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 [...] Now playing in theaters throughout America is a story about a British “soccer” coach, but while the backdrop of the mid-seventies football scene in England may be largely unfamiliar to the American audience, this is really a universal look at ego, ambition, power and personality. [...] 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. [...] The SandC Interview: Carlos Cuaron writer/director – “Rudo y Cursi”Where did the idea for the story come from? Originally, I had conceived Rudo y Cursi (Tough and Corny) as a mockumentary about Tato, a player from humble origins that attains glory within professional soccer, but disappears mysteriously and becomes a legend. When I told Diego and Gael the story, they both wanted to play Tato, which was really cool. The problem was that there was only one character. That is when I realized that I wanted to work with both of them together again and I had to grow the story to two characters. The first thing that came to my mind was the image of two soccer players solving an intimate drama right before shooting a penalty in front of a full stadium. Then I thought, why not make them siblings, so I started constructing the story backwards. [...] Opening tomorrow is a film about a Mexican portrait of brotherhood and dreams from writer/director Carlos Cuaron (“Y Tu Mama Tambien”). Beto and Tato, two brothers (Diego Luna and Gael Garcia Bernal) working at a banana plantation in rural Mexico spend much of their free time playing soccer for the village team. Nicknamed “Tough” because of his personality and football style, Beto dreams of becoming a professional soccer player; Tato’s dream is to be a famous singer. Both share the dream of building a house for their mother, Elvira (Dolores Heredia). [...] Michael Jordan, Wayne Gretzky, Tupac Shakur, Jimmy the Greek Snyder are all subjects in upcoming films from Hollywood directors for ESPN. Noted filmmakers, assorted Oscar nominees and Peabody Award winners among them, will ply their talents to celebrate ESPN’s 30 year history by creating one hour films on sports-related topics which will debut in the fall. …. [...] |
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