Soccer Sorcery

The FIFA scholar department has finished some World Cup number crunching, as well as released the organisation theatre stats. Good news is that allempiricalevidence points to Sunday's Mexico vs Argentina Round of sixteen game being overwhelming - numbers wise - as it facilities two of World Cup 2010's statistical leaders. Argentina's Leo Messi had the many shots upon aim in the organisation theatre with 11, as well as additionally shares the lead for many piece for one person runs, as both he as well as Brazil's Maicon got dribbly with it 18 times. Argentina striker Gonzalo Higuain is additionally joint tip tip scorer with three goals, the record he shares with Spain's David Villa, Slovakia's Robert Vittek, as well as now Ghana's Asamoah Gyan. The numbers don't all preference Argentina though. Mexico's Javier Hernandez has been clocked as the fastest player in the World Cup so far, with FIFA's speed guns (I'm presumption they make use of spe

?The United States is out at a Round of 16, losing in additional time to Ghana, though did their play match a last score? The panel disagrees, deliberating that, Uruguays win over South Korea, as well as tomorrows matched: England-Germany as well as Argentina-Mexico. Its all on this book of a World Cup Buzz Podcast. Watch Free Live Soccer Football Matches Online Here

It was bound to happen as well as opposite Ghana it did, perhaps the bit progressing than it unequivocally should have. The U.S. usually fell behind the single too many times as well as fell short opposite the plain Ghana organisation which deserved the 2-1 win in additional time. Still, it's difficult to ignore the glaring problems which set this U.S. organisation up for what can reasonably seen as beforehand failure. They fought incredibly hard as well as showed extraordinary resilience, though in the end, many of the reasons the U.S. is now out of the World Cup can be traced behind to manager Bob Bradley. Coaches have been mostly done into scapegoats as well as the targets of misguided frustration, though in the box of Bradley it's transparent which blame is deserved. In the Ghana game alone, his mistakes were obvious as well as lethal. [ Photos: More images of U.S. manager Bob Bradley] Instead of sticking with the lineup which got them the win over Algeria, he reinserted

The outrageous clash in between England as well as Germany is garnering a outrageous volume of media attention, though lest we dont think about which Sunday additionally sees a super exciting Mexico as well as Argentina face-off. Utilizing his incapacity to go five minutes without observant something awesome, Diego Maradona has brought a world's attention to a battle of a Latin American nations with his latest incisive interview. Ricardo La Volpe was a reserve goalkeeper in a Argentina patrol which won a 1978 World Cup, as well as he after went upon to conduct several Mexican joining teams, before receiving a helm of a Mexico inhabitant side in 2002. Having outlayed most of his post-playing career in a Estados Unidos Mexicanos, La Volpe has corroborated them to strike his homeland Sunday. This has caused quite a kerfuffle in Argentina, as well as no a single has been a fiercer critic of a turncoat which Senor Maradona: "It creates me very cross, it has to do with respect. If

It's never fun starting home to the disappointed nation after crashing out of the World Cup. Cameroon found this out upon Friday as their welcome home cabinet consisted of the organisation of people led by the very angry looking man (center) as well as the smiling man in the green cloak who might or might not be stealing the blade (right). And what does which poetic sign say? You do not similar to Cameroon, shame upon you Not what we want to see after losing all 3 of your organisation matches when we were picked by most to advance. I mean, to go so far as to contend which the players "do not similar to Cameroon"? That's harsh. Photo: Getty Images English & European Football Clubs & Leagues News | Video | Commentary

And so, on Sunday, Germany will join Argentina as the team we have most faced at the World Cup, as it’ll be the fifth time the two teams have met.* So I figure, now is as good a time as any to have a look back at the previous encounters, nearly all of which were explosive. 1966 World Cup Final. Popout Obviously, it all started here, with England’s first, and to date, only, World Cup victory. It was, I think its fair to say, a bit of a cracker. England won 4-2, after Extra Time and a controversial hat-trick from Sir Geoff Hurst. Franz Beckenbauer was just a 17 year old who showed a lot of promise. He’d get his revenge. (West) Germany opened the scoring after a defensive blunder, Geoff Hurst equalised after a quick Bobby Moore Free Kick. Martin Peters seemed to score the winning goal after a Hurst shot was blocked and fell into his path, but right at the death, a goalmouth scramble gave Germany a draw. To extra time. Alf Ramsey sent his troops out with the words “You’ve beaten them once

by Rob McCluskey The start of the knockout stages always makes me rather sad. Because it signals that the end of another World Cup isn’t too far away, but on the plus side, we get to see some of the best nations in the world attempt to become a hero. I’m sure most of you American readers are preparing yourself for the big game tonight, and with USA finishing top there has never been a better chance in moderns times for America to really challenge at the top stage. The fixtures for the last 16 have just came up on the screen and I think this is an exciting draw and although this has been a strange world cup in terms of talking points, it hasn’t lost any of it’s excitement or enthusiasm, and we are seeing football reach out to even more people. But enough of the analytical crap of how good football is, we have the first knockout game of the tournament right now! The impressive Uruguay come up against a South Korean side that can always cause problems. I will be watching from England on I

