On Friday in Cape Town, South Africa soccer’s governing body, FIFA created the groupings that will provide the basis for the month-long tournament that begins June 11. *32 Teams *64 Matches *48 matches in the first round *Field gets cut in half with two teams from each group reaching the knockout round. [...]
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Earlier this week the last qualifying games in a two-year campaign concluded with the 32 teams now set for next summer’s World Cup in South Africa. With the grouping to be conducted December 4th, here are the qualifiers by region: North and Central America and Caribbean: Honduras, Mexico, United States [...] In what has to rank as the biggest upset in sports since…Calvin Borel rode Mine That Bird to a Kentucky Derby win at 50-1 odds last month, the much-maligned Americans, who looked terrible just a few days ago in a loss to Brazil, stunned all of soccer by defeating the number one team in the world, Spain, 2-0. [...] The Brazilian team showed they play in a different league in beating the United States with ease, 3-0, at the Confederation Cup last night in Pretoria, South Africa. [...] In this second installment of the soccer trilogy now out on DVD, the journey of Santiago Munez (Kuno Becker) continues on to the highest levels of club play. Now performing for renowned Real Madrid, the small town phenom is faced with the realities of fame and fortune that come from ‘living the dream’ [...] What do you get when you combine the world’s biggest sport with the world’s most powerful medium? Unfortunately nothing that resembles a dream team. [...] |
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