World Cup draw: England avoid Spain and Brazil
The Final Draw will be held Friday, Dec. 4, in Cape Town, South Africa, and will air live at...
Category: Soccer Teams – National
The FAI appeal to FIFA borders on the ridiculous
What is the FAI chief, John Delaney smoking? Thirty three teams for the World Cup? The Republic of Ireland...
2018 World Cup: Jack Warner’s many sided mouth
Jack Warner must be basking in all the love and affection he is getting from the USA, Australia, and...
Ante Sapina: A familiar name resurfaces in the match fixing scandal
On November 19th, 2009 Ante Sapina and his brother, Milan were arrested with three others in Berlin on charges...
World Cup 2010: Egypt’s contempt for “Africa”
One of the most stark features of the Algeria vs Egypt imbroglio is the undercurrent of contempt that most...
Another FIFA meeting
Sepp Blatter removing his iPod and looking around at the boardroom. ” We had a flare up in the...
Egypt escalates its rhetoric
Egypt’s hissy fit continues. Hosni Mubarak: “I want to say in clear words that the dignity of Egyptians is...
Fitch Ratings CEO wants a France vs Ireland replay
The president of Fimalac, Marc Ladreit de Lacharriere calls for a replay. Fimalac is better known through its influential...
Roy Keane: Another sorry figure
Roy Keane has not exactly covered himself with glory either, injecting his bile against the FAI’s demand of a...
Thierry Henry quitting watch
Thierry Henry’s actions after his “Hand of Frog” assist on goal. He regrets celebrating the goal. But not actually...
World Cup 2010: Special courts to deal with crime
South Africa is introducing special courts that will mete out instant justice for crimes perpetrated during the World Cup....
The Irish get some good news from the French
The French public overwhelmingly (81%) believe that the French team does not deserve to go to the World Cup....
A few thoughts on Hiddink’s rumoured return to Chelsea
Amidst all the swirl of Hiddink’s possible moves, the Chelsea rumours seem to carry most credibility. They could soon...
More bad behaviour by Egypt
The Egyptians summon the Algerian envoy twice, recall their envoy from Algiers. Sudan summons the Egyptian envoy in Khartoum....
Thierry Henry’s actions reveal a strange dichotomy
Sports pundits and fans are going full tilt at Thierry Henry calling him a “cheat”, “morally reprehensible”, “unsportsmanlike”, “a...
Egypt recalls its ambassador to Algeria
The Egyptian ambassador to Algeria was recalled by Cairo as the soccer feud between the two countries has now...
Spare a thought for Guus Hiddink
Two of his former projects, Australia and South Korea, that he nurtured to World Cup glory are in. Russia,...
Rule 5 thrown at Ireland
FIFA to Ireland: Thou shall not qualify. Internalize the meme, you will not win a playoff game.
Liam Brady calls for a replay
Seems like a whole lot of past and present Arsenal connections have played or are playing a very influential...
Uruguay wins: CONMEBOL comes out on top
Montevideo, Uruguay was the site of raucous celebrations as the Charruas drew the Ticos at the Centenario but thanks...
Georgios Samaras beautiful pass sets up Greece’s winner
Before Adebayor, Robinho and the other eight strikers at City, there used to be Georgios Samaras. Although highly touted...
Even France acknowledges their entry was illegitimate
L’ Equipe on France’s entry into the World Cup makes no excuses. “Henry controlled the ball with his hand.”...
Guus Hiddink’s magic ends
Slovenia wins over nine man Russia through Zlatko Dedic’s toe poke goal in the 44th minute.
The world will get to see Cristiano Ronaldo
Raul Meireles second half strike sink Bosnia’s hopes.
Algeria wins the battle of Omdurman
Antar Yahia became the hero of Algeria as they beat Egypt. His superb volley off a Ziani cross in...
World Cup 2010: Gallas controversial goal puts Les Bleus through
Thierry Henry clearly handled Florent Malouda’s delivery and then picked out Gallas in front of goal, who drove home...
Orascom vandalized by Algerian fans
Naguib Sawiris feels that the match should be postponed Want an Orascom cell phone? Egypt’s giant telecom company, Orascom...
