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Italy 2, England 1

A spirited England lose to Italy. Super Mario does the job, while Rooney still hasn’t scored. The bright lights for...
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The Return of Total Football? Holland 5, Spain 1

All Goals – Spain 1-5 Netherlands – 13-06-2014 Spain finally meets its match.  Van Persie and gang obliterated Spain...
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OMG! Van Persie ties Spain just before Halftime

Spain 1, Netherlands 1.  A beautifully placed header by Robin van Persie will go down in history as one...
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Fred’s flop puts Nishimura in the spotlight

Yuichi Nishimura is public enemy number 1 in Croatia after a pretty ghastly display of officiating at the opening...
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The Latest from Manaus

England arrival greeted by polite Brazilian fans: Meanwhile, the pitch is being spray-painted green: Maybe they’ll need to play...
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Cristiano Ronaldo’s Witchdoctor Jinx Continues

Cristiano Ronaldo cut short his training session with Portugal on Thursday, and left the field with an ice pack...
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Brazil 3, Croatia 1

The Samba boys played a bit better in the second half and score two more.  All goals by Brazil:...
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Line in the Sand at Halftime: Croatia 1, Brazil 1

An unlucky Marcelo starts the scoring with an own-goal against Brazil: Neymar shows he’s got vision with this goal...
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Can Croatia Shock Brazil?

The Croatian team manager Niko Kovac thinks so. With two Brazilians on the Croatian team along with the soccer...
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VIDEO: All the Goals from the Last World Cup in SA

Watch:
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Scolari’s Spy? “Ronaldinho” crashes Messi’s party in Belo Horizonte

A Ronaldinho look-alike pays Messi a surprise visit as the Argentinian team practice in Belo Horizonte: Read all about...
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Are You Ready?

Just to remind you why this game is worth saving from the jaws of Blatter’s FIFA:
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Rooney: “This is the best squad I’ve been a part of…”

Bash Street Boy Wayne Rooney shares a few thoughts before Italy:
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France thrash Jamaica 8 – 0 in warm up

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The Tragedy of Garrincha

This first genius of Brazilian soccer…
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Argentina 2, Slovenia 0

Argentina steps it up as they warm-up for Brazil 2014.  Humberto’s team is going to surprise a lot of...
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BOOM! The Return of Jozy Altidore

Altidore finds his goalscoring prowess just in time for Brazil 2014: and Maybe Klinsmann knows what he’s doing after...
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Clint Dempsey: Can the US get past the Group of Death?

The scary thing is that he’s going to have to play like this every time he gets the ball....
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Klose becomes Germany’s all time leading scorer

Germany beat Armenia 6 -1 in a friendly and Klose took his tally of goals scored for Germany to...
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Ecuador hold England to a 2 – 2 draw

4 goals and 2 red cards.Raheem Sterling and Valencia got the cards.Fortunately for them the suspension does not carry...
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OMG: Brazil 4, Panama 0

Looks like Neymar and Brazil are ready to go. Just don’t get too confident, lads! WATCH: Brazil 4-0 Panama...
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Is 2014 the Year Soccer in America (Truly) Goes Mainstream?

A great article in New York Magazine. Will Leitch makes the case for what we’ve always wanted to believe:...
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Belgium beat Sweden 2- 0

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France held to a draw by Paraguay

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Cameroon hold Germany to a 2 -2 draw

Samuel Eto’o gave Cameroon a shock lead. Germany equalised minutes later through Thomas Muller and then went on to...
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Paper Planes: The highlight of England vs. Peru?

Blair Valentine could get in trouble for this, but he’s got better aim than Rooney!
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England beat Peru in warm up friendly

The first goal from Sturridge was pretty brilliant. England scored two more eventually.
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Why are we listening to Paul Scholes?

