Articles tagged with "Friendlies"
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Chriso | Mar 8th, 2006
It looks like the favoured nations to win the World Cup are taking different routes where warmup games are concerned. France have lined up four ...
Posted on: Argentina World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Mar 6th, 2006
Looks like a friendly match against Angola has been set up in late May in Germany. Not sure why we would choose to play ...
Posted on: Australia World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Mar 3rd, 2006
The preparation macthes for the World Cup are beginning to take shape for Australia. The Socceroos face Greece in Melbourne on May 25 ...
Posted on: Mexico World Cup Team Blog by John | Mar 2nd, 2006
After Mexico’s triumph over world cup bound Ghana, Mexico has a rather ambitious series of friendlies on the books.
Now that the Official FIFA date has ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Mar 2nd, 2006
We've taken a look at the teams that impressed and distressed during this week's friendlies, now let's take a gander at which World Cup groups ...
Posted on: Angola World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Mar 2nd, 2006
Because I am so bummed about yesterday's loss to South Korea, I am trying not to think too much about Angola football today. It ...
Posted on: Mexico World Cup Team Blog by John | Mar 2nd, 2006
Only 11 minutes after coming on as a sub, Guillermo Franco scored the only goal of the match as Mexico defeated Ghana 1-0 in Frisco, ...
Posted on: Mexico World Cup Team Blog by John | Mar 2nd, 2006
I am stuck in Lubbock, Telemundo has decided to run the game on tape delay, and did I mention that I am stuck in Lubbock? ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Mar 2nd, 2006
After watching about 1,000 hours of football yesterday, I now have a better idea about many of the teams in this summer's World Cup. ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Mar 1st, 2006
On a day that featured 27 of the World Cup teams playing in friendlies, the last game saw Mexico finish off Ghana 1-0 in Texas. ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Mar 1st, 2006
Spain defeated Ivory Coast 3-2 in one of the more entertaining matches of the day. Juanito scored the game winner in the 86th minute. ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Mar 1st, 2006
PRE-GAME
New kits: forgive me, but I could give a toss.
The black armbands? For Bestie? The Queen Mum? Jonathan Woodgate?
Uruguay has some ...
Posted on: Tunisia World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Mar 1st, 2006
Halftime in Tunisia and the Carthage Eagles have their worlk cut out for them. The team gave up a 12th minute goal to Serbia's ...
Posted on: Mexico World Cup Team Blog by John | Mar 1st, 2006
Jared Borgetti and Omar Bravo will be the starting pair of forwards as Mexico take on Ghana in the last match of the feast of ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Mar 1st, 2006
South Korea and Iran both won earlier today to help kick off a day filled with international friendlies. South Korea defeated fellow World Cup ...
Posted on: Trinidad and Tobago World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Feb 28th, 2006
Trinidad and Tobago coach Leo Beenhaaker is feeling pretty good about his team following today's 2-0 win against Iceland in London.
"You can see the potential ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 28th, 2006
After enduring weeks of grueling physical, psychological and mental training, World Cup Blog is ready for our biggest challenge to date. On Wednesday, 27 ...
Posted on: Trinidad and Tobago World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Feb 28th, 2006
Winning feels so sweet. The Soca Warriors defeated Iceland tonight 2-0 in a game played in London. Dwight Yorke (who else?) was the ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 28th, 2006
Dwight Yorke scoring goals again on English soil; the world feels right again. Yorke, who made his name scoring goals in England for many ...
Posted on: Trinidad and Tobago World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Feb 28th, 2006
I don't know how the quality will be, but for those with fast Internet connections you can supposedly watch the Trinidad and Tobago game against ...
Posted on: Saudi Arabia World Cup Team Blog by Shahed | Feb 28th, 2006
Who are the people who are going to watch the game between Saudi Arabia and Portugal on March 1st?
From Saudi Arabia:
Crazy Saudi fans - ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 28th, 2006
What a great start to the next couple days of friendly football fever! Japan and Bosnia-Herzegovina finished in a 2-2 draw with Japan's Hidetoshi ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 28th, 2006
With all the friendlies taking place on Tuesday and Wednesday this week, what is a football geek who wants to watch them all to do? ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Feb 27th, 2006
Let's face it. The United States hasn't won in Europe since VE Day. But if the US is going to make some noise ...
Posted on: Trinidad and Tobago World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Feb 26th, 2006
The Soca Warriors convened today in London to prepare for their upcoming friendly against Iceland and discovered something we've all known all along: London ...
Posted on: Australia World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Feb 25th, 2006
Rounding out its slate of exhibitions before the World Cup, Australia has announced it will play Liechtenstein in a friendly on June 7. Liechtenstein ...
Posted on: Saudi Arabia World Cup Team Blog by Shahed | Feb 25th, 2006
The Saudi Football Federation said that they have added Uruguay and Egypt to the friendly games in preparation for the coming World Cup 2006. This ...
Posted on: Costa Rica World Cup Team Blog by Ted Veler | Feb 24th, 2006
The March 1 Costa Rica friendly with Iran is very close to being cancelled due to political pressures arising from Iran's controversial stands on ...
Posted on: South Korea World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Feb 20th, 2006
As World Cup Blog's Ghana reporter reports, South Korea is likely to face Ghana in a friendly in late May in Scotland. This has ...
Posted on: Angola World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Feb 19th, 2006
Well shiver me timbers. Angola's Football Federation is showing a lot of cojones by leaving disgruntled forward Mantorras off the squad for its upcoming ...
