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 Dayton Dynamo were, I now realize, far from a high-quality team. But in Southwest Ohio in early 1990s, there were few better options. European soccer on television would come later that decade, but growing up the only live option was the Dynamo.

The Dynamo did not even play the true 11-a-side game seen around the world.

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Almost is nothing in sport. Costa Rica played much better over 90 minutes in Montevideo than they ever did in San José, and they had Uruguay reeling toward the end, suffering as they always do, but at the final whistle it was the South Americans progressing on to South Africa and the Central Americans returning home without an official match for another 16 months. Click to continue reading...

Uruguay struggled to tame Costa Rica before booking their place in the World Cup finals with a 1-1 draw at home in the second leg of their South America/CONCACAF play-off on Wednesday. The match was held up for nearly five minutes near the end because of fighting between a Uruguay camera crew near the touchline and the Costa Rica bench amid a nervous denouement. Click to continue reading...

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18.11.2009 - FIFA World Cup Qualifiers
Uruguay - Costa Rica 1:1

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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...

The World Cup winners in 1930 and 1950 became the last team to qualify for South Africa 2010 thanks to a draw with Costa Rica at the Centenario in Montevideo. Substitute Sebastian Abreu - who plays for Aris Salonika in Greece -� put the hosts ahead 70 minutes but Costa Rica equalised when Deportivo Saprissa's Walter Centeno scored four minutes later.

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Los 32 equipos que disputarán el Mundial de Sudáfrica 2010 están ya listos luego de la última fecha de eliminatorias. Unos ríen y otros lloran.Costa Rica es de los que lloran, pero se fue con la frente muy en alto: fue al Centenario a hacer un gran partido donde no se dejó intimidar por la gente y por momentos puso en aprietos a Uruguay. Click to continue reading...

Uruguay have claimed the 32nd and final spot at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa by drawing 1-1 with Costa Rica in Montevideo in the second leg of their Intercontinental Playoff tie. Final full time score :- Uruguay 1-1 Costa Rica ( Sebastien Abreu 69′/ Walter Centeno 73′) Uruguay beat Costa Rica 2-1 on aggregate, and [. Click to continue reading...

We finally have all 32 countries who will be in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa!!!After the games played on November 18th, Portugal, Greece, Uruguay, France, Algeria, and Slovenia have qualified for the tournament. Here are the results:Bosnia 0 – 1 Portugal (agg. 0-2)Ukraine 0 – 1 Greece (agg. Click to continue reading...

Uruguay became the last country from the Americas to qualify for the 2010 World Cup, drawing 1-1 with Costa Rica at home, but winning 2-1 on aggregate. Sebastian Abreu gave Uruguay a two-goal lead at Centenario, scoring in the 69th-minute. Walter Centeno pulled a goal back for Costa Rica four minutes later, but Uruguay held on to qualify. Click to continue reading...

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Con el corazón en la boca y después de empatar (1-1) con Costa Rica en el Centenario (1-0 en la ida), con enorme tensión en la niebla y trompadas entre las delegaciones, Uruguay tomó la última de las plazas en juego para Sudáfrica 2010.
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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.

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Algeria, Greece, Portugal and Slovenia all won their playoffs and qualified for the World Cup today. Uruguay vs Costa Rica is happening as I type. But there's one story that will be dominating the World Cup playoff headlines, and I think you already know what it is: Thierry Henry's handball for France vs Ireland.

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The original headline for this piece was going to be '...And Then There Was One' as in there's only one place left in the finals: congratulations to Algeria, France, Greece, Portugal and Slovenia, all of whom have qualified before.

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World Cup qualifiers for South Africa 2010 started on 25 August 2007. Now, 847 days later, we're at the final day. By kickoff time in Montevideo, 31 national teams would have secured their places in the finals next summer. There is still room for one more, and it will be decided between Costa Rica and Uruguay. Click to continue reading...

The final six World Cup 2010 places all get decided today, with the second legs of the four European playoffs and the CONMEBOL vs CONCACAF game, plus the special Algeria vs Egypt single game playoff for the final African qualifying spot.

It's all very very tight. The winners of these six ties get the the glory, the losers learn firsthand the meaning of the word "nearly".

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There are six places left in the 2010 World Cup, and 12 teams will spend today fighting to be one of those lucky six.

Today marks the last day of World Cup qualifying and matches on three continents will determine who rounds out the field of 32. European powers France, Portugal and Russia will look to secure places in South Africa, while bitter rivals Egypt and Algeria will kick off today's proceedings in a winner-take-all playoff.

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Bloody hell. It finally all comes down to this. After today, we're done.
CAF
Egypt vs. Algeria
12:30 EST
Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum, Sudan
Preview
Preview II
Battle for final African spot at fever pitch
UEFA
France vs. Ireland (1-0 agg.)
3pm EST
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Otra vez...SUERTE! - The HexagonalBlog Click to continue reading...

With less than 20 hours before kickoff in Montevideo, Costa Rica and Uruguay are just about out of time to make modifications ahead of the decisive second leg. René Simões will be back on the touchline after his suspension in the first leg on Saturday and is looking for "fresh legs" for tomorrow's match. Click to continue reading...

