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The president of the Ecuadorian football federation suggests that the tournament would feature
16 teams, six of whom would come from CONCACAF. "I have no doubt that the obstacles are being
overcome," Luis Chiriboga is quoted as saying."
United States, Mexico Both Reportedly In Running To Host 2016 Copa America - SBNation.
The Ivory Coast won their first match of the 2012 African Cup of Nations today, a 1-0 defeat of
Sudan with Didier Drogba scoring the lone goal.
Curious as to their current FIFA ranking and who else might likely put up a fight against the
Elephants, I looked it up. Learning that they rank 18th internationally didn't surprise, but the
fact that only 5 other African countries make up the top 50 did.
The Ivory Coast won their first match of the 2012 African Cup of Nations today, a 1-0 defeat of
Sudan with Didier Drogba scoring the lone goal.
Curious as to their current FIFA ranking and who else might likely put up a fight against the
Elephants, I looked it up. Learning that they rank 18th internationally didn't surprise, but the
fact that only 5 other African countries make up the top 50 did.
photo by Howard C. Smith/ISIphotos.com
After months of stagnating, the U.S. men's national team is back on the rise in the FIFA
rankings, although barely.
The United States improved one spot to No. 33 in the latest rankings after having spent the last
three months at the No.
Thierry Henry has been able to provide a spark for Arsenal in his brief time on loan with the
club, but the Gunners may have to look elsewhere for inspiration during their crucial match this
weekend.
Henry picked up a calf strain in training, and his status is uncertain for Arsenal's match
against Manchester United.
The United States stay 34th for the third month in a row as we close out the 2011 FIFA
Rankings.With most teams idle during the rankings period, there isn't a lot of movement in the
table. Mexico drops to 21st, remaining first overall in CONCACAF. Spain remains the World #1, with
Holland, Germany, Uruguay, and England rounding out the top five.
Photo by Howard C. Smith/ISIphotos.com
Depending on whom you believe, David Beckham is either set to make a dent on the Paris-St.
Germain payroll or is still very much a free agent.
Despite front-page reports in France that Beckham has signed an 18-month deal with PSG, people
in his camp have strongly denied that a deal has been completed.
Pulling with Steve Bruce Ep.15 League Of His Own by Off The Post on Mixcloud This week, despite a
chunk of Premier League games achieving grindingly mediocre status, the Pod has polished up a few
moments that made it less offensive to the senses. Get ready to discover why Gareth Barry's
sharpness is primarily down [.
Victory, at last Just 10 years ago American Samoa were a footballing joke after being mauled 31-0
by Australia in a World Cup qualifier, a result that still stands as the most one-sided full
international in history. And frankly their entire international record hasn't been much of a party
either with the Pacific side managing [.
Photo: Paul Rudderow
Union
Y0u can watch a live stream of today's Expansion Draft the French Canadian way from 3pm on the
Montreal Impact website. (It's supposed to be on the MLS site too but, as of this writing, they
haven't put the link up yet.)
Montreal Impact head coach Jesse Marsch is among those who noticed Freddy Adu was left
unprotected by the Philadelphia Union ahead of today's Expansion Draft.
Photo by Omar Martinez/ISIphotos.com
Bob Bradley isn't the only American making waves as coach of a non-U.S. national team.
Thomas Rongen won his debut as coach of American Samoa, which defeated Tonga, 2-1, in an Oceania
World Cup qualifier for its first-ever victory.
The United States stay 34th in the November 2011 FIFA Rankings released on Wednesday. Mexico moves
up to 20th, first overall in CONCACAF. Spain remains the World #1, with Holland, Germany, Uruguay,
and England rounding out the top five. Elsewhere in CONCACAF, Jamaica moves up three spots to 47th,
Panama is up two spots to 51st, Honduras moves three spots at 54th, and Costa Rica drops two places
to 64th.
OK folks.
The end is getting closer. The floor is open from now for suggestions from the denizens of Twitter
and Facebook.
Be gentle.
And be generous!
But first Gary Linton (@Linton1388) tells us why Scotland will qualify for the 2014 World Cup. And
I'm compelled to tell you why they won't.
