World Cup hosts South Africa recalled controversial striker Benni McCarthy Thursday for mid-November home friendlies against Japan and Jamaica. The scorer of a record 31 Bafana Bafana (The Boys) goals was ignored for the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup in South Africa after shunning a call-up for warm-up games against Norway and . Click to continue reading...

Benni McCarthy is Back in the Bafana Bafana Squad

When Carlos Alberto Parreira returned as head coach, the writing was on the wall, Benni Mc Carthy would be asked to come back. The door to the Bafana Bafana team would once again be opened to the man who has scored 31 goals in 76 caps for his country.

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Juande: Out of work again (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)Wigan and Jamaica striker Marlon King apparently likes to chat up the ladies ala Craig Bellamy. His December fracas was heard in court today. [BBC, Times]That David Beckham.&n... Click to continue reading...

Juande: Out of work again (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)Wigan and Jamaica striker Marlon King apparently likes to chat up the ladies ala Craig Bellamy. His December fracas was heard in court today. [BBC, Times]That David Beckham.&n... Click to continue reading...

Simon Evans of Reuters joins host Kartik Krishnaiyer to review Honduras-USA, and take a look around the rest of CONCACAF.

The US records an impressive victory for the ages in San Pedro Sula. Where does the US still need to improve before World Cup 2010. Also, we look at Costa Rica, Mexico, Jamaica and T&T in this episode.

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Faz hoje seis meses que comecei a contar os visitantes deste blog. Tem sido um trabalho intenso, mas também muito agradável, sobretudo na relação bloguista que tenho travado com alguns que por aqui passam. Vou continuar, com a esperança de que possa crescer e se tiver oportunidade, em abrir este espaço � colaboração de quem o desejar, naturalmente dentro de alguns limites óbvios, mas que possam transmitir novas abordagens e visões do futebol, do País e do Mundo. Click to continue reading...

En la liga escocesa solo pueden ganar el campeonato cualquiera de estos dos equipos de Glasgow, los Rangers o el Celtic. Que uno de los dos no sea campeón es un fenómeno muy raro, tan extraño como que caiga nieve en Haití o Jamaica.

Así que imaginen ustedes lo que significa el enfrentamiento entre Rangers y Celtics, es el máximo clásico del país de "Braveheart", y en esta ocasión, The Old Firm como se le conoce, se fue para los Rangers.

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First of all, let me say sorry for the lack of updates this week. I've gone into full site design mode here for this place and for another couple project that I am working on for other folks.

And on that note I will also be heading out of town early this weekend for a long weekend in Austin for the Austin City Limits music festival.

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Costa Rica's hopes of qualifying for the 2010 World Cup are now in the hands of a coach who is familiar with qualifying for the tournament.

The Costa Rican Federation hired Brazilian Rene Simoes to replace Rodrigo Kenton as head coach on Wednesday. He will make his debut when Costa Rica faces Trinidad & Tobago on Oct.

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Costa Rica's hopes of qualifying for the 2010 World Cup are now in the hands of a coach who is familiar with qualifying for the tournament.

The Costa Rican Federation hired Brazilian Rene Simoes to replace Rodrigo Kenton as head coach on Wednesday. He will make his debut when Costa Rica faces Trinidad & Tobago on Oct.

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Apenas éste miércoles dieron de baja como técnico a Rodrigo Kenton. Y rápidamente se escucharon nombres para dirigir a los ticos, como el argentino Ricardo La Volpe quien dirige al Atlas, el otro argentino José Pekerman quien acaba de dirigir en México a los Tigres UANL, el mexicano Enrique Meza quien dirige al Cruz Azul y el holandés Hans Wsterhoff quien dirigió a las chivas hace unos años.

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Yes they are not Millwall fans. Adebayor would be nothing more than a brutally murdered corpse right now if he was in the 'den'.Adebayor had earlier commented that, "Arsenal have a lot of fans who are not fans.""Arsenal have fans from America and Jamaica. Today they are Arsenal fans, tomorrow they will be Liverpool fans and after tomorrow they will be Manchester United fans. Click to continue reading...

Before playing Arsenal, former Arsenal striker Emmanuel Adebayor said Arsenal supporters are "not real fans."

"What is good at City is the fans. They love you. Arsenal have a lot of fans who are not fans," Adebayor said. "Arsenal have fans from America and Jamaica.

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Miss Honduras Universe 2009
Originally uploaded by buydvdezy 9500 Hondureños viajaron a la ciudad de México buscando apoyar a su selección para seguir en el primer lugar del Hexagonal final de la Concacaf, la afición mexicana a pesar de lo que ha sucedido recientemente es noble. Click to continue reading...

The US National team have an all-important World Cup Qualifier against El Salvador on Saturday night, and Jeff Carlisle of ESPN SoccerNet has a preview of what lies ahead.
The U.S. hasn't lost a home qualifier since Sept. 1, 2001, when it fell to Honduras 3-2. Since then, the Americans have gone 16-0-1 at home, the lone blemish being a 1-1 semifinal round tie versus Jamaica during the 2006 campaign that occurred after passage to the final stage had been secured. Click to continue reading...

I've had this post in mind for a while now and it doesn't cast certain parts of the Rapids organization in the best light. This isn't to say that the Rapids Front Office isn't doing a good job most of the time, and I've had great interactions when I've dealt with them. I do want to point out where the organization needs to improve though, and I ask that you read it all and keep that point in mind. Click to continue reading...

With J Hutcherson -- Tonight at Giants Stadium, Jamaica gets the CONCACAF slot in an international friendly doubleheader, the odd man out treatment for a team that should be factoring in the Hexagonal round of World Cup Qualifying. Instead, Jamaica is rebuilding. There's a point that Trinidad & Tobago are doing the same thing as they play through the final round of qualifying. Click to continue reading...

