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November 20, 2008

FIFA International Friendlies Scores - Nov. 19

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Home Teams Listed First Greece 1 - 1 Italy GRE: Gekas 50′. ITA: Toni 54′ Germany 1 - 2 England GER: Helmes 63′. ENG: Upson 23′, Terry 84′ Netherlands 3 - 1 Sweden NED: Van Persie 33′ & 50′, Kuyt 90′. SWE: Kallstrom 51′ Spain 3 - 0 Chile ESP: Villa pen 37′, Torres 66′, Santi Cazorla 86′ Scotland 0 - 1 Argentina ARG: Maxi Rodriguez 8′ France 0 [. Click to continue reading...
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November 12, 2008

WCB Rankings - November

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It is time for another WCB Rankings, this time for November.   October was an intense month in World Cup qualifying, Africa finalized its groups for its last stage of qualifying, CONCACAF could see a surprise or two as the hexagonal final stage is almost set.  Europe & South America continue their grind toward qualification and [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , FIFA, WCB Rankings

November 11, 2008

Award Winners - Part III

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The final installment of the Award Winners series will feature the candidates for the African Player of the Year.  The winner of the 2007 award went to Sevilla's Mali striker Frédéric Kanouté. Kanouté was the 1st African P.O.Y. not to be born in Africa, but this year's candidates & eventual winner were all born on the African continent. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Africa, Africa P.O.Y., Award Winners, Emmanuel Adebayor, Mohamed Aboutrika, Samuel Eto'o

October 24, 2008

Award Winners - Part II

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Part II of the Award Winners series focuses on South America and its Player Of The Year. Since 1986, Uruguayan newspaper El País has been the official selector of "Rey del Fútbol de América" (America's King Of Football). Even though the award has been around since 1971. The 2 greatest of all time have won [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Award Winners, CONMEBOL, Christian Benítez, Giancarlo Maldonado, Giancarlos Maldonado, South America P.O.Y., South American P.O.Y., joffre guerron

October 23, 2008

Award Winners - Part I

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We are coming up on that time of the year when the next three months we will dress up as someone or something, eat some turkey or some bird till we get fat, and open some presents from our families that we will probably return 2 weeks later. It is also the time when the [...] Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Award Winners, Cristiano Ronaldo, FIFA, FIFA P.O.Y., Iker Casillas, ballon d'or, xavi

African WCQ Final Stage Groups

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  Group A Cameroon Togo Morocco Gabon Group B Nigeria Mozambique Kenya Tunisia Group C Egypt Rwanda Algeria Zambia Group D Ghana Benin Sudan Mali Group E Côte d'Ivoire Malawi Burkina Faso Guinea *Only the winners of each group will advance to South Africa 2010. Games are scheduled to begin in March 2009. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Africa, World Cup, qualifiers

October 17, 2008

Top 5 - Edition II

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Well another interesting round of WCQ matches have passed and as usual there were some surprises and realities that make The Beautiful Game so compelling.  So with that said, here is the 2nd Edition of the Top 5 Things We Learned From Previous Round of WC Qualifying: The Motherland of New Faces Those seeking new nations to [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Africa, CONCACAF, CONMEBOL, Caribbean, Top 5, World Cup, qualifiers

October 16, 2008

WCQ CONMEBOL - Round 10 Scores

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HOME TEAMS LISTED FIRST Bolivia 2 - 2 Uruguay BOL: Martins (15′ & 41′). URU: Bueno (64′), Abreu (88′) Paraguay 1 - 0 Peru PAR: Benitez (82′) Chile 1 - 0 Argentina CHI: Orellana (35′) Venezuela 3 - 1 Ecuador VEN: Maldonado (48′), Moreno (56′), Arango (67′). Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , CONMEBOL, World Cup, qualifiers

October 10, 2008

Key Upcoming WC Qualifying Matches - Part I

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This weekend, qualifying for The Great Tournament resumes with matches all over the planet. Injuries and intrigue surround various matches with some outcomes determining whose dream of playing in South Africa in 2010 will become a closer reality or a nightmare in the failure to advance.  Therefore let's breakdown some of the key matches in [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Africa, Asia, FIFA, World Cup, qualifiers

October 8, 2008

WCB Rankings

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FIFA is an esteemed organization whose policies and activities usually meet with a 90+ percent approval rating but there is one FIFA activity that usually makes me scratch the itchy scalp benenath my baby fro.  That one thing is the FIFA Ranking Table.  Teams are ranked ahead of other teams that have no reason to be. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , FIFA, WCB Rankings

September 30, 2008

Brazil Announces Roster For Upcoming Qualifiers

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Dunga, fairly or not, is feeling the heat for the Selecao's performances the last couple of matches.  He decided to make some changes for the next two qualifiers.  The most obvious move was replacing Ronaldinho for Kaka.  The two AC Milan playmakers seem to be meshing well after their performance in the Rossoneri's 1-0 win [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , AC Milan, Amantino Mancini, Brazil, CONMEBOL, Ronaldinho, World Cup, playmakers, qualifiers, rossoneri, selecao

September 18, 2008

Top 5

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The Top 5 Things Learned From The Previous Round of WC Qualifying: Ghana on the brink The Black Stars could be out of qualifying.  In Group 5 of Round 2 WC African Qualifying, Ghana sits in 3rd place behind 1st place Libya and 2nd place Gabon only trailing Gabon on goal differential.  Their talisman Michael Essien is out [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Caribbean, France, Ghana, Libya, Michael Essien, Sepp Blatter, Top 5, World Cup, paraguay, qualifiers, talisman

September 17, 2008

CONMEBOL WCQ: Brazilian Heat

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Almost half-way through the South American World Cup qualifiers and one of the top 5 issues of this qualifying cycle is the play of Brazil.  Anyone who knows anything about South American football knows that Brazil is going to finish in the Top 4 automatically putting them in The Great Tournament, so why all the heat towards [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Brazil, CONMEBOL, South American Football, South American World Cup qualifiers, World Cup, World Cup Qualifiers, qualifiers

September 11, 2008

CONCACAF State of Play

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Mexico is reasserting itself as the dominant CONCACAF power. Last night's 2-1 win over Canada in Chiapas saw Mexico once again mix the old and the new as far as player selection. Honduras beat Jamaica at home and finally the Hondurans who have for years been talented enough to break through in a weak region [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , CONCACAF, Honduras, Mexico, canada, chiapas, jamaica

September 8, 2008

Cuba Outplays the US in Havana

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Reuters Photo Three points is three points I suppose. But tonight's game unlike last months qualifier in Guatemala City has me very concerned about the state of play regarding the US Team. Against a side that in its own stadium last month gave up three relatively quick goals to Trinidad and Tobago, the US had to [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , United States