Will England Beat Scolari?
Not likely, says Portuguese star Pauleta. “We’ve got every chance of beating England. We’re all pulling in the same...
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We Interrupt this Blog for a Message from Al Gore
What does this have to do with soccer, you ask? Well, let’s see. When I was a kid Pele...
Carlos Alberto Parriera: No more beautiful game
Klinsmann’s Germany is playing exhilarating soccer. We usually do not associate the word exhilarating with German soccer. It is...
More on the “New Patriotism” in Deutschland
“Do you hum it, or do you sing it?” wondered Berlin newspaper BZ as the World Cup kicked off...
Sour Grapes from Ollie Kahn
Sitting on the bench with his best impersonation of an angry King Kong, ex-starting goalkeeper Kahn has started taking...
Video: Lucas Neill foul on Grosso: Italy- Australia
It was a dive. Neill stuck his foot out in a sliding tackle that was timed poorly. I think...
Is Luis Aragonés a Racist?
Luis Aragonés’ comments about Thierry Henry are just plain pathetic. You can’t say these kinds of things without being...
The Results @ a Glance: Will Brazil Play Spain?
Round of 16 Date Teams Venue Score 24 June Germany vs Sweden Munich 2-0 24 June Argentina vs...
Guus Hiddink’s reaction
Guus Hiddink’s reaction “If you see the replay, you will have no doubt that it was not a penalty....
The Swiss-Ukraine match: A perfect example of why the US can’t stomach soccer
120 minutes of dull, listless soccer, with men flopping around like fish and no outcome, and then deciding it...
Two Thoughts on How to Solve the Referee Problem
I think everyone here would agree that the refereeing has been (at times) truly awful. I am throwing out...
Totti’s PK: Grosso sells a fake, the referee falls for it
How many bad decisions can FIFA allow?? Ridiculous. You know you are playing the Italians who can act their...
MP: A History of Futbol
A humorous look at the state of international futbol…
The Socceroos meet the scandal plagued Azzurris
Mark Viduka could be right about Hiddink: “The man’s a genius.” There is talk of bestowing Guus Hiddink with...
Video: Portugal 1 Netherlands 0
Maniche punishes the Dutch again! Beautiful touch by Deco.
Video: England 1 Ecuador 0 (Beckham and Posh)
Beckham’s stupendous free kick. The man disappears for 89 minutes, and just when he is proving his detractors right,...
Is Brasil better off without Roberto Carlos?
I hate to agree with this article, but I think they are right. Roberto Carlos creates chaos when he...
In which Victoria Beckham finally shows some emotion
Victoria Beckham’s usual visage There wasn’t the most enormous amount of love for Beckham, it had to be said,...
Video: Portugal vs Netherlands: Euro 2004
Brilliant goal by Maniche. Euro 2004’s best goal. He seems to have made a habit of punishing the Dutch.
Red Card Mayhem
Yesterday’s match between Portugal and the Netherlands, in which 16 yellow cards and four reds were shown, brought the...
Dutch coach watch: And then there was just one
Marco Van Basten’s team’s exit is probably the most painful. Most pundits would have predicted the semi-finals for the...
Round of 16, Italy faces its old nemesis: Guus Hiddink
One of the most painful matches in Italian soccer history was when the South Koreans coached by Guus Hiddink...
Video: Funny remake of New Order’s World in Motion
Warning: Bad soccer skills and lip synching! But hilarious. Here is the real one with John Barnes and Glenn...
Video: Steve Marley & the Fugees – No Woman, No Cry
I just like this song – and if you look hard at the video, there’s a soccer ball in...
Hernan Crespo gets the goal: Number 3 is in his bag
FIFA had initially ruled that the equaliser in the Argentina- Mexico game was an own goal by Jared Borgetti....
Ghana vs. Brazil: Will the Real Ronaldo Show Up?
