Yesterday, the World Cup field was finalized. There were 6 play-off games that were all pretty exciting. My favorite was Algeria sending Egypt home. I'm also glad that Ireland were eliminated on such a controversial goal. I've never liked them.

Here are the 32 teams that will compete.

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Denmark notched three unanswered second half goals to come back from 0-1 down against the United States in Aarhus yesterday. � FC Dallas stirker Jeff Cunningham had given the Yanks the a surprise lead in the 26th following a Danish defensive error. The match also saw the United States debut of former Mexican international Edgar Castillo. Click to continue reading...

Can I take a minute to testify? Thank you. I'm now 33 years old with little time for exercise and a penchant for rich cheeses and savory meats. It is for this very reason that I possess a body type that could be described as "rotund" and why many soccer jersey's come off like meat casing on my frame. Click to continue reading...

For the last few months, this site has attacked Liverpool FC fan's group ‘Spirit if Shankly' for its juvenile, counter-productive approach to ousting Liverpool FC's owners. After raising awareness, putting SOS under public pressure and showing how the majority of fans are against their ‘Yank Liars Out! Click to continue reading...

Lets be honest.... Beer is absolutely delicious.� This may be the only subject that everyone on this site universally� agrees with all year.� �

But if you want to make it a debate then start asking people what their favorite type of beer is.� My personal favorite is Guinness, but when I don't feel like having an entire meal I go with Newcastle.

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The Sin: Envy has always been associated with the color green, probably in a large part thanks to the Bard's classic Othello. In that play, the� jealousy that accompanies envy� is referred to as� "the green-eyed monster". Proverbs 23:17 also warns against it, stating that� one should� "Let not thine heart envy sinners, but be thou in the fear of the Lord.

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The Sin: Pride is often called the "ultimate sin" because it leads to so many of the other sins. According to Proverbs 16:18, "Pride goeth before destruction". It's true, too. I define "pride" as the unwillingness to view one's own abilities objectively, or to put it bluntly insincere self-respect.

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MESSAGE TO RAFA:
SPEND IT WISELY!
Latest rumours suggest that fresh capital is finally about to be injected into the club by the hated Hicks and Gillette selling up to 30% of their joint holding to new investors in a hope to raise £100 million for the club.
Some of that money is supposedly for the new stadium, although I doubt that, much of it will go on repaying the debt. Click to continue reading...

I might be a bit premature in saying this, but with our Champion's League hopes hanging by a thread, I was looking at the B competition, The Europa League.
In it you have some of the powerhouses of European football such as Stum Graz, FC Sheriff, Fc Twente, Bate, Dinamo Zagreb, Austria Vienna and other Luminaries of the game! Click to continue reading...

A battle of Yanks highlights the final weekend in the Eliteserien as Valerenga travel to Start while Jay Needham and Alta round out their 1. Division season at home versus Nybergsund. Click to continue reading...

The German Cup third round proved disastrous for all participating yanks, as both Kenny Cooper and David Yelldell found themselves on the wrong side of lopsided blowouts. Click to continue reading...

Now that we have officially qualified for the World Cup, it is time for the first installment of Bradley's Babes: 23 for 2010 our attempt to answer the question, "Who should we take along?"� � But instead of taking the standard approach doing our best to guess who Bob will take to South Africa we decided to focus on who we would like him to take.

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This is the famous burst and flattened beachball look. Priceless!

I am still celebrating even though I know it was only a battle we won and not the war. But still, how often have we felt this euphoria in the last, say, 20 years? Not so many times. Anyways, I bet many of us fans have had friends or collegues gone missing the past two days.

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Brad Guzan and Tim Howard are the only two yanks left in the Carling Cup as Aston Villa and Everton travel to tough opposition in midweek English action. Click to continue reading...

Another week of the best football league is in the books and once again we have discovered a new leader on the top of the league table.� It seems as if that might be a trend this season between the Manchester United Red Devils and the Chelsea Blues, but for right this second the advantage leans in Chelsea's favor.

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Thousands of Liverpool fans gathered in protest against club owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett before the blockbuster game against Manchester United at Anfield on Sunday.
The army of supporters gathered at the Liverpool Supporters Club on Lower Breck Road and marched to the Albert pub outside the Kop in order to urge Hicks and Gillett to sell the club, as they attributed to the club's nosedive on and off the pitch to the American co-owners. Click to continue reading...

The News Of The World reports that Xavier Mascherano has turned down a new contract offer at Liverpool.I guess he wants to go to Barcelona in the Summer, let him go I say. Other rumours say that Rafa will be sacked if we fail to qualify for the Champion's League for next season, a possibility. Click to continue reading...

