2010 is on the horizon and it's safe to say that it's been a wonderful decade for football. We here at Footy Factor have taken the opportunity to celebrate the greatest teams, players, and matches of the past 10 years. Next up...

Upset of the Decade

Winner: Senegal 1 –� France� 0 (2002 World Cup, Group Stage).

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Jogaram amistosamente em Seul, no World Cup Stadium, para um público de 45.870 pessoas, as seleções de Coréia do Sul (48º no ranking da FIFA) e Senegal (89º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram (Amistosos):
06-08-1982 - Coréia do Sul 0x2 Senegal
19-08-1982 - Coréia do Sul 1x1 Senegal
17-12-1985 - Senegal 2x1 Coréia do Sul
08-11-2001 - Coréia do Sul 0x1 Senegal
23-05-2006 - Coréia do Sul 1x1 Senegal
Aos 42 minutos do primeiro tempo, Ki Sung Yueng abriu o placar para a Coréia do Sul. Click to continue reading...

John Terry (C): Yawning during meaningless match in Ukraine

Just in case you find yourself in a "which is better" debate with a Serie A or La Liga fan during the international break, here are a few Premier League players who will captain their countries on the weekend.
John Terry: Ukraine v.

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Rafa eyes up Marseille captain.

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Marseille captain Mamadou Niang is reportedly being trailed by a host of Premier League clubs.

Liverpool, West Ham and Everton are all understood to be interested in the Senegal international, who scored a wonder goal in the 4-2 win over Montpellier on Saturday.

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News in the People yesterday that the striker Chris Hughton wants to bring to Newcastle is Fulham's Senegal International Diomansy Kamara. Diomansy Kamara wants to join Newcastle The People also says that Fulham manager Roy Hodgson has recently fallen out with the striker, after Roy refused the Senegalese star a loan move to Newcastle. Click to continue reading...

Watch World Cup qualifiers live here.

International press conferences at the best of times tend to be mundane, by the numbers affairs filled with platitudes by the key figures within the national side. Not much changes when it comes to conferences prior to World Cup qualifiers, or even the finals itself, but within the words always lies a common train of thought: There are few, if any greater honours in football than representing your country at the World Cup.

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Pape Diakhate has admitted that he is flattered to be a reported target of Premier League giants Liverpool.
The Reds are believed to be keen to strengthen their defensive options before the end of the transfer window, and have been linked with a number of potential targets.
Dynamo Kiev ace Diakhate is the latest name to be thrown into the rumour mill, with the Reds reported to have had the Senegal international watched on several occasions. Click to continue reading...

As we expected the second player to leave Newcastle in as many days is Senegal International Habib Beye, who has signed for Aston Villa for a fee of around £3M. Habib Beye experienced player signs for Aston Villa The versatile full-back has been a transfer target for several clubs this summer, and after becoming fed up [. Click to continue reading...

The momentum on selling some of our better players seems to be picking up significantly as news today that Hull City have agreed a fee with Newcastle for our experienced Senegal right back right back Habib Beye. Habib Beye - next to leave Newcastle? A sale has been agreed also thought to be around £9M for [. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal are in the hunt for Chelsea striker Salomon Kalou, according to reports in the British media.
Despite the fact that this transfer rumor makes absolutely no sense whatsoever from Arsenal's perspective (they already have Arshavin, Van Persie, Eduardo, Walcott, and Bendter - not to mention Wilshere and Rosicky) it does perhaps stir up a new African footballer age controversy. Click to continue reading...

Less than a week after Fergie said he wouldn't be signing any more players this summer, what does he go and do? You've guessed it... Today Manchester United announced the signing of Senegal international Mame Biram Diouf (pictured above) from...

