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I was planning to do a By The Numbers column on Everton loan ace Landon Donovan from Saturday's 3-1
win over Manchester United... but changed my mind in favor of a different idea.Still, there's no
need to throw out the raw data, which you may remember comes from both typical soccer stats and
some of my own invented categories.
It's a crazy weekend here: Queen's Day today, the big Eredivisie photo finish on Sunday, my new
computer being held somewhere for some reason...#1 - NSC pal Grant Wahl dissects Bob Bradley's
media "howdoyado" looking for World Cup roster clues.Meanwhile, new ESPN hire Jürgen Klinsmann has
wasted no time with the analysis: he says the USMNT hasn't forged its own style.
Slightly detoured by television, we get back to regularly scheduled programming...#1 - In this
Swedish article linked over at Du Nord, USMNT boss Bob Bradley reveals that he has 'a core group of
16-17 players' in mind for the World Cup squad.Let's just tidily assume that "17th core guy" is
Charlie Davies.
[Photo: Reuters]Things are a bit hectic at the moment. My input to NSC is going to change a bit in
a few days, but we'll get into that later. I'm also thinking about adding a third hand around here,
just not sure who to ask or who might want to join up. Hmmm...#1 - Fresh the cut, Bob Bradley and
his World Cup USMNT squad visited President Obama and USA bid figure former President Clinton at
the
I'm slowly getting back up to NSC speed, but slowed by have the weather well over me. Bear with a
brother...#1 - HAPPYHAPPYJOYJOY, REN!#2 - I happened upon what looks a rather cool new blog, where
the proprietor makes detailed touch charts for individual performances. This post covers Mo Edu's
showing against Man United on Tuesday.
