Articles tagged with "world-cup-2010"
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Mar 7th, 2007
My apologies for the infrequent posting of late. The Offside and other duties have called. Here are some quick World Cup-related headlines from ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Connor Fabiano | Feb 26th, 2007
Today US Soccer announced that the US MNT will face China on June 2 in San Jose, California. This will be the final friendly ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Feb 17th, 2007
Ecuador will open World Cup qualifying against CONMEBOL comrade Venezuela. Geez, it's already time to start thinking about South Africa 2010.
CONMEBOL will continue to ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 16th, 2007
There is no rest for the weary or for fans of international football. South America's organizing body CONMEBOL has proposed that qualifying for the ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Connor Fabiano | Feb 15th, 2007
Yanks Abroad wrote a great article about who they expect will get one of the 23 tickets to South Africa four summers from now. ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 13th, 2007
Peru football officials are considering the idea of moving their World Cup qualifying matches from sea level at Lima to Cuzco, which is a mere ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Connor Fabiano | Feb 8th, 2007
I just returned from my trip to Glendale, Arizona to watch the US-Mexico friendly, so I dipped into my private media library (YouTube) and uncovered ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Connor Fabiano | Feb 8th, 2007
Under a sold-out attendance of 62,462, the US-Mexico friendly kicked-off in the presence of a heavily pro-Mexican crowd. Despite the difference in supporters, ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Connor Fabiano | Feb 7th, 2007
The US-Mexico friendly is SOLD OUT with over 60,000 fans expected to arrive at University of Phoenix Stadium tonight.
Live coverage begins at 7 p.m. ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Connor Fabiano | Feb 5th, 2007
The US MNT flew to Arizona yesterday in preparation for the game against Mexico this Wednesday.
USsoccer.com has an online video broadcasting their journey in all ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Connor Fabiano | Feb 4th, 2007
With Wednesday evening fast approaching, the US-Mexico game is shaping up to be a border clash to remember.
Because of a FIFA International Fixture Date, ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Connor Fabiano | Jan 23rd, 2007
With less than 15 days until the United States takes on Mexico in Glendale, Arizona, the Battle of the Border is fast approaching. ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Connor Fabiano | Jan 20th, 2007
Well Bob did a great job and so did the entire US Men's National Team as they come away with a 3-1 victory ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jan 18th, 2007
Forget the chatter about South Africa not being prepared in time to host the World Cup. The mayor of Johannesburg, the venue slated to ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jan 5th, 2007
The provincial government gave the go ahead Friday for a new stadium to be built in Cape Town. The stadium construction process and Cape ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Connor Fabiano | Jan 4th, 2007
I don't know exactly what's going on in this photo (it looks like an odd game of twister to me). However, I do ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Dec 7th, 2006
Proving that there is little rest for the World Cup weary, the South American Football Confederation announced today that FIFA has agreed to let it ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Dec 6th, 2006
FIFA announced Wednesday the number of World Cup spots for each confederation for the 2010 competition. The only significant change is that the fifth ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Dec 5th, 2006
There is a saying about all politics being local and we're seeing that play out in Cape Town. A dispute over the proposed land ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Nov 27th, 2006
Determining how many automatic spots in the World Cup each region deserves is always a great pub debate and it is one that FIFA will ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Nov 21st, 2006
In one of the more ironic moves in a long time, the organizers of the South Africa World Cup failed to show up for a ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Nov 14th, 2006
FIFA czar-for-life Sepp Blatter seems to have an on again, off again relationship with South Africa. After heading there a few weeks back to ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Oct 25th, 2006
South Africa's finance minister announced on Wednesday that his government will spend $1.9 billion on stadiums and infrastructure improvements ahead of the 2010 World Cup. ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Oct 18th, 2006
The South Africa World Cup organizing committee might want to hire some new accountants and I mean quickly. Back in 2004 when the country ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Oct 10th, 2006
It doesn't speak particularly well of 2010 World Cup host South Africa that they have decided to play an international friendly against Egypt in London ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Oct 3rd, 2006
After questioning South Africa's ability to host the World Cup in 2010 a few weeks ago, Franz Beckenbauer said in a letter today that his ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Sep 19th, 2006
Add Franz Beckenbauer to the list of people who are publicly wondering whether South Africa can get the job done in time to host the ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Sep 15th, 2006
If you are worried about the slow pace of stadium construction in South Africa and are concerned the country might not be ready to host ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Sep 14th, 2006
Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said that his country will need to build 12 new stadiums if it plans on hosting the 2014 ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Aug 28th, 2006
If there was any doubt whether being a national team coach is a better gig than being president of a nation, we think that answer ...
