Brad Friedel, amongst his peers, still going strong at 41 years old
A recent post by Jamie Trecker poses the question will the USA ever win the World Cup? And when
will the USA ever produce its own Pele, if ever?
Trecker goes on to say that the USA has always produced top quality goalkeepers, the country's
most visible export to overseas leagues in this sport.
Video: Exclusive look at the Emirates FOX Soccer's Jamie Trecker recently conducted a
behind-the-scenes tour of Arsenal's Emirates Stadium, and he's brought us back the above video.
Whether you're an Arsenal supporter or not, the video is definitely...
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Okay, here's an in-depth look at the All-Star Game, and what it means in the grand scheme of things
for MLS. As I explain in great detail, the product of a significant amount of work and research on
my part, the All-Star Game provides Major League Soccer with a oh crap, they fired Bob Bradley
Okay, the lull between the Gold Cup and World Cup qualifying provides Gulati, Flynn and the
federation with a chance to make a detailed, measured search for a coach who truly addresses the
needs of our team.
Their Words "I trust him. He's got an extraordinary amount of integrity, and he's a damn good
coach." US Soccer Federation president Sunil Gulati, from Leander Schaerlaeckens's profile at
ESPN.com. Other Sources Who has the courage to save CONCACAF? - from FoxSoccer.com's Jamie Trecker:
But if you think I'm going to pile on the guys, think again.
In the tiny world of soccer journalism in the United States, there really aren't any journalists
whose names elicit an instant, gut reaction from soccer fans. There is no Skip Bayless, Jay
Mariotti, or Jason Whitlock, or even a Jerome Solomon, of US soccer journalism.
While a good number of US soccer fans dislike, possibly hate, Jamie Trecker, that reaction doesn't
stem from a visceral gut response, no, it stems from the "circle the wagons" mentality of soccer
fans, who, let's face it, are not used to the unvarnished, sometimes brutal, criticism that is a
staple of sports columnists and sports talk radio hosts who populate mainstream sports media in the
United States.
In the tiny world of soccer journalism in the United States, there really aren't any journalists
whose names elicit an instant, gut reaction from soccer fans. There is no Skip Bayless, Jay
Mariotti, or Jason Whitlock, or even a Jerome Solomon, of US soccer journalism.
While a good number of US soccer fans dislike, possibly hate, Jamie Trecker, that reaction doesn't
stem from a visceral gut response, no, it stems from the "circle the wagons" mentality of soccer
fans, who, let's face it, are not used to the unvarnished, sometimes brutal, criticism that is a
staple of sports columnists and sports talk radio hosts who populate mainstream sports media in the
United States.
Fox Soccer Channel's broadcast of the English Premier League game between Manchester United and
Manchester City on Saturday, February 12th garnered the highest household average coverage area
rating for a 7:45am ET EPL game in the history of the league being shown on U.S. television in that
timeslot.
