La lista de convocados del Tri para enfrentar a Costa Rica en San Jose este 5 de Septiembre y a Honduras en el Estadio Azteca el 9 del mismo mes, incluye a 20 jugadores donde destaca el llamado del delantero del Toluca, Néstor Calderón y Héctor Moreno del AZ Alkmaar.

Una acertada adición es la del jugador Pablo Barrera de Pumas, finalmente Javier Aguirre entendió que no debe llamar más al Venado Medina.

"I'm looking for a Mr Capello?"

No World Cup is complete without a media-appointed Group of Death, the sort of quartet that makes you wince just thinking about it.

Here are seven of the most memorable GoDs in World Cup history:

1. ARGENTINA, BRAZIL, ITALY
(Group C, second phase, 1982 World Cup)
Who made it out alive?

Combing through the news wires, here is the immediate reaction from the English press and pundits to being drawn in the same group as the United States:

"We can't argue with that draw and that's as good as we could have expected," said Terry Venables, who enjoyed a two-year spell as England national coach in the mid-1990s.

England v Kazakhstan Live Streaming & Match Preview
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Saturday, 6th June 2009
Kick Off : 16:00 GMT
Venue : Central Stadium, Almaty

It is practically impossible for Kazakstan to qualify for the 2010 World Cup Finals, whereas England are sitting quite comfortably at the top of Group Six, 5 points ahead of nearest rivals Croatia.

A suggestion for World Cup success Dear Mr Capello, An idea. OK, so it may be a tad premature but if we're going to finally win another World Cup, we need some cutting edge ideas. The Argentinians had a Hand of God in 1986, the Germans perfected the noble art of diving in 1990, the Brazilians learned [.

1. Even great defenders can forget how to defend Rio Ferdinand picked up from his shocker in the Manchester derby last month with another somewhat dubious display of decision-making as Robert Green became England's first dismissal of the Capello era. However, the game presented a perfect ‘can do no wrong' opportunity for the English: win [.

This is not the worst team in the Premier League. It is the least valuable. This team would incite the masses with talent, with name recognition and with expense. They would then fail pathetically. This team could be composed entirely of Newcastle players, but we thought we'd include a few others to keep things interesting.

Undici anni in bianconero. Una vita nella societ di Corso Galileo Ferraris. Una bandiera insomma per i colori zebrati. Alessio Tacchinardi, dopo aver vinto praticamente tutto con la squadra torinese, la osserva da spettatore e fedelissimo sostenitore ed è decisamente amareggiato per la situazione che sta vivendo in campionato.

Having witnessed England scrape past a very mediocre Slovenia side on Saturday, I couldn't help but ponder England's trials and tribulations over the past few years. They're a team who continue to be surrounded by question marks, and I can't see that changing in the near future, no matter how hard Capello works.

Is this Rooney's year? As of today Wayne Rooney has 4 goals in 4 league games for his club, and 10 goals for 9 games including cup play and internatioanl games. That's a scoring rate one would not expect Rooney to maintain, historically speaking. If you have read the football pundits about Wayne Rooney in any of the last several years, it will have been hard to avoid glowing characterisations of his football.

ESPN has taken more than their fair share of stick for their football/soccer coverage, and for good reason. They're American (despite dubbing themselves The Global Leader) and, by and large, they do American sports well. Others: not so much.

But they've gone off-script with their latest venture, the Soccer Power Index, designed to render World Cup 2010 moot.

Capello should tap this man for ideas

Capello on how other sports can influence football and how he is going to use them to prepare the England team for the World Cup.

"It's important to understand the psychology of all these sports and they've helped me to improve my own style," said Capello.

The following list of elite midfield players in the world will exclude the likes of Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaka since they sometimes play as forwards or as support strikers depending on the strategy deployed by their team. Kaka has previously played as a second striker during his spell with Milan while both Messi and Ronaldo have played in various attacking positions for their club (mostly on the wing though).

