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Landon Donovan's two player of the year awards in Major League Soccer and the US national team are well-deserved rewards for an outstanding season on both fronts this year. His previous Honda Player of the Year honors were too often awarded by either default or his media standing. I think this ...
Soccer
Landon Donovan
Confederations Cup
Major League Soccer
This afternoon I was watching a league match from Costa Rica (San Carlos-Herediano), and I couldn't help but notice the condition of the grass field at San Carlos' stadium. I think I've seen potato patches in better condition than the field in San Carlos. It looked absolutely awful on TV and ...
Soccer
Costa Rica
Almost is nothing in sport. Costa Rica played much better over 90 minutes in Montevideo than they ever did in San José, and they had Uruguay reeling toward the end, suffering as they always do, but at the final whistle it was the South Americans progressing on to South Africa and the Central ...
Soccer
Costa Rica
South Africa
Uruguay
World Cup
On 19 November 1989 -- twenty years ago today -- Trinidad & Tobago and the USA met each other in Port-of-Spain for their final World Cup qualifier match for the 1990 World Cup in Italy. The circumstances and consequences of that match have made it the most important match in US soccer history, ...
Soccer
World Cup
USA
Spain
Italy
World Cup qualifiers for South Africa 2010 started on 25 August 2007. Now, 847 days later, we're at the final day. By kickoff time in Montevideo, 31 national teams would have secured their places in the finals next summer. There is still room for one more, and it will be decided between Costa ...
Soccer
Uruguay
South Africa
Costa Rica
World Cup
The announcement of the draw for the FIFA Club World Cup was actually last week, but got buried in my run-up to the first leg of the CONCACAF/CONMEBOL playoff. Atlante, the 2008-09 CONCACAF Champions League winners, received a beneficial draw when they were paired with the winners of the Al Ahli ...
Soccer
World Cup
FIFA
Champions League
New Zealand
Congo
Last night I linked to preliminary autopsy reports out of Greece that said that Mexican striker Antonio de Nigris died as the result of a congenital heart ailment. Today, de Nigris' personal doctor, who is also a cardiologist, denied the claims. Dr. Mario Benavides said that de Nigris was ...
Soccer
Greece
I have not been able to cover the Champions League as much as I did last year because of other demands on my time, and my own desires to have a life. But fortunately CONCACAF has been able to fill the gap with a very good Champions League website. Today was the draw for the knockout stage (the ...
Soccer
Champions League
Cruz Azul
Mexico
Pachuca
With less than 20 hours before kickoff in Montevideo, Costa Rica and Uruguay are just about out of time to make modifications ahead of the decisive second leg. René Simões will be back on the touchline after his suspension in the first leg on Saturday and is looking for "fresh legs" for ...
Soccer
Uruguay
Costa Rica
South Africa
World Cup
According to Spanish daily MARCA, the bowls for the World Cup final draw have already been arranged. Now, the arrangements are pending approval by the FIFA Executive Committee, and MARCA tends to be wrong quite a bit, so take this with some grains of salt. Given all that, the composition of the ...
Soccer
South Africa
USA
World Cup
France
FIFA
I just saw a news report on Goal.com saying that Mexican striker Antonio DeNigris has died on a heart attack yesterday. He was 31. He had played in Turkey and Greece in recent years (his last club was Larissa). Sixteen caps for the Mexican national team. More later. Wow. RIP.
Soccer
Turkey
Greece
[Typepad's not working right now; I'll include links to articles later.] Uruguay have a foot and four toes into South Africa; Costa Rica are hanging by merely a thread. So go the verdicts from the press in both countries. Uruguay asserted themselves on a substandard pitch, used their physicality ...
Soccer
Uruguay
Costa Rica
The moment is here, and we're under five minutes from kickoff. So let's go: Costa Rica 0-0 Uruguay KO Commentary after the jump. 1855: It's been a long day of World Cup qualifiers all over the world, and now attention will shift to this region as Costa Rica and Uruguay meet to decide what will ...
Soccer
Costa Rica
Uruguay
World Cup
South Africa
This really isn't a CONCACAF-specific post, but congratulations to New Zealand on qualifying for the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa this morning. And an even bigger congratulations to fellow Stanford alumni Ryan Nelsen and Simon Elliott who were key players of the All Whites' qualifying ...
Soccer
South Africa
New Zealand
World Cup
Uruguay's national team is now in Costa Rica, and they've had their one (and only) training session on the artificial surface at Saprissa. (I had thought that FIFA regulations required at least two training sessions on artificial turf, but I could be wrong.) Óscar Washington Tabárez, Uruguay's ...
Soccer
Uruguay
Costa Rica
FIFA
South Africa
World Cup
[I'm going to make this the featured post for the next five days, except for Saturday and next Wednesday when the CONCACAF/CONMEBOL playoff is being played.] Next Thursday is the 20th anniversary of that historic World Cup qualifier between Trinidad & Tobago and USA. In my opinion, and I doubt ...
Soccer
World Cup
Italy
USA
I see that my post on Elizabeth Lambert a few days ago has generated a lot of interest, judging by my visitors' log and the comments. To the new visitors, welcome to the site and have a look around. I cover CONCACAF in general, but also devote attention to the soccer scene in the USA -- ...
Soccer
And another thing -- why did Costa Rica's staff feel the need to bring in a motivational speaker for the players? Getting over the US-CR game is of course very important, but that was over a month ago. And while I do think that "Color Esperanza" is a great song (it was impossible not to hear it ...
Soccer
Costa Rica
Argentina
World Cup
The head coaches of Costa Rica and Uruguay are very close to deciding on a starting lineup for Saturday's first leg of the CONCACAF/CONMEBOL playoff. Simões and Tabárez are going to play things close to their vests, with closed training sessions. But barring suspension or injury, both teams are ...
