The End for Brasil
The experts were wrong, even at Fox. Brasil lost. What bothers me is how we lost. Playing an uninspiring...
Category: World Cup 2006
Rooney’s Red Card
Ouch. The referee is taking over the game. Rooney should’ve kept his mouth shut, but that was NO red...
Halftime: England 0 Portugal 0
It’s been a pretty even game although Portugal looks much better when they attack. Their left flank has been...
England vs Portugal: Carrick to Rooney
The Beeb has it nicely explained. But Big Phil is too canny to allow this. Look for the Portugese...
Sven, have a heart to heart with Frank Lampard, will ya?
We need more of Lampard on target The big news is that Frank Lampard is disgruntled. It’s been quite...
Video: Lucas Neill vs Fabio Grosso
This is hilarious!
Video: Germany vs Argentina (4-2 on penalty shootout)
Lehmann’s hands of God stopping Ayala and Cambiasso!
Video: Argentina 1 Germany 1
Klose equalizer, his first header this World Cup, and the most important one!
Video: Argentina 1 Germany 0
Roberto Ayala’s goal (48″)
Jose Pekerman resigns: The national squad is different from the youth squads
Jose Pekerman Argentina’s coach resigns Pekerman’s successes came with the Argentinian youth squads, he took them to three world...
Fulltime: Italy 3 Ukraine 0
Italy just dismantled Ukraine. Some great set pieces with cool clean finishes by Luca Toni. Zambrotta performed magnificently on...
Halftime: Italy 1 Ukraine 0
Italy went through in the 6th minute through a Gianluca Zambrotta shot at goal, that caught the Ukraine goalie...
Germany through to WC semi-finals: But so do Balboa and O’Brien
What an epic struggle. It was still tied at 1-1 at the end of extra time. Thinking back, that...
Halftime: Germany 0 Argentina 0
Argentina is dominating play through stifling possessional soccer. Chances have been few and far in between. Klose has all...
1st QF: Germany vs Argentina
Germany meet Argentina, first Quarterfinal, June 30th, in Berlin at 5:00 PM German time (11:00 AM EST) No, this...
Video: Argentina 3 W Germany 2 (1986 World Cup final)
Gerd, I think those who underestimate Argentina are loco, and do so at their own risk. Germany will soon...
Sign the FIFA petition: Lets make soccer truly the beautiful game
Sick of the flopping and diving. The bad calls. The matches decided on other factors other than how well...
Video: Italian team – practice makes perception
Pretty funny, except that it’s not.
Video: W.Germany 1 Argentina 0, 1990 WC final
Humberto, the last time the Argentines played us in the World Cup, it was painful for you guys! It’ll...
The Scots soca up the attention
The Socas and the Scots get together Scotland did not make it to the World Cup being pipped by...
Eight teams left: Which team’s dive will win them the World Cup?
If it were left to dives the Italians would be walking off with the World Cup right now, unequivocably....
Video: Stand Up, Speak Up!
Reminds me to “Get Up, Stand Up! Never give up the fight!” Lemme go find that video!
Video: Goals, Goals, Goals!
22 minutes and 31 seconds of the greatest goals ever!
Video: All Ronaldo’s Goals (15 and counting!)
Ronaldo Luíz Nazário de Lima – the greatest goalscorer in World Cup history: Eat your heart out, Pele! I...
Arena in hot water with the MLS for speaking the truth
Bruce Arena, the coach may deserve all the brickbats that he got following the US debacle. But on this...
Simon Kuper: Don’t you have a life beyond the World Cup?
Simon Kuper in today’s FT, has travelled 18 days and slept on 15 different beds. He is sleep deprived...
Spare a thought for Ninemillion.org
Ninemillion.org is trying to make a difference for the nine million refugee children worldwide. Here’s what they’re doing. Here’s...
The Italian squad: Will victory be too pyrrhic?
Gianluca Pessotto, Juventus official and ex-player The Italian media is full of how Gianluca Pessotto, Juventus manager and a...
