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Sports Central
June 7, 2006
Piet Van Leer |
World Cup Preview: Group G There should be very little drama with who finishes at the top of Group G, but after that nothing is certain.   |
Sports Central
June 4, 2006
Piet Van Leer |
World Cup Preview: Group E The United States finds itself smack dab in the middle of the second group of death in this World Cup. If the United States are to advance out of this group, it would be a monumental achievement of the highest order. |
Sports Central
May 27, 2006
Piet Van Leer |
World Cup Preview: Group C Aside from tournament contenders Argentina and the Netherlands, both Serbia and Montenegro and the Ivory Coast have the talent to get out of this deep group. |
Sports Central
June 29, 2006
Piet Van Leer |
World Cup: Italy vs. Ukraine The second World Cup game on Friday features a depleted Italy squad against a goal-challenged Ukraine side in what is easily the least anticipated quarterfinal of the 2006 World Cup, unless you are an Italian or Ukranian fan. |
Sports Central
June 6, 2006
Piet Van Leer |
World Cup Preview: Group F It doesn't take a genius to figure out that Brazil will win this group. The race for second, though, is anything but clear. |
Sports Illustrated
May 21, 2002
Grant Wahl |
Viva Italia 32 teams will clash in Japan and South Korea for soccer's utlimate prize. Here's how we see the field -- and why the Italians will have reason to celebrate... |
Salon.com
May 30, 2002
Andrew O'Hehir |
Get your World Cup scorecard! Everything you need to know about the players and teams... |
Sports Central
May 20, 2006
Piet Van Leer |
World Cup Preview: Group A One of the weakest groups in this summer's World Cup features the host nation Germany, along with Poland, Ecuador, and Costa Rica. |
Sports Central
June 1, 2006
Piet Van Leer |
World Cup Preview: Group D Group D is about as straight-forward as you get: Two soccer teams (Portugal and Mexico) flooded with distinguished players, and two teams (Iran and Angola) who are clearly not. |
Sports Central
April 12, 2012
Kevin Beane |
Euro 2012 Preview It's getting close to time for the second-biggest global soccer spectacle, the Euros. Spain are the defending champions, and solidified their hold as the best team in the world by following that up by winning the World Cup. |
Sports Central
June 15, 2006
Piet Van Leer |
World Cup: Round 1 Observations The dirt does make a difference... New ball scores with fans, FIFA... Where are the superstars?... etc. |
Sports Central
April 24, 2014
Kevin Beane |
World Cup Preview, Groups C and D The author examines eight teams in groups C and D and predicts the likely winners. |
Salon.com
May 30, 2002
Andrew O'Hehir |
The greatest show on earth It's World Cup time again -- when more than a billion people will be enthralled not just by the joy of victory and agony of defeat, but also by the mystery and despair that is championship soccer... |
Sports Central
May 22, 2014
Kevin Beane |
World Cup Preview, Groups G and H The author predicts the likelihood of success for teams from the USA, Germany, Portugal, and more. |
Sports Central
April 10, 2014
Kevin Beane |
World Cup Preview, Groups A and B With the World Cup scarcely over two months away, it's time to roll out the previews. In this first of a four-part series, I will be looking at groups A and B. |
AskMen.com
David Stoll |
Top 20: Soccer Players Of All Time Basically, a footballer who is a national hero or a club legend must obviously be considered one of the greatest. Read these players' biographies and decide for yourself whether they would be included in your top 20. |
AskMen.com
December 1, 2013
Simon Kuper |
5 Big Questions To Prepare You For The World Cup Draw However, even that might not be enough to match Maradona in legend. What the older man did in 1986 is essentially unrepeatable: to win a World Cup with a minimum of help from his teammates, hardly any of whom is still remembered today. |
Sports Central
June 3, 2010
Kevin Beane |
Slant Pattern's 2010 World Cup Preview It's that time of the decade, where half of you (Americans) will take an interest in soccer for three weeks and then put it to bed for four years, and the other half will revel in your prideful ignorance. |
Sports Central
June 30, 2009
Ross Lancaster |
So Close to Glory, But Getting Closer The US soccer team is the most skilled and talented than they have been in the past. |
Sports Central
May 24, 2006
Piet Van Leer |
World Cup Preview: Group B The Group of Death this group is not, but it won't be a cakewalk for the favorites to get through. Here's who and what you need to know as the games kick off. |
BusinessWeek
June 3, 2010
Roger Bennett |
The World Is Watching the World Cup A spectator's guide to the soccer tournament in South Africa. Whom to root for -- or against -- and who has the coolest uniforms |
Sports Central
June 28, 2006
Piet Van Leer |
World Cup: Blame Begins With FIFA The referees have come under even more scrutiny in this World Cup than in previous ones, and that is truly saying something. But if you are looking to blame anyone, don't put it solely on the referees. |
AskMen.com
Simon Kuper |
Euro 2012 Preview Despite the wide-open nature of this tournament, there's no doubt about the three best teams going into the tournament: Spain, Holland and Germany. |
AskMen.com
October 28, 2013
Simon Kuper |
2014 World Cup Preview Possibly the four best teams on earth today -- Brazil, Germany, Argentina and Spain -- are intent on providing more attacking thrills than we've seen in many a tournament. |
Sports Central
May 9, 2014
