Honduran fan as well as South Florida soccer historian Robert Scorca gives us a great foundation regarding one of the pillars of our footballing history.
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Part IV: NASL is Gone, What's Next
By Robert Scorca - The Fort Lauderdale Strikers moved to Minnesota because there was no suitable indoor facility here. Click to continue reading...

In part two, we have Robert Scorca as one of the individuals that is present when the Honduran national team arrives to their home away from home- South Florida.
Scorca, or "Dr. Catracho" as we affectionately call him, is a fervent fan of the Bicolor over any other team in the world and he truly expresses his love for the team and joy for the game in every single South Florida event. Click to continue reading...

South Florida native Robert Scorca wears several hats: Honduran fan, Miami FC supporter, Striker Liker, Miami Afusionado, South Florida soccer historian. Here at Mad About Fútbol we will post some of the articles that "Dr. Catracho" has been featued in various papers locally and abroad.
This is a look at the second favorite American in Honduras after Jonathan Borstein. Click to continue reading...

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In the modern world of football, Europe is the most powerful confederation in FIFA and its a shame that FIFA's most powerful confederation doesn't lead the way in how it runs its World Cup qualification.
When it comes to World Cup qualifying, Europe can look to other FIFA confederations on how it should be done. Click to continue reading...

This decision handed down by FIFA in Zurich today on Argentine coach Diego Maradona is the reason why people in South America and in Argentine football fear Julio Grondona. He is a picture perfect clone of an old Vito Corleone.
How much influence Grondona? How about the little letter he wrote Blatter. Click to continue reading...

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The drama of World Cup qualifying reaches its apex in the next 7 days as the final spots for South Africa 2010 will be set. Nations will be paralyzed as their teams fight for footballing glory. The CONCACAF vs. CONMEBOL playoff features Los Ticos of Costa Rica vs. Click to continue reading...

Diego Maradona celebrates Argentina's goal (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Diego Maradona was criticized a great deal and Wednesday was his day to sound off. His painful win allowed him to truly say what he had in mind to his detractors and critics.

Known for being emotionally extremist, insulting, and abhorringly arrogant; the Argentine national coach has once again struck a nerve in the collective mindset of the soccer world after his actions in the post-game press conference after Argentina defeated Uruguay 1-0 and qualified directly to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

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It's because of the mess that Argentina is in that more attention is not being paid to Uruguay. Talk to people who follow the team or live down there and you hear tales of malaise and depression. Beyond having low expectations for the national team, people are losing interest. Only 30,000 people showed up for the Round 16 win over Colombia: twenty thousand less than came to see the Brazil match in Round 14, forty thousand less than capacity. Click to continue reading...

Surprise points against Uruguay and Chile in Rounds 14 and 15, combined with three points from Peru in Round 16, have launched Venezuela back into contention for their first World Cup birth (Venezuela is the only nation in South America never to appear in a World Cup). To get to South Africa, Venezuela (currently seventh) will have to get results against Paraguay (Saturday) and at Brazil (Wednesday), but they are catching the group's two top teams at the right time. Click to continue reading...

CONCACAF WORLD CUP QUALIFYING – ROUND 9
PREVIEW: HONDURAS vs UNITED STATES
It's the biggest week for World Cup qualifying and CONCACAF is not the exception. The United States, Mexico, Honduras, and Costa Rica are fighting for three spots to qualify directly while El Salvador still has an outside shot of coming away with the playoff spot. Click to continue reading...

In Africa, there is a little margin for error. With only six qualifying matches in the final stage, you have room for one mistake. If you drop points unexpectedly, you will get a reverse fixture to try and reclaim them. If you drop points a second time (especially if it's to the same team), you are done. Click to continue reading...

Cameroon sits at the top of Africa's Group A, having climbed from fourth (last) to first during the last break by virtue of their two wins against Gabon, who previously led the group. The Indomitable Lions lead Gabon by one point, Togo by two, with a November trip to Morocco to close-out qualifying. Click to continue reading...

We got another edition of Mad About Futbol's Top 5. This time we're going to breakdown the 5 best national team coaches right now. These 5 men have led their charges to surprise heights in qualifying for the 2010 World Cup or in some cases right on the door step of reserving their place in South Africa. Click to continue reading...

In Europe, three teams have already won their World Cup qualifying groups, earning passage to South Africa. After Saturday's action we will have a good idea who will win five of the other groups, with only Group 2 likely to remain in the balance. By the time Wednesday's final round of qualifying kicks off, Denmark, Italy, Serbia and Slovakia could be booking plane tickets to South Africa, along with the winner of Russia and Germany. Click to continue reading...

The United States redeemed their shock result to open the U-20 World Cup, a 3-0 defeat to a Germany, with a tour de force, 4-1 win over Cameroon. Cameroon is a talented team that had previous beat South Korea 2-0.
South Korea proved their own chops on Tuesday, drawing with Germany. Click to continue reading...