The title of ‘most repugnant man in world football' isn't hotly contested. Anyone remotely aware of FIFA Vice-President Jack Warner knows that he'd have got to keep any trophy years ago, and that he'd keep it anyway, even if he was supposed to give it back. To sum up his football administration career, he's a ticket tout and swindler an arrogant, ignorant, thuggish, loutish, borderline racist, dictatorial, political failure.

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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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So very late last night in China, well 10.30pm Australian time, Australia kicked off its campaign to qualify for the under-17 FIFA Women's World Cup in Trinidad and Tobago. And they kicked it off in some sort of style with an impressive 4-0 win over China.
Newcastle Jets striker Tara Andrews claimed all four goals in the win, scoring in the 18th, 58th, 63rd and then 87th minute. Click to continue reading...

As you know by know, with the US draw against Costa Rica and the Honduran win against Trinidad and Tobago, it put the Ticos and the Catrachos in a tie for 3rd place in CONCACAF. The tie breaker was goal differential and Honduras, who where clearly one of the best teams in the region, rightly earned a ticket to the World Cup in South Africa next summer.

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As you know by know, with the US draw against Costa Rica and the Honduran win against Trinidad and Tobago, it put the Ticos and the Catrachos in a tie for 3rd place in CONCACAF. The tie breaker was goal differential and Honduras finished above Costa Rica in those statistics. Honduras was clearly one of the best teams in the region and rightly earned a ticket to the World Cup in South Africa next summer.

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FIFA World Cup 2010-bound Mexico and a young Trinidad and Tobago side battled to a very entertaining 2-2 draw last night at Port of Spain's Hasely Crawford stadium. While attendance to the game was quite poor because of the Soca Warriors already being knocked out of the qualification process, several Mexican and Trinidadian soccer babes [. Click to continue reading...

Results and final scores from the CONCACAF Hexagonal final round ( Round 10) of games played on October 14, 2009. October 14 European Qualifying Results October 14 South American Qualifying Results. El Salvador vs Honduras Trinidad and Tobago vs Mexico United States vs Costa Rica Related posts:World Cup Qualifiers- CONCACAF Results- March 28 Here are the results from the fourth round [. Click to continue reading...

Mexico soccer fans are currently getting ready for tomorrow's FIFA 2010 World Cup Qualifying clash between the hosts Trinidad and Tobago and FIFA World Cup 2010 bound Mexico at the Hasley Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain. However, the game will take place at 5:05 PM Pacific Time and will only be shown in the United [. Click to continue reading...

The CONCACAF Region has two of its three automatic qualification spots decided with Mexico and the United States winning on Saturday. The third spot is up for grabs as Honduras and Costa Rica still have a chance. The fourth place team will play the fifth place team from CONMEBOL (South America) to determine the final spot from both regions.

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I'm starting the post off with a great note by IMS friend, Bruce Mc Guire of duNord Futbol. This is a personal note from Bruce that he posted on his site yesterday and it concerns the issue of this very important game only being shown on closed circuit TV.

The last time the USA was in Honduras was late March of 2001.

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I'm starting the post off with a great note by IMS friend, Bruce McGuire of duNord Futbol. This is a personal note from Bruce that he posted on his site yesterday and it concerns the issue of this very important game only being shown on closed circuit TV.

The last time the USA was in Honduras was late March of 2001.

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CONCACAF WORLD CUP QUALIFYING – ROUND 9
PREVIEW: HONDURAS vs UNITED STATES
It's the biggest week for World Cup qualifying and CONCACAF is not the exception. The United States, Mexico, Honduras, and Costa Rica are fighting for three spots to qualify directly while El Salvador still has an outside shot of coming away with the playoff spot. Click to continue reading...

With two left matches for each team in the CONCACAF Qualification Hexagonal for FIFA World Cup 2010, things are certainly getting interesting. Every team in the group with the exception of 2006 finalists Trinidad and Tobago still has a chance at making it to the Finals in South Africa next year. Now, ussoccer. Click to continue reading...

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By FRANCO PANIZO

MIAMI- When the U.S. national team started practice on Wednesday, there was a familiar face back in practice. The face was that of Frankie Hejduk.

Hejduk made his return to a U.S. national team camp after a five month hiatus due to various injuries.

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By FRANCO PANIZO

MIAMI- When the U.S. national team started practice on Wednesday, there was a familiar face back in practice. The face was that of Frankie Hejduk.

Hejduk made his return to a U.S. national team camp after a five month hiatus due to various injuries.

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(All times - UK)
Monday 5th October
15:30 Spain v Italy, FIFA U-20 World Cup Last 16, British Eurosport
19:00 Paraguay v South Korea, FIFA U-20 World Cup Last 16, British Eurosport 2
With another double-header of World Cup qualifiers on the horizon, we find ourselves staring into a gaping void in the footballing calendar this week. Click to continue reading...