by Sebastian Shepard After watching the Italian national team’s disastrous exit from the World Cup, I could not help but think that such a flaccid performance was required not just once, but twice. Why? The myth of the 2006 champions has punished la Nazionale for far too long, and such a powerful story like being ‘i campioni del mondo’ needed to be really shaken out of everyone’s minds. What is this myth? It is the continued idea that the 2006 team was perfect and the same formula would produce similar, if not victorious results. I am not saying the great players of the winning campaign four years ago were not great. They were, and their lifting of the trophy was deserved. However, the players of Germany 2006, and more importantly, the near identical tactics to go with them, were so apocalyptically bad in the following tournaments that they needed to be unequivocally humiliated. But to shatter the continued reliance on essentially the same team, this ridiculous humbling had t

Popout This is one of the most bizarre World Cup videos you’re likely to see for quite some time. It features Denmark’s Nicklas Bendtner being forced by a referee to color his socks during the game against Japan. FIFA rules declare that players are not supposed to wear tape that isn’t the same color as their socks. So when the ref noticed that Bendtner was wearing white tape on top of red socks, the Arsenal striker had to borrow a magic marker to color the tape.

by John Boschini Brazil 0, Portugal 0 Brazil topped the proverbial “Group of Death” with relative ease with Portugal following them into the knockout rounds courtesy of a 0-0 draw. It was a day when two of the most prolific offenses in the game created a fair amount of chances and half-chances but couldn’t finish them off. Brazilian striker Nilmar’s close-range effort was pushed onto the post by Portugese goalkeeper Eduardo for the only close call of the opening half. But what the first half was full of was yellow cards, seven players were cautioned during the opening period as these longtime rivals played physical soccer. The second half offered a few chances but Brazil’s Julio Cesary and Eduardo showed why they are two of the best keepers in the world. Brazilian manager Dunga was not impressed by Portugal’s defensive setup “”We played to win, but our opponent didn’t,” Dunga said. “We always tried to attack, but they only tried to take advantage of our mistakes.” Ivory Coast 3, North

Popout Watch the sneak preview of Nike’s new Write The Future viral video featuring Brazil’s Robinho making mincemeat of his opposition as he dribbles past the opposition. The new Nike viral World CUp video is supposed to premiere next week. Enjoy.

A proper opening to the knockouts is what we wanted and it’s definitely what we got – even if it was played under a deluge of rain and there were more people on the pitch than in the stands by the end of it. Uruguay nabbed the victory late but it was an excellent show and the winner of Ghana v US is in heaps of trouble in the quarterfinals. The South Americans pressed, scored, went into their defensive shell, conceded when Fernando Muslera was a bit too rambunctious, exited their defensive shell and simply scored again. They played as almost three teams under poor pitch conditions and looked very impressive for much of the game. Though maybe not heavy favorites, Uruguay were the much fancied team heading into this one. So when Luis Suarez tucked a free ball into the side netting in the eight minute, it looked like South Korea were in very big trouble. Uruguay 1-0 South Korea Popout Simão | MySpace Video And since it was a one goal win, you could say it was very big trouble – they lost

by Stuart Webb The group stages have concluded and now we can all look forward to good old fashioned knockout Football. What this World Cup has provided us so far has been, well, a bit baffling really, it has provided little in the way of genuine thrills and excitement but a huge amount of intrigue. It has been engrossing and most importantly it has provided some genuine surprises. Group A was the setting for the demise of the French, no heart, no passion, no cohesion, spats, rows and fallouts equalled one point for Les Bleus and a shameful early flight home. Henry should’vedone the world a favour and kept his hand by his side. Uruguay and Mexico qualified from the group with relative ease, both sides have shown through some assured displays that they are more than capable of having a successful run in this World Cup. It was such a disappointment not to see the South Africans get through, maybe naivety, nerves and a little bit of expectation got the better of them, particularly against

Uruguay clinically disposed of plucky South Korea in Port Elizabeth, their 2-1 win cumulative by a consummate finishing of Ajax striker Luis Suarez. A enormous game to begin a impressive person phase, though no surprise. By my calculations, South American teams have played sixteen games during South Africa 2010, coming away with eleven wins, four draws, as well as a single, incomprehensible 2-1 better by 10-man Chile during a hands of Spain in a final game of a organisation phase. To give them their full name, a Repblica Oriental del Uruguay (the Eastern Republic of Uruguay) survived a rain, a late equaliser, a dismal crowd, as well as an abominable aspect to go upon a CONMEBOL dominance of this World Cupand strech a final 8 for a initial time given 1970. With a race of usually 3.5 million, Uruguay have been frequency a huge nation. On land distance alone, they have been a second-smallest nation in Latin American (after little Surinam), though become a initial side from South Amer

