Slacker World Cup Coaches Sweat as Roster Deadline Looms
Even in the dark, dank basement cubicle that I share with five other people at World Cup Blog headquarters, I can feel the excitement as the various World Cup rosters are released. Fans in countries across the globe are checking their team’s lists and arguing with one another about whether the right decisions have been made. By my unofficial count, more than half the teams still haven’t made their roster selections public. This means there is going to be a very competitive race for this World Cup’s Slacker Coach Award.
FIFA has set a May 15 deadline for roster submission. When I was in school facing this kind of deadline for a paper, I would usually start thinking about it at midnight on May 14. I get the feeling that some of the coaches this year approach life the same way.
So which coach will be the last one to make his list public?
It won’t be any of these guys. They’ve already announced their provisional sides (and we have the linked posts to prove it!).
Trinidad and Tobago
Costa Rica
England
Mexico
Netherlands
Ecuador
United States
Sweden
Spain
Iran
Australia
It probably won’t be any of these teams since they have let us know when they will be announcing their rosters.
Angola
Argentina
Portugal
France
Germany
We’re thinking the Slacker Coach Award will go to one of these countries since we don’t actually know when they will make their roster announcement.
Brazil
Cote d’Ivoire
Croatia
Czech Republic
Ghana
Italy
Japan
South Korea
Saudi Arabia
Paraguay
Poland
Switzerland
Togo
Tunisia
Ukraine
Who’s going to reveal their roster last? I”ll be locked in the dank, dark basement cubicle holding my breath waiting to find out.
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By Trent | May 9th, 2006 at 4:37 pm 
I read somewhere that La Volpe has released his 2010 roster “just to be safe”.
By Luis Paulo | May 9th, 2006 at 4:38 pm Scolari will announce the portuguese roster at 8 Pm on may 15. If you count the local time, he could be the last one, although it will be in the middle of the afternoon in the US
By Luis Carlos | May 9th, 2006 at 5:37 pm I think Italy will win this award.
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Mexico
By rinaldo | May 10th, 2006 at 4:37 am nah, not italy…i would definitely get 22 out of 23 names right, esp now that diana and vieri are out…
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India
By tracy | May 10th, 2006 at 11:41 am Just based on time zones it might be Brazil. That would be funny, first team to name it’s starting 11 will be the last to name it’s offical 23!
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United States
By The Final(ish) 23 - FIFA World Cup 2006 - Trinidad and Tobago World Cup Team Blog | May 12th, 2006 at 6:20 am [...] Beenie was never going win The Slacker Coach Award – he has announced his final 23. Sort of. [...]
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By Complete Listing of all World Cup Squads - FIFA World Cup 2006 - World Cup 2006 Blog | May 15th, 2006 at 12:00 pm [...] Here are the team-by-team rosters that have been announced so far. We’ll update this page as the roster announcements continue to come pouring in on deadline day. Right now we know 26 of the 32 teams. Still waiting on Iran, Saudi Arabia, Poland, Portugal, Tunisia and Togo. Who will win the Slacker Coach Award by announcing their team last? [...]
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By durwin | June 12th, 2006 at 3:44 am i try to find something at google.com and take it on your site…thanks
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Ukraine
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