This afternoon I was watching a league match from Costa Rica (San Carlos-Herediano), and I couldn't
help but notice the condition of the grass field at San Carlos' stadium. I think I've seen potato
patches in better condition than the field in San Carlos. It looked absolutely awful on TV and
probably played even worse. Click to continue reading...
The CONCACAF 2009-10 Champions League Quarterfinals Draw was released recently. The
quarterfinals are set to begin in March, with the semifinals in late March, early April, and the
final in late April. Here's the full schedule. A video of the draw can be seen here.
QUARTERFINALS First Leg March 9-11 Second Leg March 16-18 QF1: *Comunicaciones vs.
Yesterday, the World Cup field was finalized. There were 6 play-off games that were all pretty
exciting. My favorite was Algeria sending Egypt home. I'm also glad that Ireland were eliminated on
such a controversial goal. I've never liked them.
On Friday December 4th we will find out how the group stages will look for the XIX World Cup to
take place in South Africa next Summer. We now know the 32 countries that qualified for the world Cup: For CONCACAF it was The United States, Mexico and Honduras. For CONMEBOL it was Brazil, Paraguay, Chile, Argentina and Uruguay. Click to continue reading...
With Uruguay seeing off Costa Rica, the field for World Cup 2010 has been completed.Africa -
Algeria, Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, South AfricaAsia - Australia, Japan, North Korea,
South KoreaEurope - Denmark, England, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal,
Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, SwitzerlandNorth America - Honduras, Mexico, United
StatesOceania - New Click to continue reading...
On 19 November 1989 -- twenty years ago today -- Trinidad & Tobago and the USA met each other in
Port-of-Spain for their final World Cup qualifier match for the 1990 World Cup in Italy. The
circumstances and consequences of that match have made it the most important match in US soccer
history, and marked the start of the modern era in American soccer. Click to continue reading...
Pues han pasado ya cuatro días de que el torneo acabo para nosotros y por la perspectiva que
veo se nos han hecho tan largos que hasta parecen lentos.
Es cierto que la pelotita sigue rodando y que cuestiones como la de Antonio De
Nigris nos ha distraído un poco de lo que viene para nuestro equipo pero creo que
conforme pasen las semanas se irán dando noticias que nos llamen la atención.
Grecia, Francia, Portugal y Eslovenia son los nuevos invitados a Sudáfrica
2010, los Griegos ganaron 1 a 0 con gol Dimitros Salpingidis a Ucrania, los
griegos llegan al mundial 16 años despues.
Portugal que en la ida había ganado 1 a 0, nuevamente le repite la dosis a
Bosnia, los portugueses jugaron mejor y el premio llegó en el minuto 56 cuando Raul Maireles
batió a Hasagic tras un pase de Nani.
París, 18 nov (PL) En una polémica jugada en tiempo extra el defensor William Gallas le dio a
Francia hoy la clasificación para el Mundial de Suráfrica-2010, tras imponerse 2-1 a Irlanda en
partido de la repesca europea. En la factura del dudoso gol marcado por Gallas, intervino una mano "evidente" del capitán Thierry
Henry que habilitó al defensa casi en la línea de meta para marcar el 1-1 definitivo a los 103
minutos del encuentro disputado en el Stade de France. Click to continue reading...
Welcome from Land Shark Stadium in Miami. Honduras, a World Cup qualifier from CONCACAF takes on
Peru here. Down in Montevideo, Costa Rica is taking on Uruguay for the final spot in South Africa.
Earlier today, a US side made up largely of reserves was beaten by a Danish side made up almost
completely of reserves 3-1.
Six teams qualified for next year's World Cup in South Africa today, finalizing the field that
will compete in the first World Cup in African soil.
France, Slovenia, Uruguay, Portugal, Greece and Algeria advanced to the finals ending the dreams
of Ireland, Russia, Costa Rica, Ukraine and Egypt in the process.
From Soccer America The final six teams in the 32-team World Cup 2010 field will be determined
today four in Europe, one in South America/Concacaf and one in Africa necessitated by the tie
between Egypt and Algeria in their qualifying group. For a look at all six games, with television
information and predictions .
There are a number of international friendlies on Wednesday, November 18, 2009. Many of the top
countries who have qualified for next summer's World Cup Final include Spain, Italy, Netherlands,
Germany, and the United States. Our other site, Free Live Sports TV, will be providing live
coverage of the matches at the links below.
CONCACAF held its draw for the Champions League quarterfinals on Tuesday and the draw will pit
defending MLS Cup champion Columbus Crew against defending Mexican League champion Toluca.
Columbus was eliminated from the MLS playoffs by Real Salt Lake in the first round, but will
kick off 2010 in March with a home-and-home quarterfinal series against Toluca.
CONCACAF held its draw for the Champions League quarterfinals on Tuesday and the draw will pit
defending MLS Cup champion Columbus Crew against Mexican League power Toluca.
Columbus was eliminated from the MLS playoffs by Real Salt Lake in the first round, but will
kick off 2010 in March with a home-and-home quarterfinal series against Toluca.
In the modern world of football, Europe is the most powerful confederation in FIFA and its a
shame that FIFA's most powerful confederation doesn't lead the way in how it runs its World Cup
qualification.
When it comes to World Cup qualifying, Europe can look to other FIFA confederations on how it
should be done.
VS. ,, In the modern world of football, Europe is the most powerful confederation in FIFA and its a shame
that FIFA's most powerful confederation doesn't lead the way in how it runs its World Cup
qualification. When it comes to World Cup qualifying, Europe can look to other FIFA confederations on how it
should be done. Click to continue reading...
