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Category: Gossip/Trash Talk

Let’s give Gregory Coupet a chance, shall we?

Fabian Barthez enjoyed his fame in the 1998 World Cup with his celebrated moments alongside some real inexplicable flubs....
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Teams - National, World Cup 2006

The most expensive Red Bull ever!

Alecko Eskendrian of DC United after being voted as MLS player of the week was fined $250 yesterday for...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Advertising, Soccer Business, Soccer Culture, Soccer Humor, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club

Fabian Barthez or Gregory Coupet: Domenech won’t say

The Jens Lehmann and Oliver Kahn runaround ended a few weeks ago with Lehmann getting the nod to keep...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Business, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Humor, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Teams - National, World Cup 2006

Thierry Henry and David Trezeguet: They score off- field too

David Trezeguet and Beatrice Thierry Henry and Nicole Merry Thierry Henry’s best buddy is David Trezeguet of Juventus. Both...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Culture, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Teams - National, World Cup 2006

Bob’s Hooliganwatch™

The latest from Bob at worldcupblog.org – Polish madness. I just hope the Euro-trash can be held in check...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Teams - National, World Cup 2006

Video: The Ghana Story

Ghana manager Ratomir Dujkovic says Ghana is capable of upsetting the favourites at the World Cup. I agree –...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Teams - National, Soccer Videos, World Cup 2006

Arsenal is in the Champions final: But is Thierry Henry staying?

Amongst the jubilation at Highbury and the financial windfall following Arsenal’s entry to the Champions League final, reportedly a...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Business, Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Teams - National, World Cup 2006

Ronaldinho’s diary: It is not The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole

Ronaldinho, April 24th 2006 “A decisive week is beginning for Barcelona. In fact, it’s another decisive week because each...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Teams - National, World Cup 2006

Ghana’s World Cup Anthem

The official Ghana anthem is ‘Faith in the Black Stars’ by a six man group called G-Force. Morons! The...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Advertising, Soccer Culture, Soccer Politics, Soccer Teams - National, World Cup 2006

Video: Why this will be Ronaldinho’s World Cup

Barring injury, there’s no stopping him :
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Teams - National, Soccer Videos, World Cup 2006

Video: Thanks to Lehmann, Arsenal’s Going to Paris!

Thanks to Klinsmann’s goalkeeper, Jens Lehmann: Looks like Klinsmann knows what he’s doing! Arsenal didn’t deserve to win this...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Videos, World Cup 2006

Another Soccer War: Adidas vs. Puma

This soccer war has endured over six decades: Adidas versus Puma. A brilliant article by Ruth Elkins of the...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Advertising, Soccer Business, Soccer Culture, Soccer Humor, Soccer Politics, World Cup 2006

Video: Romario in his youth…

I just thought our readers would enjoy this video. Romario’s effortlessness is what this is all about. You never...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Culture, Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Videos

e- Bay in the news again: Fraudsters are using it to profit

The Germans have printed 3.07 million tickets for the World Cup and it has already been oversubscried 20 times....
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Advertising, Soccer Business, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, World Cup 2006

Vikash Dhorasoo, Zizou’s midfield compatriot: France via Mauritius via India

It’s pretty abysmal when we consider the mark that Indian athletes have left on the world. We literally have...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Teams - National, World Cup 2006

The Socceroos: They are the walking wounded

Injuries have hit the Aussie squad hard in recent days. Goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer suffered a broken cheekbone in the...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Teams - National, World Cup 2006

Is Miami ready for Romário fever?

‘I’m a street cat, and I’ve always said the night is my friend, but now that I’m 40, I’m...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Business, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club

AC Milan’s injury woes: Self-inflicted?

From Reuters: AC Milan’s fitness worries ahead of their Champions League semi-final, second leg at Barcelona have eased slightly...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Business, Soccer Culture, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club

Steven Gerrard wins player of the year in the EPL

Steven Gerrard who helped beat Chelsea in the FA semifinals 2-1 and has taken Liverpool to an impressive third...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club

Sol Campbell Knows Best?

Sol Campbell looks set to play his first Champions League match for five months at Villarreal tomorrow because Philippe...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club

Video: From the Stands – Liverpool 2, Chelsea 1

A fan’s-eye-view: Atmosphere. Now you know what it’s like, yanks!
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Culture, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Videos

Video: The Talent of Ronaldinho

What happens when Ronaldinho’s opponents fall asleep :
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Videos

MLS All Stars vs Chelsea

August 5, 2006. The score? Chelsea 5, MLS All Stars 1. That’s my prediction. But the MLS will make...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Advertising, Soccer Business, Soccer Teams - Club

Scolari?

Well I never! Now it seems like Big Phil has the inside track to take over Eriksson’s job as...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Teams - National

Jonathan Spector’s hopes for the World Cup fade

Jonathan Spector’s chances of making it to the US squad for the World Cup is over. He suffered a...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Teams - National, World Cup 2006

The Humiliation: Red Bull Style

The real story is that only 8,475 fans showed up at Giants Stadium to watch DC United demolish the...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Advertising, Soccer Business, Soccer Teams - Club

Zidane’s Press Conference: Don’t Quit!