Lebanon achieve the impossible Lebanon Daily Star.
As a sidebar to all of the hype surrounding the Euro2012 play off qualifiers this past week, I
noticed a great story emerging out of the Middle East which deserves more than a mention. Asian
power South Korea were beaten 2-1 in Beirut by Lebanon who rank 112 places below them in the FIFA
rankings which in any region is a huge accomplishment.
By JOHN BOSCHINI
They may be playing meaningless friendlies, but the defending World and European champions are
stuck in a run of form unbecoming of the top-ranked team in the world.
After trailing 2-0, Spain scored twice in the final 10 minutes to salvage a 2-2 away draw with
Costa Rica in a match in which much of the first-team saw action.
Before we take a look at tomorrow's friendly against Spain, it's worth a quick
review of tonight's playoffs for the last four places in Euro 2012.
The first thing that jumps out is the quality of the teams in the playoffs. Since Euro '96
Croatia, the Czech Republic, Portugal and Turkey
have all reached the knockout stages of at least one of the subsequent competitions with Portugal
reaching the final in 2004.
USSN takes a look around the web for latest news and opinion on the United States men's national
team. Here is a round up of the best of the web this week;
Bayern Munich president regrets hiring Klinsmann Bayern president Uli Hoeness
told a German newspaper this week that hiring Klinsmann was an expensive mistake.
Photo by Howard C. Smith/ISIphotos.com
With the results not going the United States national team's way, it's no surprise that Jurgen
Klinsmann's side continues its slide down the FIFA rankings.
The United States fell three spots to No. 34 -- sandwiched in between 2010 World Cup foes Ghana
and Algeria -- following its win over Honduras and loss to Ecuador.
The United States is 34th in the October 2011 FIFA Rankings released on Wednesday. Mexico dropped
to 22nd, first overall in CONCACAF. Spain remains the World #1, with Holland, Germany, Uruguay, and
Brazil rounding out the top five. Elsewhere in CONCACAF, Jamaica drops five spots to 50th, Honduras
is down four spots at 57th, and Costa Rica drops five places to 62nd.
Photo: Daniel Gajdamowicz
Union
In this week's power rankings roundup, the Union fall two spots to fifth at MLS Soccer.com. At
ESPN, they move up one spot to fifth. They drop one spot to fourth at the Seattle Times. At
Goal.com, the Union fall two spots to eighth.
Sheanon Williams, profiled on the Union website, was named to Goal.
Could Spain's second XI beat England? - originally posted on Soccerlens.com
While watching David Silva and Spain dismantle a dogged and compact Scotland on Wednesday, it
struck me: this was hardly Spain's best outfit and they were dominating.
Silva cemented his bona fides as one of the top half-dozen players in world football and Spain,
with a team featuring second-choice players like Thiago Alcantara, Jordi Alba and Santi Cazorla,
passed Scotland into an uneasy submission.
By Alan Duffy
Ireland boss Giovanni Trapattoni collapses with joy on hearing the play-off draw
I think it's fair to say that the Irish have been paid back with interest for that infamous
Henry handball in the World Cup qualifiers in 2009.
By Alan Duffy
Sir Alex Ferguson reacts to the news that Vidic has retired from international
football
In one of the shocks of the Euro 2012 qualifying campaign, plucky little Estonia made it out of
Group C, a group which contained Italy, Serbia and Slovenia, all sides well above them in the FIFA
rankings, along with Northern Ireland and the mighty Faroe Islands.
As focus shifted to major international matches taking place this weekend, it was a different
scenario in South America as the continent began the tedious qualification process for the Brazil
2014 World Cup finals.
Both Argentina and Uruguay won convincingly with La Albiceleste beating Chile 4-1 at
home while Uruguay settled for a 4-2 win over Bolivia in Montevideo.
On this week's roundup, could Owen get back into the England squad? Plus Wright-Phillips, Joe
Cole and Hargreaves stake their claims for a recall. Warnock can't wait for ‘humourless' Capello
to go while Allardyce says again he should be considered for England manager. Plus, England fall to
8th in FIFA rankings – despite winning back-to-back matches.
The U.S. WNT is still the top ranked team in the world according to the latest FIFA rankings
released on Sept. 23.