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Ironicamente, Patrice Evra tem a particularidade de ter 25 irmãos (?!) - apenas 23 ainda estão vivos - e ao mesmo tempo ter nome de anticonceptivo. De resto, o actual lateral esquerdo do Manchester United, internacional pela França, tem uma história curiosa. Nasceu no Senegal há 28 anos e iniciou a sua carreira nas divisões secundárias de Itália, ao serviço dos desconhecidos Monza e Marsala, depois de ter visto o PSG não lhe oferecer contrato de profissional após representar as camadas jovens do clube parisiense como avançado. Click to continue reading...

Bouna Coundoul is now a member of Red Bull NY. The Senegal international has been without a club since the start of 2009, but his Major League Soccer rights remained with the Colorado Rapids, where he spent the 2005-08 seasons. Coundoul refused a contract offer with Colorado for 2009. New York traded Colorado allocation money for Coundoul's MLS rights. Click to continue reading...

Reports out of New York indicate that Red Bull New York may just keep the former Colorado Rapids Goalkeeper.
Courtesy of the New York Post....

It doesn't look like the Red Bulls are planning to sit still after finishing the first half of the season in last-place.

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Por Sole Leyva
En Yoff, una barriada en las afueras de ese puzzle de barriadas que es Dakar, la capital de Senegal, en cuyos mercadillos las falsificaciones de las zamarras del Madrid y Barcelona valen cinco euros al cambio -con un poco de barro impregnado, eso sí-, vive el padre Joaquín, un salesiano de un pequeño pueblo de Zamora, que hace dos décadas cogió los zarríos y se marchó a África de misionero. Click to continue reading...

TSG Hoffenheim have acquired Ghanaian international striker Prince Tagoe from Saudi Arabian club Al Ettifaq on a free transfer, enrolling with the budding African delegation of his national team-mate Isaac Vorsah, Senegal's Demba Ma and Nigeria's Chinedu Obasi Ogbuke.
Hoffenheim's director of Sport Jan Schindelmeiser has described Prince Tagoe as "technically strong, two-footed and has proven his goalscoring instinct both for his club and national team. Click to continue reading...

Reports out of New York indicate that Philadelphia Union may make a play former Colorado Rapids Goalkeeper.
Courtesy of Jack Bell on the Goal blog over at the New York Times.

Nowak is expected to have control of player personnel decisions in Philadelphia and his first signing could be a goalkeeper, Bouna Coundoul, a native of Senegal who played his high school ball in New York.

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Things seem to be coming together for the Philadelphia Union according to this article in the New York Times, which describes how Peter Nowak will be the team's first coach and Bouna Coundoul, a goalkeeper from Senegal who played for the Colorado Rapids in MLS last season will be the first player signed by the team. Click to continue reading...

Habib Beye has spoken to the Newcastle Evening� Chronicle today, and since we respect Beye a lot for his spirited displays and his leadership at the club, it's worth taking a look at what the Senegal International has to say. Habib Beye - guts galore when playing for Magpies � The Newcastle right-back (or center-back)� told the Chronicle: "I wanted to [. Click to continue reading...

Below are the pics Crocs and I took at the Beach Soccer event in Oceanside, California on Sunday!

If you see your picture feel free to right click on it, then save it to your computer.� It's free so have at it!

"Wait, your finger is covering the lens!

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Macoumba Kandji, New York Red Bulls striker and newly named MLS player of the week, has yet to be capped internationally. Born in Senegal but raised in Gambia, Kandji has been in the United States...

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According to this French language report on Senegal's 24sn.com website it's a possibility.
Macoumba Kandji, the Red Bull New York striker who was born in Senegal and raised in The Gambia could ultimately choose to play for the USA.
Here is a translation of an excerpt of a fairly long article in French:

"Everything is still open.

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One player who has stepped up to the plate for Newcastle United, both on and off the field recently, is Senegal International Habib Beye. Habib Beye - a leader at Newcastle Habib Beye is urging his Newcastle United team-mates to start to produce tonight against Pompey, so the Newcastle club can be saved from the huge indignity [. Click to continue reading...

