Argentina's turbulent qualifying ride is over, and now they look to be one of the stronger teams at the World Cup. To look at the Albiceleste and their group – which includes Greece, Nigeria, and South Korea – I was joined by Laurence McKenna and Kartik Kishnaiyer to break down each squad and match and […]

Argentina's turbulent qualifying ride is over, and now they look to be one of the stronger teams at the World Cup. To look at the Albiceleste and their group – which includes Greece, Nigeria, and South Korea – I was joined by Laurence McKenna and Kartik Kishnaiyer to break down each squad and match and […]

Ghana's Black Stars, who were so wonderful to watch in Germany in 2006, are back for South Africa 2010 and are hungry for more. Ghana, who will be buoyed by the fact that the World Cup is being hosted on African soil, will play very similarly to they way they did in 2006. They will […]

The Week 11 numbers look like this... 5 year comparison Week 11 89 GP YTD Avg +/- GP Avg +/- Avg +/- GP 2006 12,645 7 14,772 15,383 67 2007 17,753 40.40% 7 14,985 1.44% 15,491 0.71% 72 2008 20,594 16.01% 7 16,171 7.91% 17,229 11.22% 77 2009 16,066 […]

Algeria’s path to South Africa was nothing short of explosive. Their savage rivalry with Egypt produced incredible displays of passion and shocking, barbaric violence. England’s second group opponents lost 2-0 to their bitter rivals in their last qualifying match, after seething Egyptian fans pelted the Algerian’s team bus with missiles. Miraculously enough, Egypt’s victory meant […]

Does Fox Soccer Channel have a time machine where they're able to go into the future to find out the results of games, and then report back to present day to reveal the scores? Maybe not, but currently running on Fox Soccer Channel and Fox Soccer Plus is an advertisement promoting Fox Soccer's new mobile […]

It has seemed at times that every moment the U.S. Men's National Team begins to get a glimpse of what their squad will look like come the first group match of the World Cup, the injury bug strikes. At the Confederation's Cup, Charlie Davies became a household name and the U.S. finally had a much […]

The Chicago Fire finally found the three points they had been looking for since April 24 with a 2-1 win over the expansion Philadelphia Union at Toyota Park on the first Saturday night in June. Fire great Peter Nowak returned to Chicago with his Union team on Polish Night in Bridgeview to try to keep […]

The United States Men's National Team will be competing in Group C come June 12th in Rustenburg after finishing top of the CONCACAF group and clinching a spot in South Africa. The Americans will be making their 9th appearance in a World Cup tournament and after sustained progress under head coach Bob Bradley the expetations […]

When you're a football club and you have to come up with ideas of how to promote the sale of season tickets during the summer months, what do you do? If you're Aston Villa, you release three very creative videos and hope that they go viral. James Milner, Carlos Cuellar and John Carew star in […]

Simon Cowell's unofficial England World Cup song debuted last night on Britain's Got Talent TV show. The song features Dizzee Rascal rapping and actor/comedian James Corden singing the chorus, as they're both accompanied by flag waving England supporters onstage. The song features a chorus from the Tears For Fears classic song, "Shout." During Dizzee Rascal's […]

When you think back to previous World Cup tournaments, what are the fondest memories of the games you watched? For me, it were the ones I watched with friends and strangers. Watching a World Cup on a giant TV screen with friends or strangers is a surreal experience. Every moment in the game is heightened as […]

Italy have just concluded their final friendly before the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, and it seems like the Azzurri have been asleep for these friendlies. While a 1-1 draw is certainly better than the 2-1 loss they suffered to Mexico, the current World Cup champions seem pretty ordinary before the tournament kicks off. […]

No Donovan. No Buddle. No Beckham. No problem. The L.A. Galaxy continued their astounding early season form this evening with a 4-1 bulldozing of the Houston Dynamo this evening at the Home Depot Center. The Galaxy continued their absolutely torrid pace and are still undefeated with 10 wins and 2 draws for 2010. In the […]

For the New York Red Bulls, this match is the last before the World Cup break came and after a fantastic finish against the Houston Dynamo on Wednesday night, the club was looking to put in a good performance and earn another three points. The only goal of the evening came in the 27th minute […]