“As I’ve chronicled on this website before, The Yanks Are Coming was born out of the failure of the 2008 Olympic squad, the disappointment of the Orozco Red Card, the pain of the Netherlands draw, and the heart-ache that stems from elimination of the promising young team in our brief modern footballing era. Appropriately then, this blog continues after a failure even more painful than the Olympics. We all know as USMNT fans that usually if something can go wrong it will; we all know that our soccer team will usually find interesting, new ways to screw up a golden opportunity – their track record of messing up on any stage, especially big stages, is impeccable.” (The Yanks Are Coming)