Jul
08

Reason To Be Happy With A Spanish-Dutch Final


Sure not having our beloved Americans still in the World Cup hurts but I’m over it. I went from rooting for the US to rooting for teams like Holland and Uruguay. The style of play is a lot different from the US but it was something to get behind. Plus their games seemed to be…[continue reading]

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Jun
03

2010 World Cup Preview: Group E

2010 World Cup Preview: Group E

We’re skipping around in our World Cup previews. I can’t for the life of me preview Group C just yet, and I’m sure Geoff can’t do the same. We should have Group D up tomorrow sometime but let’s move forward with Group E shall we? Group E could be a tricky group to figure out…[continue reading]

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Mar
03

US Player Ratings From Holland Game


I won’t go too into the match just yet, I have a plan on re-watching some of it later on today but I did want to give my initial player ratings from this afternoon’s 2-1 loss to the Dutch in Amsterdam. WVH USMNT Player Ratings: Tim Howard – 7 Jonathan Spector – 5 Carlos Bocanegra…[continue reading]

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Mar
02

Holland Friendly: I Hear Its A Big Deal


Honestly I need to amp up my USMNT cover on here. I’ll admit I don’t get to see every game like I would like and I honestly nearly forgot the El Salvador game last week. In fact I didn’t even get to watch all of it but what I did see what the final 20…[continue reading]

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Feb
25

US Roster For Holland Friendly


It’s nearly time for my favorite World Cup tune-up this year. The match in Holland against the Dutch. Today Bob Bradley announced his 20-man roster for the March 3rd game. There’s only four MLS players on this roster, so this may be a slight glimpse of what we’ll see in South Africa this summer. Too…[continue reading]

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Dec
16

US Inks Friendly With Holland


You really have to like what the USSF is doing to try and get the USMNT ready for next summer’s World Cup. After being rumored for months, the USSF announced today the US will play third-ranked Netherlands on March 3 in Amsterdam. The Americans will face the Dutch at Amsterdam ArenA on March 3 (2:30pm, ESPN2/Galavision).…[continue reading]

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Sep
24

US To Possibly Face Holland Next March

US To Possibly Face Holland Next March

What should be a good tune-up for next year’s World Cup (should the US qualify), the US national team possibly has a friendly lined up to play Holland on March 3 in Eindhoven. The LA Times is reporting this evening that the US would be playing Holland next March while their rivals to the south…[continue reading]

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Jun
06

Euro 2008 Hype


Yeah, I’m not gonna pretend to know everything there is about international football/soccer/futbol. But with the Euro 2008 tournament kicking off tomorrow, I thought I would post a video or two to hype everyone else up. Consider this my preview of the tournament if you will. Its not that I’m not jazzed up for it…[continue reading]

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