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July 23rd, 2008 | By:
Daryl |
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Remember when Ronaldinho ruled the world? He was constantly showing us that toothy grin while making fools out of various defenders and goalkeepers. With his transfer to AC Milan and place as an overage player in Brazil's Olympic squad, the smile is back.
In this photo he's hugging a passenger at Paris Charles ... [read]
July 23rd, 2008 | By:
Daryl |
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Anyone can have a penalty saved. No shame in that. But if the rebound falls right at your feet, with the keeper still sprawled on the floor... you have to score. You just have to.
But not if you're Sampaio striker Ivan. After seeing his spot kick saved in a Brazilian Série C game against SE Picos, Ivan panicked when ... [read]
July 23rd, 2008 | By:
Daryl |
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Fat footballers are part of the modern game. Whether it's players actually letting themselves go (see: Ronaldinho recently) or players who get lumped with the overweight label because it's easy alliteration (see: "Fat" Frank Lampard). It's a phenomenon that goes all the way back to William Fatty Foulke, who really deserved the ... [read]
July 23rd, 2008 | By:
Laurie |
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It's Beach Soccer World Cup time. What does this mean?
It means beautiful women dancing around in bikinis, of course. (What, you thought it meant soccer?)
Don't you love the random shot of Eric Cantona? Although it's not as random as you might think -- he does coach the French beach ... [read]
July 23rd, 2008 | By:
Laurie |
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I love YouTube. I knew it was only a matter of time before we got to see for ourselves the hoolie porn actions of the fun guys at the previously discussed Columbus-West Ham friendly.
FYI, gents? There's nothing ladies find more attractive than drunken guys duking it out. Especially when they're wearing jerseys of a team from ... [read]
July 23rd, 2008 | By:
Laurie |
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Former New York Cosmos player Giorgio Chinaglia may be a lot of things, but you can't accuse him of lacking audacity. If you saw the movie "Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos," he was the one with the biggest ego. And back in ... [read]
July 22nd, 2008 | By:
Daryl |
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The level of commercialization in football took another step towards total today, as UEFA are taking Euro 2009 Under-21 Championship matches away from the Swedish city of Borås.
Not because the stadium isn't built, not because of infrastructure or safety concerns. Not for anything football related. But to keep McDonald's happy. That's right, ... [read]
July 22nd, 2008 | By:
Laurie |
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"You sure Cantona said this would help us get chicks?"
"Yeah. 'Check out those flamingos if you don't believe me,' he said."
(Okay, sorry, not funny. It's summer and my brain is feeling lazy. Feel free to leave a better caption in the comments.)
While the rest ... [read]
July 21st, 2008 | By:
Daryl |
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Schalke 04 player Márcio Rafael Ferreira de Souza, or Rafinha to you and I, has gone AWOL for the Olympics. The right back been called up to the Brazil squad for the games in Beijing next month, but Schalke have repeatedly refused him permission to go.
Schalke general manager Andreas Muller says "I ... [read]
July 19th, 2008 | By:
Laurie |
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You can't mix football and politics. Iran of all countries should know this, since they were suspended by FIFA in 2006 because the government kept meddling in the football association's affairs.
So how ironic is it that Iran's coach, Ali Daei, (pictured) is filing a complaint with FIFA over they ... [read]
July 18th, 2008 | By:
Laurie |
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Italy and Bayern Munich striker Luca Toni has finally decided to talk about Italy's miserable Euro performance, and he wants us all to know that it was NOT his fault.
"In Italy I received a lot of criticism after the European Championships, because obviously people expected goals and I didn't score ... [read]
July 17th, 2008 | By:
Laurie |
21 Comments
Bookmark this post. You'll thank me later.
Ladies and gents in the US, behold, I bring your the schedule for all soccer coverage in the Olympics on pretty much every channel that will be showing coverage.
I also bring you NBC's announced lineup for soccer commentators:
SOCCER: JP Dellacamera, play-by-play; Glenn Davis, ... [read]
July 17th, 2008 | By:
Laurie |
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Heartbreak for the US Women's National team. Abby Wambach won't be going to the 2008 Olympics.
