[REACTION] English referee Howard Webb, who booked 13 different players and sent off Dutchman John Heitinga, says he and refereeing team were satisfied with doing a tough job in difficult circumstances in Sunday’s World Cup final won by Spain, 1-0. “Wedon’t feel that we had much choice except to manage the game in the way […]
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Soccer America World Cup XI
[BEST OF THE WORLD CUP] Spain, winner of its first World Cup with a 1-0 win over the Netherlands in Sunday’s final, dominated the Soccer America World Cup XIwith seven selections. Goalkeeper — Iker Casillas. Spain’s captain gets the nod over MaartenStekelenburg of the Netherlands. Casillas wasn’t needed much early in the tournament, but […]
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My World Cup: Spain worthy winners! Dutch deserved losers
By Paul Gardner Spain triumphant, worthy winners! The Netherlands dejected — and deserved losers. This was terribly disappointing from the Dutch. In fact their play attimes bordered on the disgraceful. Not what was to be expected in the grand final. But there was not too much “grand” about this game. For the umpteenth time, a […]
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Netherlands Player Ratings
[REPORT CARD] Soccer America’s Ridge Mahoney grades the Dutch players in the Netherlands’ 1-0 loss to Spain in the WorldCup final on Sunday. The Dutch fell despite carving out good opportunities that Arjen Robben failed to convert. After scoring 12 goals in six gamesleading up to the final, the Dutch were shut out for the […]
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Van Marwijk: 'Spain was the better team'
[REACTION] Dutch coach Bert van Marwijk criticized English referee Howard Webbfor his work in the World Cup final that descended into a foulfest but could not find fault with the outcome. “I don’t think the referee controlled the match well,” said Van Marwijk.”Both sides committed fouls. That may be regrettable for a final. But the […]
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Spain prevails for first world championship
[SPAIN-NETHERLANDS] Spain won the World Cup for the first time when it beat the Netherlands, 1-0, on Andres Iniesta‘sgoal in the 116th minute. Both teams had their chances to win the game before Iniesta’s goal, but much-anticipated final was marred by 14 yellow cards — a record for a World Cup final — and one […]
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Spain-Netherlands minute-by-minute
[WORLD CUPFINAL] Spain beat the Netherlands, 1-0, on Andres Iniesta‘s goal in the 116th minute to win the World Cup for the first time. The loss marked the thirdtime the Dutch have fallen in the final. The game at Johannesburg’s Soccer City featured 14 yellow cards — more than double the previous record for a […]
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And the winner will be …
[SPAIN-NETHERLANDS] Spain and the Netherlands, two of Europe’s great soccer nations, meet for the first time ever in the World Cup when they face off inSunday’s championship game at Johannesburg’s Soccer City (TV: ABC/Univision, live, 2:30 p.m. ET). For more on the game and the predictions of Soccer America editors … Predictions: Paul Kennedy: Netherlands […]
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Vuvu violence costs Dutchman his job
[OFF THE POST] Nels van Toor, a 44-year-old worker for Dutch railway company Nedtrain in the city of Haarlem, was firedfrom his job for sawing a coworker’s vuvuzela in half after being terrorized by the noise instrument. It was bad enough that coworkers brought vuvuzelas to work and blew them constantlyduring the Dutch games. Bu […]
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Kuyt, the modern total footballer
[UNDER THE MICROSCOPE] He scored only three goals in 31 matches for Liverpool this season, and has just one at the World Cup, but Dirk Kuyt, who turns 30 next week, is a key component of the Dutch attack that faces a tough Spanish defense in the World Cup final. Kuyt espouses confidence that only […]