England, France, Italy. Proverbial heavyweights of Europe are going home in disgrace to devestated fans and more questions than answers, the most prominent of which is how this happened? Players like Ribery, Lampard, Rooney, Pirlo, De Rossi, Gerrard and Malouda shouldn’t be struggling...
The group stages have concluded and now we can all look forward to good old fashioned knockout Football. What this World Cup has provided us so far has been, well, a bit baffling really, it has provided little in the way of genuine thrills and excitement but a huge amount of intrigue. It has been...
As a football fan living in the US, I’m familiar with the mixture of antipathy and apathy that sometimes faces the beautiful game here. Or rather, I was familiar with it. Because all of a sudden everyone loves the World Cup and loves Team USA Continue reading here: What World Cup 2010...
Italian captain Fabio Cannavaro leaves the field after a 3-2 loss to Slovakia eliminated the former champions Slovakia 3, Italy 2 An aging Italian defense let in three goals as the defending champions flamed out of the tournament with a shocking defeat to Slovakia. The Slovakians took...
Globe and MailWhen it comes to the World Cup, aim higher, AmericaLos Angeles TimesAll of this after Wednesday's World Cup victory against Algeria? No, all of this eight years ago after a second-round World Cup victory against Mexico. ...World Cup 2010, Scott French: U.S. soccer thrusts itself...
