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World Cup: Day 11 Preview

The final day of the second round of games wraps up today. Portugal faces North Korea in the first game as Portugal look to get their offense on track. In the other two games, Group H gets its second game.

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World Cup Day 6: Things We Learned

The tournament definitely picked up with Group H. Chile started off the day with a great attacking display as they defeated Honduras 1-0. Chile were attacking throughout and only some poor finishing and great goalkeeping kept it from being a

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World Cup Day 6 Preview

After today, we will have seen every team. Group H finally gets underway as favorites Spain get their first game. The day ends with South Africa getting their second game as they face Uruguay. Here is my preview of Day

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World Cup Preview: Honduras

Hondruas is the third team in Group H. This is their first World Cup since the 80s. They have a decent number of players in the top leagues in Europe, but still needed a dramatic goal from the US against

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International Friendlies Galore This Week

This is the last international date on the FIFA calendar before the end of the club season. This means this is the final chance for a lot of these fringe players to make their case as to why they should

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Weekly List: World Cup Power Rankings

This is the start of something that I want to do on a weekly basis and generate a list of the week because lists are great at generating discussion. If you have any suggestions, leave me a comment or write

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Honduras 3, United States 1: Report And Player Ratings

This was a pretty disastrous game at least after the red card to Jimmy Conrad. Defensively, it was poor while the midfield and forwards struggled with having to play with a man down for most of the game. There were

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LIVE BLOG: United States-Honduras

I will be providing some live commentary for the first game for the United States in 2010. The game is being played at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California at 6 pm local time. I’ll be starting about 30

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Gameday: United States vs. Honduras Preview

We are a couple hours away from the first game for the United States Men’s National team in 2010. They will be facing Honduras a team that they faced four times in 2009. Both squads will be without their bigger

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The Weekend Watch List: Milan Derby and US Friendly

This is something that I probably will do from now on to let you know the highlights of the upcoming weekend for me. It is FA Cup weekend in England and there are some intriguing matches but this weekend I’m

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