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South Africa Ahead of the 2010 Cup
Road to 2010 World Cup | October 6th 2008 by Amunti
I'm back. Again. Hopefully for good this time.Anyways, South Africa. Host country of the 2010 World Cup. Enigmatic country going through some difficult change at the moment.According to new South African president Kgalema Motlanthe (pictured, above) read more
De Guzman out for Honduras & Mexico WCQ
The Footie Fool | October 5th 2008
Well, as if this WCQ campaign could stink anymore, it has now completely gone from crap to shite. Reports from the Deportivo website (via squizz) say Julian De Guzman is injured and out for 2 weeks. No DeRo, no Serioux, no De Guzman. read more
Canada Roster for Honduras & Mexico WCQ
The Footie Fool | October 4th 2008
The CSA released the roster for the next 2 Canadian WCQ games against Honduras (Saturday, October 11 in Honduras) and Mexico (in Edmonton Wednesday, October 15) and there are changes aplenty with 7 new names on the roster, and a few familiar ones mis read more
A case for cause marketing
for and from the curious - web 2.0 & social media explored | October 1st 2008 by Klaus Holzapfel
Cause marketing is being defined as a cooperative effort of a “for profit” business and a non-profit organization for mutual benefit. Sometimes it is also defined on a broader base as marketing effort for social and other charitable cause read more
Meet the new football mascot - ZAKUMI
biggestcat | September 29th 2008 by biggestcat
With less than 2 years to go before the first ever World Cup in Africa, the official mascot of the upcoming tournament has been revealed.Zakumi, a cuddly creature with a green afro is to represent the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.The name Zaku read more
DeRo speaks
The Footie Fool | September 29th 2008
Quickly wanted to poiint you to a couple of interesting Canadian soccer tidbits I’ve come across in the past few days. First, there is an interview with Dwayne DeRosario in the National Post where he has some unkind words about, surprise surpr read more
Ethiopia is Out
Road to 2010 World Cup | September 12th 2008 by Amunti
Bad news for Ethiopia.FIFA has announced that Ethiopia have been kicked out of the qualifying campaign for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. The results from all four matches played by Ethiopia to date in Group 8 are now void. The Emergency Commi read more
Scots net vital win
Football Transfer News | September 12th 2008
By Ross Hart Scotland bounced back from Saturday’s opening defeat to Macedonia to defeat Iceland 2-1 in Reykjavik in their World Cup qualifier on Wednesday. Goals from debutant Kirk Broadfoot and James McFadden sealed victory for George Burley& read more
South Africa: It's Getting Bad
Road to 2010 World Cup | September 11th 2008 by Amunti
Now that South Africa have been eliminated from playing in the 2010 African Cup of Nations in Angola ahead of hosting the 2010 World Cup, many in the nation are blaming the South African Football Association (Safa) for their football development prog read more
Mexico 2 Canada 1
The Footie Fool | September 11th 2008
As much as we hoped and prayed for a miracle, it never came. In the end, beating, or even drawing Mexico in Mexico was just too much to expect. But we can take some positives away from this result. There is decent officiating in CONCACAF. Full marks read more
Walcott destined for great things
Football Transfer News | September 11th 2008
Last night Theo Walcott produced the unthinkable. When most knowledgeable of football pundits pinpointed the striking capabilities of Rooney, Heskey, and Cole as England’s goalscoring outlets, the modest young Arsenal man stepped up and scored read more
Canada vs Mexico - where to watch across Canada
The Footie Fool | September 10th 2008
The Miracle in Mexico, the Fracas in Chiapas is going to be live on Sportsnet across Canada regardless of what cable package you have. If you get Sportsnet, you will have the opportunity to witness one of this country’s greatest soccer achie read more
Regroup for Mexico
The Footie Fool | September 9th 2008
Okay, Saturday night is behind me. Time to regroup and prepare for Wednesday. For inspiration, I went back to something I wrote shortly after the Brazil tilt in Seattle. But the most important take away from this game for me was that we came back. No read more
Should South Africa Coach Get Boot?
