Articles tagged with "world-cup-2006"
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Nov 24th, 2006
Ecuador midfielder Edison Mendez returned from suspension as PSV lost to Liverpool in Champions League play. PSV lost 2-0 but is nevertheless already through ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Nov 19th, 2006
It seems that Marco Materazzi wants to come to France to promote his new book, "What I Really Said to Zidane." Problem is, France ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Nov 19th, 2006
Wigan take on Aston Villa today in English Premier League action. And it's safe to say that Ecuadorian midfielder Luis Valencia has settled in ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Nov 17th, 2006
I myself had scored plenty of goals by the time I was eighteen. Although now that I think of it, very few of those were ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Nov 16th, 2006
Ecuador striker Roberto Mina has been left unprotected by FC Dallas of Majot League Soccer. This means that Mina can be selected by new ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Nov 14th, 2006
Ecuador midfielder Edison Mendez has helped PSV jump over Ajax to lead the Dutch Eredivisie. Mendez--a finalist for the Ballon d'Or--assisted on the game's ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Nov 13th, 2006
El Tin, I think it's safe to say, is already an Ecuador legend on the pitch. Now his country is giving him a chance ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Nov 10th, 2006
Sometimes players go to play in cash-rich places like Qatar and disappear from the international footbal radar. To that end, I just wanted to let ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Nov 10th, 2006
As you all know by now, Ecuador football legend Alberto Spencer has passed away at the age of 68. Most famously, Spencer scored ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Nov 9th, 2006
The Berlin Senate has issued a report that attributes the lack of fan violence at the World Cup in Germany in part to the large ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Nov 6th, 2006
Forgive me for being a bit sad today. I really wanted to purchase a ball used in this year's World Cup and donate it ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Nov 1st, 2006
The CONCACAF Gold Cup will cease inviting non-regional teams like Ecuador. Since 1996, several South American teams had been invited to participate. Ecuador ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Oct 31st, 2006
If you have a bunch of loot stashed under your couch cushions, you can buy a piece of World Cup history. One of the ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Oct 30th, 2006
Brazil has been playing most of its friendlies in Europe lately, and the CBF says don't look for that to change in the near future. ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Oct 30th, 2006
FIFA Czar-for-Life Sepp Blatter is backing away from remarks he made this weekend in which he apologized to Australia fans and said their team should ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Oct 27th, 2006
I know, I know. Hard to believe. But it looks like Ecuador striker Ivan Kaviedes will not be back on the pitch this ...
Posted on: Argentina World Cup Team Blog by Messay Getahun | Oct 26th, 2006
FIFA has announced their candidates for the "player of the year" award. As we all know Ronaldinho deservingly won it last year. It doesnt look ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Oct 26th, 2006
World Cup 2006 is over. Finished. Done. So this will be my only post about the events of last July. But ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Oct 25th, 2006
Ecuador coach Luis Fernando Suarez says he's not abandoning La Tricolor for his home country Colombia ahead of the 2007 Copa America.
I didn't ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Oct 25th, 2006
It is now international law that we must hear from either Marco Materazzi or Zinedine Zidane at least once every week. In this week's ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Oct 24th, 2006
Ecuador midfielder Edison Mendez is still shining for PSV Eindhoven. Most recent, the Balon d'Or nominee scored in first-half stoppage time to help beat ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Oct 24th, 2006
If it seemed to you like a lot of players were faking injuries at the 2006 World Cup your intuition was correct. FIFA's chief ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Oct 23rd, 2006
It hasn't taken new coach Leo Beenhakker to stir things up in Poland. The man who led Trinidad and Tobago to the World Cup ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Oct 22nd, 2006
Ecuador and FC Dallas striker Roberto Mina hopes to contribute to the Hoops' MLS playoff run. Mina's been out for several months with a ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Oct 22nd, 2006
As noted below, Luis Antonio Valencia netted his first goal for Wigan in yesterday's 4-0 beatdown of Manchester City. Way to go Val!
Later today, ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Oct 17th, 2006
Wasn't it just a few months ago when we were complaining that Ecuadorian players were just too absent from top (or nearly any) European clubs? ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Oct 13th, 2006
The old two-balls-at-once snafu from the Ecuadorian league chronicled here, has resulted in a three-match ban for the referee who allowed the goal to stand. ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Oct 13th, 2006
A terrific effort from Mark Bresciano to help Australia finish off Bahrain 2-0 this week in Asian Cup qualifying. The greatest goal ever for ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Oct 12th, 2006
England's Wayne Rooney can't really catch a break these days. In addition to his well documented scoring slump, he continues to attract detractors and ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Oct 11th, 2006
What's the deal with Luis Antonio Valencia's red card? With Ecuador leading Brazil 1-0 in Tuesday's friendly encounter, the Swedish referee showed a straight ...
