France: GK (3): Steve Mandanda (Marseille), Grégory Coupet (Lyon), Sébastien Frey (Fiorentina) DEF (8): Eric Abidal (Barcelona), Jean-Alain Boumsong, Francois Clerc, and Sebastien Squillaci (Lyon), William Gallas (Arsenal), Patrice Evra (Manchester United), Willy Sagnol (Bayern Munich), Lilian Thuram (Barcelona) MID (7): Lassana Diarra (Portsmouth), Claude Makelele and Florent Malouda (Chelsea), Jeremy Toulalan (Lyon), Patrick Vieira* […]

Sky News ridiculed Sven Goran Eriksson possibly taking the Mexico job, and T&T was written off as a "weak opponent". This shows the general contempt the UK based media has for CONCACAF Don Garber was interviewed on Sky News about the match. Landon Donovan's injury wasn't mentioned on Sky News, but his possible 100th cap […]

Sky News ridiculed Sven Goran Eriksson possibly taking the Mexico job, and T&T was written off as a "weak opponent". This shows the general contempt the UK based media has for CONCACAF Don Garber was interviewed on Sky News about the match. Landon Donovan's injury wasn't mentioned on Sky News, but his possible 100th cap […]

Austria: GK (3): Alex Manninger (Siena), Jürgen Macho (AEK Athens), Ramazan Özcan (Salzburg) DEF (8): Martin Stranzl (Spartak Moscow), Emanuel Pogatetz (Middlesbrough), Ronald Gërçaliu (Salzburg), Markus Katzer, Martin Hiden, and Jürgen Patocka (Rapid Wien), György Garics (Napoli), Sebastian Prödl (Sturm Graz) MID (8): Joachim Standfest (Austria Wien), Christian Fuchs (Mattersburg), René Aufhauser and Christoph Leitgeb […]

Czech Republic: GK (3): Petr Cech (Chelsea), Jaromír Blažek (Nuremberg), Daniel Zítka (Anderlecht) DEF (7): Zdenek Grygera (Juventus), Radoslav Kovác (Spartak Moscow), Marek Jankulovski (AC Milan), Zdenek Pospech (FC Copenhagen), Michal Kadlec (Sparta Prague), Tomáš Ujfaluši* (Fiorentina), David Rozehnal (Lazio) MID (8): Jan Polák (Anderlecht), Tomáš Galásek (Nuremberg), Libor Sionko (FC Copenhagen), David Jarolím (Hamburg), […]

As I said yesterday, today's plan goes like this: this preview (France and Holland), the final rosters for the Czech Republic, Switzerland, and Turkey (Group A) all in one post, the final rosters for Austria, Germany, and Poland (Group B) in another post, the final rosters for France, Italy, and Romania (Group C) in another […]

The only US related team news you'll get in London regard Beasley and his club Rangers / Photo from Setanta Sports Later today here in the capital of the world (well at least the English speaking world) the United States will face England at the year old new Wembley Stadium. Not only will this be […]

A variety of English newspapers are reporting today that the United States Soccer Federation is set to launch a rival bid against England's Football Association for the 2018 World Cup. This comes as the England national team is set to host the US in a friendly at Wembley later in the day, and four days from a friendly […]

Wow, as soon as I finished posting the Dutch squad, Greece came out with their final roster. Tomorrow's workload is getting lighter by the minute, as now only nine more nations still need to submit their teams. Greece is the defending champion, and will compete in Group D with Sweden, Spain, and Russia. They're coached […]

I'll get right to it — here's a look at Group B, comprised of co-hosts Austria, Croatia, Germany, and Poland. If you're a history buff and know anything about war in Europe over the past few centuries, you'll understand why this group could provide some of the tensest, most passionate games in the tournament. First, […]

With Euro 2008 right around the corner and teams already preparing for the tournament, I find it odd that Raul was excluded from the national team. With his dip in form the past few seasons it was easy for Luis Aragones to drop him, however this past season he has shown that his career is not […]

No question mark this time. The line has been crossed in Columbus according to You Tube footage. I am following the US team in London the next several days and may not have time to give this serious story the attention it deserves so please check out the latest from some other sources who are […]

This is a friendly meant for experimenting. I'd like to win but now knowing the squad and its limitations I think finding out about certain guys may in fact down the road be much more important than chasing a result that is unlikely to come. ———————————-Jaqua————————————— ———————————Adu——————————————- Beasley—————————————————–Donovan—— ————————–Clark—————Bradley———————– Pearce————–Onyewu————–Edu——–Cherdundolo—- ———————————Guzan————————————— 2nd Half Subs: Lewis […]

Numancia, like Real Madrid, ran away from the pack and are just one point away from returning to the first division. The big battle for promotion is being fought between Málaga, Sporting, and Real Sociedad. Málaga have a slight advantage with a one-point lead over Sporting and Sociedad. On the opposite end of the spectrum […]

After taking a little break to watch some afternoon baseball, I'm back with the second part of my Group A preview. Switzerland: Coming off their unexpected progression to the Round of 16 in World Cup 2006, where they were the only team to not concede a goal during regulation, Switzerland has fairly high hopes in […]