Real Madrid midfielder Zinedine Zidane has called a press conference for next Wednesday. There is some speculation that he...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - National, World Cup 2006

Dunga and Howie Long: Football enforcers

For the context go here
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Humor, Soccer Players

Inter’s Mancini Compares Ronaldinho to Maradona

“It’s entertaining to watch Ronaldinho play. I think he’s one of the best players around at the moment, if...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - National, Soccer Videos, World Cup 2006

Good News! Michael Owen’s back!!

Owen’s back, lads! Newcastle United’s surprise naming of Michael Owen in their squad for Saturday’s home game against West...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Teams - National, Soccer Videos, World Cup 2006

French Decisionmaking

Remember the flap over Klinsmann’s decisionmaking? The French make Klinsmann look organized: National coach Raymond Domenech will wait until...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer Humor, Soccer Teams - National, World Cup 2006

It’s official – Ballack to Chelsea, reports ZDF

Bayern Munich midfielder Michael Ballack has agreed to sign a four-year contract with Chelsea, the German public broadcaster ZDF...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Business, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club

Advertising Lunacy: Spiegel Interviews FIFA’s Gregor Lentze

Read this and see how messed up FIFA is. This is NOT Joga Bonito as they say at Nike....
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Advertising, Soccer Business, Soccer Culture, Soccer Politics, World Cup 2006

The e-Bay Ticket Debacle

FIFA messes up again. Why they can’t figure out how to didtribute tickets is beyond me. Now they’re up...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Advertising, Soccer Business, Soccer Culture, Soccer Politics, World Cup 2006

World at Your Feet? Verdict: It Stinks

You’re the first in my life To make me think That we might just go all the way And...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Advertising, Soccer History, Soccer Teams - National

Sol Cambell – getting ready for Villareal?

Sol has not yet recovered from surgery on the broken nose he suffered at Portsmouth last week. However he...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club

Mastercard, Visa and FIFA: Let the lawsuits begin!

In a lawsuit filed Thursday, MasterCard has asked the U.S District Court in Manhattan to stop FIFA from allowing...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Advertising, Soccer Business, Soccer Culture

Metatarsal injuries: There is trouble underfoot in the English footie squad

Foot loose; fancy free? The English squad would strongly disagree. In World Cup 2002, the England squad became more...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Teams - National, World Cup 2006

South Asians can’t play football

White men can’t jump and South Asians can’t play football South Asians playing professional league football. Nah! You must...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Culture, Soccer Players, Soccer Politics, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Teams - National

Video: The Real Eric Cantona

Before he became the fat boy in the Nike Joga Bonito ads and a third-rate actor, Eric Cantona had...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Videos

Video: Gunners 1, Villareal 0 Champions League

Kolo Toure’s first-half goal edged Arsenal towards the Champions League final with a narrow victory against Villarreal at Highbury,...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer History, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Videos

FIFA’s Absurd Ranking System – US #4

1 Brazil 2 Czech Republic 3 Netherlands 4 USA 5 Spain 6 Mexico 7 France 8 Portugal 8 Argentina...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Politics, Soccer Teams - National, World Cup 2006

More $ for FIFA: Global Sponsor #6

Emirates Airline said today it has signed an eight-year, $195 million deal to become a global sponsor of FIFA,...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Advertising, Soccer Business

Video: Will Bobby Convey have an impact on the US team?

I believe he will. He’s had a great year with Reading and seems ready for his 15 minutes of...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - National, Soccer Videos, World Cup 2006

Ronaldinho in USA Today – finally!

The US media is waking up to soccer, maybe. “Ronaldinho’s juggling act” in USA Today is a typical US-style...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Culture, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - National, World Cup 2006

Portugal, Chicken Soup and Homesickness

Deutsche Welle reports: “A special effort will be made to ensure that Portugal’s soccer stars don’t miss home too...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Culture, Soccer Humor, Soccer Teams - National, World Cup 2006

Sven Goran Eriksson’s indiscretions

Sven Goran Eriksson makes as much noise off the field too. His big move after England’s World Cup appearance...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer Politics, Soccer Teams - National, World Cup 2006

Luis Aragones hexes Spain

Spain coach Luis Aragones said his team can advance past the World Cup quarterfinals, its traditional stumbling block in...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer Teams - National, World Cup 2006

Martin Peters compares Rooney to Pele

Former World Cup winner and England national Martin Peters compared Wayne Rooney to soccer legend Pele, predicting that the...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Players, World Cup 2006

True Soccer Stories: From a British Tabloid

At the start of the footie season I agreed to marry my missus if her favourite team West Ham...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Culture, Soccer Humor, Soccer Teams - Club

Real Madrid: Troubled times ahead

Real Madrid is going through some testing times. Apparently the new chairman, Fernando Martin has not even called a...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Business, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club

Soccer Models: Giorgio Armani started it all

Christiano Ronaldo models Pepe Jeans We all know that David Beckham and Victoria Adams have a big empire, with...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Advertising, Soccer Business, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Teams - National

Ludovic Giuly Fighting for a place with France

Barcelona midfielder Ludovic Giuly says he deserves a place in France’s World Cup squad despite being out of favour...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Players, Soccer Politics, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Teams - National, World Cup 2006

Thierry Henry tries to lay Barca transfer rumor to rest

Well, that is a dream having Ronaldinho and Samuel Eto’o as team mates. Just imagine the Ronaldinho– Eto’o– Henry...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Players, Soccer Politics, Soccer Teams - Club
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