The original headline for this piece was going to be '...And Then There Was One' as in there's
only one place left in the finals: congratulations to Algeria,
France, Greece, Portugal and
Slovenia, all of whom have qualified before.
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Soccerblog 14 November @ 04:22 AM EST
From the US Soccer website's game notes:
There are a few instances in sporting history of father's coaching their son's at the highest
level. A couple of famous ones include - Cesare and Paolo Maldini in soccer and Cal Ripken Sr. and
Jr. in baseball.
"But how about having two teams with this phenomenon playing against each other - anyone heard
of that happening?
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FOOTBALLSUP 12 November @ 06:37 AM EST
Actually, a lot... pretty much every football trivia question ever in fact. Thanks to Steve
(from whom you can also find all the answers).
Question 1
Name 4 teams out of the 92 in England (Premiership, Championship and Divisions 1-2), who start
with the same letter that they end with.
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Las marcas relacionadas con el Mundial 2010 se están moviendo para ponerse en la mente de los
consumidores de este producto de alta demanda. En esta ocasión, veamos a Direct TV y este
comercial televisivo.
La fórmula es simple: reunir a grandes glorias y figuras del deporte sudamericano (de los
países donde opera DirectTV) y hacer una historia.
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Interesting trivia question there "Who were the first Liverpool FC players to play for
England?". It is of course a trick question because 4 players of Liverpool Football Club (as in
Rugby Football) took part in the very first rugby international in 1871.
Step forward J.
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Solo Tigres 06 October @ 05:08 PM EST
Es increíble como se cometen errores en los medios de comunicación, pero eso sí a los
equipos, a los directivos y a la afición se le critica, se le sataniza, se le ponen apodos, se
hace escarnio, etc. Vaya que a veces solos se ponen a prueba y no pasan, ayer Antonio
Nelli en Pasión Futbolera tenía una promoción para Viva
Aerobus y cometió un error, que sería si se le hacen algunas preguntas.
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Over at FIFA.com there is a good feature on former Tampa Bay Mutiny head coach Thomas Rongen
[left]. After a coming over to play in the NASL from his native Holland, Rongen wound down his
playing career with the old Ft Lauderdale Strikers of the NASL.
His coaching career has included a stint with the ASL Strikers before becoming the first coach in
Mutiny history.
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The 13th Law of Soccer deals with "free kicks". Now, to those of you youngsters out there, free
kicks are not the equivalent of a ridonculous sale @ Rackroom Shoes. No, they refer to the kicks
soccer players take after penalties.
Now, Law 13 only deals with direct and indirect kicks and leaves the 14th Law to cover PKs.
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Un saludo a todos. Gracias por su participación en esta promoción especial que EA Sports y
FutblogTotal diseñamos para ustedes.
Lamentamos informar que no hubo ganadores en la promoción de los tres Fifa09 durante la
Cobertura del partido de ayer de la Selección Mexicana. Se hicieron 6 preguntas y de las
respuestas obtenidas durante el día de ayer, no hubo un solo participante que haya acertado al
cuestionario.
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The work week is almost over and we're all ready to let the brains relax a little, but here are 10
questions from August's issue of Inside United magazine to ensure at least your football knowledge
is fit for the long-awaited madness that is coming this weekend.
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Dirty Tackle 06 August @ 03:12 AM EST
Rio Ferdinand apparently spoke to Michael Jackson in a bit taped for his digital lifestyle
magazine #5 before the King of Pop died, which probably makes Rio the last footballer he ever
talked to. That bit of trivia has to be worth something in a pub quiz eventually, right?
And no, this isn't a dirty tackle, but you're just going to have to deal with that.
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6 foot 6 inch EPL legend Nwanko Kanu is celebrating his 33rd birthday today by signing a new one
year deal to stay at Portsmouth.
Pompey, clearly a club in transition - have lost both strikers Jermain Defoe and Peter Crouch to
Tottenham in the past year.
Will Kanu (5.5M in the Fantasy Premier League game) step up and fill the void?
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¡Ya tenemos a los ganadores de la Trivia!
Debido a la alta demanda de la Trivia para ganar los boletos del encuentro
"Cruz Azul vs Jaguares" correspondiente a la Jornada 1 del Apertura
2009, a celebrarse este 25 de julio en la cancha del estadio Azul,
CONTRAREMATE, en agradecimiento a tu lealtad, decidió regalar un par de boletos
más, es decir regalaremos un par de pases dobles, por lo que tendremos a dos afortunados
triunfadores.
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Contraremate.com "La definición del fútbol", te
invita a ganar un par de boletos para el duelo entre Cruz Azul y
Jaguares correspondiente a la Jornada 1 del Apertura 2009, a celebrarse el
próximo sábado 25 de julio a las 17:00 horas en el Estadio Azul.
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Solo Tigres 19 July @ 12:45 AM EST
Ya tenemos los cuatro ganadores de la promoción adidas-solotigres.com y los
afortunados son:
De el Rally adidas - solotigres.com :
jaime rc ai3
Y de la trivia adidas - solotigres.com :
divinogaitan555 - robe 87
Como ya les habíamos comentado los cuatro jerseys van autografiados por el jugador
Lucas Lobos y serán entregado en "Locos X el Fútbol" éste
Martes 21 de Julio a las 8 de la noche.
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Solo Tigres 13 July @ 03:37 PM EST
Y también autografiados por Lucas Lobos.
