French Tragedy: Cisse’s Out!
Djibril Cisse was ruled out of the World Cup after fracturing his right tibia in the international friendly against...
Category: Soccer Players
Soccerblog analysis: The US vs Italy match up in the World Cup
VS The US meets Italy on 17 Jun at Kaiserslautern at 9 PM German time (3 PM EST). USA...
What a Miracle: Rooney’s Going!
There is a God! And even Ferguson can’t stop Rooney now. The real question now is – will he...
Ronaldinho: “Book ’em, Ref!”
Ronaldinho has pleaded with the referees to look after him and his World Cup titleholding team-mates Brazil during the...
Rooney: It’s all about the SCAN now
Manchester United defender Gary Neville has dampened the enthusiasm surrounding Wayne Rooney’s return to light training with England… Will...
Soccer Video: Brazil 4, New Zealand 0 ( The Return of Ronaldo)
Ronaldo looks like he’s back in form! This is just too much fun already. First Half: Second Half:
Video: Rooney’s Scissor Kick
Wake me up, I’m dreaming. What is Alex Ferguson doing I wonder?!
Physical Socceroos Tie Holland (includes bonus anthem)
A physical Aussie team turned up to give the Dutch boys a run for their money. Captain Mark Viduka...
Soccer roundup: Italy, Ukraine draw; Germany over Colombia
Italy ground to a 1-1 draw with a Shevchenko-less Ukraine and Germany put away Colombia 3-0 with surprising ease...
Updated: England – Jamaica (6-0) Where’s Walcott?
55 minutes and Joe Cole just missed a shot from the top of the box! My question is: where...
Video: Holland Preview – World Cup 2006
Marco Van Basten is a non nonsense coach who is interested in performance. The Dutch could go all the...
Italian Serie scandal grows: More players questioned
Italian captain and Juventus players Fabio Cannavaro and French striker David Trezeguet were picked up for questioning by the...
The Beatles: Albert Stubbins and Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
Cover designed by Peter Blake Albert Stubbins- 1930’s Liverpool player The cover of the Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club...
The “dumb Americans” arrive in Germany for the World Cup
The US soccer team arrived at Hamburg with a chorus welcoming them with “We will never walk alone” and...
Soccerblog analysis: The USA vs Czech Republic match up
VS The US opens against the Czech Republic on June 12th. FIFA rank/ WC odds Czech Republic 2/ 29:1...
USA Today’s article on racism in soccer
“You just ignore it, because whenever you react, that provokes them to do it more,” says Onyewu, 24. “I...
Friendly: Holland 2, Mexico 1
Daniel VanderMeer has some key insights on this meaningless game (unless you’re Mexico, in which case you need to...
Video: ITALY Preview – World Cup 2006
They’ll be playing in the shadow of corruption. But you can never count them out…
Video: ENGLAND Preview – World Cup 2006
Rooney or not, England has a chance!
Video: BRAZIL Preview – World Cup 2006
Clearly the favorites, but they never win when they are…
Rooneywatch: The Roonster is back in training with both feet
Wayne Rooney’s rehab of his metatarsal fracture is going well. In fact, he might be in for England’s knockout...
Nepotism: The downside to the feel good story of Zlatko and Nico Kranjcar
Well, no sooner than I had written about the Kranjcar legacy in Croatian soccer, came this article about how...
Zlatko and Nico Kranjcar: The two generations represent Croatia in the WC
Croatian hopes will be riding high on Hajduk Split midfielder Nico Krancjar when he takes to the field in...
The Goal Against Poland
Not funny if you’re the Polish goalkeeper!
A rebuttal to Vas is Los? I’ll tell you Vas is Los
I think Tony Karon is being a bit tough on the German team. Admittedly the world has incorporated all...
Japan 2, Germay 2 – Was ist los?
This is really depressing, is all I can say. We have a lot of work to do. My hat’s...
Brazil: Mineiro replacing Edmilson due to injury
I keep forgetting to use a “z” in Brasil. Sorry, Christian, but Brasil is spelled Brasil! Now for the...
