The Special One has returned to the airwaves with episode 1 on BBC 3. This one, released on the first day of the World Cup, features Jose alongside Wayne Rooney and Sven-Goran Eriksson as well as the usual cast of call-in experts such as Rafa, Didier Drogba, David Beckham and even Tom Cruise. It's not […]
Germany's new captain Phillip Lahm has spoken very positively about the German national side before their opening game against Australia. "This team is hungry, you can see it in every training session where the intensity and the enthusiasm are really high. As far as I'm concerned, this German team is the best I've played in." […]
Four years of waiting is over, and Richard (me) is a little choken up. He, Laurence McKenna and Kartik Krishnaiyer stop to reflect on World Cup 2010's significance amidst discussion of South Africa's tie with Mexico, France's draw with Uruguay, and Saturday's matches: Greece-Korea, Argentina-Nigeria, and England-United States.
Four years of waiting is over, and Richard (me) is a little choken up. He, Laurence McKenna and Kartik Krishnaiyer stop to reflect on World Cup 2010's significance amidst discussion of South Africa's tie with Mexico, France's draw with Uruguay, and Saturday's matches: Greece-Korea, Argentina-Nigeria, and England-United States.
If every day could be like the World Cup, that'd be magic especially for soccer fans in the United States. Driving to the World Cup Viewing Parties at Wowies in Boca Raton today, I saw a billboard on the side of the highway advertising a World Cup party at a local casino. Then, after arriving […]
We all know what the marquee matchup on Saturday Afternoon eastern time, mid-morning pacific will be. On June 12th it will be the crown taking on the colonists in one of the most hyped matches since the World Cup Draw in early December of 2009. Everything has been said and none of it has been done […]
I play much more soccer than basketball. But when it comes to the end of televised seasons, I watch much more basketball than soccer. Maybe it has something to do with the excitement of a top quality league that actually has playoffs combined with the speed and high scoring of the NBA. But it also […]
An ESPN interview with some of the Italian national team players shows that not even the squad seems to know who will be on the pitch on Sunday when they kick off versus Paraguay. Marcello Lippi has been tight-lipped about who will start and what formation the Azzurri will play, even noting that the formation […]
Finally. It. Is. Here. The 2010 World Cup kicks off today with the first match up between South Africa and Mexico. I'm picking South Africa and Mexico to draw in this one. Mexico should win, but buoyed by the incredible support of the South African nation, I think the South Africans will rise to the […]
With England's captain Rio Ferdinand now out of the World Cup Finals, one would think the notoriously pessimistic English would be packing it in already with fears about their defense, but there has hardly been a tremor. Throughout the Premiership campaign Ferdinand had not played up to potential, and many believe that his replacement, likely […]
Going into this World Cup many people are expecting big things from the England squad, and why not? All play in what’s considered the best league in the world, they have one of the top three strikers in the world in Wayne Rooney, a top 5 defender in John Terry, and manager Fabio Capello […]
Football fans around the world will be beaming with excitement when England take on USA this Saturday. The prospect of seeing one of the outside favourites to win the World Cup in their opening game against very reasonable opponents is an exciting one. In the English press, when the draw for the group stage was […]
[polldaddy poll=3329742] After over six months of anticipation, we're now on the verge of seeing the World Cup kick off and the first gigantic matchup of the tournament when England plays the United States on Saturday at 2:30pm ET (live on ABC). But who do you think will win? Who has the ability to win […]
This writer has not fallen off the face of the earth after the season concluded in mid-May. I am writing this as I leave on a boat from Napoli en route to Palma de Mallorca. I have been traveling through Europe these past weeks, and I was in Barcelona to cover the FC Barcelona presidential […]
