by David on January 29, 2012
League One Stevenage have been drawn against Tottenham Hotspur in the FA Cup fifth round as a reward for reaching the last 16 for the first time.
Brighton will meet Liverpool at Anfield after beating Premier League Newcastle in the previous round. Chelsea host Birmingham, with League Two Crawley Town handed a tough home game against Stoke. Norwich take on Leicester, while Everton welcome Blackpool or Sheffield Wednesday to Goodison Park. Bolton will fancy their chances of making the sixth round as they travel to Millwall or Southampton. Read more... (308 words, 1 image, estimated 1:14 mins reading time)
by David on January 25, 2012
Liverpool will play Cardiff City in the English League Cup final after a thrilling 2-2 draw at home against Manchester City completed a 3-2 aggregate success for Kenny Dalglish’s side. Cardiff v Liverpool Tickets
The Premier League leaders twice took the lead at Anfield thanks to goals in either half from Nigel de Jong and Edin Džeko but the hosts responded swiftly on both occasions with Steven Gerrard’s penalty and Craig Bellamy’s strike booking a place in the showpiece on 26 February. Read more... (278 words, 1 image, estimated 1:07 mins reading time)
by David on January 12, 2012
Brazil has announced a massive US Tour for this summer in which they will play the USA, Mexico and Argentina between May 30 and June.
With no World Cup qualifying for Brazil, they are the host nation in 2014, these three games will be important matches for Brazil as they get ready for the Confederations Cup in 2013. That means that all the Brazilian stars are expected to take part in that tour, which means we should see Neymar, Pato, Lucas and Ganso. Read more... (800 words, 1 image, estimated 3:12 mins reading time)
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by David on December 16, 2011
The draw for the Champions League round of 16 was made today and it threw together some very interesting match-ups.
AC Milan was the one second seed that all the group winners wanted to avoid, and Arsenal were the unlucky ones who got the reigning Serie A champions, who finished second in their section behind Barcelona.
Their will also be another Premier League versus Serie A Matchup as Chelsea will meet Napoli, who knocked out Manchester City in the group stages. Chelsea have not faced Napoli in Europe, but will be wary of a side that knocked out City and boast a potent attacking threat including Edinson Cavani, Ezequiel Lavezzi and Marek Hamsik. Read more... (328 words, 1 image, estimated 1:19 mins reading time)
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by David on December 2, 2011
Good draw for England in the Euro 2012 as they have been drawn against Ukraine, France and Sweden. It is by now way an easy group for England, but considering who England could have been drawn against, Fabio Capello cannot be too upset.
In every tournament there is a proverbial “Group of Death” and Euro 2012 is no exception. Group B which contains Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, Portugal is horrible with one of Holland, Germany and Portugal going home early.
The Republic of Ireland did not get any favours in their draw as they meet Spain, Italy and Croatia. Really big ask to see ROI advance from that group. Read more... (556 words, 1 image, estimated 2:13 mins reading time)
by David on December 1, 2011
May 30/31: USA v Brazil at Landover, Md.
The Brazil friendly will be a prefect warm-up for the US who begin their 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign at home against Antigua and Barbuda on June 8 and at Guatemala four days later. The two countries last met in 2010, when Brazil won 2-0 thanks to goals from Neymar and Alexandre Pato.
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by David on October 20, 2011
Sao Paulo will host the opening match of the 2014 World Cup and Rio de Janeiro’s iconic Maracana stadium will stage the final, FIFA announced Thursday.
Hosts Brazil will play the opening match in Sao Paulo and the remaining two group matches in Fortaleza and Brasilia.
In addition, the kick-off times have been set (all Brasilia local time). Brasilia local time is two hours ahead of the U.S. East Coast, so most matches will be late afternoon or close to prime-time. Matches in the UK will be played between 5pm-2am BST: Read more... (228 words, 2 images, estimated 55 secs reading time)
- Opening Match: 17.00
- Group Stage matches: 13.00, 16.00, 19.00, 22.00
by David on August 4, 2011
U.S. men’s national team coach Jurgen Klinsmann has named his first U.S. national team squad with DaMarcus Beasley, Ricardo Clark, Heath Pearce and Jose Torres were just some of the surprising inclusions. named by Klinsmann for the U.S. team’s friendly against Mexico on Aug. 10 in Philadelphia.
Some of the more notable omissions are Jozy Altidore, Clint Dempsey, Benny Feilhaber, Brad Guzan and Jonathan Spector, though Klinsmann said previously that certain club circumstances would prevent some players from being called in. Read more... (316 words, 1 image, estimated 1:16 mins reading time)
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by David on August 4, 2011
In front of another record setting crowd, Barcelona was stunned as Mexican side Chivas de Guadalajara beat them 4-1 Wednesday night.
It all started great for Barca when David Villa scored in the third minute. Gerard Pique sent a long pass to an open Villa, who fired a shot past Chivas goalkeeper Luis Michel.
Barça continued to dominate and made plenty of chances. On 27 minutes Villa rounded off a great team move, but shot wide and then a minute later Carlos Carmona cut in from the wing and hit the outside of the post with his shot. Read more... (294 words, 1 image, estimated 1:11 mins reading time)
by David on July 21, 2011
Argentina’s loss might be South Florida’s gain.
Argentina’s surprising quarterfinal exit from Copa America could mean that Lionel Messi will play for Barcelona in Miami on Aug. 3 against Mexico’s Chivas Guadalajara. Buy Barcelona v Chivas Tickets
According to reports out of Argentina, Messi is vacationing earlier than he had expected after the disappointing Copa America and is planning to fly to the United States to join his club team at the end of July.
In addition to Messi, Barcelona could also have Messi’s Argentine teammates Javier Mascherano and Gabriel Milito in the line-up in Miami also. Read more... (129 words, 1 image, estimated 31 secs reading time)
League One Stevenage have been drawn against Tottenham Hotspur in the FA Cup fifth round as a reward for reaching the last 16 for the first time.
