Tim Howard

dave abrahams · February 20, 2015

Gwladys St. Glory said:
Has anyone actually watched Griffiths...seems a good kid.

I've seen him a few times, looks very safe and confident. He was captain of the U18's when they beat Man. City
last season to win the U18's cup, City where much the better team but Russell Griffiths kept Everton in the game
with a series of excellent saves and it was because of him, mainly, that we won the game.

He went to Switzerland with the first team on Wednesday as one of the three goalkeepers and I think he is rated
very highly by the club.

PeterPrinciple · February 20, 2015

LAToffee said:
I do think signing talented Americans on the US national team is a factor in any popularity we have here. But it obviously can't be a factor in who we sign. And I'm not sure what kind of impact US support is having on club revenues (probably minimal right?). Institutionally, we seem more invested in fostering support in South Asia.

Everton is so much more than an american keeper to most fans Everton fans I know here. It is a culture and a history surrounding a game we love that we admire from afar and want to be a part of. When the day comes that I finally get to sit my arse amongst the supporters at Goodison Park, it will be a major life milestone- no matter who is in goal.

ijjysmith · February 20, 2015

dave abrahams said:
I've seen him a few times, looks very safe and confident. He was captain of the U18's when they beat Man. City
last season to win the U18's cup, City where much the better team but Russell Griffiths kept Everton in the game
with a series of excellent saves and it was because of him, mainly, that we won the game.

He went to Switzerland with the first team on Wednesday as one of the three goalkeepers and I think he is rated
very highly by the club.

How old is he now mate?

ijjysmith · February 20, 2015

PeterPrinciple said:
Everton is so much more than an american keeper to most fans Everton fans I know here. It is a culture and a history surrounding a game we love that we admire from afar and want to be a part of. When the day comes that I finally get to sit my arse amongst the supporters at Goodison Park, it will be a major life milestone- no matter who is in goal.

Great to hear that.

Groucho · February 20, 2015

PeterPrinciple said:
Everton is so much more than an american keeper to most fans Everton fans I know here. It is a culture and a history surrounding a game we love that we admire from afar and want to be a part of. When the day comes that I finally get to sit my arse amongst the supporters at Goodison Park, it will be a major life milestone- no matter who is in goal.

Great

LAToffee · February 20, 2015

PeterPrinciple said:
Everton is so much more than an american keeper to most fans Everton fans I know here. It is a culture and a history surrounding a game we love that we admire from afar and want to be a part of. When the day comes that I finally get to sit my arse amongst the supporters at Goodison Park, it will be a major life milestone- no matter who is in goal.

But how and why did those US fans who now support Everton come to support Everton? I'm not demeaning the depth of the devotion, just speculating on how a fan who is not born in Liverpool or who does not have a connection to Liverpool and who did not start supporting the club in 1985 comes to support the club. I think for some US Toffees the deciding factor is an American player. Don't tell me an American kid watching the premier league in 2012 starts rooting for Everton because of the quality of its football, its fans, or its charismatic manager. If you have no connection with Liverpool, there is often a bizarre and fascinating origin story. Doesn't make the love for the team any less legitimate. And I think all of them (funnily enough) fall under that mystical notion that "we do not choose, we are chosen..." etc. So I'd love you to share your thoughts from your cohort of fellow US Evertonians. How did they get into the team. I'm a Dub. My sister married a scouser. Random.

streeky · February 20, 2015

MoutsGoat said:
His positioning seemed a little suspect, but sometimes you just gotta hold your hand up and admire a wonderful finish from the moody French lid.

Absolutely mate, if kev or ross had done that we would be wetting ourselves , quality finish.

PeterPrinciple · February 20, 2015

“Once Everton has touched you nothing will be the same.” If you love the game, which many of us do, and you want to watch at the highest level (that being the EPL) the best way to enjoy it is to follow a club (a fact that too many casual fans in the US miss, because American sports make it about the league while following soccer is about the club since it is involved in many competitions- instead of just league play).