Welcome to the liveblog of USA vs Ghana in the World Cup Round of 16, with USA WCB writers Jen and Ed. Read up on the match with our USA vs Ghana preview , and make your comments before, during and after the match in the liveblog window. Goal videos: Popout Bet on USA vs. Ghana Don’t just take our word on the match. Check out match comments from carefully selected Twitter accounts: FAN RESOURCES USA USA Team Blog | Follow on Facebook | Follow on Twitter USA World Cup Jerseys | USA Soccer Tickets Ghana Ghana Team Blog | Follow on Facebook | Follow on Twitter Ghana Football Jerseys | Ghana World Cup Tickets

Welcome, football fans. Once again, Bryan Sakakeeny here broadcasting from the proxy soccer collateral of the world in North Andover, Massachusetts to bring you live coverage of the Round of 16, commencement with today's first matchup: Uruguay vs. South Korea. Now, you all adore when organisation play kicks off, though after dual weeks of predominantly cagey matches culminating with Brazil as well as Portugal putting me to nap viaa scoreless draw, it's protected to say we're all ready for the impressive person stages to begin. We've got an interesting as well as no disbelief entertaining diversion in the hopper today, Uruguay entered the World Cup as dim equine to allege in second placeout of Group A behind possibly Mexico or France, the outcome which would've pitted them against Argentina today. Likewise, South Korea probablyfanciedtheir chances removing out ofGroup B in the second position, though were awaiting tomeet the France of old in the impressive person st

Welcome to the liveblog of Uruguay vs South Korea . The first knockout game of World Cup 2010. Read up on the match with our Uruguay vs South Korea preview . If you’ve been enjoying our liveblogs (and we hope you have) then please help promote this post by clicking either the Facebook like or retweet buttons in the top right corner. Spanish speaking fans of La Celeste might want to try Esteban’s liveblog en Español over at the Uruguay blog . If you don’t fall into that category, then stick with us here on the frontpage. Goal videos: Suarez: Popout Lee Chung-Young Bet on Uruguay vs. South Korea Luis Suarez Don’t just take our word on the match. Check out match comments from carefully selected Twitter accounts: FAN RESOURCES Uruguay Uruguay Blog | Follow on Facebook | Follow on Twitter Uruguay Jerseys | Uruguay Tickets South Korea Blog | Follow on Facebook | Follow on Twitter South Korea Jerseys | South Korea Tickets

The impressive person rounds have been here, as good as for those of us spooky with football, this is a Christmas. sixteen teams have been left, as good as every time a match ends, a single organisation moves upon as good as a single goes home, until we crown a brand new World Cup champion. But for fans of a sixteen teams now eliminated from a possibility to raise which trophy, it can be a depressing time. Hopes were high, infrequently unrealistically high. Maybe tickets were bought for matches which true fans only knew their side would make. If youre a single of those sides which finds themselves upon a outside of a turn of sixteen looking in, its time to collect your second (or is it third) side, as good as get during a back of a single of a superfluous teams. The pick is not to watch, or not to base for anyone, as good as thats only madness. Here have been a sixteen teams as good as a quick reason of since we should await them in a next round. Weve additionally enclosed link

With the organisation stage of World Cup 2010 over, you have to contend goodbye to sixteen of the 32 teams. Thats 368 players whose World Cup adventure is finished only dual weeks after it began. Which is the shame, since the small of those players merit to stay as well as fool around in South Africa, as well as the small of the flourishing sixteen teams could use their services. So receiving the cue from Dave Chapelles Racial Draft, Chris as well as myself formed an unpretentious World Cup 2010 Draft Committee, as well as allocated one player from each eliminated group to each of the sixteen superfluous teams. Here have been the picks: Argentina : Nemanja Vidic (Serbia) Nothing wrong with Argentinas defence so far, though pairing the shaven head as well as frightful face of Nemanja Vidic with the shaven head as well as frightful face of Walter Samuel proved irresistible. Brazil : Andrea Pirlo (Italy) Dunga is clearly reluctant to deviate from his stand in defensive midfielder format

Yet more video has emerged following Fabio Capello on England’s bench during the 1-0 win over Slovenia on Wednesday. Spanish TV station Cuatro produced a lengthy report with subtitles following Don Fabio throughout the match and the Italian was not a happy bunny. “El show de Capello” begins with the former AC Milan and Real Madrid coach frequently using his favourite phrase “F***ing press the ball.” This moved on to “Barry, the fucking ball, Barry.” Throughout the game Stuart Pearce, now an England coach and former Three Lions legend, takes the brunt of Capello’s anger. After Capello had complained to the fourth official in Spanish, he then orders Pearce to “Sit down! Eh, sit down!” When the former Nottingham Forest full back sits down the Italian the England boss changes his mind and says “Did you sit down before? Yes? Well, get up!” England physio Gary Lewin, sitting to the right of Capello smirks and for the rest of the match the Italian continues to rage until the final whistl