Video: Brasil’s Carnaval of Goals ( 8-0 against FC Lucern)
I was beginning to feel like we were bullies! Goal 1: Kaká Goal 2: Adriano Goal 3: Ronaldo (he...
Video: FA Cup Final 2001 – Liverpool vs. Arsenal
Shourin – here’s your video: See Shourin’s analysis here >>
Will the US soccer team be favorably received in Germany?
In WC 2002, the US team played a contentious match with co-hosts South Korea. The 65,000 S.Korean fans were...
Michael Owen: A thing of beauty is a joy forever
Michael Owen has been far too hurt for far too long. And because of that we mortals don’t see...
The Rooney drama continues…who will take his place?
Now they’re moving the scan date up to June 7. Which means Rooney can still be replaced in time....
Video: Theo Walcott trains with England
Not very impressive – but then no one is. This kind of practice seems to be a waste of...
Video: The Brazilian Team in Training
I’ve been told by one of our readers that I need to spell Brasil with a “z”! Either way,...
Video: Brazil’s Duty to Beauty
Times correspondent Owen Slot flies down to Brazil to chat with Dr. Sócrates– the Dean of Jogo Bonito. The...
Lev Yashin, the Black Panther: USSR’s soccer talisman
We have talismans for every country for each World Cup in soccer and then you have Pele, the most...
Brazil provides impact players in other WC squads too
Francileudo Silva dos Santos, Tunisian striker Tunisia owes much if its success in reaching the World Cup to Brazilian...
The Eurocentric effect on soccer: Juju men are being marginalized
BF Skinner, the father of behavior pyschology studied the association between ritualistic behavior and a desired outcome that leads...
Strange rituals: Soccer fans have theirs
If soccer players have their strange rituals (see Sergio Goycochea), then the fans that watch the game are not...
Cologne: The place to party at the World Cup
RhineEnergie Stadium- Cologne’s World Cup venue The NYT travel section has an article of where to base yourself in...
Double Dutch: Johan Neeskens tutors the Socceroos
Johan Neeskens, The Socceroos assistant coach Gus Hiddink is the coach of the Socceroos and his assistant coach is...
Strange rituals: Sergio Goycochea, Argentina’s 1990 WC hero
All players in every game go through every type of ritualistic behavior that they think will make Lady Luck...
Video Ad: Maradona’s Nightmare
This ad is far superior to The Mastercard ad, Humberto. And funnier!
Soccer round up: Socceroos over Greece
The Socceroos got a win over Euro champions Greece 1-0 in their friendly. But it was a win that...
Video: The Life and Times of Kevin Keegan
In some ways, the brutal honesty of Kevin Keegan was responsible for both success and failure. He did things...
Beenhakker thinks England is all hype: The trash talking begins
Soca Warrior coach Leo Beenhakker has had it with England will do this and that. As T&T’s friendly against...
Video Ad: Mastercard & Carlitos
This is the Argentinian answer to Guarana Antartica’s “Maradona in a Brazil shirt” ad… The best player in Brazil...
Video: Croatia’s Chances
Will they get to the finals? I believe they could upset Brazil in their group: “Brazil are favourites, not...
Video: Aaron Lennon in practice
Gentlemen, we have a winner:
Video Ad – Ronaldinho, Robinho & Roberto Carlos
OK, it is just an ad, but you get a good feeling from it anyway! I’m ready for the...
Video: Kerlon Moura Souza’s “Seal Dribble”
OK Christian, I get your message! Here is something to inspire everyone. Kerlon is not going to be at...
Video: Carlos Tevez
Along with Messi, I’m looking for Carlitos to take Argentina back to glory this summer: When he was at...
Video: Yawn – England 1, Belarus 2
While I’m upset about Fergie keeping Rooney off the England roster (and yes, in all fairness, he should be...
Two Lions, Not Three – Forget Rooney!
I was supposed to be on blog duty yesterday but I must say I felt so upset that I...