Ghana midfielder Sulley Muntari: “We’re praying Ronaldo will play like he did in the first two games. Then we’ll...
The Netherlands: The legendary 1974, 1978 squads are a dream
Johny Heitinga, he and the Oranje disgraced themselves today vs Portugal I have always been a fan of Dutch...
The Netherlands vs Portugal match: England is the beneficiary
Some invisible hand must be guiding England. They have managed to get through their matches with some of the...
Who is Valentin Ivanov?
He is the referee who officiated the controversial semi-final match between Arsenal and Villareal in their semif0inal match in...
Netherlands vs Portugal: Is the German police ready?
One of the most unfortunate consequences of this bitter match made worse by a referee who ran amok with...
Fulltime: Portugal 1 Netherlands 0: Where does FIFA get these referees from?
The most bizarre match. I thought nothing could top the Italy-USA match. But Ivanov topped Larrionda. 4 red cards...
Halftime: Portugal 1 Netherlands 0
Very physical game that the referee Ivanov is barely in control of. Robben almost got decapitated in the penalty...
Owen Hargreaves: Photoshopping Sven’s boy
Nancy D’el Oweno My favourite Hargreaves photoshop. My heart grieves for him 🙂 The Guardian has more
World Cup: No one is feeling bullish on England these days
The reaction to the England win against Ecuador is that most English fans are still worried. You could hear...
Video: Argentina 1 Mexico 1 (Hernan’s Oscar)
We Argentinians are very good actors. Hernan should have said thank you to Borgetti in his acceptance speech.
Video: Argentina 2 Mexico 1: Fabuloso!!
Maxi Rodriguez, incredible! He is the talk of Argentina now and nobody was talking about him before. I leave...
Fulltime:England 1 Ecuador 0
England found a way to win and were helped by the fact that Ecuador went to sleep in the...
Halftime: The Three Kittens 0 Ecuador 0
So bad. If this is what England has come up, with such a lacklustre first half, then one can...
Video: How the US Views Soccer (via The Simpsons)
The most realistic portrait of US soccer sensibility yet… Hat-tip to Yan.
Netherlands vs Portugal
The Dutch have only won one of the nine meetings between themselves and Portugal.The last time these two sides...
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Ecuador vs England
Sven-Goran Eriksson had announced five months ago that he would quit as England coach after the World Cup. England’s...
Klinsi has united Germany
It’s a strange feeling. East and West Germany are finally looking past the past. I get a feeling not...
Is the English League providing the most impact in this World Cup?
The first round of the World Cup is over, 16 countries have made it. But which of the big...
Video: Germany vs Sweden: 2-0
Podolksi again!
Video:Germany vs Sweden: 1-0
Lukas Poldolksi!
Video: France vs Togo: 2-0
Birthday boy Viera provides Thierry Henry with his goal!
Video: France vs Togo: 1- 0
Viera comes alive! Nice pass from Rebeiry.
Final: Argentina 2 Mexico 1 (End of extra time)
Maxi Rodriguez, scored Argentina’s matchwinner Great game and a great goal by Maxi Rodriguez as he chested a pass...
Mexico 1 Argentina 1 (Regulation time): Into extra-time
Lionel Messi should have got that goal. Again a dubious offside call. Osorio saved a sure goal by Tevez....
Halftime: Mexico 1 Argentina 1 (You heard right!)
This could turn out to be one of those classics. Mexico is playing a team possessed, they are giving...
Mexico takes on Argentina: Can they hold them off?
Argentina meets Mexico, round of sixteen, today, June 24 in Leipzig, at 9:00 PM, German time (3:00 PM EST)...
The Kaiser ties the knot
As Germany went one step closer to World Cup glory the Head of Germany’s organising committee for the World...
Podolski, Klose see Germany through: Larsson is a goat
Miroslav Klose, Germany’s hero (L) Henrik Larsson, Sweden’s goat (R) Michael Ballack used the Swedish goal as target practice....