US Football The Greatest Show on Earth 1 Feb 2021 Forgive me for a momentary diversion away from the beautiful game but I am sure if you bear with me you will see the relevance of this post to the…
US Football Let them hate so long as they fear 27 Dec 201920 Nov 2020 Day four and a revisit to the biggest rivalries in North America - Timbers versus Sounders on a scorching hot day in Portland. More pictures can be found from the…
US Football… West Ham United – Champions of North America 26 Dec 201920 Nov 2020 Another day of our looking back without anger..This story is one for all West Ham fans to remember and pull from their sleeves when other fans start asking what we…
US Football Have the Cosmos reached the limit of their universe? 30 Nov 2016 For those who love a random fact, if each of the five boroughs of New York City were a separate city, Brooklyn would rank as the third-most populous city in…
US Football Economic Theory explained by Football – Disruptive Influencers 13 Jan 2016 Back in 1997 DC United won the second ever MLS Cup, beating Colorado Rapids on home turf. Avid fan and Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen was so compelled by…
US Football The greatest sporting rivalry? 15 Aug 201515 Aug 2015 Sitting in a bar in lower Manhattan last year my good friend Luge Pravda and I discussed what the greatest sporting rivalry was in the world. The conversation had started…
US Football Frank who? Pirlo consigns Lampard to the bargain bin on his debut 28 Jul 2015 Our Englishman in New York, Luge Pravda, breaks his vow never to set foot in Yankee Stadium, to see the Pirlo show. Yesterday, Sunday, just as I was wondering how…
FA Cup… US and them 21 Jun 201521 Jun 2015 We are very keen on eulogising about the magic of the FA Cup in this country and quite rightly so. It is the oldest football competition in the world, full…
Barclaycard Premier League… Post-season Blues….and Citizens and Spurs 27 May 201528 May 2015 A weeks after the end of the season used to be the reserve of testimonials for long-serving players and club officials. Football has moved on, and the likelihood of a…
US Football Getting the horn 29 Jul 2014 After a long overdue absence from these pages, our Englishman in New York, Luge Pravda is BACK. And when we say BACK we really mean BACK. Whilst the Guinness International…
US Football… Five things from….Belgium 2 USA 1 2 Jul 2014 Back by popular request for potentially his last run out in the World Cup is Andy Mack with his view from downtown Manhattan on the mood in the US Camp…
Germany… Five things from….Germany 1 USA 0 26 Jun 201428 Jun 2014 Back for a third time, our resident Team USA expert, Andy Mack, tucks into the German beers in Manhattan and gauges the mood of the nation as they aim to…
US Football… Five things from….USA 2 Portugal 2 23 Jun 201423 Jun 2014 So popular was his update from last week that Mr. Team USA is back for his view of the game last night, live from New York, New York. 1. Achilles…
Non league football… Five things from….Ghana 1 USA 2 18 Jun 2014 So what to do? Flying over the Indian Ocean meant I couldn't see this game, so eagerly anticipated after their warm up games last week. But I knew a man…
US Football… Landon who? 4 Jun 20144 Jun 2014 Remember the media outcry back in the run up to the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa when Fabio Capello made it very clear that David Beckham wasn't in…
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