Category Archives: World Cup
US focusing on 2022 World Cup bid
The United States withdrew its bid to host the 2018 World Cup in order to focus on the 2022 finals. That means two things. One, that Europe is guaranteed to host the 2018 World Cup (England, Russia, Netherlands/Belgium, and Spain/Portugal … Continue reading
US roster announced for October friendlies
Bob Bradley announced the roster for the October friendlies against Poland and Colombia. The big-ish surprise is that Landon Donovan was left off the roster. I am completely okay with that because Donovan has earned a break. His spot is … Continue reading
Bob Bradley re-hired by US Soccer
Like water running down a hill, the US Soccer Federation took the easy way out when it re-hired Bob Bradley for a second World Cup campaign. The better choice would have been to let him go – and pursue other … Continue reading
Marginal players quit England
So acceptably decent goalkeeper Paul Robinson announced that he is retiring from international soccer because he’s a fringe player in Fabio Capello’s squad. Of course, he’s not that good, either. So there’s that. And then Peanut Head joined him a … Continue reading
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Entire France team suspended
Well, “suspended” is a term loosely used here. New France coach Laurent Blanc will not pick any of the 23 players from the World Cup for the next friendly against Norway on 11 August. It’s something that needed to be … Continue reading
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World Cup Final: Spain 1-0 Holland
To paraphrase Dickens, it was the best of times and it was the worst of times. For Spain, anyway. For Holland, it was just the worst of times. In some respects, the Dutch players brought it on themselves. In abandoning … Continue reading
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Manager a-go-go
Now that some of the good teams are knocked out of the World Cup, expect a lot of movement in terms of managers in the next few weeks, for both club and country. Javier Aguirre, Mexico. Aguirre resigned as Mexico … Continue reading
FIFA and the Ministry of Truth
Let it be known that Big Brother, a.k.a. Sepp Blatter, is an idiot. That, I believe, is a commonly accepted truth. Let it also be known that FIFA’s attempts at control in the past couple of weeks have reeked of … Continue reading
A long, bad sports weekend
At least for me. In the span of two days, the three teams I like best (Spain is a close fourth because I love the way they play, but that’s for another day) were eliminated in the knockout round. On … Continue reading
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