Clint Dempsey gets his passport immediately after the El Salvador match. Photo from the ESPN story.
More Nats news after Jimmy was named to the latest roster. The U.S. Men's National Team is once again highlighted by a major ESPN property, ESPN the Magazine. Luke Cyphers followed the team around during the last pair of World Cup qualifiers, joining the team in Salt Lake City prior to the 2-1 win over El Salvador and remaining with them through a 1-0 win away to Trinidad and Tobago. Click to continue reading...

D.C. United faces San Juan Jabloteh tomorrow in a very important Champions League match. Should United win, and should Toluca beat Marathon on Thursday, the Black-and-Red would be assured a spot in the quarterfinal stage of the region's most important tournament.

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The U-20 World Cup in Egypt officially kicked off on Thursday with the hosts convincingly defeating Trinidad and Tobago.

A first half 1-1 draw turned into a route as Egypt midfielder Hassan Hussam Arafat Abdalla's brace led the way to a 4-1 victory over the Soca Warriors in front of the 80,000-plus in attendance.

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The United States are on the verge of qualifying for their ninth World Cup. Victory in Honduras on October 10th will secure their place in next year's finals, as they will if Costa Rica lose to bottom-placed Trinidad and Tobago. Draws for both US and Costa Rica will also enable Bob Bradley's men to start looking ahead to South Africa. Click to continue reading...

(All times - UK)
Monday 21st September
19:45 Cliftonville v Linfield, IFA Premiership, Sky Sports 1
We start this week with another all-too-rare dipping of the toes into the world of Northern Irish football. You have to go back almost exactly three years for the last time Cliftonville beat Linfield in a league fixture and on current form fourth-placed Linfield should beat their opponents three places below them again. Click to continue reading...

I am glad to say it is Friday. Somehow this week has flown by me here but thankfully we have a weekend full of soccer ahead of us here. Two games tonight, with one just about underway in New York, and plenty more tomorrow and Sunday. Nearly every game has playoff implications surrounding them.

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This game took place September 9th, 2009 but if you want to re live it check out the highlights above. The consensus by most people afterwards was the U.S. team didn't perform that great but we got the 3pts. From a player standpoint 3 points is 3 points and it is one step closer to their goal of qualifying for the World Cup.

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Costa Rica have just fired their coach Rodrigo "La Bomba" Kenton Johnson.
Costa Rica were themselves bombing, failing to score in their last three World Cup qualifying games. "He was fired today. It still hasn't been determined who will be named," said Costa Rica FA, spokeswoman Gina Escobar.

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For all of the praise that Bob Bradley has gotten and deserved for his win in Switzerland (breaking a 5 game European losing streak), 2007 Gold Cup champions, wins against Egypt and Spain, and 2009 Confederation Cup runners-up, he has gotten condemned for unimaginative performances against El Salvador, Costa Rica, and Trinidad and Tobago in World Cup Qualifying.

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It would not be the strong start the U.S. was hoping to have in their away match against Trinidad and Tobago, but the U.S. squad would persevere and come home victorious 1-0. T & T had many chances in the first half that went against the reeling squad.Â

Keeper Tim Howard proved once again to be one of the most valuable players  in this match diving and tipping away a rocket free kick that was heading for the corner of the net as well as several other key game saving saves between the post.

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It's always encouraging when you field a bad team and win on the road. It took some luck — Cornell Glenn hitting the crossbar, Ricardo Clark turning into Steven Gerrard for a split second — but the United States beating Trinidad and Tobago 1-0, is a result the Americans probably had to get.

But let me reiterate, this team Bob Bradley selected was bad.

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 With a hard fought win against Trinidad and Tobago in Port of Spain on Sept 9th, 2009, USA moved to the top of the six team CONCACAF qualification group for the soccer World Cup finals in South Africa. On a day when close matches were the order of the day ... Click to continue reading...

The Yanks rarely do anything easy. Last night in Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago, it took a wunderstrike from midfielder Ricardo Clark in the sixty second minute to get the Americans a full three...

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Just one more win will give the United States its sixth straight World Cup berth.

Ricardo Clark scored in the 62nd minute, and the United States beat Trinidad and Tobago 1-0 Wednesday night to move into first place in World Cup qualifying.

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Paul Caliguri had the shot heard round the world on this pitch, but tonight, Rico Clark had the shot that saved the US. With their backs against the wall the US responded after a poor first half.

In the second half tonight, the United States Men's National Team showed the heart of a champion and the roar of a lion.

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Watching World Cup qualifiers can be weird sometimes. Performance doesn't matter half as much as results.
Play poorly? Who cares if you get the three points, right?
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On a day when England qualified and the U.S. won 0-1 over Trinidad & Tobago perhaps the most telling World Cup qualifying result was El Salvador's win over Costa Rica.

The result created space at the top of the hexagonal for the U.S. and Mexico all but guaranteeing them qualification. The U.

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It's hard to feel bad about winning three points on the road in CONCACAF, since that seems to be a rarity nowadays.  Yet, it's hard to feel totally good about this result either. Â

It is another perfect example of the half-full, half-empty conundrum. Â

I said after the El Salvador game that this match would tell us a lot about the team .

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