Stuart Holden’s return gives the US more penetration
The USMNT meet Denmark, today at NRGi Park, Aarhus, 8:30 p.m. local time (2:30 p.m. ET), and the match...
Video: France’s nightmare, 17th November 1993
It took 20 seconds to shatter the France’s march to the 1994 World Cup. In the 90′ minute Emil...
Iraqi soccer: Sacred and non-sectarian
Doesn’t the Iraqi Olympic Committee realize that soccer trumps everything? It brings every Shia, Sunni, Chaldean, and Kurd together....
What did Lass say that got every Irish knicker in a bunch?
Its all pretty confusing but it seems that Raymond Domenech was complaining that they were really playing the English...
Video: RIP Antonio De Nigris
Earlier this summer, the football world was shocked by the tragic death of Espanyol captain Dani Jarque, who dead...
Video: Switzerland win the U 17 World Cup
Watch More Football Highlights at MySoccerPlace.net Haris Seferovic takes advantage of a slow reacting Nigerian defense to head the...
Video: Aaron Ramsey adds to Burley’s misery
Ramsey was incandescent in Wales 3-0 victory over a disjointed Scotland side. The third goal reminded me of the...
Arsenal breaks its silence on RVP’s injury
A brief statement on Arsenal’s website updates RVP’s status. He will be traveling back to London this week and...
Fabio Capello’s comments: “Spain less strong than Brazil”
It is hard to see England overcome Brazil even if they were at full strength with Steven Gerrard, Frank...
A stadium is a reminder of a darker era
Sani Abacha stadium in Kano, Nigeria was one of the venues of the U-17 World Cup. Why would you...
Plans to dump Shaibu Amodu as Nigeria qualify
Could this man be back as Nigeria’s coach? A Diego Maradona comparison is too tantalizing. A team that has...
FIFA U -17: Switzerland are the champs
A 63′ strike by Haris Seferovic gives Switzerland their first ever FIFA world title. They withstood a furious onslaught...
A pointless ban: Maradona gets off lightly
For his potty mouthed outburst following Argentina’s win over Uruguay. (translation) Here is an even more graphic video. Till...
World Cup U-17 final: Homegrown Nigeria meet Switzerland
Switzerland vs Nigeria, Sunday 15 November, Abuja, 19.00 (local time) Can the Eaglets make it a weekend to remember...
Video: Emed Moteab forces a decisive playoff for Egypt
The Algeria vs Egypt match was played In the backdrop of potentially escalating violence, a build up to the...
Some thoughts on the USA vs Slovakia friendly
Positives: A) The USA with their below full strength team played patient ball control. They took their time to...
Van Persie feared out for at least “two months”
As an Arsenal fan, this is disastrous news. RVP is feared to have torn his ankle ligaments as he...
Coca Cola gets into the act
From the NYT’s “The Lede” Coca Cola invokes the infamous 1989 match between Algeria and Egypt as part of...
Video: A tinderbox before the Egypt Algeria match
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World Cup 2010: Rory Fallon becomes a All Whites hero
Their last appearance was in the 1982 World Cup. This time they beat Bahrain, 1-0 with Plymouth’s Rory Fallon...
Slovakia vs USA: An interesting bit of trivia
From the US Soccer website’s game notes: There are a few instances in sporting history of father’s coaching their...
Video: The US squad’s bit of fun before the Slovakia match
A sharpshooting contest which Jozy Altidore wins with some sweet stuff. Steve Cherundolo is hard done by poor service...
The referees call foul: Sir Alex gets a four match ban
A smart Alex. Sir Alex Ferguson was given a four match touchline ban and a fine for 20,000 pounds...
Immigration enriches Switzerland U 17 team
Nassim Ben Khalifa, the face of the U17 Swiss squad In a few minutes the Swiss U-17 squad will...
Enke tragedy: A terrible secret
Happier days: With Louis Van Gaal at Barca From what one can gather, Robert Enke kept a terrible secret....
Eddie Johnson finds his way back into US squad
In Bob Bradley’s search for Jozy Altidore’s strike partner now that Charlie Davis is unfortunately out for six months...
Robert Enke tragedy: Daughter’s death affected him deeply
Germany’s number one goalie Robert Enke, who played for Hannover 96 was found dead at a level crossing in...