If my play-by-play (next item down) wasn’t enough for you, let’s try to synthesize what went on. United States national soccer team 2, Spain 0. That would be the U.S. team that was spanked, last week, 3-1 by Italy and 3-0 by Brazil. That would be the Spain ranked No. 1 in the world. The […]

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OK, moments before kickoff. The lineups: U.S. — Tim Howard, Carlos Bocanegra, Oguchi Onyewu, Jay DeMerit, Jonathan Spector, Landon Donovan, Michael Bradley, Ricardo Clark, Clint Dempsey, Charlie Davies, Jozy Altidore. Spain — Iker Casillas, Gerard Pique,  Carles Puyol, Joan Capdevila, Sergio Ramos, Xavi, Cesc Fabregas, Xabi Alonso, Albert Riera, David Villa, Fernando Torres. Well, yikes.  […]

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I’ve never tried this. But I will today. Just because. To see if it is possible. Or sensible. Or useful. Running commentary! I am going to watch the Confederations Cup soccer match between the United States and Spain, which begins at 11:30-ish … and bang in entries every few minutes. Now, it seems to me […]

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