Estos dos jerseys nuevamente se los podrán ganar mediante una mecánica que
realizaremos este viernes 17 de Julio del 2009 , y que daremos a conocer sus bases
este miércoles.
En esta ocasión será diferente en relación a la trivia del viernes pasado,
así que esperen sorpresas y novedades en el transcurso de la semana.
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In the Bob Bradley era, 18 MNT players have received at least 2 yellow cards:
- Which U.S. player has received the most yellow cards during that time?
- Which of those 18 players has the fewest number of minutes played per yellow (Total
Minutes/Yellow Cards)? Bonus points if you can guess the second place player as well.
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I've updated our running tally of MNT Stats Since 2006 to include the results from the Haiti
match. In so doing, I noticed that Stuart Holden has - in his first two MNT matches already
joined a relatively impressive group of players. Since January 1, 2007, Bob Bradley has given
caps to 78 defenders, midfielders, and forwards.
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Solo Tigres 10 July @ 12:47 AM EST
Bien, ya están aquí las bases de esta promoción que adidas y SoloTigres.com traen para todos
nuestros usuarios registrados.
Para empezar, este viernes 10 de Julio regalaremos dos jerseys adidas
de Tigres bajo la siguiente mecánica:
1.- En punto de las 12:00 hrs se publicará un post con una serie de
preguntas
2.
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Solo Tigres 08 July @ 04:59 PM EST
Bien, ya están aquí las bases de esta promoción que adidas y SoloTigres.com traen para todos
nuestros usuarios registrados.
Para empezar, este viernes 10 de Julio regalaremos dos jerseys adidas
de Tigres bajo la siguiente mecánica:
1.- En punto de las 12:00 hrs se publicará un post con una serie de
preguntas
2.
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Soccerblog 09 June @ 06:11 AM EST
Not the kind of goal that is normally associated with him but goal as in aim in life.
His first goal was apparently to become a tennis player....strange but true - unless the compilers
of this collection of Kaka trivia are fibbing.
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The folks at U.S. Soccer sometimes like to refer to themselves as one big family, and it's easy to
see why on weekends such as an Academy Showcase. But sometimes it's truer than you'd think.
This here is Trevor Mulqueen. He's the son of U.S. MNT U-20 goalkeeping coach Tim Mulqueen and one
of the smallest members of the coaching staff.
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EPL Talk 25 May @ 10:35 AM EST
Images of Aston Villa's new away football shirt for the 2009-10 season have been released on its
website. The new kit is currently available for pre-order and will be officially launched on June
20.
I'm not sure what it is about Nike, but many of their new shirt designs feature pinstripes which
I'm not a big fan of whether it's the United States men's national team home strip, the new blue
one for Arsenal or other pinstripe designs.
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The trivia-minded official Galaxy blog has inadvertently given fans one more reason to fret even
more about the 0-1-4 club's start to the season.
The blog points out four current members of the Galaxy team (look in the comments section of the
Galaxy blog post to find out who) were with the Red Bulls when Bruce Arena coached there in 2006
and 2007.
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Seeing that REAL MADRID defender PEPE has indirectly increasedworldwide interest in Spanish
Football (Soccer) the last couple of days,here is an interesting piece of "trivia" that will answer
some inquiriesSFS is receiving in its email.The person – player with the historical all time
record of matchsuspension in Spanish Football goes to JOAQUIN CORTIZO, a rightback from REAL
ZARAGOZA (pictured)
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During today's walk and stretch around the hotel (the streets were closed to traffic because, well,
it's Sunday and that's what happens here). We saw this massive statue of Abraham Lincoln in the
middle of the city square.
For some trivia fun, does anyone know why he's there?
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It's time for a little Jeopardy-style trivia!
And the answer is: Barry Manilow, Keith Richards, and Gary Busey
If you guessed 'Who are old decrepit people younger than Robertson Stadium?' then you are
correct! And like Barry Manilow, Old Robertson has had its share of renovations.
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Zona Rayada 20 November @ 04:16 PM EST
El Equipo Profesional de Futbol Rápido LA RAZA de Monterrey tomará parte dentro del
Torneo de Copa de la PASL a la par de la Temporada 2008-2009 de la NISL. La
participación de LA RAZA en este torneo se da por invitación de la Premiere Arena Soccer
League y es en común acuerdo con la [...]
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EPL Talk 10 July @ 06:30 PM EST
A quick review on two excellent trivia volumes that were sent our way from Apex Publishing. The
first is The Tottenham Hotspur Quiz Book, which was compiled by John DT White and includes a
foreword written by two Spurs legends – Gary Mabbutt and Pat Jennings. The 1,250 questions in
this quiz book cover every aspect [.
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After the very first SuperClassico in '05, I remember Luis and I talking about what a great game it
was. The excitement, atmosphere and enthusiasm by everyone was amazing. The players were jazzed,
the fans were cheerful and demonstrative. We figured only one thing could make it even better.
We figured the games would be even better if they really mattered.
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So this guy gets treated to a soccer broadcast that takes the game seriously and suddenly realizes
that he likes it.
That doesn't surprise me. I ranted about soccer announcing years ago, for a soccer365 column called
"Soccer Special Ed" where I talked about how too many U.S. announcers took way too much
time to explain things during a soccer match, as if the listening audience was really ignorant.
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If any of you don't visit UEFA.com's coverage of Euro 2008, you should because it's full of a lot of interesting things like articles, photos, trivia, statistics, and all those other details that we footie nerds find so gripping (or maybe it's just me...).
One of the newer features is
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