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International press conferences at the best of times tend to be mundane, by the numbers affairs filled with platitudes by the key figures within the national side. Not much changes when it comes to conferences prior to World Cup qualifiers, or even the finals itself, but within the words always lies a common train of thought: There are few, if any greater honours in football than representing your country at the World Cup.

The Under-20 World Cup in Egypt is set to kick off this Thursday. ESPN has announced that it will broadcast all 52 matches on a combination of ESPN platforms including ESPN360.com, ESPN Classic, ESPN2 and ESPN.

The U.S. Under-20 national team opens its tournament on Saturday against Germany (9:55am ET, ESPN Classic/ESPN360.

The Under-20 World Cup in Egypt starts this Thursday. ESPN will broadcast all 52 matches on a combination of ESPN platforms including ESPN360.com, ESPN Classic, ESPN2 and ESPN. This is great news even though we still can't access ESPN360 (Not so Comtastic after all, eh Comcast?).

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United States U-20 midfielder Jared Jeffrey and his teammates are bursting with confidence following Tuesday's emphatic 4-1 victory over Cameroon at the FIFA U-20 World Cup.

World wide world cup match days are the next best thing to the actual world cup, particularly when we are in the last throes of the schedule. It's like a 1st round March madness day, but twice as long. A few more tickets were punched, and a few other have the porter in the next cabin. Others are starting to feel a little too uncomfortable.

Good weekend for the USA, as none of Argentina/France/Portugal could win.
1) In Africa, this weekend's results mean that Cameroon and Tunisia should now be considered clear favorites to qualify. If Gabon can't beat Cameroon at home, then how they can hope to get a result on the road? Togo let in a last second equalizer against Morocco which probably ended their hopes.

Hertha Berlin midfielder Bryan Arguez has been added to the U.S. national team roster that will compete in the U-20 World Cup in Egypt later this month.

Arguez was summoned to replace forward Sam Garza, who will miss the tournament due to injury. The 20-year-old will join a team that already boasts talented youngsters such as Mikkel Diskerud, Brek Shea and Dilly Duka.

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From the "Not that guy again" department comes word that the referee for the U.S. Under-20 national team's crucial Under-20 World Cup match against Cameroon on Tuesday (12:40pm, ESPN2) will be none other than Jorge Larrionda.

Under-20 World Cup on ESPN2: USA - Cameroon at 12:30pm. UEFA Champions League on Fox Soccer Channel: Rangers - Sevilla at 2:30pm (Setanta at 6:30pm), Fiorentina - Liverpool at 5pm (Setanta at 2:40pm), and Arsenal - Olympiacos at 10pm. Setanta also has Barcelona - Dinamo Kiev at 4:45pm. CONCACAF Champions League on Fox Soccer: Columbus - Saprissa at 8pm.

Can Gabon qualify for 2010?No sooner is Three to See back for the season on Just-Football.com than we are rudely interrupted by

Cameroon came into Libreville with their backs to the wall, yet they were able to come out with a very important three points as they beat Gabon 2-0.

Cameroon International Alex Song is one of the many Arsenal youngsters who impressed in this first part of the new season. The 21-year old declared he's satisfied with his season so far and is ready to show manager Arsene Wenger he can be an important piece for the Gunners this season.

The central midfielder said:

I am more confident now and that is important to me.

Inter president Massimo Moratti has commented on the possibility of Thiago Motta playing for Italy at the international level, claiming he "loves" the idea. The player has dual citizenship and has already announced his desire to play for the Azzurri.

"It's always a pleasure to see one of your own players with the blue jersey on," he stated to Inter's official website, inter.

I am glad to say it is Friday. Somehow this week has flown by me here but thankfully we have a weekend full of soccer ahead of us here. Two games tonight, with one just about underway in New York, and plenty more tomorrow and Sunday. Nearly every game has playoff implications surrounding them.

The World Cup trophy is touring Egypt during the FIFA U-20 World Cup.
That's right, the U.S. U-20 National Team rebounded from their 3-0 loss to Germany Saturday with a 4-1 thrashing of Cameroon. The Nats spread the goals around, with Arguez, Taylor, Duka and Ownby all scoring. Duka was the star of the night, however, as the #10 was involved in multiple goals and scored on an amazing chip.

I seem to be backing up a lot of videos at the moment. Oh well, have more...It was mere consolation against Brazil, but Argentina's Jesús Dátolo will still remember his international debut for a very good reason.Denmark's Nicolas Bendtner shows both control and finishing against Portugal.Venezuela's Jose Manual Rey fires our free kick fix.

