The self-loathing elements of the British press have had the short and long knives out for England manager Roy Hodgson for well over a year now. It is obvious that large elements of the media did not want Hodgson to get the job over Harry Redknapp. And once he did, he was pillaged for player […]

Niko Kovac has been appointed as caretaker manager of the Croatia national team after the Croatian Football Federation accepted the resignation offer from coach Igor Stimac, according to 24 Sata. Stimac offered his resignation after Croatia lost 2-0 to Scotland last night. In his post-match interview, he said that he didn't think Croatia would qualify […]

On a surreal night of CONCACAF World Cup qualifiers, Mexico lost 2-1 to Costa Rica but still managed to qualify for the World Cup playoff match against New Zealand after the United States came back from 1-0 down to beat Panama 3-2. To put it mildly, Mexico are extremely fortunate to still even be in […]

As a soccer viewer, the hardest part about World Cup qualifiers is trying to watch more than one match at once, such is the sheer amount of matches that are available to watch at any given time. Tonight is no exception as there are seven matches on deck in the CONCACAF and CONMEBOL qualifying rounds […]

In the World Cup qualifier between rivals Uruguay and Argentina on Tuesday night, Uruguayan and Liverpool striker Luis Suarez was up to his old tricks again as he took a dive in the penalty area to earn a penalty kick for his national team. After the referee awarded the penalty to Uruguay, up stepped Suarez […]

Croatia national team coach Igor Stimac offered his resignation tonight despite his team qualifying for the World Cup playoffs. Stimac offered his resignation after Croatia lost 2-0 to Scotland at Hampden Park on the final day of the group matches in the UEFA confederation of World Cup qualifying matches. Croatia are through to the playoffs where […]

Tim Howard established himself as the United States number one right after World Cup 2006. While Kasey Keller was still in the US mix at the time, Howard was named the starter by Bob Bradley, then the interim Head Coach, a place he has retained since. Howard has generally been good for the United States […]

England, Spain, Russia and Bosnia-Herzegovina qualified for FIFA World Cup 2014 tonight, joining the teams who have already qualified — Brazil, United States of America, Australia, Japan, Iran, South Korea, Italy, Netherlands, Argentina, Costa Rica, Colombia, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany. In Europe, there's still the playoffs remaining, where the following teams will compete for a chance […]

Watch the US Men's National Team's final game of World Cup qualifying live on beIN SPORT tonight at 9:30pm ET. If you don't have beIN SPORT, no problem. You can subscribe to DishWorld for $10/month and get beIN SPORT, One World Sports (featuring Chelsea TV, Arsenal TV and Bayern Munich) and beIN SPORT Espanol via […]

World Cup dreams will be realized and destroyed today in the final day of the regular stages of the World Cup qualifying matches around the world. Teams will be battling for automatic qualification, while others will be trying to qualify for the play-offs, and other teams will be fighting for pride. In the afternoon/early evening […]

Watch Ghana vs Egypt, Noon ET, live on beIN SPORT, beIN SPORT Espanol and DishWorld. Don't be surprised if you see a ton of neutral soccer fans cheering for Egypt today in their first leg of their World Cup qualifier against Ghana. Egypt's journey through the World Cup qualifiers in the past two years has […]

Despite initial reports that Zlatan Ibrahimovic had taken a flight immediately after an UEFA Champions League game to Sarajevo, to grant a boy his dying wish to see the Swedish striker in person, those reports were dismissed by the Paris Saint-Germain press officer. Following up on that initial report, Ibrahimovic said he would see what […]

Michael Carrick is expected to start in midfield for England instead of Frank Lampard in the crunch match against Poland at Wembley (3pm ET on FOX Sports 1, for readers in the United States). In training, Carrick has been playing alongside Steven Gerrard in preparation for tonight's match. England manager Roy Hodgson is expected to […]

For a walk down memory lane, England played Poland in 1973 with The Three Lions just needing a win to qualify for the 1974 World Cup. The match, which was played at the old Wembley Stadium, will live in history because of the brilliant performance by Poland goalkeeper Jan Tomaszewski who kept England from winning the […]

If you're a soccer fan in the United States, you have a mammoth 29 live World Cup qualifying matches to choose from today, many of which have massive implications on what countries will be playing in the World Cup next summer. First, if you want to watch Egypt, managed by Bob Bradley, take on Ghana […]