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Landon Donovan has suggested he might end his playing days in Australia's A-League.
"My wife and I have talked about that (coming to play in Australia). Not now but maybe one day. I
have got a couple more years at the Galaxy ... it might be a while (but) I love it here," he
said.
He called the 80,000 strong crowd that watch the Galaxy take on Sydney FC 'awesome' and though they
played a great game.
It might seem like it is a long way away but there is still a great deal happening in preparation
for 2010. Here is just some of the news about the biggest single sport event in the world.
The big news is that optimism in South Africa is growing that they will be ready to host the
finals, with 70% now believing it will happen. However, only 52% think the country will be able to
meet the electrical needs of the tournament.
Earlier today, Sepp Blatter named Canada as one of the countries expressing preliminary interest in
hosting the 2018 World Cup. "We are in 2007 and the 2018 World Cup has already started," Blatter
said. "The United States, Mexico, Canada, Belgium and Holland which are united, Spain don't forget
them Russia and, of course, England.
The decision on the location for the 2018 World Cup is still 5-years away but that hasn't stopped
FIFA VP and Concacaf President Jack Warner from attacking England's plans as if it was the final
month of a tight political campaign.
Warner, who is very good at using the sport of soccer to enhance his own financial situation, lead
heavy into England's hopes in an interview with BBC World Service to air on Saturday.
Pele believes that the way David Beckham was introduced to the US audience was 'very, very bad'
because he was introduced as 'a scorer of goals.'
But Beckham is not the only problem he sees for MLS as he also believes that the current salary cap
is hurting the game.
Pele believes MLS players' salaries need to be raised to the level of American football
or baseball players.
Fifa made it official today, the rotational system will die after the 2014 Brazil finals, meaning
everyone except for little Oceania and Concacaf got a piece of the World Cup pie.
This comes as no surprise as Fifa boss Sepp Blatter has been hinting at this for some time now but
still, one has to wonder why Concacaf President and Blatter's BFF Jack Warner was not able to bring
his confederation the finals as he promised.
With 2014 now in the bag for Brazil (fingers crossed, anyway), thoughts turn to 2018. With FIFA
removing the system of rotating the World Cup around the confederations, the next contest will be
far more fierce than the procession for 2014. Only countries from Africa and South America (as the
last two host continents) will [...]
Back in 1930, Uruguay hosted the first ever World Cup and they want to do it again 100 years later.
However, they realize that the current version of the finals is a bit too big for them to do it
alone, so they have joined with neighbors Argentina for the right to host the 2030 World Cup.
AFA president Julio Grondona expressed his desire to help Uruguay host the event
through a formally written letter that was sent to the AUF headquarters in Montevideo earlier on in
the week.
Fifa boss Sepp Blatter as personally assured Prime Minister Gordon Brown that rules will be changed
to do away with the rotational hosting idea, thus allowing England and just about anyone else the
chance to bid on the 2018 World Cup finals.
In addition, it now appears that the new rule will say that only the most recent confederation to
host the finals will be barred from bidding.
If you're reading this blog, chances are you follow CONCACAF somewhat closely. And if you do, you
know damn well that this region is not the greatest. Okay, it's pretty bad. Let's face it - the
U.S. and Mexico pretty much get a pass into the World Cup. I can't imagine either the U.S. or
Mexico not qualifying for a World Cup and sometimes I wonder if Mexico's 2001 campaign really
happened, and I usually ask myself 'How the hell did that happen?
Add the Belgium/Netherlands bid as another obstacle for a North American World Cup in 2018.
The two European neighbors tossed their collective hat into the ring for 2018 as Belgium and the
Netherlands will look to co-host the 2018 World Cup. England is the favorite but other countries
including the US and Mexico have expressed interest.
After the difficulties of a two-nation World Cup that was held in 2002, I thought FIFA would no
longer be open to co-hosting a World Cup.
Everyone's favorite Sepp is making news again as the FIFA president has told advisors that he wants
to do away with the World Cup rotational system. Now all the boss needs in order to make this
thought into a fact is the approval of the executive committee, which is all but certain.
The new rule will allow any continent to bid on the finals except for the hosts of the most recent
two finals.
