Zambia emerged as the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations champions on Sunday after defeating the heavily
favoured Ivory Coast 8-7 on penalties following a 0-0 draw. While the Zambia Nike...
Philadelphia Union drew 1-1 in a friendly against Florida Gulf Coast University on Saturday.
Carlos Valdes scored for the Union. So far, there's little info available on the game, so if you
were there or have photos or more info, please share observations, links, etc. in the comments
below.
For those of you wondering, FGCU made the NCAA tournament last year and will play Seattle next
week.
Africa Cup of Nations final preview Zambia are winners regardless of result is a post from: Just
Football
With the final today, here is my latest Africa Cup of Nations 2012 column for
FourFourTwo.com on Zambia and their remarkable journey to the final:
Together they walked slowly to the coastline, singing in unison.
Ghana vs Mali African Cup of Nations 2012 Highlights 0-2 Video Goals Diabate Vorsah Red Card is
a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter
Ghana vs Mali African Cup of Nations 2012 Highlights 0-2 Video Goals Diabate Vorsah Red Card is a
post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter Ghana vs Mali 2012 ( Ghana Mali AFCON
Video below) Final score and result:- Ghana vs Mali 0-2 ( Diabate*2) Nuevo Estadio de Malabo- 11
February, 2012- Africa [.
Admit it, there's nothing more exciting than football drama, and
today's United-Liverpool showdown at Old Trafford has all the ingredients that
scream "Phantom Of The SuarezGate II!" Whether Patrice
Evra and Luis Suarez will be :
a) shaking hands (-20 points),
b) doing the Uruguayan cumbia dance (+10 points) or
c) shoving jalapeños down each other's throats (+40 points) ;
Past statistics favour goals from both sides and hopefully mio dios!
STARTERSBoth Charlie Davies and Tim Ream were named to their respective team's game day 18 player roster
for this weekend.
dN
Today was the 2nd preseason game of the year for Vancouver and guess what: "20'- old friend Atiba
Harris gets first caution for hard tackle on sideline against Bengelloun".
Friday, February 10
2:30pm Wolfsburg vs Freiburg ESPN Deportes, ESPN3
3pm Spain vs USA (beach soccer) Fox Deportes
4pm El Salvador vs Mexico (beach soccer) Fox Deportes
7:15pm Boca Juniors vs Olimpo GolTV
7:15pm Lanús vs San Lorenzo TyCSports
8pm Atlético Nacional vs Boyacá Chicó TV Colombia
9:10pm Morelia vs Santos Laguna Fox Deportes, Azteca America
9:45pm Universidad Guadalajara vs León GolTV
Saturday, February 11
7:45pm Manchester United vs Liverpool ESPN2, ESPN Deportes, ESPN3
9am Auxerre vs Lorient Fox Soccer 2Go
9am Evian TG vs Olympique Marseille Fox Soccer 2Go
9am Olympique Lyon vs Caen Fox Soccer 2Go
9am Montpellier vs Ajaccio Fox Soccer 2Go
9am Valenciennes vs Nancy Fox Soccer 2Go
9:30am Borussia Dortmund vs Bayer Leverkusen GolTV
9:30am Bayern München vs Kaiserslautern ESPN3
10am Everton vs Chelsea FSC, Fox Deportes
10am Sunderland vs Arsenal Fox Soccer Plus, Fox Soccer 2Go
10am Blackburn Rovers vs Queens Park Rangers Fox Soccer 2Go
10am Bolton vs Wigan Athletic Fox Soccer 2Go
10am Fulham vs Stoke City Fox Soccer 2Go
10am Swansea City vs Norwich City Fox Soccer 2Go
10am Peterborough United vs West Ham United Fox Soccer 2Go
12pm Udinese vs Milan Fox Soccer Plus, Fox Deportes, RAI Internazionale, ESPN3, Fox Soccer 2Go
12pm Racing Santander vs Atlético Madrid ESPN3
12:20pm Blackpool vs Portsmouth Fox Soccer 2Go
12:30pm Tottenham Hotspur vs Newcastle United FSC
1pm Brest vs Dijon Fox Soccer 2Go
2pm Osasuna vs Barcelona GolTV
2pm Ghana vs Mali (Africa Cup of Nations 3rd Place Match) Al Jazeera Sports USA
2pm Cobresal vs Colo Colo TV Chile
2:45pm Cagliari vs Palermo FSC, Fox Deportes, RAI Internazionale
3pm USA v New Zealand USsoccer.
By Chris Wright
In 1993, April 27th to be precise, the Zambian national team suffered a terrible tragedy (the
country's worst sporting disaster) when a flight taking the entire Zambian squad and their
management to a World Cup qualifying match in Senegal crashed into the Atlantic Ocean 500 metres
off the coast of Libreville, Gabon.
Egypt head coach Bob Bradley and his team are scheduled to open their qualifying campaign for
the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations on Feb. 29, but that could be pushed back after the Egyptian
Federation requested a postponement.
