Gerd Muller’s 14 goals wears heavily on Ronaldo’s head If for some reason Ronaldo does not get to break Muller’s record, then we will have to regale ourselves...
The Soca Warriors: Entertaining the Volk as they prepare C’mon Russell!! C’mon Dwight!!Le’sgo Soca Warriors!! The Soca Warriors are having a blast at their training camp at Bremen...
Injury update: Gennaro Gattuso to miss Italy opener against Ghana OK. This World Cup just got a wee bit more interesting for the Group E teams. Ghana, Italy, USA,...
Soccer divers beware: The fans are adopting a zero tolerance policy As the videos below show how diving has become an artfrom, and we can now laugh at these outrageous...
Video: UKRAINE Preview – World Cup 2006 I used to be a fan of Blokhin… now I’m not. Still, I wish them the best.
Video: TRINIDAD & TOBAGO Preview – World Cup 2006 Will the Soca Warriors take out England? or Paraguay?
French Tragedy: Cisse’s Out! Djibril Cisse was ruled out of the World Cup after fracturing his right tibia in the international friendly against...
Soccerblog analysis: The US vs Italy match up in the World Cup VS The US meets Italy on 17 Jun at Kaiserslautern at 9 PM German time (3 PM EST). USA...
What a Miracle: Rooney’s Going! There is a God! And even Ferguson can’t stop Rooney now. The real question now is – will he...
Ronaldinho: “Book ’em, Ref!” Ronaldinho has pleaded with the referees to look after him and his World Cup titleholding team-mates Brazil during the...
Rooney: It’s all about the SCAN now Manchester United defender Gary Neville has dampened the enthusiasm surrounding Wayne Rooney’s return to light training with England… Will...
Soccer Video: Brazil 4, New Zealand 0 ( The Return of Ronaldo) Ronaldo looks like he’s back in form! This is just too much fun already. First Half: Second Half:
Physical Socceroos Tie Holland (includes bonus anthem) A physical Aussie team turned up to give the Dutch boys a run for their money. Captain Mark Viduka...
Soccer roundup: Italy, Ukraine draw; Germany over Colombia Italy ground to a 1-1 draw with a Shevchenko-less Ukraine and Germany put away Colombia 3-0 with surprising ease...
Updated: England – Jamaica (6-0) Where’s Walcott? 55 minutes and Joe Cole just missed a shot from the top of the box! My question is: where...
Video: Holland Preview – World Cup 2006 Marco Van Basten is a non nonsense coach who is interested in performance. The Dutch could go all the...
Italian Serie scandal grows: More players questioned Italian captain and Juventus players Fabio Cannavaro and French striker David Trezeguet were picked up for questioning by the...
The Beatles: Albert Stubbins and Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band Cover designed by Peter Blake Albert Stubbins- 1930’s Liverpool player The cover of the Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club...
The “dumb Americans” arrive in Germany for the World Cup The US soccer team arrived at Hamburg with a chorus welcoming them with “We will never walk alone” and...
Soccerblog analysis: The USA vs Czech Republic match up VS The US opens against the Czech Republic on June 12th. FIFA rank/ WC odds Czech Republic 2/ 29:1...
USA Today’s article on racism in soccer “You just ignore it, because whenever you react, that provokes them to do it more,” says Onyewu, 24. “I...
Friendly: Holland 2, Mexico 1 Daniel VanderMeer has some key insights on this meaningless game (unless you’re Mexico, in which case you need to...
Video: ITALY Preview – World Cup 2006 They’ll be playing in the shadow of corruption. But you can never count them out…
Rooneywatch: The Roonster is back in training with both feet Wayne Rooney’s rehab of his metatarsal fracture is going well. In fact, he might be in for England’s knockout...
Nepotism: The downside to the feel good story of Zlatko and Nico Kranjcar Well, no sooner than I had written about the Kranjcar legacy in Croatian soccer, came this article about how...
Zlatko and Nico Kranjcar: The two generations represent Croatia in the WC Croatian hopes will be riding high on Hajduk Split midfielder Nico Krancjar when he takes to the field in...
A rebuttal to Vas is Los? I’ll tell you Vas is Los I think Tony Karon is being a bit tough on the German team. Admittedly the world has incorporated all...
Japan 2, Germay 2 – Was ist los? This is really depressing, is all I can say. We have a lot of work to do. My hat’s...
Brazil: Mineiro replacing Edmilson due to injury I keep forgetting to use a “z” in Brasil. Sorry, Christian, but Brasil is spelled Brasil! Now for the...
Video: Brasil’s Carnaval of Goals ( 8-0 against FC Lucern) I was beginning to feel like we were bullies! Goal 1: Kaká Goal 2: Adriano Goal 3: Ronaldo (he...
Video: FA Cup Final 2001 – Liverpool vs. Arsenal Shourin – here’s your video: See Shourin’s analysis here >>
Will the US soccer team be favorably received in Germany? In WC 2002, the US team played a contentious match with co-hosts South Korea. The 65,000 S.Korean fans were...
Michael Owen: A thing of beauty is a joy forever Michael Owen has been far too hurt for far too long. And because of that we mortals don’t see...
The Rooney drama continues…who will take his place? Now they’re moving the scan date up to June 7. Which means Rooney can still be replaced in time....
Video: Theo Walcott trains with England Not very impressive – but then no one is. This kind of practice seems to be a waste of...
Video: The Brazilian Team in Training I’ve been told by one of our readers that I need to spell Brasil with a “z”! Either way,...
Video: Brazil’s Duty to Beauty Times correspondent Owen Slot flies down to Brazil to chat with Dr. Sócrates– the Dean of Jogo Bonito. The...
Lev Yashin, the Black Panther: USSR’s soccer talisman We have talismans for every country for each World Cup in soccer and then you have Pele, the most...
Brazil provides impact players in other WC squads too Francileudo Silva dos Santos, Tunisian striker Tunisia owes much if its success in reaching the World Cup to Brazilian...
The Eurocentric effect on soccer: Juju men are being marginalized BF Skinner, the father of behavior pyschology studied the association between ritualistic behavior and a desired outcome that leads...
Strange rituals: Soccer fans have theirs If soccer players have their strange rituals (see Sergio Goycochea), then the fans that watch the game are not...
Cologne: The place to party at the World Cup RhineEnergie Stadium- Cologne’s World Cup venue The NYT travel section has an article of where to base yourself in...
Double Dutch: Johan Neeskens tutors the Socceroos Johan Neeskens, The Socceroos assistant coach Gus Hiddink is the coach of the Socceroos and his assistant coach is...
Strange rituals: Sergio Goycochea, Argentina’s 1990 WC hero All players in every game go through every type of ritualistic behavior that they think will make Lady Luck...