Articles tagged with "Netherlands"
Posted on: Australia World Cup Team Blog by Pat | Jul 3rd, 2009
The Socceroos have rocketed into the top 20 in the latest FIFA rankings. A successful end to our World Cup campaign, including wins over Bahrain ...
Posted on: Australia World Cup Team Blog by Pat | Jun 3rd, 2009
There are several minor hiccups in the Socceroos’ preparation for Sunday morning’s (EST) World Cup Qualifier against Qatar. Tim Cahill is suffering from a slight ...
Posted on: Australia World Cup Team Blog by Pat | Apr 5th, 2009
The FFA have scheduled a rematch for the Socceroos against the Netherlands on October 10. The last time the two teams faced off was in ...
Posted on: Scotland World Cup Team Blog by Ian Rose | Mar 29th, 2009
Really, not far from the expected result. There were some questionable referee decisions, but it would be wrong to say they cost us the ...
Posted on: Scotland World Cup Team Blog by Ian Rose | Mar 21st, 2009
Here's the list of Dutchmen that we'll be facing a week from today. As always with Holland, the strikers are frightening, the midfield intimidating ...
Posted on: Scotland World Cup Team Blog by Ian Rose | Mar 18th, 2009
Long story short: Nobody quite knows who will man the sticks on March 28th in Amsterdam. On the home side, Edwin van der Sar ...
Posted on: Scotland World Cup Team Blog by Ian Rose | Mar 14th, 2009
God I love that movie. Anyway, the relevance of that clip, thin as it may be, is that in two weeks, Scotland is finally, ...
Posted on: Australia World Cup Team Blog by Pat | Feb 22nd, 2009
Not really sure how this slipped under my nose, but with the release of the latest FIFA rankings (almost two weeks ago...), the Socceroos have ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Feb 3rd, 2009
Yesterday (Feb 2nd) was the deadline for World Cup 2018 & 2022 hosting bids. So now we know who wants to have the big party ...
Posted on: Greece World Cup Blog by Peter Katsiris | Jan 7th, 2009
With the winter transfer window now in full swing, the opportunity to leave 2nd Bundesliga club Nuremberg has returned for Greece striker Angelos Charisteas. Last ...
Posted on: Greece World Cup Blog by Peter Katsiris | Nov 12th, 2008
FIFA released its annual FIFA/Coca-Cola World Rankings on Wednesday, and to no surprise the Greek National Team slipped one spot to fall to eighteenth place ...
Posted on: Switzerland World Cup Blog by Jan | Sep 14th, 2008
On Tuesday the u-21 selection surprisingly kicked out the holders of the European competition, the Netherlands, in a game that was an in or out ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Chris | Sep 7th, 2008
You'd think, having played organized fixtures for 103 years now, the Dutch National Football Team would have experienced it all. Nope. Somehow, Maarten Stekelenburg, the ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Sep 4th, 2008
The September FIFA World Rankings were announced yesterday, without too many changes from August. Euro 2008 champs Spain are still numero uno and Italy have ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Aug 16th, 2008
Nigeria 2-0 Cote d'Ivoire
There was always going to be an African team in the semis, and it's going to be Nigeria. Peter Odemwingie opened the ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Aug 13th, 2008
And just like that, the group stage of the 2008 Men's Olympic Football tournament is over.
The quarter-finals look like this:
Nigeria vs Cote d'Ivoire
Italy vs Belgium
(winners ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Aug 11th, 2008
Olympic football videos are getting harder to come by, but that doesn't mean I'm about to give up. Not when it's just starting to get ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Brooks Peck | Aug 10th, 2008
What a letdown.
The U.S. men's team dominated the second half against the Netherlands, coming back from a 1-0 halftime deficit with two goals in ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Brooks Peck | Aug 8th, 2008
Circumstances rarely conspire in favor of the U.S. men's soccer team, but that's what happened yesterday when they notched a 1-0 victory over Japan while ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Chris | Aug 6th, 2008
Call me cynical, but international footballers seem to have taken over for boxers and Green Bay Packers quarterbacks when it comes to calling time on ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Aug 1st, 2008
In less than a week, the 2008 Men's Olympic Football Tournament gets underway (complete with rubbish logo, left). August 6th to August 23rd. It's 16 ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Laurie | Jul 30th, 2008
You asked for them, so here they are. The rosters for all of the men's teams heading to the Olympics. Kind of. ...
Posted on: Belgium World Cup Team Blog by julien | Jul 28th, 2008
Belgium olympic coach, Jean-François de Sart, is convinced that Kevin Mirallas will be fit enough to play against South Korea this Saturday. The young Belgians ...
Posted on: Belgium World Cup Team Blog by julien | Jul 27th, 2008
The Belgium olympic squad arrived in Yantai, China today. There the Young Devils will prepare for the upcoming Olympic Games. Two injured players went with ...
Posted on: Belgium World Cup Team Blog by julien | Jul 25th, 2008
Our olympic squad lost respectfully yesterday to the Netherlands, our neighbor and longstanding rival. The match was played at Cristal Arena in front of 6,859 ...
Posted on: Belgium World Cup Team Blog by julien | Jul 23rd, 2008
Bundesliga's Hamburger SV has finally let Belgian international Vincent Kompany play for the Olympics. The 22 year old defender is selected for tonight's friendly against ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jul 2nd, 2008
FIFA says... yes. The latest FIFA World rankings were released today, and a month of World Cup qualifying and a little tournament called Euro 2008 ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 28th, 2008
We've spent a fair bit of time ogling the womenfolk of Euro 2008. It's all part of what makes tournament football so very very ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 27th, 2008
Maroon 5 dedicated a song to this blog, called...eh... "This Blog".
It goes: "this blog has taken it's toll on me, but you said goodbye, so ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Chris | Jun 25th, 2008
The Unlikely Fan, obviously still reeling from his adopted Oranje's exit from the tournament and taking it about as well as Hillary Clinton, gives his ...
