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by Mike Woitalla
Mike Woitalla reporting from South Africa Coach Bob Bradley's challenge of guiding the USA to the 2010 World Cup finals came into focus on Sunday at the World Cup Preliminary Draw in Durban, South Africa. For Bradley's take on the USA's likely opponents in its first stages of qualifying, his ...
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by Soccer America
"It could happen anywhere. South Africa is trying very hard -- I hope nothing else happens -- but we won't be able to move so freely as we are used to at World Cups." -- German national team general manager Oliver Bierhoff after Friday's shooting death of former Austrian pro ...
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by Mike Woitalla
The USA will have to play at least 18 games to qualify for the 2010 World Cup. It begins CONCACAF qualifying in June 2008 with a two-game series against Dominica or Barbados.
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by Soccer America
The USA was drawn potentially the most difficult of the three semifinal groups, where if form holds it will face 2006 World Cup finalist Trinidad & Tobago, fourth in 2006 CONCACAF qualifying, Guatemala, fifth in 2006 CONCACAF qualifying, and Cuba. Canada could meet Mexico, Honduras and Jamaica, making it once ...
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by Mike Woitalla
Mike Woitalla reporting from South Africa "Africa is ready, Africa's time has come. Africa is calling, come to Africa in 2010," said South Africa President Thabo Mbeki to launch the 90-minute gala that sorted out the qualifying competition for the next World Cup while celebrating the arrival of the world's ...
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by Mike Woitalla
As South Africa's World Cup organizers made their case that the crime-ridden nation would be safe for tourists in 2010, Austrian Pieter Burgstaller was shot to death Friday at a golf resort an hour-drive from where the World Cup Preliminary Draw was held two days later in Durban -- a ...
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by Soccer America
Old foes will meet again in Europe's World Cup 2010 qualifying campaign. England must face Croatia, which knocked it out of Euro 2008 last Wednesday, in Group 6. Scandinavian rivals Sweden and Denmark, involved in a match in Copenhagen in June that was abandoned when a Danish fan came on ...
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by Soccer America
The novelty of the World Cup 2010 qualifying draw in Africa is that World Cup 2010 host South Africa will take part in qualifying since the competition also serves as qualifying for the 2010 African Nations Cup. The Bafana Bafana were drawn with powerhouse Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea and Sierra Leone in ...
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by Soccer America
Asia's first group stage includes the most hotly contested group to emerge from Sunday's World Cup 2010 qualifying draw in Durban. Group 1 consists of Australia, which reached the round of 16 at the 2006 World Cup, Iraq, the 2007 Asian champion, China, which played in the 2002 World Cup, ...
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by Mike Woitalla
Could it be that the face of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa is that of Cameroonian player Samuel Eto'o? That's what FIFA President Sepp Blatter implied at the unveiling of the tournament's official poster, stating that the profile imposed onto an African map was that of a very ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[INTERNATIONAL HEADLINERS] Liverpool's version of Family Feud continued as Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez blasted his American owners for what he perceived to be a lack of knowledge of Europe's transfer system. Manchester United's coaching staff tried to deflect attention for its shock loss at Bolton Wanderers, while goalie Scott Carson, ...
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by Soccer America
[AMERICANS ABROAD/VIDEO] Freddy Adu added to his growing reputation as a goal scorer with a goal on the final touch of the game in Benfica's 3-1 comeback win at Academica Coimbra on Sunday.
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