The World Cup is not leaving Africa. Not for another six years at least. The only other team that stands a chance of wining the cup is Brazil. Either way, history will be made in South Africa. I say this with no disrespect.

Here's why. Brazil is aiming at getting their sixth title – no other team on the face of the planet comes close to that record.

The Homeless World Cup is a life changing international football tournament. From Argentina to Australia, South Africa to Portugal, Cameroon to Brazil, Germany to England homeless people take a once in a lifetime opportunity to represent their country and change their lives forever. 77% of players go on to find a home, come off drugs and alcohol, get into education, jobs, training, repair

The FIFA U-20 World Cup Egypt 2009 kicks off on Thursday, September 24th, 2009. Team USA will be in the tournament once again and are grouped with Germany, Cameroon and the Korea Republic in the first round. Here's a look at the roster for the United States team, the TV schedule for their first round matches [.

I previewed Wednesday's Chivas USA-CD Guadalajara game Wednesday at the Rose Bowl. Read the column here.

BTW, two Chivas USA players - Gerson Mayen and Jorge Flores - won't play because they, along with UCLA goalkeeper Brian Perk and midfielder Michael Stevens, are in Egypt preparing for the FIFA Under-20 World Cup that starts Thursday.

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The U-20 World Cup in Egypt officially kicked off on Thursday with the hosts convincingly defeating Trinidad and Tobago.

A first half 1-1 draw turned into a route as Egypt midfielder Hassan Hussam Arafat Abdalla's brace led the way to a 4-1 victory over the Soca Warriors in front of the 80,000-plus in attendance.

You are missing a barnburner. It got even better after Paraguay had star defender Ronald Huth sent off. If you're away from a TV, here is the FIFA stream. You can also expect an update here with extended highlights (once I find some, of course).I'll open the On tap reading room for tomorrow's U.S. v Cameroon U-20 World Cup clash later on.

I was held up too much to post about an hour ago, and the line-ups are now out. The U.S. (who seem to have switched to 4-4-2?) are listed by position and Cameroon by ordinal jersey number.Perk; Williams, Opara, Agbossoumonde, Flores, Arguez, Cruz, Jeffrey, Duka, Taylor, SheaBeyokol; Yaya, Fomen, Boumal, Owona, Teieku, Essengue, Tiko, Bapidit, Djousse, Akono EfaBack in a few with my usual prattle.

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The U.S. Under-20 national team needed a positive result in its match against Cameroon to keep alive its hopes of reaching the second round of the Under-20 World Cup.

Well, that ended up being a great second half.

I thought I would leave todays post a little later. There have been two main responses to our lack of action in the transfer market yesterday, the 'OH MY GOD WE ARE SCREWED' reaction, and the 'oh well there is nothing we can do about it now' reaction.

Mine is of the latter, the only player I think we needed was cover for Alex Song for if he got injured and when he is on ACN duty with Cameroon.

Hertha Berlin midfielder Bryan Arguez has been added to the U.S. national team roster that will compete in the U-20 World Cup in Egypt later this month, sources told SBI on Tuesday.

Arguez was summoned to replace forward Sam Garza, who will miss the tournament due to injury.

Arsenal fans have been crying out for a defensive midfielder ever since Vieira left this despite the fact that Vieira was not a defensive midfielder in the mould of Makelele. What Arsenal fans have really been looking for is a player to protect the defence and to dominate the midfield.

This season Wenger has realised that to give the defence the protection they need, we need to change formation, and we need to play 4-1-2-3.

The German U-20 national team easily defeated their American counterparts 3-0 in the first match for both teams at the FIFA World Cup in Egypt Saturday.

The U.S. started auspiciously, with sloppy defensive errors, briefly regained their balance then gave up a penalty kick that was easily converted by Semih Aydilek.

Current Ljungskile defender Etchu Tabe says that the US Under-20 team should have an edge over Cameroon as the young Yanks try to rebound from Saturdays lackluster defeat against Germany.

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From the "Not that guy again" department comes word that the referee for the U.S. Under-20 national team's crucial Under-20 World Cup match against Cameroon on Tuesday (12:40pm, ESPN2) will be none other than Jorge Larrionda.

With a forgettable opening game performance in the FIFA U-20 World Cup behind his team, U.S. coach Thomas Rongen had some advice for his players as they prepare for their second game against Cameroon on Tuesday. Throw away the tape.

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Well, this one was certainly much better than the last against Germany. The fabulously named Dilly Duka's goal (0:58) was a thing of (deflected?) beauty.