The Tragedy of Garrincha
This first genius of Brazilian soccer…
Category: World Cup History
Why Soccer is The World’s Religion
This advertisement taps into the mythic and religious significance of soccer that we don’t see everyday. It’s something that...
FIFA and “The Big Fix”
Look, I wish we could all just ignore the stink and enjoy the game, but FIFA is making it...
World Cup Moments: 18 year old Michael Owens’ wonderful run
7 days and 7 hours to go… Michael Owens – all of 18 – scored this wonderful goal against...
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:...
The SoccerBlog.com Nominee for Official World Cup Song 2014
Them Belly Full (But We Hungry) by Bob Marley & The Wailers Them belly full, but we hungry A...
Rolling Stone: The Great Divide in Brazilian Soccer
Rolling Stone magazine goes in deep to investigate the roots of violence in Brazilian soccer. So here’s the picture...
World Cup Moments: Uruguay Brazil final of 1950
13 days and 12 hours to go… Brazil needed only a draw against Uruguay to win the World Cup...
Soccer Ads: The Nostalgia of Argentina 1978
Gotta hand it to Coca Cola’s emotional advertising strategy; they sure know how to pull at the heartstrings:
Eric Cantona: FIFA, Corruption & Brasil
Eric Cantona exposes the farce that is FIFA:
World Cup Moments: Beckham gets a red card for raising his hind leg
16 days and 6 hours to go… England v/s Argentina in 1998. Diego Simeone knocks Beckham down and gets...
Down memory lane: English World Cup songs since 1970
This song to cheer on the English World Cup Squad of 1970 was called Back home. It sounds a...
World Cup Moments: Argentina’s 24 pass goal…
Serbia and Montenegro v/s Argentina in 2006. Argentina put together a set of 24 passes and a goal.The last...
Worst World Cup Fouls: Schumacher’s foul on Battiston in 1982
20 days and 7 hours… One of the vilest fouls ever. Schumacher’s challenge on Battiston left him with a...
The Best Teams in World Cup History
The usual suspects are on top: Brazil, Germany, Italy, Argentina. England at #6. The US at #25 – who...
Coming Soon: The FIFA Propaganda Movie
Despite the fact that FIFA has almost succeeded in destroying the beautiful game with its greed and pettiness, I’ll...
World Cup Moments:Senegal embarrass France in 2002
21 days and 18 hours… Defending Champs France were beaten 1- 0 by first timers Senegal in the opening...
World Cup Moments: Paulo Rossi’s hat trick against Brazil in 1982
24 days and 15 hours to go…. Paulo Rossi – baby faced assassin – is a legend in World...
World Cup moments: Graham Poll’s three yellow card blunder
26 days and 21 hours to go……….. World Cup 2006 – Poll handed out 3 yellow cards to Croatia’s...
World Cup Moments: The first Johan Cruyff turn
32 days and 18 hours left ….. World Cup 1974 – Holland v/s Sweden. Johan Cruyff received the ball...
World Cup Memories:Escobar’s ill fated own goal
33 days and 21 hours to go … Andres Escobar,a national hero in Colombia,scored an unfortunate own goal against...
World Cup moments: Best World Cup Dive …ever
35 days and 13 hours to go… Jürgen Klinsmann produced the greatest dive the world cup has ever seen...
World Cup Memory: The 2002 Korea World Cup Story
38 days and 20 hours to go….
World Cup 2006 memories video
40 days and 17 hours to go….
World Cup Memory: Giovanni van Bronckhorst’s bullet goal against Uruguay
42 days and 8 hours to go… Holland v/s Uruguay. 2010 World Cup semi- final
World Cup Memory: 1994 – The Saudi Arabian Maradona
43 days and 21 hours to go… Saeed Al-Owairan dodged and weaved his way past several Belgian defenders before...
World Cup Memory: BBC rounds up World Cup 1990
45 days and 14 hours to go. 1990 wasn’t a World Cup that stands out from the others for...