England hosts Andorra in UEFA World Cup Qualifying on Wednesday June 10, 2009 at 20:15 local time or 15:15 EST.

Match Preview

England v Andorra - England hosts Andorra with a chance to punch their ticket to South Africa next summer. The Brits have been perfect in their 6 matches and currently have a 2-0-0 record at home.

1. What a disappointment. Where was the nailbiting last gasp qualification securing goal/hard fought 0-0? Two games to spare? Give us a break, Capello. 2. Only kidding! We're going to South Africa. And what an emphatic way to make sure. 3. Composed passing play, coherent attacking play, neat angles and positioning.

What on earth could have caused Francesco Totti's wife Ilary to have such a reaction?

Click through to find out. (And no, it's not seeing her hubby in a mullet.)

We've seen Fabio Capello, Jose Mourinho and others of their ilk get the Italian TV show Chiambretti Night treatment, and this time around it was Ilary's turn.

We take a look at the coaches salaries from World Cup 2010 qualifying teams, thanks to FutebolFinance a portuguese site. Coach Annual Salary Coach Annual Salary 1 Fabio Capello ENG 8,800,000 € 17 Marcelo Bielsa CHI 575.000 € 2 Marcelo Lippi ITA 3,000,000 € 18 Raymond Domenech FRA 560.

Mr. David came all the way from Milan to watch his old squad United take on Arsenal.
Afterward his old boss gave him the cold shoulder and got all buddy-buddy with Mr. Capello.
Kind of hilarious.
Sir Alex must be an MLS fan.

La lista de convocados del Tri para enfrentar a Costa Rica en San Jose este 5 de Septiembre y a Honduras en el Estadio Azteca el 9 del mismo mes, incluye a 20 jugadores donde destaca el llamado del delantero del Toluca, Néstor Calderón y Héctor Moreno del AZ Alkmaar.

Una acertada adición es la del jugador Pablo Barrera de Pumas, finalmente Javier Aguirre entendió que no debe llamar más al Venado Medina.

Spot the odd one out? Capello. He's not a knob. 'Mike Bassett, England Manager' is the most legendary Football film ever made. Forget 'Damned United', 'Football Factory', 'Mean Machine'. They've got nothing on Bassy. He danced half-naked on a bar infront of Pele, opened his curtains to the media completely starkers, and he liked the Christmas Pudding [.

Unfortunately for Slaven Bilic, the Croatian coach didn't heed that warning prior to sending out comments that have ended up in the England team locker room.
As Matt Hughes of the Times Online reports, Fabio Capello has thanked Slaven Bilic for giving England all the motivation they need to win tonight's World Cup qualifier at Wembley.

The world might be football mad and in England we have the most high profile and richest professional men's league in the world, but when it comes to the women's game the level of interest and support remain frustratingly small. While Capello's men play at the shiny new Wembley, England's women have yet to play [.

"I'm getting the words 'Group of Death'..."

It's time for you to look into your Sepp Blatter-shaped crystal ball and predict which group England will land in tomorrow's World Cup draw in Cape Town. Exciting stuff, eh.

These are the four pots:

POT 1 (Seeds):
Argentina, Brazil, ENGLAND, Germany, Italy, Spain, South Africa, Holland

POT 2 (Asia, Oceania and North/Central America):
Australia, New Zealand, Honduras, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Mexico, United States.

As FIFA notes on their website, Draw ignites FIFA World Cup fever, it was an early Xmas present for the US Men's National Team today as the final draw was completed.

While South Africans smiled upon learning that the host nation's Opening Match on 11 June would be played against Mexico at Soccer City, it was the outcome of Group D which caused the biggest stir.

Fabio Capello called Rooney a "Crazy Man" during training on Tuesday. As true as that may be, it doesn't take away from how vital Rooney is to England's success. England has a 100% record in World Cup Qualifiers, thanks in large part to Crazy Man Rooney. According to Castrol football Rooney is currently the best player [.

In Episode 8 We find out what religious figure Jose the Special 1 likens himself to and get to see Capello get a lap dance in Italy. As always, be champions!

