FIFA Confederations Cup

How would some­one char­ac­ter­ize US Soccer’s Sum­mer of 2009? The extreme opti­mist would say that the US made a non-CONCACAF tour­na­ment major final for the 1st time by end­ing Spain’s world record streak, then with a “B” side made it to the final of the CONCACAF Gold Cup. The extreme pes­simist would say that the United […]

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Confederations Cup 3rd Place Match Is A Thriller

by George Metellus on June 28, 2009 · 0 comments

The excit­ing 2009 FIFA Con­fed­er­a­tions Cup is unfor­tu­nately over as the final match­day wit­nessed 2 dra­matic matches with iden­ti­cal score­lines that jus­tify football’s place as “The Beau­ti­ful Game.” The 3rd place game was a Thriller. La Furia Roja and Bafana Bafana played an extra time affair whose drama started in the 2nd half with some […]

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Americans Shock The Footballing World

by George Metellus on June 25, 2009 · 0 comments

It was sup­posed to be a butt whip­pin, it was sup­posed to be like that super­model that bitched Ter­rell Owens on the new NBC show, Super­stars. The FIFA Con­fed­er­a­tions Cup semi­fi­nal between Spain and the USA would set US Soc­cer back 20 years. Every­one who watches foot­ball thought that La Furia Roja would embar­rass the […]

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The expres­sion “That’s why they play the games” was never more fit­ting than the last round of matches in Group B of the 2009 FIFA Con­fed­er­a­tions Cup. The United States look DONE. The Stars & Stripes had scored 1 goal and allowed 6 in their first 2 Group B matches, they had more red cards […]

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Lippi Sets Azzurri Roster For Confederations Cup

by George Metellus on June 4, 2009 · 2 comments

Marcelo Lippi final­ized his Azzurri squad for the 2009 FIFA Con­fed­er­a­tions Cup and the big news is that Inter’s teenage sen­sa­tion Davide San­ton. The young­ster played mostly left back for Inter but is seen as a player who can play on both sides. Three red-hot attack­ing play­ers with break­out sea­sons in the 08–09 Serie A campaign […]

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It is well known that Italy is a cen­ter of high fash­ion and style. The Azzurri jer­sey is nat­u­rally an exten­sion of that fash­ion sense. The 2009 FIFA Con­fed­er­a­tions Cup will see a new Ital­ian shirt that promises to be a hot seller. Check it out: The new shirt will be worn by the 4-time World […]

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The 1st test for South Africa and its prepa­ra­tions for the 2010 World Cup will be the 2009 Con­fed­er­a­tions Cup. The main focus will be the readi­ness of the sta­di­ums and for the short tour­na­ment in June, 4 sta­di­ums have been cho­sen to host Con­fed­er­a­tions Cup matches. Lof­tus Vers­feld Sta­dium — Tshwane/Pretoria The sta­dium was […]

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