Follow for awhile and if you are blessed with a certain disposition and come to it with a willing heart, I wholeheartedly believe this club chooses you. I believe it with all my yankee heart. It's the history, the neighborhood, the love people (Evertonians worldwide) have for the squad. It's infectious. They are not London, they are not the spoiled child of the city. They have guts, and are resillient and know how to enjoy things in a way that people who have never been down before do not. I don't want anything handed to me and I believe Everton is a club for people who feel the same. If I have any of that wrong, then maybe I have misjudged and mis-spent the past decade plus of EPL fandom- but i do not believe I have.

I agree with the precept that following a well known player is a way some come to the club, but those fans will piddle away when their boy does. There are alot of American fans, some who post in here, who will be around long after Timmay Howard hits the bricks and finishes his career with the Earthquakes or Crew. All fans should not be cast into the same lot.

sageyefc · February 20, 2015

I like our american fans, there alot more clued up about us and genuine than some of the glory hunters that gravitate towards the likes of utd and the [Poor language removed]

streeky · February 20, 2015

I am proud that Everton has an overseas ambassador like Tim. If his performances in the world cup have brought hundreds of US fans on board that's great in my eyes. Tim's been a valuable member of this club for years and we haven't had to buy a foreign player just to sell shirts or get exposure, his performances have done that. It's a shame his form this season has dipped but a lot of our players are under performing this year. I am looking forward To seeing Tim's form pick up in the run in and am enjoying the views from our blue noses stateside.

StatesideBlue3 · February 20, 2015

LAToffee said:
But how and why did those US fans who now support Everton come to support Everton? I'm not demeaning the depth of the devotion, just speculating on how a fan who is not born in Liverpool or who does not have a connection to Liverpool and who did not start supporting the club in 1985 comes to support the club. I think for some US Toffees the deciding factor is an American player. Don't tell me an American kid watching the premier league in 2012 starts rooting for Everton because of the quality of its football, its fans, or its charismatic manager. If you have no connection with Liverpool, there is often a bizarre and fascinating origin story. Doesn't make the love for the team any less legitimate. And I think all of them (funnily enough) fall under that mystical notion that "we do not choose, we are chosen..." etc. So I'd love you to share your thoughts from your cohort of fellow US Evertonians. How did they get into the team. I'm a Dub. My sister married a scouser. Random.

Brian Mcbride drew me here, but I didn't become a real fan until Everton, and the league in general, was on TV.

riddick · February 20, 2015

I'm a yank, could not give two poops who or keeper is or if we have any Americans in the team. Everton is my team, national team I don't give any care about.

I DO think Yedlin could have been a good buy tho.

Neiler · February 20, 2015

Your all bad Joe Max Moore haters.

ilikecheese · February 20, 2015

LAToffee said:
But how and why did those US fans who now support Everton come to support Everton? I'm not demeaning the depth of the devotion, just speculating on how a fan who is not born in Liverpool or who does not have a connection to Liverpool and who did not start supporting the club in 1985 comes to support the club. I think for some US Toffees the deciding factor is an American player. Don't tell me an American kid watching the premier league in 2012 starts rooting for Everton because of the quality of its football, its fans, or its charismatic manager. If you have no connection with Liverpool, there is often a bizarre and fascinating origin story. Doesn't make the love for the team any less legitimate. And I think all of them (funnily enough) fall under that mystical notion that "we do not choose, we are chosen..." etc. So I'd love you to share your thoughts from your cohort of fellow US Evertonians. How did they get into the team. I'm a Dub. My sister married a scouser. Random.

I think there are different roads for many Americans who love the sport to choose Everton. Mine is a unique one...built on hate...doesn't mean over the years the club hasn't become part of me because I picked them in 1982 (or was it 83?). I played youth footy, and this lad who moved from England was on my team. He was better than all of us...rightly so, youth footy in the states in the early 80's was terrible...and an incredibly arrogant popping off at the mouth Liverpool fan. So I got to know him a little, and eventually found out that Everton were the City rivals for LFC. It may seem silly to pick a team on being contrarian...but hey, that's how it started. Back then, there really wasn't a way for an American kid to follow the game...beyond minor blurb in the paper here and there...it got a little better in the early 90's, but still very little coverage. It really wasn't until the late 90's where it became realistic to follow with regularity...and the early 2000's to watch the team with frequency.

So...there's my story...I've told it here several times. I can thank a Kopite for my allegiance to the Blues.