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Brazil Deserves World Cup 2014,not Columbia

19 years ago in News & Features

Brazil FIFA World CupIn 2008, FIFA will choose the 2014 host for FIFA World Cup and I strongly support Brazil instead of a Columbian country who already failed to live up to expectations after pulling out in 1986 which saw Mexico taking the task in a short notice.

Brazil’s football dominance and reputation is unparalleled, their graceful playmaking skills, passionate people from the country and string of awards are simply undeniable and it would be fitting to see them host the competitions in their own country.

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South Africa 2010 Logo

19 years ago in News & Features

FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010On July 7, 2006 FIFA unveiled the logo for the next FIFA World Cup 2006 in South Africa. The logo symbolizes the growing sport in Africa as depicted by the player pointed upwards. Also, this shows a more active expression as compared to Germany 2006 which displayed a friendly attitude. Will South Africa be a hostile place for foreigners and see teams like Ghana dominating?

Four years is a short wait and the next thing we knew we are talking about the sport once again.

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Arena Leaves Dull Soccer for Successor

19 years ago in News & Features

Bruce ArenaBruce Arena will have the last laugh in the latest debacle of his career having been fired by U.S. Soccer Federation by not renewing his contract.

Some bright memories of Bruce include getting credit for Lando Donovan, Beasley and Pablo Mastroeni in helping in their development and catapulting them in the highest ranks of U.S. soccer.

As Bruce leaves, the general perception is he’s done great things for U.S. soccer and leaves them a far better place than what it looked liked during his arrival in 1998.

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Klinsmann Targets USA

19 years ago in Coach, management & operation/News & Features

Jurgen KlinsmannThe word is out that Jurgen Klinsmann who revolutionized Germany’s style of play is leaving Germany and assistant coach Joachim Loew is taking over. Loew is the closest coach Germany could get if they want to continue their fast attacking style Jurgen put in place. And to reinforce the decision Loew is promised to continue with Klinsmann’s style and says: That’s the only way we can achieve a lasting place among the very best in the world.

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Jose Pekerman Leaves

19 years ago in Coach, management & operation/News & Features

Jose Pekerman I am deeply saddened and strongly disagree that Jose Pekerman
would quit as the Argentinan coach. His announcement came right after they lost to Germany which makes me hope those are words of emotions and not based on logical reasoning.

Argentina was superb on the field playing great football, ran and positions themselves well on the field and was so dangerous on counter-attacks and opening opportunities in goal scoring. Jose assembled a young, explosive and attacking team that could light the scoreboard every game. You cannot take away anything from this team who played against the host nation, were scoring against one of the best goalies in the world and only lost on penalty kicks with their substitute keeper guarding their goal.

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Brazil Shift 1 of 16

19 years ago in News & Features

Brazil

The final 16 of the tournament has been decided and we have seen some teams meeting our expectations while some were big surprises in the tournament.

The biggest losers were led by United States ranked number 5 by FIFA and Czech Republic seated at number 2 prior the start of the competition. We have also seen some higher rank teams like Japan (18), Tunisia (21), Iran (23), Croatia (23), etc . left behind by Switzerland (35), Ecuador (39), Australia (42), Ukraine (45) and Ghana (48).

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Jurgen for Bruce?

19 years ago in Coach, management & operation/News & Features

Lousy performance after an arrogant string of media announcements could not help but put a gag on his mouth and show no signs of comeback for the United States team. The disappointing performance of U.S. in the world cup would weigh in the decision of Arena and U.S. Soccer Federation president Sunil Gulati if they should part ways or make another run.

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RFIDing World Cup Tickets

19 years ago in News & Features

World Cup RFID

This is actually old story, but for the benefit of those who have not heard it yet .

Did you know that each of the 3.2 million World Cup Tickets is equipped with an RFID tag to scan and monitor each fan upon arrival at the gates of any of the 12 stadiums?

Philips, the supplier of the RFID tags, said the track-and-trace chips embedded in the tickets ensures counterfeiting and for enhanced security measures. Each of these tickets include holder’s name registered upon purchase of the ticket.

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End Game Tactics

19 years ago in News & Features

The group stage has come to an end and teams specifically Australia and Brazil had made changes to help boost their chances in the Finals. Coach Hiddink of Australia has put Liverpool winger Harry Kewell alongside Tim Cahill to form the fiercest attacking unit of the Socceroos. This is in anticipation of Croatia’s weaker defense due to banned Robert Kovac.

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Bloggers Needed!

19 years ago in News & Features

BloggerUpdated: July 11, 2006

The world cup is over but not the blogging. We would want to add more football blogs at sporati from Euro, MLS, Premiership, etc. and if you are interested shoot an email to tips {@} fifaworldcup.sporati [.] com

Please include previous blogging experience and links to your sample posts or writings.

We can talk more about this in the email.

Hoping to see you!

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