July 2nd, 2009 | By:
Paul
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0 CommentsContinuing Julian's posts, here's an intro on one of our highly touted young goal keepers:
Vincenzo Fiorillo
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July 2nd, 2009 | By:
Jan
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Louis van Gaal's first working day in Munich has been hailed by the German media. The new coach received compliments for his "warm words" during his press presentation. The papers were also very positive about his command over the German language and the way he managed the first training. In
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July 2nd, 2009 | By:
Marlon
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It was a tournament that displayed the highest highs and the lowest lows of American soccer. A tournament where we saw everything we dreamed about and everything we feared. The first two games were displays to be forgotten. After a tough 3 - 1 loss to Italy and another stupid
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July 2nd, 2009 | By:
Julian
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0 CommentsOur beloved Azzurri is in a time of transition; I've said that, you've read that on other sites, and you probably think that, too. But what does that really mean? In essence, older players are going to be let go and younger players are going to be brought into the national team setup. "Intro" is a new series of posts that I'm doing to, well, introduce players that are pretty likely to be a part of the Azzurri sometime into the not too distant future. First up is U-21 star defender, Salvatore Bocchetti.
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July 2nd, 2009 | By:
Andrea
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0 CommentsEdgar Castillo has come out and said it: he wants to play for the US. The New Mexican native would take advantage of the FIFA rule that allows players to switch national teams as long as they have not played any full internationals. The America defender had first been called up by Hugo Sanchez. He was then played by Eriksson in a friendly. Javier Aguirre has called up the defender as well, but he was unable to participate during his call up because he lost his passport and couldn't travel.
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July 2nd, 2009 | By:
Jan
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Johan Cruyff was silent this year. The last time he was actually big news was when Marco van Basten told him he didn't want to follow JC's guidelines at Ajax. As a result, JC said: Fine. And walked away. He was also conspiciously absent from Champions League analysis on Dutch
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July 1st, 2009 | By:
X-ino
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As most of us might know, Honduras is currently undergoing some political issues. The news is everywhere, the story keeps changing and the mystery of not knowing what will happen tomorrow, has the country panicking. Both, South Africa 2010 and the future of all Hondurans are a mystery.
Anyways, the world still moves on and so must we. Lets get focused on our team future event, The Gold Cup.
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June 30th, 2009 | By:
Kevin
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0 CommentsRepublic of Ireland and now former Reading striker Kevin Doyle has been linked with a handful of Premier League clubs ever since Reading lost in the Coca-Cola Championship playoffs, but it was Wolves who won out for the signature of the widely proclaimed all-rounder for a club record fee of
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June 30th, 2009 | By:
Jan
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0 CommentsBefore wrapping up the whole tournament again, factoring in the final as Nick suggested in the comments, it's time for me to collect a few more thoughts on the final itself. Feel free to share your own analysis in the comments.
1. All is well that ends well. Well, at least the comprehensive and dominant victory over England added a glossy finish to Germany's tournament performance. It was a team that had its' flaws but discussing them is academic now. They won the tournament and you can't one up that except for a few style points. It's nothing to be concerned with for the future either, as this team will never play together again. A lot of players will be too old for the next tournament and Horst Hrubesch will go back to his U20 team, with Rainer Adrion taking over the U21 now.
2. Horst Hrubesch is part tactical genius and part lucky bastard. I have to give credit to Hrubesch for making all the right adjustments to the team's tactics. Especially playing Hummels in front of the backline. He argued that he wanted to gain aerial dominance over England to counter their strength from set pieces, but Hummels did much more than heading away crosses and corners with his all around excellent defensive display. He also allowed Khedira to go forward, which really helped his game. Though, as far as Özil's return to his natural midfield position is concerned, we probably have to thank Ashkan Dejagah for his second yellow, which partly forced this adjustment onto Hrubesch.
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Real Madrid's €215m (and counting) spending spree seems to have Michel Platini a bit worried. In a recent interview with French sports daily L'Equipe, the UEFA President said he found the mountains of money difficult to comprehend, especially the Cristiano Ronaldo transfer, but admitted there was nothing he could do about it.
All is not well between David Beckham and American soccer right now. After his longer than planned holiday in Milan, Goldenballs is due to return to MLS and resume playing for LA Galaxy in two weeks time - July 16th vs NYRB away. But he's already been warned by US Soccer President ... 
Apparently FIFA was unimpressed with the footballing performances of the Confederations Cup. If not, how would you explain June's World Rankings? Brazil knocked Spain off the top spot - as much was to be expected as Brazil have quietly been by far the best team in the world for a few months ... 
If you've taken to perusing the interwebs for football news with your morning coffee the last couple days, you've undoubtedly read about he praise over South Africa's handling of the Confederations Cup. And in nearly all respects, they're absolutely right. Not only was the infrastructure largely a success according to those in ... 
The 2009 Confederations Cup was a nice little preview of World Cup 2010. Here's what we learned:
Here it is then. Brazil vs USA in the 2009 Confederations Cup Final. The most important cup final the USA has ever reached. But definitely not the most important cup final Brazil has ever reached. 