Jogaram em San Jose, no Ricardo Saprissa Stadium, pela repescagem americana para a copa, as seleções do Costa Rica (43º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção do Uruguai (25º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
04-02-1990 – Uruguai 2x0 Costa Rica (Amistoso)
14-05-1991 – Costa Rica 0x1 Uruguai (Amistoso)
02-08-1992 – Uruguai 2x1 Costa Rica (Amistoso)
18-08-1999 – Uruguai 5x4 Costa Rica (Amistoso)
16-07-2001 – Uruguai 1x1 Costa Rica (Copa América)
22-07-2001 – Costa Rica 1x2 Uruguai (Copa América)
O quarteto de arbitragem desse jogo, foi assim definido:
Referee: Alberto UNDIANO (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Fermin MARTINEZ (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Juan Carlos YUSTE JIMENEZ (ESP)
Fourth official: Carlos CLOS GOMEZ (ESP)
Aos 21 minutos do primeiro tempo, Diego LUGANO, fez o único gol do Uruguai no jogo. Click to continue reading...

Uruguay have a foot and four toes into South Africa; Costa Rica are hanging by merely a thread. So go the verdicts from the press in both countries. Uruguay asserted themselves on a substandard pitch, used their physicality and their defensive discipline to pin the Costa Ricans in their own area and disconnect the Tico midfield from their strikers, and were opportunistic at the right time. Click to continue reading...

Three more countries are going to South Africa!!!Cameroon, Nigeria, and New Zealand have booked their tickets to the 2010 World Cup. Nigeria and Cameroon have won their respective groups in the African qualifiers while New Zealand beat Bahrain in the 2nd leg of their playoff match.Results from the 1st leg playoff matches:Costa Rica 0 – 1 UruguayIreland 0 – 1 FrancePortugal 1 – 0 BosniaGreece 0 –

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Every fan of the US team has been hoping that the stars could align, the flipped coin could land on its edge and that somehow the US could be seeded in the World Cup draw.� Being among those top eight seeds would make a huge difference and the path to the final 16 would be much easier.

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Welcome to the World Cup party New Zealand, Nigeria and Cameroon!
Egypt scored a goal in the 5th minute of extra time against Algeria to keep its W.C. dream alive, it needed a 2-0 result. The rematch between the two teams is Wednesday in Sudan.
Here are the results of the UEFA playoff first legs: Russia 2-1 Slovenia, Ireland 0-1 France, Portugal 1-0 Bosnia, Ukraine 0-0 Greece. Click to continue reading...

Costa Rica 0-1 Uruguay
Crucial Lugano Goal Brings South Americans Closer To World Cup 2010
Ireland 0-1 France
Anelka Gives France Away-Goal Boost
Greece 0-0 Ukraine
Stalemate In Athens As Visitors Leave Happier
New Zealand players celebrate after booking trip to South Africa. Click to continue reading...

Esse serão os jogos que teremos no mundo, no meio dessa semana, e que o blog irá acompanhar:
Amistosos
África do Sul x Jamaica
Eslováquia x Chile
Omã x Brasil
Bélgica x Qatar
Holanda x Paraguai
Áustria x Espanha
Angola x Gana
Dinamarca x Estados Unidos
Irã x Macedônia
Coréia do Sul x Sérvia
Honduras x Peru
Malta x Bulgária
Montenegro x Bielo-Rússia
Nigéria x Argentina
Polônia x Canadá
Alemanha x Costa do Marfim
Itália x Suécia
França x Eire
Zâmbia x Coréia do Norte
Eliminatórias Copa da Ásia
Síria x Vietnã
Malásia x Uzbequistão
Tailândia x Cingapura
Hong Kong x Japão
Indonésia x Kuwait
Jordânia x Irã
China x Líbano
Eliminatórias Copa do Mundo
Ucrânia x Grécia
Bósnia-Herzegovina x Portugal
Eslovênia x Rússia
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La selección de Suiza ganó el primer título de su historia, en el 13er Campeonato Mundial Sub 17 de la FIFA (Sub 16 hasta 1991) que se disputó en Nigeria. Los helvéticos tuvieron un paso arrollador, que dejó en el camino a los grandes del fútbol mundial y de la categoría: Brasil, Alemania, Italia y la propia Nigeria, que era la poseedora del trofeo. Click to continue reading...

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.

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A single goal is all that separates the sides heading into Wednesday's second leg in Montevideo after Costa Rica and Uruguay played out a well fought battle in San Jose. It was Uruguay's captain fantastic Diego Lugano who grabbed the games only goal and gave his team the perfect platform to complete the job on home turf next week. Click to continue reading...

Uruguay won 1-0 in Costa Rica early this morning, arguably� giving them a decent advantage for the return leg on Wednesday. Costa Rica were down to ten men for the last 40 minutes or so after Randall Azofeifa was dismissed, but the damage had already been done by Sao Paulo's Diego Lugano who scored after 21 minutes.

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A goal from Diego Lugano gives Uruguay the edge with a crucial away goal in this World Cup play-off.

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New Zealand and Nigeria qualified for the World Cup yesterday, but other countries also either made sure they are going to be in South Africa, or took steps to it.In Africa Cameroon finally qualified with a 2-0 away victory over Morocco, and are now the African nation that has participated in most World Cups. Click to continue reading...

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.

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