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Great post @Joseph Nixon !hope we get lots of new american fans !
MaineEvertonian
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I am hoping that Tim Howard's performance and the United States success in Brazil will lead more Americans to follow football. I was never a football fan, though I have a close friend here who was. After the 2010 World Cup, I told him I needed to start following football because it's an incredible sport. He is a through and through Chelsea fan and told me I should pick a premier league team. After watching Timmy that World Cup, I asked him who he played for as he was my favorite player. He said he was an Evertonian and that I should support Everton because they're a great club. Boy was he right! Been obsessed with Everton and soccer, if you will, ever since. Love learning the game and following the sport. I'm hoping this years World Cup will do more of the same for fellow Americans who are missing out on all the fun!
ROBERTOMARTINEZ
Player Valuation: £750k
Joseph Nixon
Player Valuation: £225k
Here is an article that I mocked up for the @GrandOldTeam front page if you would like to post it, I tried emailing it to NBCSports as well.
If the USMNT was able to accomplish anything this World Cup, it was to show the world that the United States of America is ready to enter the world of football (soccer) guns blazing, as if there were any other way we Americans would go about it. Thousands upon thousands of fans gathered together, most notably in Grant Park and Soldier Field, and millions of fan watched from the comfort of their home or office as the USMNT did the unthinkable and made it past the “Group of Death” and into the last 16. Heck, the Governor of New York even extended the lunch hour of the state’s employees to help ensure they were able to watch a match!
The main story line coming out from this, apart from the sheer tenacity and grit of the USMNT, is the absolute belter of a match from Tim Howard. Much like Michelangelo’s David, Dante’s Inferno, or McDonald’s BigMac, this was Howard’s piéce de résistance that will, quite fairly, be the benchmark for all other American goalkeepers that follow.
So if you are anything like me, yesterday’s match, apart from making you proud to be American, left you wanting more : more soccer, more thrill, and yes, more Tim Howard. Luckily for you, thanks to the wonders of modern television and NBCSports exclusive deal with the Barclay’s Premier League, you can watch Tim Howard, and his team Everton FC, play 38 times between August and May either on NBCSports, NBC, or on NBCSports Live Extra online streaming service.
So to aid in this transition for those of you who have never thought to watch professional soccer abroad, or have maybe even never heard of Everton FC before, here is an introductory list of facts and tidbits that will have you ready to cheer on Tim and his club, where he contracted to play all the way to 2018, throughout the year and prove that once and for all, America is now truly a soccer nation.
1) As yesterday has shown, Tim Howard has had an absolute resurgence under Roberto Martinez and new goalkeeping coach Inaki Bergara.
2) Everton is the original team from Liverpool (Home of the Beatles), and don’t let the name fool you - Liverpool FC were founded years later (and actually tried at first to be called Everton Athletic and wear blue).
3) Everton have a long connection to the USA through Joe-Max Moore, Brian McBride, Landon Donovan, and most notably Tim Howard.
4) Important Note: The song that Everton comes out to before every home match is pronounced “Zed-Cars”, not Z-Cars. Just one of the unique differences in English-English and American-English.
5) Don’t let your friends who have chosen the easy route of “supporting” the teams with billionaire owners ride you for not being able to spend a ton of money on transfers and taking in player loans. People who use this line of logic are usually just upset that a team that spends £2.71 million on average per player (compared with Man City’s £16.15 million, Chelsea’s £15.63 million, Man U’s £12.04 million, Tottenham’s £7.74 million, Arsenal’s £7.25 million, and Liverpool’s £6.36 million) is always competing with, and often beating them.
6) Dixie Dean was a god among mere men, and he holds the record for most goals in a season (60 in one season).
7) Everton’s youth academy has produced more English talent to play in the Premiership than any other team, and Everton is often called the “School of Science” in reference to the strong history of producing great talents.
8) If you are watching a match where Everton are the away side, the noise you hear from the crowd isn’t from the home supporters it’s from Everton – Everton have the loudest away support in the league and the 3,000 odd Everton supporters can make more noise than 30,000-60,000 home supporters.
9) Ross Barkley is going to be one of the world’s greatest players in a few years’ time.
10) Make sure to sign up to follow EvertonUSA’s Twitter and Facebook, they can help point you in the direction of the local supporters clubs who get together to watch the matches in bars and pubs across the country.
11) If you get the chance, listen to Roberto Martinez’s weekly pre-match interview on YouTube, the man oozes class and has forgotten more about the game than most can ever hope to learn.
12) Sylvester Stallone, aka Rocky Balboa the Italian Stallion, is a Blue.
13) Goodison Park, originally built in 1892, is the oldest stadium in the Premiership.
14) Everton have spent 110 seasons in the top flight of professional football, more than any other team in England with Aston Villa coming in second at 102 seasons.
15) The tower in the crest, known as the Everton Lock-up or Prince Rupert’s Tower, was originally used as an overnight lock-up for drunks.
