Articles tagged with "japan"
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 18th, 2006
If you haven't seen the goal by Mitsuo Ogasawara from last night's friendly between Japan and Finland you really need to take a look at ...
Posted on: Japan World Cup Team Blog by ShiLou | Feb 18th, 2006
Japan continued their build up to the World Cup with a 2-0 convincing win over Finland in Shizuoka.
Injury-plagued striker Kubo, who made his long-awaited international ...
Posted on: Japan World Cup Team Blog by ShiLou | Feb 17th, 2006
Japan coach Zico is to scrap the 3-6-1 formation adopted against the United States when they play their next friendly against Finland in Shizuoka. That ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Feb 17th, 2006
I love watching Asian players play in European leagues. Not just Iranian, Korean, Japanese, Chinese, and now Australians! Yes, Australians! Aussies are a member of ...
Posted on: Japan World Cup Team Blog by ShiLou | Feb 16th, 2006
The Indian squad will pocket 100000 Rupees (£1200) each if they go against the odds and beat Japan when they meet in an Asian Cup ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 15th, 2006
If the headlines from this past week are an indication of things to come, this summer's World Cup is going to be full of weirdly ...
Posted on: Japan World Cup Team Blog by ShiLou | Feb 13th, 2006
Sports such as baseball, volleyball and wrestling were once popular in Japan. However in recent times, as these sports have become more popular around the ...
Posted on: Japan World Cup Team Blog by ShiLou | Feb 11th, 2006
Japan lost 3-2 to USA in San Francisco yesterday in the first of 9 games that the team will play in the build up to ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Feb 11th, 2006
I've never been a big fan of Taylor Twellman. The guy scores a ton in MLS but in international play he has always looked ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 10th, 2006
Chances are you have been in the situation before. You are in a foreign country and you look down at the meal served to ...
Posted on: Japan World Cup Team Blog by ShiLou | Feb 10th, 2006
The Japanese team where apparently served American beef at an official dinner ahead of their match against the USA in San Francisco. The rest of ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Feb 10th, 2006
Stories in today's papers:
Zico unhappy playing on baseball field
Ching Fighting for Spot
Japan Should Test US
Twellman Looks to Continue Scoring Binge
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Feb 9th, 2006
It turns out that Japan wasn't on Bruce Arena's list of preferred opponents as the US continues its preparations for the World Cup.
"I didn't pick ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Feb 9th, 2006
Both Japan and the United States are rising teams in the world of international soccer, but you might not get that impression tomorrow if you ...
Posted on: Japan World Cup Team Blog by ShiLou | Feb 9th, 2006
Hisato Sato wants to follow in the footsteps of fellow Japanese striker Masashi Oguro after winning his first international call-up for Japan’s friendly with United ...
Posted on: Japan World Cup Team Blog by ShiLou | Feb 7th, 2006
Japan captain Tsuneyasu Miyamoto has said that Philippe Troussier, the former coach, is to thank for the current squad of players who will compete in ...
Posted on: Japan World Cup Team Blog by ShiLou | Feb 6th, 2006
The Japanese national team arrived in San Francisco yesterday ahead of their clash with the United States of America on Feb 10. This will be ...
Posted on: Japan World Cup Team Blog by ShiLou | Feb 5th, 2006
Japan is a country with a strong tradition in sports like baseball and sumo but TV ratings for the year 2005 showed that four of ...
Posted on: Japan World Cup Team Blog by ShiLou | Feb 3rd, 2006
Head coach Zico is worried about his team’s killer instinct in front of goal ahead of the World Cup finals in Germany.
The Japanese coach has ...
Posted on: Japan World Cup Team Blog by ShiLou | Feb 2nd, 2006
Shinji Ono has made a return to the Japan national team after a four-month absence. Fit again Ono who recently joined J.League club Urawa Reds ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 2nd, 2006
February is a friendly month for some of the World Cup teams. Here's a list of friendlies that have been scheduled for this month.
Feb-10-2006 ...
Posted on: Japan World Cup Team Blog by ShiLou | Feb 1st, 2006
Former Brazil defender is linking up with former team-mate and now Japan head coach Zico to spearhead
Japan’s adventure at the World Cup in Germany, ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 1st, 2006
It is the beginning of February and that means we are inching a bit closer to the World Cup. It can't come soon enough. ...
Posted on: Japan World Cup Team Blog by ShiLou | Jan 30th, 2006
Japanese fans are the most immaculate when it comes to supporting their team.
Apparently during the 1998 World Cup in France, the stadium authorities were ...
Posted on: Japan World Cup Team Blog by ShiLou | Jan 29th, 2006
Japan and Kashima Antlers striker Takayuki Suzuki has joined former European Champion Red Star Belgrade on a two-year contract. He becomes the first Japanese member ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Jan 28th, 2006
Hamburg SV opened their second half of the season with a loss against Nuremberg in the German Bundesliga.
As some of you may know, Iran and ...
Posted on: Japan World Cup Team Blog by ShiLou | Jan 28th, 2006
Japanese midfielder Hidetoshi Nakata played his part as his Bolton team knocked out FA Cup holders Arsenal 1-0 in their fourth round tie.
In a ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Jan 28th, 2006
Yesterday Iran defeated Germany in an international tournament with the final score of 1:0. One minor detail though, it was an Under-19 youth tournament.
Okay, ...
Posted on: Japan World Cup Team Blog by ShiLou | Jan 27th, 2006
Japanese midfielder Hidetoshi Nakata should feature for Bolton tomorrow in their FA Cup tie against FA Cup holders Arsenal. Bolton have midfielders that are either ...
Posted on: Japan World Cup Team Blog by ShiLou | Jan 27th, 2006
The Japanese coach Zico has been voted as the ninth best national coach of the world, according to the annual election of the International Federation ...