Just a question. To me it looks like he’s the Sarah Palin of English Football – a shrill, underqualified...
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England Practice: Watch Rooney’s Swerving Goal

Check out the last goal: It’s just practice, but let’s keep sharp all the way to Manaus, where we...
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OMG! Knee Operation changes everything for Suarez and Uruguay

O boy!  Uruguayan golden boy Luis Suarez has just been wheeled out of the operating room after surgery to...
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SHOCKER! Klinsmann’s 23 doesn’t include Landon Donovan

  Well, well. No Landon Donovan. Jurgen Klinsmann‘s squad for Brazil also excludes Clarence Goodson, Michael Parkhurst, Brad Evans,...
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Video: Van Persie scores super equaliser against Ecuador in Friendly

Ecuador v/s Holland – pre world cup friendly Van Persie traps a long ball from Jordy Clasie on his...
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Les Bleus: Deschamps Announces 23-man Squad for France

French coach Didier Deschamps announced a 23-man team along with seven stand-by players. Left off the team were Samir Nasri and...
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Brazil’s Roster for 2014

Already I’m missing Ronaldinho, Robinho and Kaka.  But hey, Scolari knows best (we’ll know soon enough). Brazil plays the World...
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Mexico’s 23

Mexican Coach Miguel Herrera announced his 23-man squad for the 2014 World Cup. I wonder if Giovani Dos Santos will...
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Cameroon’s Lions – Provisional Team Announced

Coach Volker Finke unveiled his preliminary 28-man squad for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.  Cameroon are in Group A along...
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Klinsmann’s Army

Seven of these guys are going to be cut… the suspense is a bit over the top.  I wonder...
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Roy’s Rug Rats: Youth is Served!

With Everton’s Ross Barkley, 20, Liverpool’s Raheem Sterling, 19, and Southampton’s Luke Shaw, 18, making the team, Roy’s Rug...
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Klinsmann Names Provisional US Team

Jurgen Klinsmann named his 30-player provisional roster for the US 2014 World Cup squad. GK: Brad Guzan (Aston Villa),...
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WATCH: England Team Announcement – LIVE!

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Video Highlights of Mexico USA friendly ….

…in which USA let a 2 – 0 lead degenerate into a 2 – 2 draw.
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The Worst Football Team in the World

American Samoa’s football team were beaten 31-0 by Australia in 2001, earning them the label ‘the worst team in...
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Germany threaten to pull out of Euro 2016

German Football League CEO Christian Seifert had the following to say about Platini’s 24 team Euro 2016 format and...
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Barcelona’s 2013-14 away kit to sport colours of Catalonian flag

The Bars of Aragon, part of the Catalonian flag will feature in the 2013-14 kit Two days ago, a...
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World Cup qualifiers: Mexico qualify for the hex beating Costa Rica, 1-0

Mexico at the Azteca Stadium beat Costa Rica through a Javier Hernandez header in the 60th minute. With a...
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World Cup qualifiers: Even Andy Murray can’t lift Scotland over Macedonia, 1-1

The giddy highs of Andy Murray winning yesterday at the US Open gave way to the more familiar struggle...
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World Cup qualifiers: England leave it late against Ukraine, 1-1

Yevhen Konoplianka at 22 years of age is a marked man. Marked by bigger clubs who sat up and...
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World Cup qualifiers: USA face a must win situation against Jamaica

Clint Dempsey once again will lead the attacking The USA sit behind Jamaica in Group A, tied for second...
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Women’s U20 World Cup final: USA beats Germany, 1-0 to lift third title

Kealia Ohai scores the game winner in the 44th minute following great work down the right flank by full...
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World Cup qualifiers: Messi and Argentina overcome Paraguay, 3-1

Leo Messi continues his incandescent national form which can only be good for Argentina’s World Cup chances. The little...
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World Cup qualifiers: Mexico ease past Costa Rica, 2-0

Veteran Carlos Salcido and Jesus Zavala take advantage of some shoddy defending on set pieces to send the Ticos...
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World Cup qualifiers: England crush hapless Moldova, 5-0

Frank Lampard collects a brace from a spot kick and a header. Jermain Defoe combines with Alex Oxlade –...
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World Cup qualifiers: USA with key absences take on Jamaica

No Landon Donovan or Michael Bradley The USA return to World Cup qualifications today with their match against Jamaica...
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Pia Sundhage steps down from US Women’s national team

Pia Sundhage returns to Sweden Caught in the midst of angst and anxiety of Arsenal getting on board with...
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