The week of self-promotion continues. I am writing a weekly column on Glorious Football. My first post is on how the “Big Four” era in England faces a new environment, but that doesn’t guarantee that the Big Four won’t continue to dominate. Please read and leave positive feedback on the site!
Archives for The Beautiful Game
More than a Game…
The thoughts and prayers of all the football community are in Angola today, where the Togolese national Football team was ambushed while in the country for the Africa Cup of Nations. Africa has had a recent run of terrible footballing tragedies, and as it moves ever-closer to its first ever hosting of the World Cup, [...]
Best XI American All Time (Just for Fun)
GK - Brad Friedel FB - Steve Cherundolo FB - Frankie Hejduk CB - Carlos Bocanegra CB - Alexi Lalas MF - Landon Donovan MF - Claudio Reyna MF - John Harkes MF - Eddie Lewis FW - Clint Dempsey FW - Brian McBride
Manager - Bruce Arena
Only three-ish (who know with Cherundolo) players on this [...]
Best XI All Time World Football
ESPN right now has a thing up where you can pick the all-time greatest XI in soccer history throughout the world plus manager. What you learn in doing this is that they cannot let you pick enough forwards for this thing. It did not even cross my mind to vote for the following players for [...]
Day of Draw World Cup Predictions
Round of 16:
Uruguay over Greece
England over Ghana
Germany over Slovenia
Nigeria over Mexico
Netherlands over Italy
Brazil over Chile
Denmark over Paraguay
Ivory Coast over Spain
1/4 Finals:
England over Uruguay
Germany over Nigeria
Brazil over Holland
Ivory Coast over Denamrk
1/2 Finals:
England over Germany
Brazil over Ivory Coast
Final:
Brazil over England
NOTE: While France, the USA, and Argentina missed the cut because they are TERRIBLE, I want to say [...]
Charlie Davies…
Charlie Davies has been a breathe of fresh air for the US Men’s National team. Today, it sounds like he is lucky to be alive. Get better Charlie.
The Pub Team…
I decided that I just wanted to try (being the operative word) to be funny when I soccer blog, so I give you The Pub Team.
Confederations Cup
I know there are complaints that this is becoming a soccer blog, but there’s just so much going on! I just wanted to get out my Confederations Cup Predictions, as the tournament starts in fifteen minutes!
Group One:
1. Spain 9 pts
2. Iraq 4 pts
3. South Africa 2 pts
4. New Zealand 1 pt
Group Two:
1. Brazil 7 [...]
Anything happen in Football this week?
How about the fact that these two guys are team mates?
Glad to see that there’s a global financial crisis out there. I’m also glad to see that Michel Platini’s complaint that big-spending English sides have ruined European football has been proven correct.
World Cup Watch: South America
Here is the South American World Cup Qualifying table as of June 9: (via FSC)
Team Standings
Nº
Team
GP
W
D
L
GF
GA
+/-
Pts
Home
Away
1.
Brazil
13
6
6
1
23
5
18
24
3-3-0
3-3-1
2.
Paraguay
13
7
3
3
19
11
8
24
5-0-1
2-3-2
3.
Chile
13
7
2
4
19
14
5
23
3-1-2
4-1-2
4.
Argentina
13
6
4
3
19
13
6
22
5-2-0
1-2-3
5.
Uruguay
13
4
5
4
21
14
7
17
3-2-1
1-3-3
6.
Ecuador
13
4
5
4
16
20
-4
17
3-4-1
1-1-3
7.
Venezuela
13
5
1
7
15
27
-12
16
3-0-3
2-1-4
8.
Colombia
13
3
5
5
6
11
-5
14
3-1-2
0-4-3
9.
Bolivia
13
3
3
7
19
26
-7
12
3-2-2
0-1-5
10.
Peru
13
1
4
8
12
28
-16
7
1-4-2
0-0-6
The top 4 qualify for South Africa. Fifth Place has a play-off with 4th place from CONCACAF.
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