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The head of South Africa's Tourism Services Association warned that due to continuing power
problems in South Africa, the country may face serious problems hosting the 2010 FIFA World Cup:
South Africa's energy crisis raises serious questions about its ability to successfully host the
2010 World Cup, the head of the Southern Africa Tourism Services Association [.
Fifa has ruled that the Dominican Republic, U.S. Virgin Islands, Montserrat and Surinam cannot host
World Cup qualifiers because their stadiums do not meet the organizations standards.
All four of these teams were due to take part in home-home series in the first round of qualifying,
however their series will no consist of just one game with the winner advancing to the second
round.
Back to the World Cup for a second.
Bold statements from South Africa coach Carlos Alberto Parreira today, who believes there is still
a long wait ahead before an African team wins the World Cup.
Parreira, who has coached at five World Cups with four different teams including his native Brazil,
said he thought Africa would need at least another three tournaments before they made the
breakthrough.
The CSA has set a date for our first WC qualifying tie with St. Vincent. June 15th in Saint
Vincent, with the return leg a week later here in Canada. Inside Soccer has full details.
For the second time in as many days, it looks like the US Men's national team has booked a
friendly. This time the opponent is Spain on 2 June. If this is confirmed, this match would come 12
days before their World Cup Qualifier against either Barbados or Dominica.
Durante la concentración está prevista la disputa de un encuentro amistoso el día
31, contra un rival y en una sede por determinar, y otro el 2 de junio frente a Estados Unidos,
todavía también sin sede confirmada.