Road to 2010 World Cup | September 8th 2008 by Amunti
Now that South Africa has been eliminated from the 2010 African Cup of Nations, will South Africa coach Joel Santana get the boot?A South African newspaper editorial from the Cape Times doesn't seem to think so.The South African Football Association read more
Perri runs from the Russian bear!
2010 World Cup Blog | September 8th 2008 by Igor Lashchenko
Before second World Cup qualification match with Russian squad midfielder Pol Perri decided to stop [...] read more
Armenia will be another tough test for Spain
Football Transfer News | September 8th 2008
Spain managed to squeeze past Bosnia-Herzegovina on Saturday but Spain coach Vincente del Bosque expects another tough game against Armenia on Wednesday night. Spain got off to a winning start in the qualification for the 2010 World Cup with David Vi read more
Benin, Cameroon On to Second Phase
Road to 2010 World Cup | September 7th 2008 by Amunti
Benin overcame the formidable challenge of Angola on Sunday to join Nigeria and Cameroon in the last phase of African qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. A 3-2 win in Cotonou for the small West African country came 24 hours after Cam read more
This is why I hate the phrase do or die
The Footie Fool | September 7th 2008
Do or die only counts when you have been mathematically eliminated. And we haven’t been yet. But it’s hard to find a whole lot of confidence that we are going to move onto South Africa after tonight’s performance. The long desperate read more
Live World Cup Qualifying Scores
Road to 2010 World Cup | September 6th 2008 by Amunti
Here, the latest scores from the latest round of 2010 World Cup and African Cup of Nations qualifiers... The joint qualifying campaign will decide which five teams will join hosts South Africa at the World Cup in 2010. The qualification process wil read more
Sportsnet, I owe an apology - we’re getting Mexico!
The Footie Fool | September 5th 2008
A few days ago I ranted about the lack of TV coverage by Sportsnet for the Mexico game. Today I eat crow and recant my rant as they finally announced (via Gerry Dobson’s blog), that they will be carrying the game and yes, it will be live. And f read more
Sportsnet streams Canada vs Honduras
The Footie Fool | September 5th 2008
Just in case I failed to mention it here before, Sportsnet will be streaming tomorrow night’s WCQ vs. Honduras from Montreal. As for regular TV coverage, the schedule is the typical convoluted Sportsnet mash of times and delays that requires a read more
Blatter to Visit South Africa Next Week
Road to 2010 World Cup | September 5th 2008 by Amunti
While most of the world is in qualification mode for the 2010 World Cup, the host country South Africa is also in 'qualification mode.'FIFA president Sepp Blatter visits South Africa next week and organizers of the 2010 World Cup are confident the he read more
Unprofitable teams for betting
2010 World Cup Blog | September 5th 2008 by Igor Lashchenko
Unfortunately there are unprofitable games [...] read more
Sportsnet - What, no Mexico? Are you serious?
The Footie Fool | September 4th 2008
Just when you think TV coverage might be geting a bit better for soccer in this country comes the shocker that Sportsnet may not be carrying the Mexico-Canada WCQ on Wednesday from Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiappa. The V’s boards are lighting up with read more
Canada vs. Honduras - the tactics according the Julian deGuzman
The Footie Fool | September 4th 2008
jpg75 of the Voyageurs managed to sit on on a conference press call with Julian DeGuzman earlier today. A summary of the call was posted on the V’s boards. In a nutshell, JDG mentioned that Canada will be targeting the back 4 of Honduras as th read more
Lars, Lars, He’s Our Man!
The Footie Fool | September 3rd 2008
Okay, if you were Dale Mitchell, who would you start between the pipes on Saturday against Honduras? I’m serious here. I really am curious as to what a manager in his position is thinking right now. If he doesn’t go with Onstad, will that read more
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