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Goalkeeper alert as Robert Green has refused to sign a new contract at West Ham. Green is 29 years old and will be looking to cement a place in Capello's England squad over the next two internationals.

The position of goalkeeper is one that Wenger has never really filled since the departure of Seaman.

Well they beat Andorra 6-0, are top of the group by ten points and you can expect every Englishman to talk it up from here on it.
England 2010: No chance...although Mr Capello has this Irishman a tad concerned.
Still Wayne Rooney ain't Zidane, Messi or Kaka is he..and he's the best they've got.

The England star must be left feeling frustrated and livid that United have signed a new striker, just over a week after he pleaded with Sir Alex Ferguson for a chance to play centre-forward for the Red Devils. Rooney has done the dirty work for Christiano Ronaldo over the last three seasons, as Ronaldo has taken all the headlines and has earned his dream huge money move to Real Madrid.

Grant Wahl on Twitter:
Quote: Beckham being held accountable by Donovan/LA fans is best thing that could happen to Galaxy on field. He's actually motivated to play now. At best, he'll be interested up until that moment when someone says that playing in MLS endangers his England chances, then he'll go back to being disinterested and upset at his whole situation.

There's something sarong about Becks' attitude

I know this isn't US Soccer related, but I find this situation pretty annoying. David Beckham abandoned his team for half a season. Instead of admitting he did in order to achieve his personal goals (pretty understandable), he tried to deflect heat by claiming all other players in his situation would have chosen the same path.

Just a week from his return to the Galaxy and a hair's breadth from a fan's assault, Becks is again pushing his luck. This time he wants to play Holland in a friendly. The match is awkwardly placed between important MLS encounters with New England and Seattle.

More power to him if he can pull this off and commit himself to the Galaxy but Bruce Arena is going to request him not to return for the friendly to be played in Amsterdam.

"Beckham knows well that if he doesn't return to a big European championship in December he'll have no chance for the World Cup"
-Fabio Capello (La Gazzetta dello Sport. 8/10/09)

...and then he made one mistake and we sold him to Everton for 30 cents on the dollar... or pound... or whatever? That was good planning, seeing as United now have three... no two.... okay, one and a half fit and capable goalkeepers to start the season off.

Following a performance that would have made Massimo Taibi proud, 26 year old Ben Foster was pulled out of the England squad that will face Holland this week.

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"You keep caning me and then you ask for interviews," Owen said, turning down requests to speak about his goal against Wigan to the press.

There is something appealing about Owen's "me against the world" attitude. It's a feeling we so frequently feel against the FA and the press.

Watch England v Croatia live here.

The England squad for the international break (a friendly against Slovenia on Saturday, September 5 and the World Cup qualifier against Croatia on Wednesday, September 9) sees Rio Ferdinand, Theo Walcott and David James miss out due to injury while Peter Crouch, Wes Brown and Aaron Lennon return to the fold.

Admiral Capello strides onto the bridge. "Status report, Lieutenant Rooney!" he shouts.

Rooney is grim. "The Croatians have boarded the ship, Sir," he says. "They've already scored two goals."

"I see," says Capello. He turns to his chief defensive officer.

At look at the winners and losers of another weekend of Premier League action.

Winners
Chelsea
Chelsea is the best team in Europe at the moment. That doesn't mean that they will win the Champions League or the Premier League, it simply means that they are playing better than anyone in Europe at the moment.

I have no idea how Mark Hughes does this.

Manage a club with so many players who are no shows. The club with the most bloated transfer payroll with very little to show for it. His star player is the Lindsey Lohan of the soccer world with his fair share of entries in the police blotter. Even his countrymen have washed their hands of Robinho.

At the start of every season there are certain players who hope to make it into the frist team squad, they are given chances on the pre-season tour and in the Carling Cup.

Here is a resume of some of those players and what they managed to achieve this season.

Jack Wilshere

At the start of the season there was great hope that Jack Wilshere will establish himself in the first team squad.