! What say you?
I was also surprised to see that Chris Wondolowski did not get called into camp. He had the magic touch scoring goals in the Gold Cup but he’ll have to wait and see f he gets called up in October. We also have several players carrying one yellow card. If anyone gets a yellow in Costa Rica on Friday, chances are they’ll be sitting out with a suspension against Mexico on Tuesday.
Even though U.S. took care of Costa Rica without two much difficulty in the Gold Cup, the last time these two teams met in qualifying was the famous SnowClasico back in March in Denver. Dempsey got the only goal and Brad Guzan was in net because Tim Howard was out with a broken back. I’m pretty sure snow is not in the forecast in Coast Rica this Friday, but one thing is for certain, Los Ticos wants revenge and this time they’re the home team. It’s going to be a tough game on the road. Although the Yanks need to take it one game at a time, Us fans get to look forward to an amazing game next Tuesday at the sold-out Columbus Crew Stadium. The Red White and Blues Brothers will be in attendance as part of U.S. Soccer’s largest Supporter Section! There will be 9,000 U.S. screaming Supporters and several more fans!
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