We are some 16 months away from the start of the 2014 World Cup Finals in Brazil and three European heavyweights have must-win games on Tuesday or their participation in Brazil will be in serious doubt. FRANCE V. SPAIN First up is the current European and World Champions who head to Paris in a must-win […]
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More defensive worries for U.S.A. fans heading into the World Cup qualifiers against Costa Rica and Mexico as Jurgen Klinsmann has dropped U.S. captain Carlos Bocanegra from the squad, while Timmy Chandler, Fabian Johnson and Danny Williams will miss the matches because of injuries and illness. Besides Bocanegra there are eight players not in the […]
USA National team boss Jurgen Klinsmann has some major injury worries ahead of the US’s two massive World Cup Qualifying games later this month. After losing its opening game in Honduras 2-1 the American’s face Costa Roca and Mexico later this month, knowing that they need at least a split from the two games. But […]
Massively disappointing defeat for USA today in Honduras, in the opener of the final qualifying round for next year’s World Cup. The U.S. took the lead in the match through Clint Dempsey, but could not hold the lead once again away from home and eventually lost 2-1. The U.S., which had been 12-3-3 against Honduras, […]
U.S. Men’s National Team head coach Jurgen Klinsmann looks ahead to the first game of the final round of World Cup Qualifying, and discusses some of the challenges the team will face going up against Honduras. No real surprises in Klinsmann squad for Honduras. It’s a squad heavy on European-based players that is led by […]
The Africa Cup of Nations kicks off this weekend and Cameroon Football Federation President Mohammed Iya has already ignited some fireworks saying that Africa deserves more than its current five places at the World Cup. According to Iya, half of the European teams that earn a spot at the World Cup are no better than […]
Neymar is the best player in the world who is not playing in Europe and that will not be changing anytime soo. Speaking in Montevideo after receiving the El Pais newspaper’s award for South American player of the year for the second straight year Neymar was quoted as saying: “it is not yet the time” […]
The British press has always downplayed the skills and accomplishment’s of Zlatan Ibrahimovic because he has never played well against an English team. Well that all changed in Stockholm tonight as Ibra scored all four goals, including a goal of the season overhead kick, to give England boss Roy Hodgson his first defeat over 90 […]