The World Cup for the lamest excuse goes to…….
There should be a Cup handed out to the team that come up with the best excuse for their...
Video: Ronaldo – The Early Years (OK, it’s a Nike Ad)
It seems appropriate to play this now. He really was spectacular. If he lost 10 kilos, he’d score 10...
Video: France 3, Spain 1
David Villa’s perfect penalty gives Spain the lead, 1-0. Stupid move by Thuram. Franck Ribery ties it for France,...
Video: Brasil 3, Ghana 0
Ronaldo gets his place in history!
Coaches and their national soccer teams: Is there a trend to success?
With the Socceroos bowing out albeit in a unfortunate way, the quarterfinals now has no team that is coached...
Video: Hip-Hop Stand-off: Ghana vs. Brazil
This is Brazil’s Instituto taking on Ghanian Sway. Now why did he bring Shaq into this? 🙂
Fulltime: France 3 Spain 1 (Zizou! Zizou! Zizou!)
The old guard for France came through, Zizou and Viera, Makele and Thuram, and Barthez. Zidane was absolutely on...
Halftime: France 1 Spain 1
Got a game. I thought Les Bleus would get run over and to some extent they did through Torres,...
Group of 16: France vs Spain
France meets Spain, 27 June in Hanover at 9:00 PM German time (3:00 PM EST) A meeting with a...
New soccer lexicon: Have you gone lampard on us?
Have you gone lampard on us? This might be what the Black Stars are asking each other after the...
ESPN’s Dave O’Brien and Marcelo Balboa: The horror continues
Dave O’Brien loves the words “clean sheets’, he repeats it ad nauseum. Marcelo Balboa loves “fresh legs” and repeats...
Fulltime: Brazil 3 Ghana 0
Brazil is playing selfish soccer, not attractive to watch but enough to win. The Black Stars had their chances...
Halftime: Brazil 2 Ghana 0
The score should actually read Brazil 1 Ghana 0. Adriano was clearly offside. The atrocious refeering continues. Ghana is...
Round of 16: Ghana vs Brazil: History in the making?
Ghana meets Brazil, round of 16, June 27th in Dortmund at 5:00 PM German time (11:00 AM EST) Ghana...
Of matters Socceroo, Lucas Neill, and Guus.
Why did Lucas Neill have to do this? The outpouring of support for Lucas Neill has been overwhelming. We...
A bit of Sven leg pulling
The Guardian has been pretty critical of Sven, David Beckham, and the English squad. Maybe deservedly so. But this...
Socceroos: It just wasn’t Kewell today!
Tony Karon writes in his blog that the Kewelless Socceroos blew their chances. One man up and 25 minutes...
Will England Beat Scolari?
Not likely, says Portuguese star Pauleta. “We’ve got every chance of beating England. We’re all pulling in the same...
Carlos Alberto Parriera: No more beautiful game
Klinsmann’s Germany is playing exhilarating soccer. We usually do not associate the word exhilarating with German soccer. It is...
More on the “New Patriotism” in Deutschland
“Do you hum it, or do you sing it?” wondered Berlin newspaper BZ as the World Cup kicked off...
Sour Grapes from Ollie Kahn
Sitting on the bench with his best impersonation of an angry King Kong, ex-starting goalkeeper Kahn has started taking...
Video: Lucas Neill foul on Grosso: Italy- Australia
It was a dive. Neill stuck his foot out in a sliding tackle that was timed poorly. I think...
Is Luis Aragonés a Racist?
Luis Aragonés’ comments about Thierry Henry are just plain pathetic. You can’t say these kinds of things without being...
The Results @ a Glance: Will Brazil Play Spain?
Round of 16 Date Teams Venue Score 24 June Germany vs Sweden Munich 2-0 24 June Argentina vs...
The Swiss-Ukraine match: A perfect example of why the US can’t stomach soccer
120 minutes of dull, listless soccer, with men flopping around like fish and no outcome, and then deciding it...