World Cup 2010

There’s a break in the domestic league and cup competitions with international fixtures on Tuesday, March 2, 2010 and Wednesday, March 3, 2010. There’s one feature match on Tuesday as Brazil takes on the Republic of Ireland and a full slate on Wednesday. Most of the top teams are in action including England, Spain,...
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The ‘Group of Death’ is one of the World Cup’s great clichés, the mistaken assumption being that one of the first round pools stand out as being particularly competitive. In truth it is best to rely on another of football’s maxims – nowadays there are no easy games. This is certainly the case in Group...
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It’s still many months away but the United States final 23 man roster for the 2010 World Cup is not yet finalized. The team will be playing a friendly on February 24 against El Salvador. The roster for the match is mainly composed of MLS players who will be trying to make the case...
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The FIFA 2010 World Cup Finals are about a half a year away and many are already speculating over who will be on the rosters for each country. England, one of the seeded teams in the group stage, has a lot of options in midfield with the likes of Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard, Gareth...
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Before getting to the World Cup draws themselves, I want to make clear that I will not christen a group of death.  FIFA has made groups of death obsolete.  Nothing like 1986 can happen again; stage management from continental leagues on up is such that no win will be terribly surprising, no loss so...
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The FIFA 2010 World Cup Finals Group Stage Draw has just been released with the tournament to start in June. Who will advance to the knockout stage out of the group stage? It’s hard to predict who will advance but here’s a list of predictions for the group stage. In most groups, the favorites...
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The FIFA 2010 World Cup Finals Group Stage Draw was released on Friday, December 4, 2009. There are some interesting match-ups including USA and England in Group C and Group G features Portugal, Ivory Coast, and Brazil. Some of other top seeds such as Italy and Spain have have easier groups and should make...
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The FIFA 2010 World Cup will release its draw for the finals on Friday, December 4, 2009. The draw is eight groups of four teams in each group. Live coverage of the draw (video) will be available on our other site, Free Live Sports TV, at the link below. FIFA 2010 World Cup Finals Draw...
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The Football Association of Ireland or FAI has officially submitted a request to replay the 2nd leg of the UEFA 2010 World Cup Qualifying Playoffs against France on Wednesday, November 18, 2009. The match ended in controversy as France scored in extra time on a goal from William Gallas. Thierry Henry clearly had a...
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Heartbreaking. That’s all I can say about this match. Gut-wrenching, soul-wrenching, the very best kind of completely awful. The pivot point of the match – and for the rest of time nothing else will be discussed – was Henry’s unjustly-allowed goal. (Technically it was Gallas’, but Henry had more than a hand in it. Two,...
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