The second part of my breakdown of the summer extravaganza will focus on more of the teams and players that were on stage in South Africa, but if I get on a rant here, which is very likely, I may end up doing a Part 3 ! 6. KAKA, MESSI, ROONEY AND RONALDO . One [...]
Following England’s miserable 0-0 draw with Algeria in the second phase of Group C games at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, fans and media alike turned on the participants of that debacle with a ferocity rarely seen at England games. Striker Wayne Rooney was seen to mouth an attack on the fans in [...]
Last Monday night at Wembley Stadium, England began their brief warm up campaign in preparation for the World Cup which kicks off in twelve days in South Africa. It was supposed to be a farewell to the fans coupled with a comfortable win against a Mexico team which traditionally struggles against European sides away from [...]
Following England’s 3-1 friendly defeat of Egypt at Wembley, opinions were focused on the performance of Peter Crouch who scored two of England’s goals in an adequate team performance leading up the announcement of the 27-man preliminary World Cup squad in May. With Wayne Rooney playing the full 90 minutes, and both Jermaine Defoe and [...]
Next Wednesday at Wembley stadium, England officially kicks off it’s countdown to the World Cup tournament in South Africa with a preparation friendly against 10th-ranked Egypt. This game will mark the final time manager Fabio Capello gets one last look at his squad in competition before he announces his pre-World Cup squad in May. With [...]
The big news out of England this weekend other than Manchester United’s thrashing of Arsenal on Sunday has been the off-the field adventures of Chelsea and England captain John Terry. A court earlier this week lifted a media blackout surrounding an affair between the Chelsea defender and the girlfriend of former teammate Wayne Bridge. According [...]
The recent appointment of Roberto Mancini as manager of Manchester City has been received with mixed reaction back across the pond in the Premier League . His predecessor Mark Hughes was a popular figure who , at least on the face of it , appeared to be having a successful season at the helm of [...]
Over the course of the next six months or so , two soccer players will most likely command most of the news copy in the soccer section of the sports world on both sides of the Atlantic . David Beckham and Landon Donovan will hog the soccer headlines for more than one reason . They [...]
Fill a room with 100 Soccer fans from either side of the Atlantic and I doubt that even half of them would have ever heard of Belo Horizonte , let alone its significance in the progress of the sport in England and the US . It was of the course the site of probably the [...]
