[MY VIEW] American soccer as we know it would not exist if FIFA had not awarded it the 1994 World Cup. No doubt. But it has perhaps done too well for its owngood. What will the legacy be of a second World Cup in the United States? The legacy question is one of the few […]
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Money no object for Qatar 2022
[WORLD CUP 2018/22 BIDS] Qatar is a country with literally more money than it knows what to do with — thanks to its North Field natural gas reserves — and ithas thrown hundreds of millions of dollars into its improbable bid to host the 2022 World Cup — a bid that, according to a former […]
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Putin cancels trip, spinmeisters go to work
[ZURICH COUNTDOWN] Less than 48 hours before the FIFA executive committee selects the hosts of the 2018/22 World Cups, RuudGullit is doing his best to whip up the citizens of Zurich into World Cup frenzy. It’s freezing with fresh snow on the ground, but Gullit, head of the Netherlands-Belgium bid for the 2018 WorldCup, was […]
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Fresh payoff charges rock FIFA
[ZURICH COUNTDOWN] The World Cup 2018/22 races were thrown into more confusion on Monday with various media sources linking three key FIFA executive committeemembers who will vote on Thursday to payoffs from ISL, the international sports agency, before its collapse in 2001. Ricardo Teixeira (former FIFApresident Joao Havelange‘s former son-in-law and the boss of Brazilian […]
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Morgan Freeman to present on behalf of USA
[WORLD CUP 2018/22 BIDS] Actor Morgan Freeman will join former President BillClinton, U.S. Soccer President Sunil Gulati and U.S. national team midfielder Landon Donovan in making the USA’sfinal presentation on behalf of its bid to host the 2022 World Cup to the FIFA Executive Committee on Wednesday in Zurich. Freeman is the narrator of the […]
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FSC to air World Cup announcement special
[TELEVISION GUIDE] The World Cup 2018 and 2022 host announcement will be made on Thursday at around 10 a.m. ET from Zurich, where the FIFA executive committeewill vote. Fox Soccer Channel will air “Decision Day 2022: A Fox Soccer Report Special” beginning at 9:30 a.m. ET. Alan Rothenberg,head of the 1994 World Cup organizing committee and […]
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SA POLL: Who will be awarded the 2022 World Cup?
On Thursday, the FIFA executive committee will meet in Zurich to award the hosts of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. The USA is in a tight race against four bidders from the Asian confederation toearn the right to host the 2022 World Cup. Who do you think will win the 2022 race? pollby twiigs.com
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Making sense of the World Cup bid races
[ZURICH COUNTDOWN] The races for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups are utterly complex with political forces conspiring to make the outcomes of both impossible topredict. Six, maybe seven, of the nine contenders have a legitimate shot of winning the right to host one of the two World Cups up for grabs. A few numbers […]
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Cutting it close?
[ZURICH COUNTDOWN] As the countdown to Thursday’s vote by FIFA’s executive committee on the hosts of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups in Zurich continues, SoccerAmerica spotlights the latest developments … Cutting it close? Former President Bill Clinton will lead theU.S. delegation that will present its case for the 2022 World Cup to the FIFA […]
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Clinton: four reasons for USA '22
[WORLD CUP 2018/22 BIDS] Former President Bill Clinton, who will lead the U.S. delegation that will made itspresentation to the FIFA executive committee next week, sets out his case for USA ’22 … In an essay that appears online at si.com, Clinton 1. Thelevel of enthusiasm for the game has never been greater across America, […]