West African representation in the top professional soccer league of the United States has grown quickly in recent years. As they reach the highest level across the Atlantic, African soccer players are seeing America as an increasingly attractive option.
Before Aboubakarim Ndaw arrived in the United States late last year from his native Guinea, he had heard about the success of some West African players in Major League Soccer, the United States' growing professional league. Click to continue reading...

I've always had a soft spot for Henri Camara. The Wigan forward plays with a smile on his face, and ever since Senegal's glorious World Cup run in 2002, I've been a massive Papa Bouba Diop and Camara supporter. They just looked like they were having fun. I like to have fun, so I like them.
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And he will start in goal for the crucial game against Chivas tomorrow. Bouna Coundoul, the Senegalese goalkeeper recently back from a traumatic time in his native country, will start for the Colorado Rapids between the posts for the first time since August 9. Fan favorite, Bouna, who had had to swallow the pain of his country crashing out of the World Cup and African Nations' Cup qualifying, not to mention the wrath of angry fans in Dakar last weekend, gains the chance to reclaim the number one spot from Preston Burpo. Click to continue reading...

Here are some words and phrases you can hear on languagecaster's Full Podcast's Good, Bad and Ugly section - a review of the footballing news. For more English practice check out our worksheets, football glossary and English for football phrases as well as the Learners' Podcast. UEFA: The European governing body of football (Michel Platini is [. Click to continue reading...

Fightback against racism in Europe and World Cup shocks all feature on this week's good, the bad and the ugly, our weekly review of the football news. Click on the links below to find out more about the stories. Good Finally UEFA are at least trying to do something about eliminating racism from football. Click to continue reading...

Some vital World Cup qualifying games in the past few days involving Colorado Rapids players. Back home in Kingston, Omar Cummings played in both Jamaica games on Saturday and yesterday with the Reggae Boyz winning against both Mexico and Honduras 1-0. Omar came on as supersub in both games for the last 20 minutes. Click to continue reading...

When you are enjoying your Starbuck's double tall non-fat this Saturday morning, spare a thought for Colorado Rapids' favorite, Bouna Coundoul. Bouna is currently in his native Senegal preparing for a crucial World Cup qualifier against Gambia which kicks off at 10am Mountain Time. Click to continue reading...

There's a nice write-up about Bouna Coundoul in the Denver Post (link below) and how he is caught between a rock and a hard place both at home and with the Senegal national team. He's saying all the right things about being happy as a deputy to Preston Burpo but it is clear how frustrated he is at being on the bench both for the Colorado Rapids and Senegal. Click to continue reading...

Crikey! Didn't we just play a game? The Colorado Rapids have a very quick turnaround this week and will be off tomorrow for the game on Thursday night against Dallas. Unfortunately, that gives me no time to get up to training due to work commitments to suss out camp mood and get an idea of the line-up. Click to continue reading...

Mixed fortunes for the Colorado Rapids players representing their national teams yesterday in various parts of the world. Pablo Mastroeni played 78 minutes for the US team as they defeated Guatemala 1-0 in Guatemala City in their first World Cup qualifying game of this next stage. Click to continue reading...

Friday September 5th Niger  v  Uganda Group  C South Africa  v  Nigeria Group  D Mozambique  v  Ivory Coast Group  G Ethiopia  v  Morocco Group  H Chad  v  Sudan Group  J Zambia  v  Togo Group  K Djibouti  v  Malawi Group  L Libya  v  Ghana Group  E Algeria  v  Senegal Group  F Saturday September 6th Seychelles  v  Burundi  Group I Kenya  v  Namibia  Group . Click to continue reading...

First off, permit me to apologize for over 3 days of none posting - a record for this blogging nerd. I will have pictures of what the hell I have been up to soon. In the meanwhile, I figure a good old "All The Bull" should bring everyone up to speed on things. Again, my sincerest apologies.

Riding the high of the DC game, alot of interesting and odd ball news has been popping up left and right.

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