16 Results for ricardo clark

Monday morning musings

Jen Chang

...the other central midfielders Bradley typically pairs with his son are another pair of defensive midfielders, Ricardo Clark and Pablo Mastroeni. However, while Bradley might not think he's fielding a dual holding midfield...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 15, 2008

TGIF and other musings

Jen Chang

...MLS needs to take the hard line and lay down a heavy punishment (something akin to Ricardo Clark's nine-game suspension last season would be equitable). Then again, MLS could wimp out and...

Blog Entry | Conversation | July 11, 2008

TGIF musings on the U.S.

Jen Chang

...central midfield while the "other" spot is contested by Maurice Edu, Benny Feilhaber, Pablo Mastroeni and Ricardo Clark. In my mind, one of the two central spots should go to the winner of the...

Blog Entry | Conversation | June 13, 2008

Monday morning musings

Jen Chang

It's Monday morning, and ahead of this week's big clashes for the U.S. with Spain and Argentina, a few things are still bothering me about last week's...

Blog Entry | Conversation | June 01, 2008

U.S. vs. England play-by-play

Jen Chang

...Tim Howard D: Steve Cherundolo, Oguchi Onyewu, Carlos Bocanegra, Heath Pearce M: Clint Dempsey, Michael Bradley, Rico Clark, DaMarcus Beasley F: Josh Wolff, Eddie Johnson For England: GK: David James D: Wes Brown, Rio Ferdinand...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 28, 2008

Musings on U.S. vs. England

Jen Chang

...U.S. to deploy against England. While the U.S. midfield pair of Michael Bradley and Ricardo Clark have proved to be very disruptive to teams in terms of denying and breaking up possession...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 26, 2008

The good and the bad

Jen Chang

...Eddie Johnson and Taylor Twellman have failed to do time after time. 2. The Michael Bradley-Ricardo Clark midfield -- This isn't the first time we've seen this combo as the central mid...

Blog Entry | Conversation | February 06, 2008

Monday morning musings

Jen Chang

...Richard Mulrooney has been instrumental in helping to keep the Dynamo rolling by duplicating the suspended Ricardo Clark's central midfield role, although if Ching is unable to go, I'll give the Revolution...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 12, 2007

Altidore at the Zone

Jen Chang

NEW YORK -- So yesterday I was at ESPN Zone in Manhattan checking in with EA as they launched the latest version of their soccer game, FIFA 2008 (In t...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 10, 2007

U.S. U-20s could reach final

Jen Chang

Too many topics to cover today and too little time, so I'm going to a quick sweep through: a. The U.S. U-20s have a real shot. Aside from the fact ...

Blog Entry | Conversation | July 09, 2007

U.S. held back by finishing

Jen Chang

...2. A far more polished midfield performance. The midfield trio of Ben Olsen, Benny Feilhaber and Ricardo Clark acquitted themselves admirably, while Sacha Kljestan was solid if unremarkable -- the jury's still out on...

Blog Entry | Conversation | July 02, 2007

Gold Cup final a classic

Jen Chang

...the U.S. came back from a first-half deficit against a quality opponent? Bringing on Ricardo Clark for Pablo Mastroeni was a masterstroke that turned the game around, as was sticking with Brian...

Blog Entry | Conversation | June 24, 2007

Guatemala game a mixed bag

Jen Chang

...approach, especially in midfield. One wonders if the U.S. might ultimately be better off reinserting Ricardo Clark or Pablo Mastroeni (once his suspension ends) back into the middle to pair with either Benny...

Blog Entry | Conversation | June 07, 2007

Donovan silences critics for now

Jen Chang

...to play a two-way style and link the defense with the offense. When you add Ricardo Clark to the mix, I think you're looking at the three key central midfielders for the...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 25, 2007

De Rosario deserves the MVP

Jen Chang

Jen Chang takes a look at events around the globe and also makes a case for Dwayne De Rosario as the MLS MVP.

Story | Conversation | October 24, 2005