Archive: 2010 World Cup
Morning Kickaround
If the DCU coverage in the Post sports section wasn't enough for you..... .....the Business section looks at the impact of a big Ethiopian tournament at RFK. .....and the Metro section has stories about the homeless soccer tournament and a Euro-viewing party at the Austrian Embassy. *Sepp Blatter acknowledges having...
By Steve Goff | June 30, 2008; 08:33 AM ET | Comments (24)
Morning Kickaround
*The final round of Asian World Cup qualifying is set. Which four teams do you think will qualify for South Africa? The clear favorites are Australia, Japan, South Korea and Iran. *A link to my Beckham-Gallardo, LA-DC story in today's print edition. *I will follow up later today on Latin...
By Steve Goff | June 28, 2008; 08:49 AM ET | Comments (21)
Video From Salvadoran Comeback
El Salvador 3, Panama 1 (3-2 aggregate):...
By Steve Goff | June 23, 2008; 10:37 AM ET | Comments (12)
The CONCACAF Dozen
The second round of CONCACAF World Cup qualifying concluded Sunday night with a shocker: El Salvador scoring three times in the final 20 minutes -- the first two by former DCUer Eliseo Quintanilla -- to defeat Panama, 3-1, at Estadio Cuscatlan and win the home-and-home series by a 3-2 aggregate....
By Steve Goff | June 23, 2008; 12:00 AM ET | Comments (35)
Matchday DCU, USA, Europe
Welcome to the Sunday mega-thread: *San Jose at DCU, 3 ET (CSN, Telefutura) *USA at Barbados, 3 (ESPN Classic, Galavision) *Italy vs. Spain, 2:30 (ESPN) *Other World Cup qualifiers, including El Salvador and Bermuda looking to upset Panama and T&T, respectively. Just for the fun of it, discussions on all...
By Steve Goff | June 22, 2008; 01:07 PM ET | Comments (42)
Saturday in the Park
Today's lineup..... EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP Quarterfinals Netherlands vs. Russia, 2:30 ET (ABC) WORLD CUP QUALIFYING Belize at Mexico, 10 (Telemundo) Guatemala vs. St. Lucia in L.A., 10 Grenada at Costa Rica, 10 ...and lots of African matches. MLS Kansas City at Toronto, 3:30 Dallas at New York, 7:30 (FSC) Houston at...
By Steve Goff | June 21, 2008; 01:01 PM ET | Comments (7)
Morning Kickaround
*Bob Bradley might want to rescind Chad Barrett's invitation to Sunday's World Cup qualifier at Barbados after watching his two first-half misses druing last night's 2-0 loss at Chivas USA. (Video match highlights are available by clicking here.) MLS's best team through the first third of the season, the Fire...
By Steve Goff | June 20, 2008; 08:52 AM ET | Comments (53)
Barbados, Bakary, Books and Back-to-Back
A variety of afternoon topics to discuss: *Sticking with the alliteration, Bob Bradley is in the process of finalizing his roster for the almost meaningless World Cup qualifier at Barbados on Sunday. The following players have been dropped from consideration: Ching, Dempsey, Cherundolo, Donovan, Guzan, Hejduk, Edu, Kljestan, Mastroeni and...
By Steve Goff | June 19, 2008; 12:38 PM ET | Comments (47)
Morning Kickaround
*The Euro quarterfinals get underway today with Portugal facing Germany in Basel (2:45 ET, ESPN). *New England's unbeaten streak reaches seven with a 1-1 tie against visiting New York. Credit to the Revs' Shalrie Joseph, who played for Grenada over the weekend, returned to Foxborough to play all 90 in...
By Steve Goff | June 19, 2008; 08:39 AM ET | Comments (47)
Morning Kickaround
*The complete Luciano Emilio story and other DCU notes are available here. TODAY IN MLS -- New York at New England, 7:30 -- San Jose at Real Salt Lake, 9 Depleted and defensive-inept Red Bulls attempt to slow the surging Revs, while RSL looks to extend its modest streak against...
By Steve Goff | June 18, 2008; 07:30 AM ET | Comments (44)
48 Hours
I am off the grid for a couple days in order to attend a family function in a foreign land (okay, it's Ohio) and will not rejoin you until Tuesday morning. Lots of activity on Planet Futbol while I am away: SUNDAY *USA vs. Barbados, 5 p.m. ET (ESPN2, Galavision)...
By Steve Goff | June 15, 2008; 09:00 AM ET | Comments (95)
Morning Kickaround
*The second round of World Cup qualifying in CONCACAF began last night with Honduras crushing visiting Puerto Rico, 4-0. *Greenbelt United? Read this. *In a U.S. Open Cup qualifier, Kansas City defeated Colorado on penalty kicks following a 2-2 tie to reach the round of 16 starting July 1. Ivan...
By Steve Goff | June 5, 2008; 09:36 AM ET | Comments (41)
Going South
Carlos Alberto Parreira, the renowned Brazilian, stepped down as South Africa's national team coach because of his wife's illness, a decision that apparently had been kept quiet for weeks. Curiously, the replacement is countryman Joel Santana, who has never coached a national team. Bafana Bafana has not made much progress...
By Steve Goff | April 22, 2008; 09:41 AM ET | Comments (58)
