Articles tagged with "world-cup-qualifying"
Posted on: Australia World Cup Team Blog by Pat | Dec 30th, 2008
So I wasn’t planning on blogging again till the New Year, but recent events have transpired and forced my hand. Despite being an admirer of ...
Posted on: Australia World Cup Team Blog by Pat | Dec 22nd, 2008
As mentioned in my last post, the Socceroos finished the year on a high, achieving their highest ever FIFA ranking of 28th. Throughout the year, ...
Posted on: Greece World Cup Blog by Peter Katsiris | Dec 18th, 2008
Despite drawing World Champions Italy last month, the latest edition of the FIFA Coca-Cola World Rankings, which were released on Wednesday, saw Greece slip two ...
Posted on: Belgium World Cup Team Blog by julien | Dec 15th, 2008
The Rode Duivels finished 2008 with a draw in an international friendly against Luxembourg. It was a very disappointing, frustrating, and angering (understatement) result. Prior ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Laurie | Nov 25th, 2008
FIFA wants to keep its members pure.
Or at least that's the lesson they seem to hope people will pick up from the suspension ...
Posted on: Greece World Cup Blog by Peter Katsiris | Nov 20th, 2008
A defensive duel between two Mediterranean rivals played to a stalemate finale on Wednesday night, as Italy pegged back to hold Greece to a 1-1 ...
Posted on: Greece World Cup Blog by Peter Katsiris | Nov 19th, 2008
Club duties will be put aside this week, as the international stage returns to the main spotlight. Some of that spotlight will be shared by ...
Posted on: Mexico World Cup Team Blog by Alan | Nov 14th, 2008
Here is the list of players called up to the national team for the game against Honduras, this will be Mexico's last game of the ...
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: Australia World Cup Team Blog by Caleb | Nov 11th, 2008
Pim Verbeek has named one of the strongest Socceroos squads we've had available in his tenure for the World Cup Qualifier against Bahrain, although it's ...
Posted on: Australia World Cup Team Blog by Caleb | Nov 7th, 2008
I should apologise for not covering the Qatar game. I was otherwise occupied, but I hope the result met with general approval. =)
Hopefully I can ...
Posted on: Belgium World Cup Team Blog by julien | Oct 25th, 2008
Last Wednesday, Belgium faced Euro 2008 winners and world #1 Spain. It was a FIFA World Cup 2010 qualifying match. The match was played at ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Oct 22nd, 2008
The FIFA suits gathered in Zurich this afternoon to draw the remaining 20 African World Cup hopefuls into five groups of four for the ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Oct 18th, 2008
I saw this briefly on YouTube before it disappeared on Thursday, presumably never to be seen again. But the good people at The Beautiful Game ...
Posted on: Greece World Cup Blog by Peter Katsiris | Oct 16th, 2008
Greece’s perfect opening to the World Cup Qualifiers came to an end on Wednesday, as Greece fell 2-1 to Switzerland at the Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Chris | Oct 16th, 2008
Chile 1 - Argentina 0
35 years is a long, long time not to beat a team in a qualifying group with only 10 teams. Even ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Chris | Oct 16th, 2008
How often do you see a team subjected to two own goals? Not often. The football gods can be cruel, but typically not that cruel. ...
Posted on: Mexico World Cup Team Blog by Andrea | Oct 16th, 2008
Yeah, I'll admit, the performances have not been that great. And people thought we were going to win WC 2010 with the "golden generation?" ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Chris | Oct 15th, 2008
Two goals in the 85th and 86th minutes (so technically he's a one minute plus man) to take a 2-1 victory at home against Poland, ...
Posted on: Greece World Cup Blog by Peter Katsiris | Oct 15th, 2008
The Hellenic Football Federation (EPO) confirmed yesterday that they had reached an agreement with their Danish equals over a friendly date. The two federations have ...
Posted on: Greece World Cup Blog by Peter Katsiris | Oct 14th, 2008
Greece was victorious on Saturday to continue its perfect start to World Cup Qualification, but the undefeated Greeks will look to extend that feat even ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Oct 14th, 2008
African World Cup qualifying is a tough old business. In 2010 we started with 53 teams, a big number that has to be whittled down ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Oct 14th, 2008
Spotted this video on our very own Paraguay WCB. It's Salvador Cabanas scoring the only goal to give Paraguay an important 1-0 win over Colombia, ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Chris | Oct 13th, 2008
At least something good came out of the Senegal - Gambia game. Perhaps my favorite football photo since we've begun doing this. (Georges Gobet/AFP/Getty Images)
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Chris | Oct 13th, 2008
Good times in Africa as unhappy fans turn into widespread riots after Gambia came up with an 85th minute equalizer to steal a share of ...
Posted on: Belgium World Cup Team Blog by julien | Oct 12th, 2008
Belgium played their third World Cup 2010 qualifying match yesterday. The UEFA Group 5 match was played at Stade Roi Baudouin in Brussels, Belgium. Our ...
Posted on: Greece World Cup Blog by Peter Katsiris | Oct 10th, 2008
The Greek National Team will look to extend their perfect start to their World Cup Qualifying campaign, as Greece finally returns home to host Moldova ...
Posted on: Mexico World Cup Team Blog by Andrea | Oct 10th, 2008
FIFA World Rankings were published and Mexico remained at the 24th spot. They haven't played extremely powerful teams so their ranking didn't move to either ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Chris | Oct 9th, 2008
Do you play football above an amateur level? Are you just short of half-way decent? Is there a rumor that you may be the bastard ...
Posted on: Greece World Cup Blog by Peter Katsiris | Oct 8th, 2008
Greece’s recent victories over Luxembourg and Latvia were reflected on the monthly FIFA World Rankings by rising one spot to seventeenth. Greece, who sat eighth ...
