Andrew Sartori
CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying Round 6 Predictions
Watch World Cup qualifiers live here. Round 6 of CONCACAF 2010 World Cup Qualifying is fast approaching with three intriguing fixtures, including the highly-anticipated United States v. Mexico.
An Ode to Barcelona
If Barcelona lose to Chelsea on Wednesday, it will be a monumental injustice. This game, for once, is as important as the pundits make it out to be: it is the battle between everything that is wrong with football (Chelsea) and the few remaining glimmers of hope for the sport (Barcelona). Chelsea, as we all…
NYRB v. Seattle: The Post Mortem
I’ll be brutally honest: this was probably one of the worst NYRB performances I’ve ever seen. No heart and no real interest from the first whistle. Three-nil was a flattering scoreline – it should probably have been four or five. It’s going to be a very long and humiliating season if this is the way…
Ukraine 2012 Bid in Serious Trouble?
Ukraine’s Euro 2012 bid is in jeopardy following serious economic and governmental woes. It’s something that may not be on the minds of many international soccer fans right now given the organizational headache that is South Africa 2010, but Ukraine, one of the hosts for Euro 2012, is in serious financial and political trouble, according…
A Loss of Identity
When Danny Welbeck scored a thirty-yard screamer against Stoke earlier this season (albeit the fifth goal of a 5-0 trouncing), he immediately became my favorite player on Manchester United. The eighteen-year-old English striker piqued my interest not because he is an integral member of the United first team (in fact, he has primarily featured in…
The Gilded Sport: A Look at Elite American High-School Soccer
Note: for privacy reasons I won’t my high school’s name or any players on my team, but we finished the season ranked in the Top 15 in the country, according to ESPNrise.com In light of recent posts I’ve read on here discussing player development at elite youth academics in American soccer, I thought I’d offer…
Dumb Luck: Why Juan Carlos Osorio Will End New York’s Season
Juan Carlos Osorio, coach of the New York Red Bulls, is a lucky, lucky man. This past Saturday, his side pulled off one of the greatest upsets in MLS playoff history, defeating the two-time defending champions Houston Dynamo 3-0 at Robertson Stadium in Houston. Osorio fielded an unchanged side from the first leg, which ended…
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