[UNDER-20 MEN] U.S. under-20 national team coach Thomas Rongen picked his 18-man roster for the annual Milk Cup inNorthern Ireland. His roster includes three MLS players — Juan Agudelo (New York Red Bulls), Fuad Ibrahim(Toronto FC) and Francisco Navas Cobo (Houston Dynamo) — as well as three players based in Portugal, two in Mexico and […]
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Rooney, the worst of the worst
[FLOPS] One after another, the world’s biggest stars flopped on the biggest stage, beginning with Englishman WayneRooney. For a ranking of the World Cup flops (which excludes players still in the tournament) … 1. WAYNE ROONEY. How did Rooney go from themost feared striker in the English Premier League to a non-factor for England at […]
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Real Madrid stars square off
[PREDICTIONS] Neighbors (and co-World Cup 2018/22 bidders) Spain and Portugal meet for the first time in the World Cup. It will be Cristiano Ronaldo for Portugal against Iker Casillas, his Real Madrid teammate, in goal for Spain. In Tuesday’s other game, Paraguay faces Japan.For Soccer America’s predictions … PARAGUAY vs. JAPAN June 29 in Pretoria […]
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Three-team fight in Group H
[PREDICTIONS] Brazil has clinched, and Portugal is all but assured of advancing in Group G. Chile, Spain and Switzerland could be headed for a three-way tieatop Group H. For a look at Friday’s four games and Soccer America’s predictions … GROUP G: BRAZIL (6 pts. 6-2)vs. PORTUGAL (4 pts. 7-0) June 25 in Durban Kickoff: […]
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Spain faces must-win situation
[PREDICTIONS] Spain finds itself in a must-win situation for its game Monday against Honduras. Meanwhile, Switzerland, which upset the Spaniards in theiropening game, must deal with raised expectations. For a look at Monday’s three games and Soccer America’s predictions … PORTUGAL (1 pt., 0-0) vs. NORTHKOREA (0 pt., 1-2) June 21 in Cape Town Kickoff: […]
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Fans furious over empty seats
The sight of unoccupied seats at supposedly soldout World Cup matches continues to be an embarrassment to FIFA and an irritant to fans who hoped to attend the games. Fans had to standin the rain and cold to watch the Portugal-Ivory Coast game on a big screen at a fan festival in Port Elizabeth after […]
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Di Maria grateful to get second chance
[PORTRAIT] Young Argentine Angel Di Maria shares a lot in common with Albiceleste star Lionel Messi. Both hail from Rosario. Both are left-footed. Both have already won an Under-20 World Cup title and an Olympic gold medal. And both their national team careers got off toterrible starts. Messi’s first game lasted 44 seconds before he […]
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Nani is latest World Cup casualty
[PORTUGAL] Portugal’s Nani is the latest star to withdraw from the World Cup when he was ruled out of the tournamentwith a collarbone injury suffered in training last week. The 23-year-old Manchester United winger was expected to play a key role for Portugal in support of his former United teammate,Cristiano Ronaldo. “He is in pain,” […]
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Celtic headed back to Fenway
[DATEBOOK] Scottish club Celtic will return to Boston’s Fenway Park 69 years after their first appearance at the legendary home of the baseball Red Sox when itplays Portugal’s Sporting Lisbon on July 21. Celtic played at Fenway in 1931 when it lost to the New York Yankees of the American Soccer League. The last soccer […]
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Japan's Okada offers to quit
[WORLD CUP WARMUPS] Japan coach Takeshi Okada offered to quit after the Blue Samurai lost at home to archrival SouthKorea. Argentina coach Diego Maradona was pleased, but Australia’s Pim Verbeek was livid with two of his players.Meanwhile, Portugal’s Carlos Queiroz was surprisingly low key after his team’s 0-0 tie at home against Cape Verde Islands. […]