Kevin Beane |
World Cup Preview, Groups E and F Groups E and F include Switzerland, Ecuador, Argentina, and more. |
Salon.com
June 12, 2002
Andrew O'Hehir |
Sacre bleu! Dios mio! It's the Bizarro World Cup! France fades into Sartrean nothingness, Argentina dances the tango of despair and the United States and Japan, titans of world baseball -- sorry, I mean soccer -- rise up. |
Sports Central
February 14, 2008
Kevin Beane |
Slant Pattern Soccer Quick Hitches A look at the English Premier team and the U.S. Men's National team. |
Salon.com
July 2, 2002
Andrew O'Hehir |
Ten things I learned about life and soccer from the 2002 World Cup There is a football God, and despite the wild twists and turns of this year's tournament, He's still Brazilian. |
AskMen.com
Simon Kuper |
Soccer In 2012 The year's highlight should be the European Championship, team for team a considerably stronger competition than the World Cup. Spain hopes to become the first side to complete the treble of Euro, World Cup and then Euro, and judging strictly by personnel, it should do it. |
AskMen.com
July 31, 2013
Simon Kuper |
2013 Soccer The seven most powerful European clubs -- Manchester United, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Chelsea, Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain -- start the season with a new manager. |
Sports Illustrated
June 5, 2002
Grant Wahl |
Opening statement Much, perhaps too much, goes the American way in their first match of the World Cup. |
Sports Central
June 30, 2006
Piet Van Leer |
World Cup: Brazil vs. France What better way to end the quarterfinals than a repeat of the 1998 World Cup final? Brazil vs. France for the right to prolong a quest for the greatest title in all of sport. |
AskMen.com
June 12, 2002
Dennis O'Connell |
Top 10 Most Attended World Cup Games Pride is one thing, but facts and figures are another. This list looks at the most watched World Cup finals in terms of average attendance at each game. |
AskMen.com
June 28, 2014
Dave Golokhov |
GIF Guide: Understanding The World's Soccer Strategies, One GIF At A Time For those of you new to soccer, we've highlighted some strategies from basic to advanced in terms of what you might see at the World Cup |
Sports Central
March 29, 2007
Kevin Beane |
European Soccer Gluttony The biggest country-level soccer competition besides the World Cup is probably the UEFA European Football Championship. |
AskMen.com
Jack Doyle |
USA Soccer Has No Chance Against England With a runner-up finish in the 2009 Confederations Cup still fresh in the minds of U.S. soccer fans, expectations for World Cup success have never been higher. |
AskMen.com
July 9, 2014
Leo Moynihan |
R.I.P. Brazilian Flair: The Real Reason Brazil's Style Dried Up, As Told By The Locals Don't just criticize Luiz Felipe Scolari for suddenly taking the Cachaca out of the country's footballing Caipinrinha. The modern game and its day-to-day business is just as guilty as those choosing Brazil's tactics. |
Sports Central
July 4, 2006
Piet Van Leer |
World Cup: France vs. Portugal The second semifinal of the World Cup features a resilient Portugal squad against a surprising French team that has overcome a slow start and ferocious competition to advance this far. |
Sports Central
June 2, 2011
Kevin Beane |
2011 Gold Cup Preview Nearly a year has passed since the World Cup has passed, which is usually the beginning and the end of United States interest in soccer. |
AskMen.com
January 6, 2014
Simon Kuper |
Who's Going To Win The 2014 World Cup? A surer prediction for the World Cup: plenty of protests. Before past tournaments, host countries worried about hooligans or terrorists. This time, the bogeymen are demonstrators. |
Sports Central
June 30, 2006
Piet Van Leer |
World Cup: England vs. Portugal The British are back in the quarterfinals for the second straight World Cup, and this time they will be looking to exact a measure of revenge against the Portuguese, who knocked them out of the quarterfinals in the 2004 European Championships. |
Sports Central
May 13, 2006
Piet Van Leer |
The Idiot's Guide to the World Cup In less than one month, the grandest tournament on the planet kicks off -- the World Cup of football, or what Americans call soccer. |
Sports Central
July 8, 2006
Piet Van Leer |
World Cup: Italy vs. France The World Cup final is here. Italy and France will vie for global supremacy in the world's most popular sport. |
AskMen.com
Andrew Jordan |
The World Cup From A to Z Comments on the games, country by country. |
AskMen.com
Simon Kuper |
Spain And Soccer When you think of Spain's brilliance at soccer, you don't immediately think of Bilbao. But even Spanish provincial towns have a lot to celebrate nowadays. |
Sports Central
September 13, 2007
Kevin Beane |
Slant Pattern Quick Hitches A brief look at sports topics includes predictions for Saturday's college football games and the Rugby World cup. |
Sports Central
November 20, 2008
Kevin Beane |
CONCACAF Reviews and Previews Here are predictions about World Cup qualifiers. |
Sports Central
July 13, 2010
Bill Hazell |
World Cup Final: The Beautiful Ugly Game After 40 years, and 120-plus agonizing minutes of waiting, the euphoric fans of Spain could care less if the final was ugly. |
Fast Company
June 2010
Austin Carr |
The 2010 FIFA World Cup by the Numbers The World Cup, which takes place June 11 to July 11, may be the be-all-end-all for soccer fans. Compared with other popular sports, it wins in financial terms as well. |
BusinessWeek
April 29, 2010 |
The Top 50 Coffee Countries See which countries consume the most coffee. |