The Egyptian Football Association (EFA) has asked the Confederation of African Football (CAF)
that its road match against Central African Republic be postponed due to the events that transpired
in Port Said last Wednesday.
Ivory Coast midfielder Jean Jacques Gosso Gosso celebrates his team's progress to the final by
mounting Emmanuel Eboue. How nice! Image: FRANCK FIFE/AFP/Getty Images.
Well, despite our promises, the Africa Cup of Nations has been continuing without us paying it
the slightest bit of attention.
By Greg Evans
So, here we stand. Just one game away from finding out who will win the 2012 Africa Cup of
Nations a tournament which stampeded out of the blocks with a thrilling start, but has since turned
into something of a pale imitation of itself with a few drab games starting to crop up as the
stakes get higher.
Zambia is into the final of the Africa Cup of Nations 2012 after surprising pre-tournament
favorites Ghana 1-0 in the semi-finals of the competition on Wednesday. Featuring a squad of...
On this week's review section we congratulate Zambia and the Ivory Coast on making it through to
the Africa Cup of Nations final, while we look at the crisis with the England national team. You
can listen to these and other stories on our weekly podcast
STARTERSFabio Capello has quit as coach of England, over the FA's decision to not allow the idiot John
Terry to be captain.
-I guess Capello felt undermined by the decision and could not be in charge of his team at Euro
2012.
-Stuart Pearce has been named interim head coach.
Zambia vs Ghana Africa Cup of Nations 2012 Highlights 1-0 Semifinal Gyan penalty miss Emmanuel
Mayuka Goal Video is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter
Zambia vs Ghana Africa Cup of Nations 2012 Highlights 1-0 Semifinal Gyan penalty miss Emmanuel
Mayuka Goal Video is a post from Soccer Blogger.
STARTERSRidge Mahoney of Soccer America reports sad news that Harry Keough of the USA World Cup team that
beat England in 1950 has passed away.
dN
Vancouver & Seattle faced off in a "friendly" yesterday: 10 yellow cards and 1 red card. Oof!
dN
Another week, another huge day for the LA Galaxy as they sign a new loan deal with Sao Paolo for
the services of central midfielder Juninho, one of the unsung heroes of their great 2011 season.
Heartbreak for Gabon and Aubamayeng but a bright future awaits... is a post from: Just
Football
In my latest column for FourFourTwo I take a look at co-hosts Gabon
and their exciting but ultimately heartbreaking Africa Cup of Nations
campaign:
After the laughter comes tears.
A few notes from around the club today, including the signing of another young talent (as seen
below).
Window shopping
Mikel to be fit for Saturday, Lampard likely
• After some seven weeks on the shelf, John Obi Mikel is finally ready to resurface.
By Greg Evans
Ayew do you do guvnor?
After the entertaining, exciting, exuberant and down-right enthralling set of matches that the
2012 Africa Cup of Nations laid on for us in the group stages, surely it could only get better for
the last 8?
Captain John Mensah puts Ghana ahead through his third international goal. Saber Khelifa
equalized after beating Samuel Inkoom to a lofted ball. The match headed to extra time and in the
110th minute, Abedi Pele's son, Andre Ayew scored the winner after Tunisia's goalie, Aymen
Mathlouthi coughed up Inkoom's cross right into his path.
STARTERS5 minutes into their first preseason game of the year Atiba the Hun Harris of Vancouver picks up a
yellow card for a reckless tackle. The more things change the more they stay exactly the same!
dN
Crazy cool idea! All Colorado Rapids fans that have renewed their season tickets for the 2012
season, as well as those that purchase new seats by March 1, 2012, will have their names printed
into the design of the Rapids authentic home jerseys in 2013 and 2014!
Game Intelligence has been keeping a close eye on the proceedings in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea,
searching for the finest names at this year's Africa Cup of Nations. Cream of the crop is a name
that money just can't buy... ... Continue reading →
When you're playing for Tunisia in extra time of an Africa Cup of Nations quarterfinal against
Ghana, one thing you definitely don't want to do is make a point to elbow an opponent in the face.
As Aymen Abdennour found out after shoving Andre Ayew and then elbowing him away from the ball in
the 108th minute on Sunday (skip to the end of the video), this will earn a straight red card.
By Chris Wright
'Twas the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals over the weekend, with Ivory Coast whupping
co-hosts Equatorial Guinea 3-0 on Saturday courtesy of a brace from young Didier of Drogbashire and
a colossal 32.808399-yard free-kick from Yaya Toure...
Would you just look at the swing on that?
So Newcastle's new signing Papiss Demba Cisse and fellow Senegalese team mate Demba Ba netted
goals for the Magpies in their 2-1 home win over Aston Villa yesterday. However, whats funny is
that the same two players could not do the same for Senegal in the Africa Cup of Nations.
And this is interesting because African players have a tendency to perform well for their clubs,
but when it comes to their national sides, it is a different story.
