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After a week marked by scandal and the break-up between Jack Warner and Chuck Blazer, CONCACAF will try to focus on football with the start of the 11th edition of the Gold Cup. Costa Rica vs Cuba and Mexico vs El Salvador are the games that kick off the tournament, in which 12 nations of North and Central America and the Caribbean will look for their ticket to the 2013 Confederations Cup, the biggest...
Published: June 5, 2011
Now some of you people may be wondering, is this author joking? Is this author stirring the pot like he did with Luton Town a few weeks ago, casting bait into the water and waiting for the fish to chomp at the bit? It can been that way, obviously. But as a fan of the Golden Bears rugby team, I have issued this edict. The University of California at Berkeley is not the best university when it comes...
Published: June 5, 2011
The United States lost to 2010 World Cup champions Spain 4-0 on Sunday afternoon on a beautiful day at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass. While this may seem overwhelming, people are very quick to miss two very important notes that need to be taken into consideration. First of all, this was a friendly. Its not like this was the FIFA Confederations Cup Semifinals. Secondly, it was a warm-up game...
Published: June 5, 2011
Let’s be honest. The United States national soccer team let us down at the World Cup. The team was lucky to tie England, unlucky to only tie Slovenia (but for those of you who say we should have won, why were we down 2-0 to SLOVENIA?) and only a late miracle saved the Americans from going home in an easy group. Then, with our side of the bracket containing the soccer powers that are Uruguay,...
Published: June 5, 2011
England’s lacklustre performance in their latest Euro 2012 qualifier against Switzerland was just the latest in a long line of embarrassments for the national team. Though England managed to come back from 2-0 down to salvage a point, this failed to cover up the sides obvious flaws. With the sides poor world cup performance still fresh in the memory, culminating in a 4-1 humbling against...
Published: June 5, 2011
During his nearly five years as manager of the United States national soccer team, Bob Bradley has been an extremely controversial figure. Controversy has swirled around Bradley for reasons such as making some questionable national team selections, along with certain key players such as Jozy Altidore being unable to score at the World Cup. Bradley has had some great moments as manager of the national...
Published: June 5, 2011
Foxborough, MA – Playing in front of a record 64,121 people at Gillette Stadium, the United States was simply outclassed and manhandled, 4-0, by the 2010 FIFA World Cup Champion Spain. In a game where Landon Donovan sat out due to illness, Carlos Bocanegra didn’t dress for the game and both Clint Dempsey and Michael Bradley were benched, coach Bob Bradley utilized an inexperienced lineup...
Published: June 5, 2011
F1 drivers must really hate the promotional work that they are forced to do to keep the plethora of sponsors happy. Sponsors love to have their company or product bask in the reflected glow of a Formula 1 car and they pay a hefty price for the privilege. Drivers are forced to utter inane lines espousing the wonderful qualities of their sponsor. They have to shake hands and make small talk with people...
Published: June 4, 2011
Many of the domestic seasons only just ended, but football is certainly not over yet. There were two star-studded friendly matches on Saturday before we football fans have to say goodbye to our favorite players for a couple months. Netherlands visited Brazil—two teams full of world class footballers—in a match many Brazil fans were hoping would be a small payback for the Dutch side knocking...
Published: June 4, 2011
At the 2005 French Open, the world got its first taste of the Federer-Nadal rivalry in Grand Slams. The two met twice previously over the past year at ATP tournaments in Miami and split both matches. At Roland Garros, however, the rivalry began to tilt in Nadal’s favor. He beat Federer in the semi-finals and went on to win the tournament, his first major, and his first of five French Open victories. As...