Yes, I had the advantage of seeing the games yesterday before I made these picks. June 24th Germany beats Paraguay Mexico beats Holland June 25th England beats Ecuador Portugal beats Argentina June 26th U.S.A. beats Australia France beats Ukraine June 27th Brazil beats Czech Republic South Korea beats Spain June 30th Germany beats Mexico France […]

This could be one of the great games of the first round. Game time is 2:55 EST, or close 9 pm German time. Post your thoughts, before, during and after the game here.

Post your comments before, during and after the game on this thread. Game Time is 9 am EST, which is 3 pm German time. Wayne Rooney will not play for England, but Roque Santa Cruz may play for Paraguay.

By The Scout Serbia and Montenegro – Nikola Zigic While no one is a lock to advance, there are two groups that will prove more difficult to emerge from than the others. Group E with Italy, USA, Ghana and Czech Republic squads has been dubbed a "group of death". Vying equally hard for that title […]

Jurgen Klinsmann has taken lots of criticism for his attacking style and his decision to continue to live in California while managing the national team. . While the critics may continue to persist, Klinsmann's Germany side scored 4 goals today and beat Coast Rica 4-2. Miroslav Klose picked up where he left off in the […]

Tried listening to the BBC Five Live live broadcast from work a few minutes ago to listen to the Germany v Costa Rica match, but alas — for those souls outside of the UK, like me — the Beeb doesn't have rights to broadcast the match overseas. Probably the worst place in the world to […]

Blogger.com was down yesterday so I apologize for not getting this on the site until this morning June 24th Germany beats Paraguay Mexico beats Argentina June 25th England beats Poland Portugal beats Ivory Coast June 26th Italy beats Australia France beats Spain June 27th Brazil beats USA Ukraine beats Switzerland June 30th Germany beats Mexico […]

There's no better time to be a football fan than right now. On the eve of the World Cup, the choices of what to watch and read are almost endless. For example, you' have to read this one about the battle between Adidas and Puma, and how it's split a German town in two, literally. […]

England – Paul Robinson By The Scout With all of the fuss and furor surrounding young Mr Rooney's metatarsal, as well as coach Sven Goran Eriksson's tactics and team selection, little focus has been paid to one of the main sources of recent English failures at the big tournaments — goalkeeping. Going back to 2002 […]

Manchester United fan Justin Franklin fashions the EPL Talk T-shirt. Interested in getting your own? Listen to the EPL Talk Podcast interview with Soccer Shout to find out how you can win one.

A whole nation rejoiced when this picture was broadcast earlier today. Wayne Rooney has been declared fit and will play in Germany, though his status for Saturday's opener versus Paraguay is still up in the air. With Rooney's return England must be considered among the favorites to win the World Cup. My predictions will be […]

I must apologize since I have been busy the past few days I was not able to fully research Group H completely enough to be comfortable to do a full preview. However I do like the Ukraine and Spain to advance with Tunisia possibly giving an out of form and somewhat erratic Spanish squad run […]

While Fox Soccer Channel won't be broadcasting any of the World Cup matches, the soccer network is busy providing coverage to you. On TV, the channel debuts a new program starting Thursday, June 8th at 8pm ET (and broadcasting each night throughout the tournament at that same time). Ticket To Germany will provide daily news, […]

Germany – Lukas Podolski By The Scout This player is an obvious but a very necessary choice. Having just turned 21 recently, Lukas is now set to star for Germany at this year's World Cup. He spent last season at FC Cologne but after they were relegated from the Bundesliga, he was sold to Bayern […]

The Guardian newspaper ran an interesting article about America and the World Cup yesterday. In it, reporter Steven Wells revealed the interesting split between those die-hard soccer fans and the mainstream. Interestingly, I wrote a similar piece for EPL Talk Magazine (which was just released last night and is a free download). If you live […]