Ghana vs Tunisia Africa Cup of Nations 2012 Highlights 2-1 Goals Mensah Khelifa Ayew Video
Tunisie is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter
Ghana vs Tunisia Africa Cup of Nations 2012 Highlights 2-1 Goals Mensah Khelifa Ayew Video Tunisie
is a post from Soccer Blogger.
Gabon vs Mali 2012 AFCON Highlights Goals Video Mouloungui Diabate Penalty Shootout is a post
from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter
Gabon vs Mali 2012 AFCON Highlights Goals Video Mouloungui Diabate Penalty Shootout is a post from
Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter Gabon vs Mali 2012 ( Gabon Mali video below) Final
score and result:- Gabon vs Mali 1-1 ( Mouloungui/ Diabate) Mali win 5-4 on penalties Libreville,
Gabon- AFCON 2012 quarterfinals Mali progress [.
Mali made it to the semifinal of the Africa Cup of Nations after defeating the co-hosts Gabon on
penalty kicks. Gabon played a good match with massive home support that included Gabon's long-time
president Omar Bongo. It was an intense match where Gabon took the lead early in the second half by
Eric Mouloungui.
Ivory Coast vs Equatorial Guinea Highlights 3-0 Video Africa Cup of Nations 2012 Goals Drogba
Yaya Toure is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter
Ivory Coast vs Equatorial Guinea Highlights 3-0 Video Africa Cup of Nations 2012 Goals Drogba Yaya
Toure is a post from Soccer Blogger.
The following table shows the average age of player that each of the competing nations fielded
during the group stages of the Africa Cup of Nations 2012 in Gabon/Equatorial Guinea. As expected
Cote D'Ivoire's fading golden generation who are attempting to win their nation their first major
trophy since 1992 is one of the oldest squads at the tournament.
The following table shows the average age of player that each of the competing nations fielded
during the group stages of the Africa Cup of Nations 2012 in Gabon/Equatorial Guinea. As expected
Cote D'Ivoire's fading golden generation who are attempting to win their nation their first major
trophy since 1992 is one of the oldest squads at the tournament.
Zambia vs Sudan AFCON 2012 Highlights 3-0 Goals Video Katongo Chamanga Chipolopolo is a post
from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter
Zambia vs Sudan AFCON 2012 Highlights 3-0 Goals Video Katongo Chamanga Chipolopolo is a post from
Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter Zambia vs Sudan 2012 ( Zambia Sudan AFCON Video
Below) Final score and result:- Zambia vs Sudan 3-0 ( Sunzu, Katongo, Chamanga) 4 February, 2012-
Sat- Africa Cup of Nations 2012 QF [.
One of the most pleasing aspects of the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations was that two co-hosts,
Equatorial Guinea and Gabon, have both managed to qualify for the Quarter Finals... Gabon in
particular have looked an impressive outfit, winning qualification Group C with three wins from
three games, including a 1-0 win over Tunisia which [.
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STARTERSUSA will play a friendly against Canada on Sun Jun 3 at BMO Field in Toronto. 6pm CT on the new NBC
Sports.
dN
RUMOR: Sat May 26 USA v Scotland - Friendly - EverBank Field, Jacksonville FL - all other info
TBD
DISASTER IN EGYPTAlex Labidou of Goal.
Manchester United's best chance of beating Chelsea - originally posted on Soccerlens.com
With the Manchester clubs tied on points at the top of the table and only Tottenham with an
outside chance at the title, this year's Premier League is almost guaranteed to be
Manchester-bound.
But it's not an easy road Manchester United still have City, Tottenham and Chelsea (this
weekend) away, plus Liverpool home.
Stamford Bridge hasn't been a pay hunting ground in the league for United in recent years, but
they look overpriced at 2.9 with Betfred to beat their arch rivals Chelsea and bag a vital three
points to maintain their title challenge.
Having played Man City, Arsenal and Liverpool in quick succession, and with Liverpool coming up
again, United are now at a crucial stage of their season having hauled themselves level on points
with Roberto Mancini's men at the top of the Premiership.
By Chris Wright
Gabon striker Pierre Eymerick Aubameyang has been catching the eye at the Africa Cup of Nations,
not only for his stellar performances but also for his incredibly uninhibited choice in
follicular arrangement, opting for a ginger Mohawk formation that is pitched firmly halfway
between looking 'out-bloody-rageous' and 'like the matted hair that tends to accumulate in and
around the wrong end of a dog'.
By Greg Evans
Earlier in the week the group stages of this year's Africa Cup of Nations concluded and, before
we go any further and the sadly unavoidable 'why cover this pointless tournament?/the quality's
terrible' mentality begins to set in, let me just go on record as saying that some of the
performances and matches I have seen in the past two weeks have eclipsed anything I have seen in
our beloved Premier League for a very long time.
By Greg Evans
Earlier in the week the group stages of this year's Africa Cup of Nations concluded and, before
we go any further and the sadly unavoidable 'why cover this pointless tournament?/the quality's
terrible' mentality begins to set in, let me just go on record as saying that some of the
performances and matches I have seen in the past two weeks have eclipsed anything I have seen in
our beloved Premier League for a very long time.