I believe that Spirit of Shankly's ‘Yank Liars Out! approach to ousting the owners is unprofessional, undignified, and lacking in all credibility. Please vote in the poll, which I'm re-posting in a bid to reach as many Liverpool fans as possible.
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Spirit of Shankly is made up of a miniscule minority of Liverpool fans yet, amazingly, they purport to represent ALL Liverpool fans. Click to continue reading...

Miracles happen right? The Yanks lost the 1st two games of the Confederations Cup and still miracled thier ass to the final. In 2008 RBNY were only a margianlly better team than they were this season and they made it all the way out west to MLS Cup. And despite all attempts to kill themselves at Massachusetts Big-E Fair, over 1,000K a day ate a Craz-E burger and lived.

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I believe that Spirit of Shankly's ‘Yank Liars Out! approach to ousting the owners is unprofessional, undignified, and lacking in all credibility. What do you think?
Spirit of Shankly is made up of a miniscule minority of Liverpool fans yet, amazingly, they purport to represent ALL Liverpool fans. Click to continue reading...

RFK Stadium has seen many hard fought U.S. National Team games and this one was no exception. After going down 2-0 in the first half, the Yanks rallied before a Jonathan Bornstein header deep into stoppage time clinched a 2-2 draw and first place in the Hex. After the match the Chivas USA defender had some interesting observations about overlapping coaching styles at club and country. Click to continue reading...

The U.S. National Men's Team dominated Cuba at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C., winning the CONCACAF group qualifying match by a 6-1 score to clinch a spot in the Hexagonal round of World Cup qualifying. DaMarcus Beasley got a brace for the Yanks, who won for the fourth time in as many games.

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What a strange week for the US National Team. It started with jubilation after defeating Honduras� in thrilling fashion to qualify for the� Cup. It turned tragic when rising star and projected 2010 starting forward� Charlie Davies was injured in a horrific car accident. And it has ended with a controversial draw that will no doubt leave the soccer� world talking.

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Our thoughts go out to Charlie Davies and his family today.� � Graham Fox, covering for Bruce, writes this at DuNord.

Some talent.� Here's hoping he can play again.

In other news, Clint missed the USA game following his tumble at West Ham the other day.

I had a look at the Yanks Abroad site and found that a lot of the commenters were pleased he missed out.

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Costa Rica is one of the few nations in the world without an army. That's right, since they abolished their military in 1949, they have had no organized armed forces. They are world renowned for their peaceful nature. In fact, the UN's University for Peace is in Costa Rica. Good for Costa Rica.

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Is there is no rest for the World Cup-bound? In addition to tomorrow night's qualifier finale against Costa Rica, the Yanks will march on to Aarhus in November for a friendly versus Denmark on the 18th. There is also talk of matches in the spring against the Dutch and the English...to which I say "bring it". Click to continue reading...

Well, the Yanks have officially booked their tickets to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa after beating Honduras in a 3-2 thriller. I missed the game because (a) I was at a wedding, and� (b) it wasn't on TV anyway. So, let me say up front that I still feel like I can't really give you any real insight into the outcome.

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Reports in the press say that George Gillette is flying to the Middle-East this week in an effort to sell his 50% share in Liverpool Fc. Great news I am sure you will all agree, that man and his partner Tom Hicks have been a disaster for Liverpool since they stole the club from us over two years ago. 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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It is one of the biggest games in the soccer history of both countries.� Both squads must wait four years to have another chance as good as the one that they will see this weekend as Honduras hosts the United States in a critical World Cup Qualifier.� A win will put both squads in Position A for a spot in next years World Cup and a loss will make it that much more unlikely.

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In the world of football Armenia is not exactly considered an awesome team with an unbelievable history.� In fact you could compare them to the MLB's Kansas City Royals for you� Yanks� out there.� Armenia's biggest career matches have been in� World Cup qualifiers if you get my drift.� In other words Armenia has never been good enough to make the� Cup in the first place, so their World Cup history is� as limited� as it can get.

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Honduras is a free republic in Central America. Hondurans are a crafty, productive people with a rich history. The Mayans first settled in the region, Chris Columbus (the� explorer, not the director) set foot on its shores, and Spain controlled the country for much of its existence.� The tiny nation also� once fought a "Football War" with El Salvador.

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Stony Brook University alumni Mike Palacio just started his European career, but not in one of the traditional starting points for Yanks such as England, Germany or the Scandinavian countries. Click to continue reading...

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George Gillett will fly to the Middle East next week for negotiations over selling his stake in Liverpool.
The Reds co-owner is due to arrive in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday and, according to the Daily Mirror, will meet Prince Faisal bin Fahd during a three-day stay.

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Jermaine Jones' injuries woes have gone from bad to worse.

After feeling pain in his surgically-repaired leg, and sitting for three more weeks with the hope of having the pain subside, Jones has now undergone another surgery. This time he had the metal plate in his leg removed, a procedure that will sideline him for at least six more weeks, German newspaper Bild reported on Wednesday.

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