There are a few international friendlies on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 as most countries have
completed 2010 World Cup Qualifying matches. The matches on Tuesday include Slovakia v Chile, South
Africa v Jamaica, and Qatar v Belgium. All three will be covered live on our other site, Free Live
Sports TV, at the links below.
Costa Rica's new coach Rene Simoes has had a mixed bag of results. The Ticos beat his old team,
Trinidad and Tobago handily, 4-0. The USA were able to claw back a draw against them with Jonathan
Bornstein's equalizer (which made him a hero in Honduras) at RFK stadium.
However, the Ticos suffered a setback at home against Uruguay in the playoffs to decide the
World Cup spot between the 4th placed CONCACAF and 5th placed CONMEBOL teams.
A) The USA with their below full strength team played patient ball control.
They took their time to build up their attack. Having no Donovan and Davies meant that the US had
to give up their fast counterattacking edge. But the tactical switch was achieved quite effectively
showing that the US is capable of this approach.
Uruguay se presentó en el Estadio Ricardo Sapprisa, bien
parapetado y con gran fuerza en la recuperación en media cancha con Alvaro
Fernández, Alvaro González y Sebastián Eguren,
dejando para enganchar a Nicolás Lodeiro y al frente los imprescindibles
Luis Suárez y Diego Forlán, logrando el triunfo con gol del
gran capitán, Diego Lugano en el minuto 21.
VS. The drama of World Cup qualifying reaches its apex in the next 7 days as the final spots for South
Africa 2010 will be set. Nations will be paralyzed as their teams fight for footballing glory. The
CONCACAF vs. CONMEBOL playoff features Los Ticos of Costa Rica vs. Click to continue reading...
The drama of World Cup qualifying reaches its apex in the next 7 days as the final spots for
South Africa 2010 will be set. Nations will be paralyzed as their teams fight for footballing
glory. The CONCACAF vs. CONMEBOL playoff features Los Ticos of Costa Rica vs.
by Matt - US Soccer Daily Soccer junkies couldn't ask for more this weekend, as MLS conference
finals, World Cup qualifiers, and marquee friendlies all combine for one spectacular Saturday. So
get...
It's been all business in the Uruguayan and Costa Rican camps this week, ahead of
their first-leg playoff match at San Jose's Saprissa stadium, with no bulletin-board material or
off-key quotes to rile each other up.
Instead, it's generally been a pleasant environment for players, media corps and managers, both
of whom have praised each other's squad's games and achievements but have also divulged very little
information on their respective teams' workouts.
With 23 nations already qualified for World Cup 2010, there are just nine places in South Africa
still up for grabs. Three of those will be decided when African qualifying concludes next
Wednesday. But that's a separate post. The six other qualifiers will be decided by playoffs,
starting tomorrow.
[I'm going to make this the featured post for the next five days, except for Saturday and next
Wednesday when the CONCACAF/CONMEBOL playoff is being played.] Next Thursday is the 20th
anniversary of that historic World Cup qualifier between Trinidad & Tobago and USA. In my opinion,
and I doubt I'm the only person who feels this way, it was the most important match in the history
of US men's soccer because of where they were at that time and where they went from that point. Click to continue reading...
This weekend will make and break the careers of some coaches and players. The European play-offs
which will begin on Saturday the 14th November and conclude on the following Wednesday, will
definitely be a must win for the likes of France, Portugal and Russia.
A world cup without the reigning world player of the year Cristiano Ronaldo is simply
unimaginable.
It's a busy weekend of international matches on Saturday, November 14, 2009 in the world of
soccer. In UEFA there are playoff matches in 2010 World Cup Qualifying while other regions such as
CAF, CONCACAF, CONMEBOL, and AFC also have qualification matches taking place. Many matches will be
televised and here's a full set of TV listings for the United States and United Kingdom.
The head coaches of Costa Rica and Uruguay are very close to deciding on a starting lineup for
Saturday's first leg of the CONCACAF/CONMEBOL playoff. Simões and Tabárez are going to play
things close to their vests, with closed training sessions. But barring suspension or injury, both
teams are going to go with the same XI that were on the field in the previous two or three
qualifiers. Click to continue reading...
Today, Santos Laguna inaugurated their impressive athletic complex, Territorio Santos Modelo (TSM).
And all of the heavy hitters in Mexican, CONCACAF, and world soccer were there, from Javier
Aguirre, Justino Compeán, and Mexican President Felipe Calderón to Jack Warner, Sepp Blatter, and
Pelé. Ricky Martin gave the first concert, and Santos and Brazil's Santos are playing the first
match in the new stadium (with Matías Vuoso scoring the first goal). Click to continue reading...
Con 24 equipos de diez países, ya está en marcha la edición 2009/10 de la Champions League de la
Concacaf. Aunque a los organizadores no le guste el apodo, ya toda Centroamérica la llama "la
Concachamps". RONDA PRELIMINARHerediano (Costa Rica) - Jalapa (Guatemala) - Liberia Mia (Costa
Rica) - Luis Ángel Firpo (El Salvador) New York Red Bull (Estados Unidos) - Olimpia (Honduras) - San Francisco
(Panamá) - Toronto FC (Canadá) 28/7: DC United (EE. Click to continue reading...
World Cup play-offs dominate the week. It's squeaky bum time for several countries around the
world. We have the second leg in the Asia vs Oceania play off, the CONCACAF v South America
showdown, and the games that will decide which European sides will join those already qualified.
Our guest this week is Lilika, a Liverpool fan living in Japan.
