FIFA World Cup

Jozy Altidore Leads the USA into Azteca August 12, 2009 could become a very historic date in the annals of US Soccer.  On this day Los Gringos travel to Estadio Azteca in Mexico City to face El Tri in a CONCACAF World Cup Qualifier.  Home Field Advantage Perhaps no stadium in CONCACAF provides. . . more

The final phase of qualifying for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in CONCACAF is set to start this Wednesday evening.  For the United States their opening match will be played at Columbus Crew Stadium against the old enemy, Mexico.  The other matches for the region see El Salvador playing host in San. . . more

This coming Monday sees an important deadline approaching.  This Monday is the deadline by which international football federations have in order to announce their official interest in bidding to become the hosts of the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup Finals.  The next two World Cups have already. . . more

It is June 2008, halfway between the last World Cup in Germany and the upcoming 2010 World Cup to be held in South Africa. With the exception of European teams, who do not begin qualification until after Euro 2008, the rest of the world’s top soccer teams are now in action trying to qualify. . . more

FIFA have just announced that the 2014 FIFA World Cup has been awarded to Brazil.  This will mark the second time that Brazil will host the most popular tournament in the world.  The last time that Brazil hosted was in 1950.  Brazil has won the World Cup an unprecendented five times and was the. . . more

This ESPN "commentator" makes me want to drive my head through a wall. Can't get name pronunciations right, like Tomas Rosicky (pronounced Ro-zits-ky), he said it like Ro-sick-e. What's even worse was the incompetence by ESPN to put a guy up there who has never done soccer before, and have his. . . more