world-cup-2010 Stories - World Soccer Digest
Groups A and B Take Shape
Group A: Mexico's 2-0 victory over France today has made Group A almost come into focus. At the moment, at least one of Uruguay and Mexico will go on to the next stage,. France and the hosts, South Africa, are not yet mathematically eliminated, but will need a favorable result from the...
Write the Future Indeeed - Preview and Open Thread for USA v England
My most loyal readers know that I rarely get emotional. They know that I look at games in terms of match-ups, in terms of tactics, strategy and formations. Today, I can not, and will not do this. The match between the USA and the England is just too important, and too emotional. Thankfully Richard...
World Cup Open Thread: England vs USA
Who: England vs. USA When: 11:30am PDT on ABC Why: World Cup This is David vs. Goliath, the Clippers vs. the Lakers, Appalachian State vs Michigan at the Big House, Luke Skywalker vs. the Death Star. They've taxed us without representation. They have bad teeth and accents we can't understand. They...
A hockey fan's guide to the World Cup: An Overview
Every four years the world turns its eyes to one event, one tournament, one global phenomenon. If you are on Twitter or watching ESPN, you will not be able to avoid this spectacle (and some of us wait with bated breath for it to begin, our DVR at the ready). It is the World Cup, and it is...
An Unpopular Position: The Defense of Emile Heskey
Today is deadline day for 30-man provisional rosters for the 32 teams heading to the World Cup in South Africa. Fabio Capello's roster caused a twitter-storm of criticism, with many football fans questioning the inclusion of Jamie Carragher and Joe Cole while wondering why Phil Jagielka and Ashley...
Representation in the World Cup
Several City stars will be casting their minds forward to next summer's World Cup after the final round of qualifying games on Wednesday night.Shaun Wright-Phillips bagged his fifth goal for his country as England eased to a 3-0 win over Belarus at Wembley. He gave a good account of himself...
MLS/MLSPU Get the Damn CBA DONE!
Sure, I may be sounding like a broken record, but let's look at a few stories that are out there right now, and then think about why MLS is not able to take advantage of the situation. Landon Donovan is likely to loan out to Everton. That's great news, but for many US players things are actually...
World Cup draw and group C thoughts
First off if you watched this on ESPN in the US I am sorry, if you watched the world feed from ESPN360.com well then you got a treat. I thought the world feed coverage was much more educational and entertaining than what they tried to pass off as coverage on the US feed. If you have access to...
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