Considerations

A mas­sive sign­ing for the New York Red Bulls has now turned atten­tion to U.S. Major League Soc­cer after the World Cup. For­mer Barcelona striker Thierry Henry recently accepted a trans­fer to the team ear­lier this month. He will be another star mak­ing his pres­ence in the MLS and fur­ther pop­u­lar­iz­ing Amer­i­can soc­cer. With the […]

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The world of soc­cer is fac­ing a rev­o­lu­tion­ary change. The two most-followed teams in the world are on their way home after fail­ing to pass the quar­ter­fi­nals! Brazil  1  -  2 Hol­land  It is a day for mourn­ing in Brazil after their quar­ter­fi­nal elim­i­na­tion, stunned by the Oranje come­back. “A spec­tac­u­lar game doesn’t count; the three points [do],” said the […]

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The World Cup has reached the tip of exal­ta­tion! The final eight have been decided by the end of the Spain-Portugal bat­tle last night in Cape Town in the 69,070-capacity sta­dium Green Point. It was a game of high inten­sity between the two in which both sides played openly, let­ting each team express their attacking […]

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At the ter­mi­na­tion of the group stages, a few leg­endary teams left the field in despair already. It is yet another World Cup that teaches how unknown teams and play­ers can find glory by believ­ing in them­selves — a hope that existed just in their minds, but with enough energy to per­form a 110% in […]

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The first round of the mes­mer­iz­ing com­pe­ti­tion is over, and there have been a few sur­prises already! Spain, one of the favorites to win 2010 World Cup, suf­fered a shock­ing defeat at the hands of a well-prepared Swiss team. It was Fer­nan­dez who found him­self at the right place and the right time to push […]

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South Africa vs. Mex­ico  — 1 – 1 — 11/06 The Vuvuzela never rest. Right from the morn­ing, the sounds of the Vuvuzela broke the silence in South Africa like war­riors blow­ing the horn on the eve of the bat­tle, strength­en­ing the home side for the game against Mex­ico. In the first 20 min­utes, the Mexican […]

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