Belgium 0-0 France: Score, Highlights and Post-Match Reaction

Wednesday’s international friendly between Belgium and France was an exhibition of well-timed tackles, good goalkeeping and poor finishing. While goals seemed inevitable for spells during the first-half, things rather petered out after the restart as the sides settled for a scoreless draw in Brussels. A look at the starting lineups did nothing to indicate the stalemate to come. Both managers... 

Hinting at Retirement, Del Bosque’s Legacy Already the Stuff of Legend

In his excellent history of Spanish football, author Jimmy Burns describes Vicente Del Bosque’s Madrid residence in almost austere terms. But, he adds in La Roja – How Soccer Conquered Spain and How Spanish Soccer Conquered the World, “it was also taken up with simpler pursuits, like the computer course in basic English belonging to his beloved youngest son who has Down’s syndrome,... 

Predicting England’s Starting XI vs. Scotland

The last time England faced Scotland they had David Seaman in goal, Tony Adams at centre-back, Jamie Redknapp and Paul Ince in midfield and an attacking partnership of Alan Shearer and Michael Owen. They didn’t manage a single shot on target. Don Hutchison’s 39th-minute goal was enough for Scotland to seal a 1-0 victory at the old Wembley Stadium that Wednesday in November 1999, although... 

Rickie Lambert’s Story Is a Good One, but It’s Goals England Fans Care About

At the end of the day, England fans don’t care about Rickie Lambert’s story. They don’t care that 12 years ago the Kirkby-born striker spent his summer working in a beetroot factory, or that he once accepted terms of £50 per week from Macclesfield. They’re not impressed by the fact that in his first Premier League season, at age 31, he finished joint-seventh on the goalscoring... 

France U-20 Stars Who Could Crack the Senior Squad in Time for the World Cup

France’s 4-0 win over Uzbekistan in Saturday’s FIFA U-20 World Cup quarterfinal ensured Les Bleuets will at least match their best performance of two years ago when they finished fourth at the 2011 instalment of this competition in Colombia. Two of the players from that squad have already been capped in Didier Deschamps’ senior setup, and both—midfielder Clement Grenier and... 

CONCACAF Gold Cup Is in Desperate Need of a Revamp

The CONCACAF Gold Cup is held twice too often, interferes with World Cup qualifying and requires a total revamp in order to be taken seriously. And the 2013 instalment, which begins on Sunday when Canada take on Martinique at the Rose Bowl (Martinique is neither a country nor a FIFA member, and as such this encounter won’t even be recognized as an official match), will mostly feature a collection... 

Ranking the 10 Greatest Female Soccer Players in History

Last month in a friendly match against South Korea, Abbey Wambach scored four first-half goals as the United States Women’s National Soccer Team cruised to a 5-0 victory in Harrison, New Jersey. Over the course of the opening 45 minutes Wambach, who had come into the encounter just two goals shy of all-time goalscoring leader Mia Hamm, not only caught up to the women’s soccer icon but passed... 

Sanago, Digne & Other French U20 Stars Oust Turkey, Continue to Impress

A France team constructed of equal parts talent, organization and maturity continued to strut its stuff at the FIFA U-20 World Cup on Tuesday, bouncing hosts Turkey from the tournament after a 4-1 win in Gaziantep. Les Bleuets led from pole to pole at Kamil Ocak Stadium in this ancient, southeastern city near the Syrian border, taking the lead shortly after the quarter-hour mark and finishing their... 

Portugal’s Bruma Following in Figo’s Footsteps at U-20 World Cup

With half-an-hour gone in Portugal’s opening match of the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Turkey, Joao Mario spotted Bruma’s sneaky, well-timed run on the edge of the Nigeria box, sent him a perfectly weighted pass and watched as his teammate glided through the area before delivering a low, hard finish with his right foot to open the scoring. The goal, and the carbon copy of it that proved... 

Brazil’s Confederations Cup Showing Has Installed Them as World Cup Favorites

At one point or another, the road to World Cup was always going to pass through Spain, and with their expert navigation of the Confederations Cup so far, it would seem Brazil have positioned themselves as the team to topple the world and European champions at next year’s feature event. From the confusing days of Mano Menezes and his scattergun approach to squad selection and the early, disappointing... 

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