World Cup Memory: The Nike World Cup 2006 ad
46 days and 11 hours to go. Nike gave us this World Cup ad in preparation for the 2006...
World Cup Memory: 1994 Baggio’s missed penalty
47 days and 7 hours to go.. Remember this ? Poor old Baggio – after playing like a genius...
World Cup memory: 2002 – Ronaldinho free kick against England
48 days and 14 hours to go… Ronaldinho – then at the height of his powers – leaves David...
World Cup Memory: Zidane’s moment of madness
49 days and 14 hours to go…. World Cup Final 2006. Zidane tragic exit.
World Cup Memories: South Africa 2010
50 days and 13 hours to go. Memories of South Africa which include above all the ghastly din made...
World Cup Memories: Zaire’s Mwepu Ilunga free kick farce in 1974
51 days and 16 hours to go…. Brazil v/s Zaire in 1974. As Brazil were lining up to take...
World Cup Memories: Zidane’s headed brace in the 1998 Final
52 days and 14 hours to go… Zidane – with more hair on his head then – scored two...
World Cup memories: Lampard’s disallowed goal.
53 days and 12 hours to go.. Frank Lampard’s unbelievable disallowed goal against Germany in 2010
World Cup Memorabilia : David Beckham’s first goal for England
With 54 days,18 hours,10 minutes and 29 seconds to go here is a look at David Beckham scoring his...
Ronaldo remembers his beginnings.
Before Cristiano there was another Ronaldo. Ronaldo’s record of 15 World Cup goals may be broken in Brazil this...
Adidas: All the world cup footballs since 1970
Adidas gives us a look at all the world cup footballs used from 1970 to 2014. A look at...
Argentina decimate 10 man Germany, 3-1
Leo Messi’s recent national goalscoring is well ahead of his Barca output. He scored his 9th goal in five...
What ails Brazilian soccer? Time to bring Dunga back
The title should actually read what fails Brazilian soccer? Clearly, with all its unsurpassed talent, Brazilian soccer should have...
Sepp Blatter sets off German firestorm
More Sepp Blatter or blather. He is now insinuating that the 2006 World Cup was rigged to favour Germany....
Sepp Blatter wants no rules on a day of accountability
In the space of a few minutes we saw the world of football hand down verdicts on a former...
FIFA is a corrupt den of thieves: The ISL kickbacks
The first family of crime: FIFA The Guardian has a report on the International Sports Media and Marketing aka...
Goal line technology introduced much to Michel Platini’s chagrin
It is official. FIFA finally ended the goal line technology debate that began seven years ago after Pedro Mendes’s...
Confusion reigns: UEFA and FIFA should coincide their tie breaking rules
Grant Wahl has a nice post about how UEFA and FIFA should get their act together and save mass...
Zinedine Zidane’s headbutt immortalized
The most iconic moment of the first decade of the 21st century now has a permanent home. Alright, that’s...
Racism on display: Chris Samba gets a banana thrown at him
Russian clubs are flush with cash. Anzhi Makhachkala’s new coach is Guus Hiddink. They are ready to break the...
Ricardo Teixeira: Another corrupt FIFA overlord bows out
Ricardo Teixeira, the CBF president for 23 years and the man behind Brazil’s 2014 World Cup bid stepped down...
Farewell, Dr. Socrates
An example of what Dr. Socrates brought to the game: More about Socrates here, here, and here. This goal...
Juventus inaugurates new home and meets Notts County
Juventus inaugurated their new stadium with a visual smorgasbord. In one of the classiest gestures in living memory, they...
Cost Qatar? A $221bn bill for the 2022 World Cup
The 2022 World Cup will set the Qatar government back by $221bn in development and infrastructure costs according to...
RIP: Naoki Matsuda
Tragic news out of Japan as Naoki Matsuda succumbs two days later after suffering a suspected heart attack. Matsuda...
The last days of second guessing
The Premier League is introducing goal line technology from next season which will hopefully resolve the issue of those...