Alas, poor Hejduk! I knew him, Horatio, a fellow of infinite step-overs, of most abysmal crossing. He hath lunged in like a hack a thousand times, and now how abhorr'd in my imagination it is! My gorge rises at it. Quite literally, actually. So... Click to continue reading...

Chelsea forward Salomon Kalou and Abdoulaye Meite were both in the Ivory Coast squad to face Germany in Wednesday's international friendly (2-2 draw). Neither was available for Saturday's World Cup qualifiying win over Guinea after the two went all hyphy on each other in training. The two have since made up (awww).

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Jeff Cunningham scored his first international goal, but three second half goals saw the United States lose to Denmark.

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The United States traveled to play Denmark for their second friendly of the international break. They lost to Slovakia 0-1 on Saturday and were looking to get a result on Wednesday's match. Here's a recap of the match along with video highlights.

Denmark beats the United States 3-1 Video Highlights

The United States did not come out strong as Denmark had most of the possession and chances early.

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The USMNT will face Denmark today at 1:30 p.m. CT on ESPN Classic and ESPN2 (for an explanation of this, click here). You can watch the match at either 810 Zone thanks to a watch party sponsored by Budweiser. The USMNT Blog has revealed the 18-man roster for today, which includes both Jimmy Conrad and former Wizards striker Eddie Johnson. Click to continue reading...

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.

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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.

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There are a few international friendlies on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 including #1 ranked Brazil traveling to face Oman. The match will be covered live at our other site, Free Live Sports TV, at the following link. The match starts at 14:30 GMT or 09:30 USA EST.

Oman v Brazil LIVE International Friendly Tuesday, November 17, 2009 14:30 GMT, 09:30 EST

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While a few countries still have World Cup Qualification matches left, most are playing international friendlies during this week. These include some of the favorites for next summer's world cup such as Brazil who face Oman, Italy v Sweden, Austria v Spain, Denmark v United States, and Italy v Sweden.

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Just a few short weeks ago, Chelsea appeared the strongest team at least squad-wise in the English top flight. How quickly things can change.

Following this weekend's international break, the list of those on the treatment table has grown exponentially and not simply from lining up for their respective countries.

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There are two international friendlies on Sunday, November 15, 2009 which included Iraq v Azerbaijan and United Arab Emirates v Czech Republic. None of these teams have qualified for the 2010 World Cup. The matches will be covered live at our other sites, Free Live Sports TV, at the links below.

Iraq v Azerbaijan LIVE International Friendly Sunday, November 15, 2009 12:45 GMT, 07:45 EST

United Arab Emirates v Czech Republic LIVE International Friendly Sunday, November 15, 2009 15:30 GMT, 10:30 EST

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The makeshift England side assembled by Capello were defeated by Brazil in an international friendly in Qatar. Nilmar's headed goal on the 47th minute helped Brazil stroll to a comfortable 1-0 victory over England. Click to continue reading...

Slovakia and the United States played in a friendly on Saturday, November 14, 2009. Both teams have qualified for next summer's FIFA 2010 World Cup Final. Here's a recap of the match along with video highlights.

Slovakia beats United States 1-0 Video Highlights

The United States dominated possession, especially in the 2nd half, but struggled to convert any chances as they lost to Slovakia.

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There are a number of International Friendlies on Saturday, November 14, 2009 as most nations are done with 2010 World Cup Qualification. Some of the friendlies including Brazil v England, Slovakia v USA, Spain v Argentina, and Italy v Netherlands. All of these matches and more will be covered live at our other site, Free Live Sports TV, at the links below.

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Saturday, 14th November 2009
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Wales will try to put far disappointment from the qualification for next year's world cup finals in South Africa when they make warm welcome with nearby country Scotland for a friendly play at the Millenium Stadium in Cardiff this Saturday.

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Saturday, 14th November 2009
Kick Off : 17:00 GMT
Venue : Khalifa Statium, Qatar

England and Brazil face each other at the Khalifa Stadium in Qatar on Saturday at 5pm in what should be a highly entertaining match between two heavyweights of International football.

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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.

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It's a light scheduled of matches on Thursday, November 12, 2009 with the Copa del Rey and Copa Sudamericana taking place. Also on Thursday is an international friendly match of the England Legends v World XI. These matches will be covered live on Free Live Sports TV, at the following links below.

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The United States has already qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup Finals in South Africa. They will be playing two friendly matches in Europe in the upcoming international break. The first will be at Slovakia on Saturday, November 14, 2009 and on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 against Denmark. Manager Bob Bradley has called up 22 players for the Slovakia match.

