Monthly Archives: June 2010

A Closer Look At The Future Of The US Squad

A new World Cup cycle is set to begin for the United States and the first step is to evaluate the current squad and what there future is with the squad. Qualifying won’t begin until 2012 so there is time

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World Cup Day 19: Things We Learned

The quarterfinals are set as Paraguay and Spain took the final spots. Paraguay defeated Japan on penalties after playing to a scoreless draw. Spain advanced defeating Portugal behind a second half goal from David Villa getting the break through against

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World Cup Day 18: Things We Learned

The heavyweights progressed today as Netherlands advanced to the quarterfinals with a 2-1 win over Slovakia. In the other game, Brazil started off slowly but two goals in a four minute span but them in control and they cruised to

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World Cup Day 19: Spain-Portugal Preview

It may be the final game on the knockout round, but it is a good one. The Iberian battle will pit two teams will plenty of talent and both teams will be disappointed with an exit at the Round of

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World Cup Day 19: Paraguay-Japan Preview

This is the battle of the the lesser known teams in the Round of 16. It will feature two teams that prefer to counter attack so it will be interesting to see which teams looks to take control of the

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World Cup Day 18: Brazil-Chile Preview

Brazil start their work in the knockout round against a familiar opponent in Chile. The Brazilians have not been free flowing as usual this tournament, but they do appear to be a tough team to defeat. Chile lost their last

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World Cup Day 18: Netherlands-Slovakia Preview

Netherlands are one of the tournament favorites and they get their knockout round started against Slovakia, who advanced after being bottom of Group F heading into the final day. Both sides have exciting attacking midfielders where Marek Hamsik will square

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World Cup Day 17: Things We Learned

The second day of the knockout round saw the match-up of some teams with good footballing pedigrees. However, both games ended in fairly big blowouts. Germany defeated England 4-1 behind a brace from Thomas Muller. In the second game, Argentina

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A Look Back At The US World Cup Run

It was a disappointing end to the United States’ run in the World Cup, but as a whole it was a good but not great run by the United States. They were entertaining and their games were filled with drama,

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World Cup Day 16: Things We Learned

The knockout round got started today with Uruguay and Ghana advancing with 2-1 victories as South Korea and the United States bowed out of the competition. Here are my brief observations from the two games today.

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