The 2014 World Cup is just around the corner. It’s not too early to make plans to watch. Let us know where you will be gathering to watch the tournament. Email Soccer America with details of your watch party — bar or restaurant or watch party, address and its twitter handle — or tweet your […]
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29 Places to Watch the World Cup
The 2014 World Cup is just around the corner. It’s not too early to make plans to watch. Let us know where you will be gathering to watch the tournament. Email Soccer America with details of your watch party — bar or restaurant or watch party, address and its twitter handle — or tweet your […]
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27 Places to Watch the World Cup
0526wc watch list2 The 2014 World Cup is just around the corner. It’s not too early to make plans to watch.Let us know where you will be gathering to watch the tournament. Email Soccer America with details of your watch party — bar or restaurant orwatch party, address and its twitter handle — or tweet […]
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19 Places to Watch the World Cup
The 2014 World Cup is just around the corner. It’s not too early to make plans to watch. Let us know where you will be gathering to watch the tournament. Email Soccer America with details of your watch party — bar or restaurant or watch party, address and its twitter handle — or tweet your […]
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Hexagonal Countdown: Reggae Boyz off to the Bahamas
With its World Cup 2014 qualifying on the line when it hosts Mexico and the USA three days apart, last-place Jamaica is in the Bahamas for a 12-day camp. Among the players the ReggaeBoyz have recalled are Darren Mattocks of the Vancouver Whitecaps and University of Connecticut goalie Andre Blake. Theywill play Tottenham on Thursday […]
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Maracana is open for business
After years of renovations, the fabled Maracana Stadium has reopened in Rio de Janeiro. An exhibition match featuring teams led by former Brazilian stars Bebeto and Ronaldo played Saturday before a crowd of 25,000, many of them workers who have labored to modernize and upgrade the Maracana, site ofthe 1950 World Cup’s final match. A […]
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'Exceeding expectations' won't be hard
Last week was not a good week for Brazilian World Cup organizers. It became evident that Brazil would not meet FIFA’s deadline of Monday to have six World Cup stadiums ready for thissummer’s Confederations Cup. Forget the fact that FIFA’s deadline was actually last December, the famous Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro and Mane […]
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Brazilian soccer's place in a globalized world
By Francis Langbein Soccer greats Franz Beckenbauer and BobbyCharlton recounted old stories and discussed young players in the modern game at the recent Laureus Sports Awards. Always part of the conversation was the place of Brazilian soccer, back whenBeckenbauer and Charlton competed in the World Cup and looking ahead to next year’s World Cup Brazil […]
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Spain won't risk stars against France
Seven months remain in Europe’s World Cup qualifying, but defending champion Spain already finds itself in a deep hole. Consecutive home draws with France and Finland mean that Spainwill fall five points off the lead held by France if it loses to the Bleus Tuesday night at the Stade de France. With only the winner […]
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Serbia coach hopes for win-win situation
For no one does Friday’s Serbia-Croatia World Cup qualifier mean more to than Serbia coach Sinisa Mihajlovic, the son of a Croatian mother and Serbian fatherwho grew up in the Croatian river port of Vukovar, where 2,000 citizens were killed in the attack by Serbian forces during the Croatian War of Independence. Mihajlovic, who was […]