In the final pre-Olympic friendly last night, a 1-0 victory over Brazil, Abby broke her leg in the 31st minute in a collision with a Brazilian defender.
The win also featured a loss ... [read]
July 16th, 2008 | By:
Daryl |
1 Comment
Carlos Queiroz (or Charlie Key Roche, if you prefer) sat before the microphones as Portugal boss for the first time today. His primary goal: World Cup 2010 qualification points: "We have 12 points up for grabs over the next three months. That will be our priority area. That's our first objective."
Well, der. ... [read]
July 15th, 2008 | By:
Laurie |
1 Comment
Preparations are underway in Marseille, France, for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, which starts Thursday.
The 16 teams that qualified for Marseille are Cameroon and Senegal (Africa), Iran, Japan and United Arab Emirates (Asia), El Salvador and Mexico (North and Central America and the Caribbean), the Solomon Islands (Oceania), Argentina, ... [read]
Latest Country News
July 24th, 2008 | By:
Carter Daly
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Just a quick news brief before Wednesday night fades into Thursday morning...
It is being reported by the FC Dallas Updates blog that midfielder Dax McCarty has been called up to the Olympics roster, taking the place of injured defender Nathan Sturgis.
A well earned call up for McCarty, who many in
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July 23rd, 2008 | By:
tomasz
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1 CommentsIt's hard to get excited about the Polish league. First of all, we experienced numerous corruption scandals in the last couple of seasons. A lot of clubs were relegated, other unprepared ones were promoted. The level of the league, as proven by European competition, is also quite low. However, it still remains the only place where you can watch current and future national team players every weekend.
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July 23rd, 2008 | By:
shane
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0 CommentsI will begin profiling some of the squad members of the Syli Nationale with their first team goalkeeper Kémoko Camara.
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July 23rd, 2008 | By:
Carter Daly
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...and it's not all from egsema and mosquito bites. Addressing the rumors of him giving Europe another try:
Competitively I have that itch to go test it," Donovan said of moving to Europe. "And now, as opposed to when I was younger, I feel like I'm ready. Physically I'm ready, mentally,
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July 23rd, 2008 | By:
julien
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Bundesliga's Hamburger SV has finally let Belgian international Vincent Kompany play for the Olympics. The 22 year old defender is selected for tonight's friendly against the Netherlands. Then, Kompany returns to Hamburg. He will stay with his club through the Hamburger/Real Madrid match, which is on August 2nd. After the
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July 23rd, 2008 | By:
Carter Daly
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Is Peter Nowak wiggidy wack?
I’m truly having trouble deciding. While “New Guy” Brooks was my main source of updates on the Olympic qualifying via the invention of text messaging while I was down in the nether-region of the deep south where activities such as “mudding” and “wing barf
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July 23rd, 2008 | By:
Takis
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0 CommentsFaroese side NSI Runavik overcame their Georgian opponents FC Dinamo Tbilisi with a 1-0 in the second leg of their 1st Qualifying Round tie. However the win was not enough to see the Faroese side advance to the 2nd Round, the 3-0 loss suffered a week ago in Georgia was
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July 23rd, 2008 | By:
Brooks Peck
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Hi, my name is Brooks, and I’m an alcoholic…
No, wait, that’s for another time – anyway, yeah, I’m the new guy. Now, before you start to panic, don’t worry, nothing has happened to Carter – the Argentines haven’t been able to assassinate him just yet and he’s still very much
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July 23rd, 2008 | By:
j
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After being the subject of numerous rumors this past off-season, Austrian midfielder Jürgen Säumel has signed a three-year contract with Torino of Serie A. The twenty-three year-old former captain of Austrian Bundesliga SK Sturm Graz joins a capable midfield that includes Italy capped World Cup Champion Simone Barone and Alessandro
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July 22nd, 2008 | By:
Laurie
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I'm going to pass on this Franck Ribéry photo with no editorial comment about the shorts.
Continue getting better, Franck!
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