http://tags.worldcupblog.org Articles tagged 'world-soccer' on World Cup Blog en-us BootsnAll Travel Network http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/polkraine-getting-an-inspection-from-principal-platini.html Daryl 2008-07-03 17:10:26 If you ignore the bit where all the television pictures disappeared, Euro 2008 in Swissautria went nice and smooth. UEFA are obviously hoping for the ... http://usa.worldcupblog.org/friendly/a-revolution.html Carter Daly 2008-05-28 08:51:51 USA vs. England It is a clash of titan nations that goes much deeper than simply soccer. Conjuring up imagery of George Washington and his men crossing ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-cup-2010/how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-world-cup.html football365 2008-05-08 17:06:21 As a South African and a fan of football I was overjoyed when FIFA awarded my home country the rights to host the 2010 World ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/england-vs-scotland-could-return-in-2010.html Daryl 2008-04-25 15:49:20 While the briefly hyped idea of bringing back the British Home Championships seems to have died a death, the idea of England playing Scotland is ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/beckham-and-gerrard-visit-worlds-smallest-football-league.html Daryl 2008-04-22 13:31:19 Interesting idea from Adidas... their new commercial will be sending big names to small places. For example, the likes of David Beckham and Steven Gerrard ... http://usa.worldcupblog.org/2009-olympics/the-deal-with-francisco-torres.html Carter Daly 2008-04-15 20:50:57 Giuseppe Rossi. A duel-citizenship that did not work out in the USA's favor. Francisco Torres A duel-citizenship that may work out in the USA's favor. Good. The 20 year old ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/how-romario-convinced-carlos-alberto-parreira.html Daryl 2008-04-15 10:04:11 So Romário is finally, officially, retired at the age of 42. You can definitely argue that his career went on a few seasons - and ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/sepp-blatter-still-fears-olympic-football.html Daryl 2008-04-14 14:41:55 Ever wondered why the Olympic football tournament isn't as good as it should be? Look no further than FIFA. The general consensus is that FIFA ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/australians-fighting-over-2018-world-cup-final-already.html Daryl 2008-04-04 15:09:11 Uh-oh. This can't be helpful. As Australia prepares its bid to host the 2018 World Cup, there's about to be some infighting over who has ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/daily-dose/daily-dose-040408.html Daryl 2008-04-04 10:20:18 Football news form World Cup Blog, The Offside and elsewhere... Lazy journalists make easy April Fools victims (Tunisia WCB) The best team in Europe (Netherlands WCB) Future phenoms ... http://euro2008.worldcupblog.org/news/will-we-see-bojan-at-euro-2008.html Daryl 2008-04-02 12:52:37 One of the greatest things about international tournaments is seeing young talent burst onto the international scene. Remember Wayne Rooney announcing himself to the world ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/indias-captain-refuses-olympic-torch-to-protest-against-china.html Daryl 2008-04-02 12:39:50 It's not often that footballers take a political stance. Do you know how Wayne Rooney feels about the hybrid embryonic stem cell debate in the ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/daily-dose/daily-dose-040208.html Daryl 2008-04-02 10:36:42 Lovely links from around WCB, The Offside and elsewhere... Lippi never saying never (Italy WCB) Polish goalies on the move? (Poland WCB) Week 12 action in Mexico (Mexico ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/mexico-tell-hugo-sanchez-to-get-gone.html Daryl 2008-04-01 13:28:21 Big news from last night is that Hugo Sanchez finally got himself fired. He might be arguably Mexico's greatest ever player, but his spell in ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/berti-vogts-back-in-work.html Daryl 2008-04-01 10:36:11 That's right, Berti Vogts is once again employed as an international football manager. I know it's April Fool's Day, but I'm pretty sure this is ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/isnt-he-supposed-to-be-injured.html Daryl 2008-03-31 12:55:13 You've probably seen Cristiano Ronaldo's ridiculously good goal for Man Utd against Aston Villa by now. A flick with his back leg, through Martin Laursen's ... http://usa.worldcupblog.org/roster-news/mcbride-wants-in-on-the-olympics.html Carter Daly 2008-03-31 12:21:54 Around the time it was announced that the United States would be participating in the Copa America in Venezuela, I thought Brian McBride would be ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/the-2008-olympic-football-qualifiers-are.html Daryl 2008-03-28 15:01:11 The last of the 16 qualifiers for the 2008 Olympic Men's Football tournament was decided on Wednesday, with Nigeria U23 getting the necessary three points ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/estonaian-fans-beat-the-snow-and-prove-arsene-wenger-wrong.html Daryl 2008-03-28 10:04:20 If Arsene Wenger thinks no one cares about international friendlies anymore, he needs to talk to some Estonia fans. Because those people definitely wanted their ... http://usa.worldcupblog.org/friendly/usa-vs-argentina-officially-announced-for-june-8.html Carter Daly 2008-03-27 16:44:56 The long anticipated announcement of the USA vs. Argentina friendly slated for June 8 at Giants stadium was finally announced today. This friendly will cap off ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/beginning-of-the-end-for-international-friendlies.html Daryl 2008-03-27 16:23:23 Arsene Wenger was busy predicting the end of international friendlies today. After watching his native France beat England 1-0 at the Stade de France you'd ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/montenegro-scalp-norway.html Daryl 2008-03-27 12:55:27 Recent international newcomers Montenegro claimed their biggest scalp yet last night with a 3-1 win over Norway. Igor Burzanovic, Branko Boskovic and Radomir Djalovic got ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/alexandre-pato-marks-his-international-debut-with-an-incredible-goal.html Daryl 2008-03-26 17:32:21 Alexandre Pato made his international debut for Brazil with the usual hype (guilty here) and pressure on him to perform. And as usual he delivered. Just ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/daily-dose/daily-dose-world-cup-blog-wednesday-previews.html Daryl 2008-03-26 11:24:27 Latest links from around World Cup Blog ahead of all today's games (some of which have already happened)... Pharaohs vs Albiceleste preview (Egypt Blog And live ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/big-question-which-of-todays-international-games-is-the-most-interesting.html Daryl 2008-03-26 01:49:52 When it comes to international football, it's very hard to be neutral. But we're going to ask you to try anyway. With a whole world of ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/are-you-ready-for-alexandre-patos-international-debut.html Daryl 2008-03-25 17:35:45 Sweden vs Brazil tomorrow isn't just any old game. It was arranged to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1958 World Cup Final between the ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/honduras-win-concacaf-u-23-tournament.html Daryl 2008-03-24 10:57:15 Hard to know what to make of the CONCACAF U-23 Olympic Qualifying Final. The two finalists - USA and Honduras - had both qualified for ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/now-we-know-our-concacaf-olympic-qualifiers.html Daryl 2008-03-21 10:08:30 The USA and Honduras are CONCACAF's Olympic 2008 qualifiers after both won their CONCACAF U-23 semi-finals last night. The US beat Canada 3-0 thanks to ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/euro-2008/looking-for-euro-2008-bloggers.html Daryl 2008-03-20 19:02:03 We're looking for bloggers to join our team for Euro 2008. If you want to blog about any of the following teams: Austria, Croatia, Greece, Romania, ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/usa-vs-canada-for-a-trip-to-the-olympics.html Daryl 2008-03-20 16:43:47 It's Guatemala vs Honduras and USA vs Canada tonight in the excellently titled 2008 CONCACAF U-23 Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament, possibly the only tournament on earth ...