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There are several international friendlies on Saturday, November 14, 2009 while the final 2010 World Cup Final spots are determined. One of the more high profile friendlies is England v Brazil which will be at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar. Both nations have qualified for next summer's world cup and are two of the favorites to advance far into the tournament.

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Hassan Sunny was the first player to come out for his warming up
The Lions kept their composure well in the first half (save for that slip when they allowed the Indonesians to level shortly after they took the lead in the 10th minute) to restrict their guests from prowling deep into their half to maintain their 2-1 lead. Click to continue reading...

If you are a connoisseur of Twitter like me, then you've already stumbled upon the terms "twiggers" and "twitches" numerous times and you've undoubtedly already figured out what they really mean. So to pacify the Decency and Morals Subcommittee of World Cup Blog, I will be using those terms (well, actually only one of those terms) liberally during this post in order to avoid getting into twouble.

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Here are the facts (or as many facts as I can remember): The #1 and #2 ranked teams in the world are about to play a friendly in the future location of the 2011 Women's World Cup. Germany recently won the Euros by destroying England 6-2 and if you caught that one on the internets, I don't use the term "destroying" lightly.

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US Soccer has been a little slow to update news-starved fans on whereabouts of the USWNT. And almost as if Abby Wambach knew a few tweeters were loudly voicing their complaints (in 140 characters or less), on Oct 20th she updated her twitter: leaving for germany tonight. i will keep you more up to date while i'm there.

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For the last time, it's pronounced HUE-clees!

The Boston Breakers site just announced Angela Hucles is retiring from professional soccer. She says:

I always wanted to involve myself in things I was passionate about and give 110 percent.

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The U-17s shaking hands with the Wizards prior to today's match.
Scoring Summary:
KC – Roger Espinoza (unassisted) 32'
KC – Herculez Gomez (unassisted) 47'
KC – Kevin Souter (unassisted) 88'
(October 13, 2009) – The Kansas City Wizards topped the United States Under-17 Men's National Team 3-0 Tuesday night in rainy weather at Kansas City's Swope Park Training Center. Click to continue reading...

If you can't make it out to Swope Park tonight (or aren't going to due to the weather), check out our official Twitter page for in-game updates. Visit www.twitter.com/hillcrest_road for more information.
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We've now received the roster for tomorrow's friendly with the U.S. U-17s. It looks like most of the big names from this age group will be here:
GOALKEEPERS (2): Keith Cardona (NY Red Bulls; Glen Rock, N.J.), Earl Edwards (La Jolla Nomads; San Diego, Calif.)
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We told you this last Friday, but we wanted to remind you today so you can make plans to attend tomorrow night's friendly between our reserves (and potentially a couple of first 11 guys) at the U.S. U-17 Men's National Team. The game starts at 7, with a talk from Peter Vermes to area youth soccer coaches at 6:30 p. Click to continue reading...

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Next Tuesday night at 7 p.m. CT, the U.S. U-17 National Team will take on our KCW Reserves (Swope Park Rangers) on Field 3 (the turf field) at our Swope Park Training Center. The general public is welcome to attend, and Peter Vermes will be speaking to area soccer coaches before the match starts at 6:30 p. Click to continue reading...

While most countries were busy preparing for World Cup Qualifying matches on Wednesday, the Republic of Ireland hosted South Africa in an international friendly. As host of the FIFA 2010 World Cup, South Africa is guaranteed a spot next summer while the Republic of Ireland is in good position to be there as well.

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England faced Slovenia on Saturday September 5, 2009 ahead of their UEFA World Cup Qualifier on Wednesday against Croatia. The match was a warm-up for both sides and took place in front of over 70,000 at Wembley Stadium.

England beats Slovenia 2-1 in friendly Video Highlights

England won 2-1 against Slovenia on Saturday but should have converted more chances.

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While most teams were busy with 2010 World Cup Qualification on Saturday, there were a few friendlies as well. Most noticably were South Korea v Australia and Netherlands v Japan. Here's a recap of the both matches along with video highlights.

South Korea beats Australia 3-1 Video Highlights

South Korea cruised past Australia behind goals from Seol Ki-hyeon, Park Chu-young, and Lee Jang-soo were the difference.

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This entire summer there have been big name clubs from around the world playing in the United States as part of their preseason. Unfortunately none of those games have been in KC. That looks like it will be changing in September. Rumor had been around that there would be a friendly at Arrowhead between Club America and Chivas de Guadalajara in September. Click to continue reading...