16) The nickname “Toffees” is used in homage to a local toffee shop and to this day you can see a girl dressed up in late 1800’s clothing passing out the sweets in the stadium.
17) Seriously though, Roberto Martinez.
If the USMNT was able to accomplish anything this World Cup, it was to show the world that the United States of America is ready to enter the world of football (soccer) guns blazing, as if there were any other way we Americans would go about it. Thousands upon thousands of fans gathered together, most notably in Grant Park and Soldier Field, and millions of fan watched from the comfort of their home or office as the USMNT did the unthinkable and made it past the “Group of Death” and into the last 16. Heck, the Governor of New York even extended the lunch hour of the state’s employees to help ensure they were able to watch a match!
The main story line coming out from this, apart from the sheer tenacity and grit of the USMNT, is the absolute belter of a match from Tim Howard. Much like Michelangelo’s David, Dante’s Inferno, or McDonald’s BigMac, this was Howard’s piéce de résistance that will, quite fairly, be the benchmark for all other American goalkeepers that follow.
So if you are anything like me, yesterday’s match, apart from making you proud to be American, left you wanting more : more soccer, more thrill, and yes, more Tim Howard. Luckily for you, thanks to the wonders of modern television and NBCSports exclusive deal with the Barclay’s Premier League, you can watch Tim Howard, and his team Everton FC, play 38 times between August and May either on NBCSports, NBC, or on NBCSports Live Extra online streaming service.
So to aid in this transition for those of you who have never thought to watch professional soccer abroad, or have maybe even never heard of Everton FC before, here is an introductory list of facts and tidbits that will have you ready to cheer on Tim and his club, where he contracted to play all the way to 2018, throughout the year and prove that once and for all, America is now truly a soccer nation.
1) As yesterday has shown, Tim Howard has had an absolute resurgence under Roberto Martinez and new goalkeeping coach Inaki Bergara.
2) Everton is the original team from Liverpool (Home of the Beatles), and don’t let the name fool you - Liverpool FC were founded years later (and actually tried at first to be called Everton Athletic and wear blue).
3) Everton have a long connection to the USA through Joe-Max Moore, Brian McBride, Landon Donovan, and most notably Tim Howard.
4) Important Note: The song that Everton comes out to before every home match is pronounced “Zed-Cars”, not Z-Cars. Just one of the unique differences in English-English and American-English.
5) Don’t let your friends who have chosen the easy route of “supporting” the teams with billionaire owners ride you for not being able to spend a ton of money on transfers and taking in player loans. People who use this line of logic are usually just upset that a team that spends £2.71 million on average per player (compared with Man City’s £16.15 million, Chelsea’s £15.63 million, Man U’s £12.04 million, Tottenham’s £7.74 million, Arsenal’s £7.25 million, and Liverpool’s £6.36 million) is always competing with, and often beating them.
6) Dixie Dean was a god among mere men, and he holds the record for most goals in a season (60 in one season).
7) Everton’s youth academy has produced more English talent to play in the Premiership than any other team, and Everton is often called the “School of Science” in reference to the strong history of producing great talents.
8) If you are watching a match where Everton are the away side, the noise you hear from the crowd isn’t from the home supporters it’s from Everton – Everton have the loudest away support in the league and the 3,000 odd Everton supporters can make more noise than 30,000-60,000 home supporters.
9) Ross Barkley is going to be one of the world’s greatest players in a few years’ time.
10) Make sure to sign up to follow EvertonUSA’s Twitter and Facebook, they can help point you in the direction of the local supporters clubs who get together to watch the matches in bars and pubs across the country.
11) If you get the chance, listen to Roberto Martinez’s weekly pre-match interview on YouTube, the man oozes class and has forgotten more about the game than most can ever hope to learn.
12) Sylvester Stallone, aka Rocky Balboa the Italian Stallion, is a Blue.
13) Goodison Park, originally built in 1892, is the oldest stadium in the Premiership.
14) Everton have spent 110 seasons in the top flight of professional football, more than any other team in England with Aston Villa coming in second at 102 seasons.
15) The tower in the crest, known as the Everton Lock-up or Prince Rupert’s Tower, was originally used as an overnight lock-up for drunks.
16) The nickname “Toffees” is used in homage to a local toffee shop and to this day you can see a girl dressed up in late 1800’s clothing passing out the sweets in the stadium.
17) Seriously though, Roberto Martinez.
Toffeelover
Player Valuation: £80m
Jospeh that is a very good start, one point the Mersey is muddy brown and always has been. LOL. I hope we pick up many more followers in the USA and your posts will surely help.
Joseph Nixon
Player Valuation: £225k
Toffeelover
Player Valuation: £80m
I think I've seen some specks of blue here and there,.
It was probably down to your sunglasses or you were having a dizzy spell, oh wait then it would be stars.
This post also gave me an erection.
Howards tipple
Player Valuation: £8m
Superb post. Well done Mr Nixon.
Once again, absolutely superb post Joseph N. 
Thats fantastic that like, very good job
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