Filed under: American Soccer, European Football, I Know I Think | Tags: Clint Dempsey, Emmanuel Adebayor, Gary Smith, Gio dos Santos, Gylfi Sigurdsson, Hugo Lloris, Liverpool, Luka Modric, Moussa Dembele, Stevenage, Tottenham, USMNT
After a long summer break, NTA is back at it! The summer transfer window has closed and many leagues are back in full swing! Best of all, World Cup qualifiers resume this weekend! Clint Dempsey has a new home, Liverpool has fallen apart and the USA faces two make or break matches against Jamaica – my take on all of these on this edition of 5 Things I Know I Think!
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Filed under: American Soccer, I Know I Think, International Football, USMNT
Easy question, what is the first rule of soccer? Never give much credence to the results of international friendlies. OK? OK. U.S.A. beat Italy tonight. As much as I love seeing a quality win by an American side and as much as I love seeing the Azzurri fail, the result of tonight’s match is not what NTA is excited about. Here are five takeaways from tonight’s match that are worth getting excited about.
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Filed under: American Soccer, CONMEBOL, European Football, I Know I Think, MLS, USMNT | Tags: FA Cup, Neymar, van Persie, Venezuela, Wayne Rooney
Here is the second installment of “5 Things I Know I Think” (or 5TIKIT for short), the world acclaimed column where 5 simple facts of the game are laid out. (more…)
