Klinsmann Debut Yields Slivers of Future Hope

The Americans battled Mexico to an unexpected draw thanks to the infusion of youth in the lineup...Preempted by Little League baseball, I turned from ESPN2 to Univision to watch the beginning of the showdown between the United States and Mexico in Philadelphia. It was the first opportunity to atone for the come-from-ahead loss to the Mexicans in the CONCACAF Gold Cup final. It was also the inaugural game for the Americans after Jurgen Klinsmann took... Read More

NTSF 112: Misadventures in the land of the Giants

So I spent the weekend traveling into the land of the Giants. As Dickens said, “it was the best of times, it was the worst of times”. Hell, I’ve taken trips to Vegas that wound up being less eventful than this weekend. It was my first trip ever to San Francisco, coming three weeks on the heels of my first time in the Bay Area when I was confined to the north in San Rafael. My wife was the kickoff speaker at the GreenFestival, a sustainability... Read More