North Korea is back in the top-10 (8th) on the heels of it successful qualifying run for the 2012
Olympics, while Norway is down to 12th, the lowest ranking ever for the Norwegians since the world
rankings started in 2003.
Photo by John Todd/ISIphotos.com
As the U.S. men's national team continues its winless stretch, the team keeps tumbling down the
FIFA rankings.
The United States is No. 31 in the latest rankings, down three spots after losses to Costa Rica
and Belgium earlier this month.
The United States fell to 31st in the September 2011 FIFA Rankings released on Wednesday. Mexico
remains 20th. Spain took over as World #1, switching places with Holland. Uruguay moves to 4th,
still the top team in CONMEBOL with Brazil dropping to 7th. Elsewhere in CONCACAF, Jamaica drops
two spots to 45th, Honduras are down three spots at 53rd, and Costa Rica moves up three spaces to
57th.
England win two games, fall four places in FIFA rankings
Three Lions down to eighth despite wins over Bulgaria and Wales
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A news article on 2011-09-21 09:02:58 from: The Mirror
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Please say no to Middle East or bust.
Update: With news that Bob Bradley is set to be confirmed for the Egypt
national team manager role, we re-issue this editorial below.
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Late Sunday, the news came across the wire Twitter, that is that Bob Bradley was one of three
finalists for the Egypt national team job.
I'm not entirely sure where to start with this article, but I can safely say that
yesterday represented, for me at least, the culmination of almost 12 months of agony whilst
following the fortunes of England and it's now hapless manager, Fabio Capello. A good place to
begin would be to think back to the Group qualifying game against Algeria in South Africa last
year at the 2010 World Cup.
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This was the trickiest pick of the team. I went back and forth between a 4-4-2 and a 3-4-3, but
eventually Cummings won out.
I never seem to learn from my mistakes when it comes to watching England. With the absence of club
football I guess their matches fulfil my fix for the week, which is reflected in the media, who
with pages to fill go a little bit England-crazy.
The problem is that the games – usually friendlies but also now competitive matches – prove to
be turgid, frustrating let-downs.
Trinidad and Tobago plays Barbados today at 4 pm and Keon Daniel may make his first start for
the country as a member of the Philadelphia Union.
Daniel and Trinidad pulled out a close 1-0 win over Bermuda on a Kenwyne Jones goal in the 44th
minute. Tobago was expected to pull well away from Barbados, but those expectations were not
met.
Since we're in the throes of international competition and most of the domestic league action is on
hiatus (save South America, where we are still getting a full slate of action), this week's Weekly
Club Rankings are being postponed a week in order to bring you the WCR International RPI Rankings
for September 2011.
For those looking in on England's progress over the past decade, it is clear that both supporters
and media oscillate wildly from boundless optimism to the depths of despair.
The Three Lions are either World-beaters or a bunch of over-paid prima donnas not worthy of the
shirt – you would be led to believe anyway.
Over the years, I've always tried to stay objective when examining England performances
and following their nice win over Bulgaria on Friday in Sofia, I was somewhat interested to read
many of the media comments from some pretty well respected columnists across the soccer world, who
fell over themselves to praise the performance.
The Netherlands secured their passage into Euro 2012 by racking up a record 11-0 win against
piss-poor San Marino with Arsenal striker Robin Van Persie bagging four goals. Currently ranked the
world's number one side in the FIFA rankings (for the first time ever), the Netherlands put on a
virtuoso display as they eviscerated their [.
For those of you who missed it, FIFA announced its revised edition of its World Rankings
yesterday and I'm sure that many of you will be as surprised as I was when you see the top ten
looking like this:
- Netherlands
- Spain
- Germany
- England
- Uruguay
- Brazil
- Italy
- Portugal
- Argentina
- Croatia
Before I start my argument, perhaps we should look briefly at how this is worked out:
There are three main categories to decide where points are awarded; firstly, you have to win or
draw, no points will be awarded for a loss.
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UEFA says Carlos Bocanegra is eligible to play for Rangers in Europa League against Maribor who had
filed an official complaint that he did not have a proper work visa for last weeks game.
