“There is a rule which says what is written remains while spoken words are blown away by the wind.” — Carlo Tavecchio, reading off a list of achievements he made as Italian soccerfederation president at a press conference to announce his resignation in the wake of Italy’s failure to qualify for the 2018 World Cup. […]
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What They're Saying: John Koskinen
“It’s disappointing. There’s certainly a lot of debate right now in the soccer community. But we feel a little better now that it happened to Italy, too. You know, in my career, I’vebeen around a lot of failure, and my experience is that people often say, oh, we need to start over. It doesn’t usually […]
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Twenty-five MLS players qualify for the World Cup
Orlando City’s Yoshi Yotun (a second-half sub) and Vancouver’s Yordy Reyna (on the bench) were part of the Peru team that beat New Zealand, 2-0, on Wednesday night and qualified for theWorld Cup finals. They bring to 25 the number of current MLS players who played during 2018 World Cup qualifying on teams that will […]
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World Cup 2018: Who's there and who's not there
The 32-team field for the World Cup was set on Wednesday night when Peru booked its ticket to the finals for Russia with a 2-0 win over New Zealand to win their series, 2-0. The 32 teamswill be placed into four pots, based on the October 2017 FIFA rankings, for the final draw, which will […]
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World Cup 2018 Draw: The four pots
These will be the four pots for the 2018 World Cup draw (Dec. 1 in Moscow), based on Oct. FIFA rankings. POT165. Host Russia Previous appearances: 10. Last appearance: 2014 (first round). 1. (Q) Germany Previous appearances: 18. Last appearance: 2014 (champion). 2. (Q) Brazil Previous appearances: 20. Last appearance: 2014 (fourth place). 3. (Q)Portugal […]
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Results: World Cup 2018 playoffs, second legs
Wednesday: Australia 3 Honduras 1 (Aggregate: 3-1) (Jedinak 53, pen. 72, pen. 85; Elis 90+4.) Tuesday: Ireland 1 Denmark 5 (Aggregate: 1-5) (Duffy6; own goal 29, Eriksen 32, 63, 73, Bendtner pen. 90.) Monday: Italy 0 Sweden 0 (Aggregate: 0-1) Sunday: Switzerland 0 Northern Ireland 0 (Aggregate:1-0) Greece 0 Croatia 0 (Aggregate: 1-4) Schedule: Wednesday: […]
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Watch: Denmark rout Ireland to reach the World Cup
Denmark drubbed Ireland 5-1 in Dublin with hat trick of golazos from Christian Eriksen to qualify for the World Cup
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Results: World Cup 2018 playoffs, second legs
Tuesday: Ireland 1 Denmark 5 (Aggregate: 1-5) (Duffy 6; own goal 29, Eriksen 32, 63, 73, Bendtner pen. 90.) Monday: Italy 0 Sweden 0 (Aggregate: 0-1)Sunday: Switzerland 0 Northern Ireland 0 (Aggregate: 1-0) Greece 0 Croatia 0 (Aggregate: 1-4) Schedule: Wednesday: Australia-Honduras, 4 a.m. ET (BeIN Sports, BeIN Sports en Espanol, ESPN3) — Peru-New Zealand, […]
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What They're Saying: Stefano Cantalupi
“We will not be with you and you will not be with us. A love so great must be reserved for other things. Italy will not participate at the World Cup. It is time to start thinking about what else wecan do in June and July: concerts, cinema, village festivals. Anything but watching Sweden play […]
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What They're Saying: Gianluigi Buffon
“It’s a shame my last official game coincided with the failure to qualify for the World Cup. Blame is shared equally between everyone. There can’t be scapegoats.” — A tearful Italiangoalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon, apologizing after the Azzurri were eliminated from the 2018 World Cup after their 0-0 tie with Sweden knocked them out of next […]