Two Tampa Bay Hellenic players were among the first batch of invitees to the USL-WPS combine to be held in Tampa in September. The USL announced the first thirty players selected on Tuesday; the total number of invites to be sent out is projected to be 90 total women. The combine will be the second annual event, the first seeing WPS draft 35 USL prospects for the inaugural WPS season. Click to continue reading...

Hard to believe that the Tampa Bay Hellenic lost just one regular season match all season and had one of the stingiest defenses in the league, but netted just one selection to the postseason W-League Eastern All-Conference team. The honors were voted on by the coaches and managers of the league clubs. Click to continue reading...

La Copa Oro de la CONCACAF 2009 se jugará en los Estados Unidos, con un récord de 13 ciudades diferentes, desde la apertura en el Home Depot Center en Los Angeles, el viernes 3 de julio, hasta la final, el domingo 26, en el Giants Stadium en las afueras de New York.
Como referencia del crecimiento de este torneo, la Copa del Mundo de 1994 se jugó en nueve sedes diferentes de los Estados Unidos. Click to continue reading...

Dismayed to see Jamaica exit the Gold Cup? Well, so is Shavar Thomas as he discusses the importance of the 2009 Gold Cup to Jamaica, his familiarity with his teammates, and his home support (who watch all his games, Gold Cup and Chivas USA).
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I leave for a couple days and what madness happens...
The USMNT -- albeit a much different side than the one that rivaled Spain and Brazil -- needs a last-second goal from Stuart Holden to beat Haiti (a country smaller than Hawaii).
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Una semana tendremos de descanso de la Copa de Oro tras la finalización de la primera ronda de este certamen que dejó a cuatro selecciones de doce eliminadas, El Salvador, Jamaica, Nicaragua y Granada.

Los equipos de Norteamérica dominaron� su grupo, Canadá, Estados Unidos y México calificaron en primer lugar con dos victorias y un empate, irónicamente estas tres selecciones son las únicas campeonas de este torneo.

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When your star players are away on international duty, you need the ones left behind to step up to the plate. Omar Cummings did it big time when Conor Casey was away in Chicago and South Africa. Now that Omar and Colin Clark are away for the Gold Cup, Kosuke Kimura chimed in with an energetic performance that won the game on Saturday for the Colorado Rapids. Click to continue reading...

As much as we might like to think US Soccer's Development Academy is the biggest draw in town, in a place like LA, we know that sometimes that's just not the case.
But little did we know that this week, we'd really be facing a true competitor. A competition attracting the biggest and the brightest from around the world. Click to continue reading...

As much as we might like to think US Soccer's Development Academy is the biggest draw in town, in a place like LA, we know that sometimes that's just not the case.
But little did we know that this week, we'd really be facing a true competitor. A competition attracting the biggest and the brightest from around the world. Click to continue reading...

Gold Cup group play concluded today with two matches in Group C. First up, Panama dispatched Nicaragua with an easy 4-0 win. The victory put Panama on four points and eliminated Jamaica (3rd place in Group A) from the competition. Next up was Mexico versus Guadeloupe, where El Tri managed a 2-0 win to give themselves a first place finish in the group. Click to continue reading...

The final day of the CONCACAF Gold Cup Group Stage takes place today, with Mexico trying to win Group C by knocking off 2-0 Guadeloupe (7pm, Univision).

The scenarios are very intriguing today for 'El Tri', who could win Group C with a win, but who could wind up playing the United States as a third-place team if they lose and Panama wins its game against Nicaragua (5pm, Galavision).

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The final day of the CONCACAF Gold Cup Group Stage takes place today, with Mexico trying to win Group C by knocking off 2-0 Guadeloupe (7pm, Univision).

The scenarios are very intriguing today for 'El Tri', who could win Group C with a win, but who could wind up playing the United States as a third-place team if they lose and Panama wins its game against Nicaragua (5pm, Galavision).

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TheStar Online reports on this one-sided Gold Cup 2009 match between Honduras and Grenada. Honduras will meet Canada next in the quarterfinals.
Honduras beats Grenada 4-0, advances in Gold Cup

FOXBOROUGH, Massachusetts (AP) - Walter Martinez scored in just the second minute as Honduras went on to thrash Grenada 4-0 on Saturday and secure a berth in the CONCACAF Gold Cup quarterfinals.

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TheStar Online reports on this one-sided Gold Cup 2009 match between Honduras and Grenada. Honduras will meet Canada next in the quarterfinals.
Honduras beats Grenada 4-0, advances in Gold Cup

FOXBOROUGH, Massachusetts (AP) - Walter Martinez scored in just the second minute as Honduras went on to thrash Grenada 4-0 on Saturday and secure a berth in the CONCACAF Gold Cup quarterfinals.

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Haiti was one minute away from the biggest upset in its national team's history, and one minute away from taking the Gold Cup Group B lead from heavy favorites the United States.

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Haiti was one minute away from the biggest upset in its national team's history, and one minute away from taking the Gold Cup Group B lead from heavy favorites the United States.

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Kosuke Kimura celebrates his winning goal with striker Conor Casey on Saturday night at Dick's Sporting Goods Park. (photo by Jonathan Ingraham/ColoradoSoccerNow.com)

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When Colorado Rapids defender Kosuke Kimura arrived at his locker after Saturday night's game, nearly every member of the media at Dick's Sporting Goods Park was there waiting microphone, camera or pen in hand.

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Lo que prometía ser un buen torneo para los salvadoreños terminó siendo una pobre participación en la Copa Oro, demonios, que mal les hizo ganar su primer encuentro ante los Ticos ya que debido a eso se pusieron a soñar en un mal momento y cuando quisieron despertar, la pesadilla ya los había atrapado.

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