Month: May 2010
Man Utd Keeper Ben Foster Set For Birmingham City Switch
Updated:Manchester United ‘keeper Ben Foster is on the cusp of completing a £6 million move to Birmingham City, with most reports suggesting that the deal will be completed within the…
Read more »Review: Food Guide for Soccer
Updated:Buy: “Food Guide for Soccer: Tips & Recipes from the Pros” by Gloria Averbuch and Nancy Clark, MS, RD ISBN: 978-1-84126-288-8 “You are about to embark on one of the…
Read more »Celtic Face Uphill Champions League Task
So it appears it’s looking less plausible that Celtic will be playing in the money spinning Champions League next season. With nearly every domestic league completed this term, we now…
Read more »FC Barcelona Transfer Rumors – Bojan & Chygrynskiy to stay; Ibra & Toure to leave
Updated:There have been speculations about Bojan Krkic and Dmytro Chygrynskiy will be leaving Barcelona at the end of the season. Barca President Joan Laporta has publicly assured fans that these…
Read more »Thierry Henry to star in ‘Coming to America’
First off, welcome to this space, hopefully to become your one-stop-shop for USMNT analysis along with the rest of the world of U.S. soccer. I’m extremely passionate about the beautiful…
Read more »World Cup Fantasy Football: Do You Know Your Best XI?
Updated:If you were asked to make a ‘World Cup Best XI’, who would you pick? Better yet, could that team win the World Cup? And would you put money on…
Read more »Man City To Spark £30m Bidding War For James Milner?
According to reports in this morning’s press, Manchester City are to make their first foray into this summer’s transfer market by lodging an opening bid of £24 million for Aston…
Read more »The Ignored XI – players they should have included in World Cup 2010 squads
Updated:You may remember that a few weeks ago I made the best XI not at the World Cup, sporting a 5-3-2 and players like Ibrahimovic, Cech and Zhikov It was…
Read more »09/10 Serie A Review: Five-times Inter, the rise of Roma, the fall of Juventus and Milan
Updated:Serie A is a league of pragmatists. There are pragmatic coaches, who specialise in delivering results rather than entertainment. There are pragmatic owners, who will sack a manager without blinking….
Read more »Inter win fifth successive Serie A title with Mourinho’s future up in the air
Updated:Internazionale have won the Seria A league championship for the fifth consecutive season thanks to Diego Milto’s 57th minute winner against Siena. The Nerazzurri have now won the domestic cup…
Read more »Bayern and Inter battle for the Treble
Updated:While this years Champions League final may not have the names of Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi, or Rooney, it has a massive significance for both of the teams fighting for the…
Read more »Sevilla gatecrash Europe’s elite thanks to Rodri’s stoppage time strike
Updated:Sevilla have scraped into the Champions League by the skin of their teeth as a stoppage time winner from youngster Rodri gave the club a 3-2 victory over Almeria to…
Read more »Milan confirm Leonardo’s departure
AC Milan have confirmed that head coach Leonardo will step down after their final game of the season against Juventus this weekend. The Brazilian has only been in charge for…
Read more »Kiwi football fever mounts as All Whites squad released
Aaron Scott said: “I’m pretty disappointed but I can rest easy knowing I gave it my best shot. I did everything I could so at least I’m not sitting here…
Read more »Chile 2010 World Cup Squad
Updated:Chile Coach: Marcelo Bielsa No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club GK Claudio Bravo (c) 13 April 1983 (aged 27) 41 Real Sociedad GK Miguel Pinto 4 July 1983 (aged 26)…
Read more »Honduras 2010 World Cup Squad
Updated:Honduras Coach: Reinaldo Rueda No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club GK Noel Valladares 3 May 1977 (aged 33) 71 Olimpia GK Donis Escober 3 February 1980 (aged 30) 11 Olimpia…
Read more »Switzerland 2010 World Cup Squad
Updated:Switzerland Coach: Ottmar Hitzfeld No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Diego Benaglio 8 September 1983 (aged 26) 25 Wolfsburg 2 DF Stephan Lichtsteiner 16 January 1984 (aged 26)…
Read more »Spain 2010 World Cup Squad
Updated:Spain Coach: Vicente del Bosque No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Iker Casillas (c) 20 May 1981 (aged 29) 103 Real Madrid 2 DF Raúl Albiol 4 September…
Read more »Portugal 2010 World Cup Squad
Updated:Portugal Coach: Carlos Queiroz No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Eduardo 19 September 1982 (aged 27) 12 Braga 2 DF Bruno Alves 27 November 1981 (aged 28) 28…
Read more »Ivory Coast 2010 World Cup Squad
Updated:Côte d’Ivoire Coach: Sven-Göran Eriksson No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club GK Boubacar Barry 30 December 1979 (aged 30) 45 Lokeren GK Aristide Zogbo 30 December 1981 (aged 28) 6…
Read more »North Korea 2010 World Cup Squad
Updated:Korea DPR Coach: Kim Jong-Hun No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club GK Ri Myong-Guk 9 September 1986 (aged 23) 28 Pyongyang City GK Kim Myong-Gil 16 October 1984 (aged 25)…
Read more »Brazil 2010 World Cup Squad
Updated:Brazil Coach: Dunga No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club GK Júlio César 3 September 1979 (aged 30) 47 Internazionale GK Doni 22 October 1979 (aged 30) 10 Roma GK Gomes…
Read more »Slovakia 2010 World Cup Squad
Updated:Slovakia Coach: Vladimír Weiss No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club GK Ján Mucha 5 December 1982 (aged 27) 14 Legia Warszawa GK Dušan Kuciak 21 May 1985 (aged 25) 2…
Read more »New Zealand 2010 World Cup Squad
Updated:New Zealand Coach: Ricki Herbert No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Mark Paston 13 December 1976 (age 33) 21 Wellington Phoenix 2 DF Ben Sigmund 3 February 1981 (age 29) 14 Wellington…
Read more »Paraguay 2010 World Cup Squad
Updated:Paraguay Coach: Gerardo Martino No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club GK Justo Villar 30 June 1977 (aged 32) 71 Real Valladolid GK Aldo Bobadilla 20 April 1976 (aged 34) 18…
Read more »Italy 2010 World Cup Squad
Updated:Italy Coach: Marcello Lippi No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club GK Gianluigi Buffon 28 January 1978 (aged 32) 100 Juventus GK Federico Marchetti 7 February 1983 (aged 27) 4 Cagliari…
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