Mark Noonan, former U.S. Soccer and MLS executive, is now CEO of Ghana’s Accra Hearts of Oak — the winner of 20 league titles and 10 Ghanaian FA Cups. Noonan starred forConnecticut’s Staples High School before winning the 1986 NCAA Division I title with Duke. Following his stint as U.S. Soccer’s chief marketing officer, during […]
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Video Pick (TBT): The USA's historic win in T&T called by JP Dellcamera
With the announcement that JP Dellcamera will do play-by-play at the 2018 World Cup, we throw back to Nov. 19, 1989, in Trinidad. For the first time in 12 years, the dean ofAmerican soccer broadcasters is returning to the sport’s biggest stage. I talked with JP Dellacamera about him going to Russia as part of […]
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What They're Saying: David Neal
“There’s no question that we did this deliberately, and the message is that we have an abundance of outstanding American play-by-play voices and frankly it would make no sense not to availourselves of that. It’s as solid a group of American voices as have ever been collected for a World Cup.” — David Neal, executive […]
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World Cup Countdown: Sweden's Janne Andersson to Ibrahimovic: 'Call me'
Photo:LA Galaxy Sweden coach Janne Andersson says he’ll hear out Zlatan Ibrahimovic if he wants to come out ofinternational retirement and play at the 2018 World Cup, but he is not going out of his way to lobby the LA Galaxy forward. In an interview last week with French goalkeeper site MainOpposee, Guingamp goalkeeper Karl-Johan […]
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World Cup Countdown: Swedish keeper questions wisdom of recalling Ibrahimovic
Zlatan Ibrahimovic says he’s going to the World Cup in Russia. Whether that’s as a fan during the short MLS break in June, as a pitchman — he signed up as Visa’s World Cup 2018 spokesperson— or as a player remains to beseen.
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VAR explained: FIFA moves to eradicate communication gap for World Cup
FIFA has announced plans to show replays of VAR decisions on giant screens at the World Cup in Russia and accompany them with written explanations. The steps are part of FIFA’s efforts toensure that VAR decisions are communicated to fans in the stands and fans watching on television. There has been intense criticism of the […]
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Top 10: World Cup 2018 ticket sales (outside Russia)
1. USA (80,161) 2. Brazil (65,863) 3. Colombia (60,199) 4. Germany (55,136) 5. Mexico(51,736) 6. Argentina (44,882) 7. Peru (38,544) 8. China (36,841) 9. Australia (34,628) 10. England (30,711) Source:
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What They're Saying: Guillermo Cantu
“Just follow the guy in green. And you will have fun. You will enjoy having that encounter with people who really care about the game and many other things. You will find very nice peoplecheering for one common team.” — Guillermo Cantu, the Mexican soccer federation’s general secretary, encouraging Americans without a team to support […]
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A third Asian finalist pushes panic button
Not for the first time, Vahid Halilhodzic qualified a team for the World Cup only to be fired on the eve of the finals. In 2010, the Bosnia-born Frenchman was fired by Ivory Coastin late February following the Elephants’ elimination in the quarterfinals of the Africa Cup of Nations in Angola. “I lose one game […]
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Trivia: Coaching changes (World Cup finalists, since June 2017)
Argentina Out: Edgardo Bauza, In: Jorge Sampaoli. SouthKorea Out: Uli Stielike, In: Shin Tae-Yong. Croatia Out: Ante Cacic. In: Zlatko Dalic. *Serbia Out: Slavoljub Muslin. In: Mladen Krstajic. *Saudi Arabia Out: Bert van Marwijk. In/Out Edgardo Bauza; In: Juan Antonio Pizzi. *Australia Out: Ange Postecoglou; In: Bert van Marwijk. *Japan Out: Vahid Halilhodzic;In: Akira Nishino. […]