After the U.S. lost the most anticipated and watched game in this country’s short history to Ghana this past Saturday, I got to thinking about what will happen now to soccer in the United States. A little less than 1 week ago, America was in a soccer haze…all anyone could talk about was the miraculous [...]
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Unfortunately for soccer fans, poor officiating has negatively affected too many games at the 2010 World Cup. I am a soccer fanatic and have seen many big soccer tournaments become tainted by poor referee decisions. However, this tournament has gone from bad to worse, and is simply the worst officiated tournament of all time. The [...]
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The first World Cup was played in 1930 and was won by the host country Uraguay. However, in that World Cup the United States of America made a run to the semi finals, marking their deepest run to date in any World Cup. 80 years later, it looked like the most talented group of American [...]
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The drama is starting to unfold in South Africa as the final games of the World Cup group stage get under way. Americans will know by noon tomorrow whether or not Team U.S.A will advance to the Round of 16. Here are a few of my biggest impressions thus far in the 2010 World Cup: [...]
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The expectations for the United States at the 2010 World Cup were set reasonably high, with many expecting the Americans to advance to the round of 16. When the World Cup draw placed the United States in a group with England, Slovenia and Algeria, those expectations become even greater. The Americans earned a much needed [...]
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Fans often become enamored with teams that blow away the competition in the group stages. However, history has shown that these teams eventually fade, while the teams that ease their way into the tournament — frequently with less than impressive results in the early going — often have a tendency to improve as the tournament [...]
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Five Predictions for the U.S. Men’s National team in South Africa: 5) The U.S. will get unexpected goals from their unheralded center forwards – aside from Jozy Altidore, the U.S. roster is full of forwards who were not in consideration for a place on the team six months ago. Recent form has LA Galaxy forward [...]
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There are only seven countries that have won a World Cup: Brazil (5), Italy (4), Germany (3), Argentina (2), Uraguay (2), England (1), and France (1). Will a new nation be added to this list in 2010?
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Top Ten World Cup Predictions: 10. Fernando Torres will win the Golden Boot – Torres was a marked man at the World Cup in 2006 and at Euro 2008, thus allowing striking partner David Villa to shine. Now that the cat is out of the bag with Villa, defenses will have to give him additional [...]
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Who else is sick and tired of this non-hype about the Word Cup? Speaking the other day with Jack of All Sport Jim, I realized that this event is waaaaay under hyped and it makes me sick. I am an Olympics man because it pits our nation against others. This is a much easier and [...]
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