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Five Thoughts on the Beautiful Game: France Cheats Ireland, USMNT Woes, and Becks’ Quest for MLS Cup

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:21:08 +0000

by Sean Heffernan Its certainly very exciting times in the world of soccer at as qualification for World Cup 2010 concluded with high drama. David Beckham and Landon Donovan look to capture their first MLS Cup and the US Men's National Team suffered two disappointing defeats in Europe. ...

bteambombers posted 41 hours ago from bteambombers.com

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World Cup 2010 in South Africa potential Groups

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:51:36 +0000

The World Cup 2010 in South Africa is approaching and one of the bigger events before the contest kicks off is the Group Stage draw which will be held next month in South Africa. PSNL has decided to take a kick at the can and see what the Group stages could look like for the World Cup.

portuguesebola posted 26 hours ago from psnl.blogspot.com

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How Long Until We Forgive Thierry Henry?

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:49:52 +0000

Latest development in the already long running Thierry Henry handball incident (or “la main de dieu” as it’s being called by some) is that Henry himself thinks a replay is a good idea : “The fairest solution would be to replay the game but it is not in my ...

The Offside found this 20 hours ago on worldcupblog.org

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The Morning Bowl (November 19th): Another Reason To Hate The French

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:50:01 +0000

• Thierry Henry’s illegal handball allows France to beat Ireland and qualify for the World Cup. [With Leather] • Business_Socks entertainingly makes broad generalizations about NFL quarterbacks. [Style Points] • Scientific proof that Tiger Woods has the ability to psych-out other golfers. ...

Weed-Against-Speed posted 2 days ago from sportressofblogitude.com

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Five Hours that Shook the World

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:45:06 +0000

It’s been a few days now, so I thought it might be time to have a more measured look back at Wednesday’s games. As I hope to prove in the opus that follows, it was a truly incredible day for world football. The only shame, the only f****n disgrace, if you will, would be if we only ...

The Fan's Attic posted 25 hours ago from unprofessionalfoul.com

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Thierry Henry Wants to Play Game Again

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:46:57 +0000

French soccer player Thierry Henry, who cheated to help his country win a World Cup berth against Ireland, says that Ireland ‘definitely deserves’ to be in the World Cup and that the game should be replayed. “Naturally I feel embarrassed at the way that we won and feel extremely sorry ...

Richard Colback posted 41 hours ago from siliconangle.net

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Ireland Joins the Screwed

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:10:21 +0000

Out of everyone who writes for this blog, there is no doubt that I care the least about soccer. I mean, these dudes are calling it “footie” like they’re actually European or something. But I do care about Ireland more than anyone on this blog since I actually lived there ...

ryphilli posted 3 days ago from rumorsandrants.com

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MLS Cup; The USA's collapse and The Big Weekend on TV (Nov 20-22)

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:30:44 +0000

When Bruce Arena took over as US national team coach in the fall of 1998 his first match was against Australia in San Jose. The night was instantly forgettable, a 0-0 draw at the end of a long year that had seen the USA finish last in the France World Cup. Arena picked Eddie Lewis for ...

Avoiding the Drop found this 30 hours ago on community.foxsports.com

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Thierry Henry must be banned from playing in the 2010 World Cup

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:12:13 +0000

France forward's handball against Ireland was craven cheating and he should be banned from competing in South Africa.

101 Great Goals - latest football videos and ... found this 2 days ago on telegraph.co.uk

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Roy Keane has no sympathy for Republic of Ireland exit

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:25:00 +0000

Roy Keane has lambasted the Republic of Ireland's attempts to get their controversial World Cup play-off match against France replayed. The Republic appealed to Fifa after their 2-1 aggregate defeat by France on the basis that the winning goal came after a blatant Thierry Henry handball. But ...

Soccer Source found this 2 days ago on news.bbc.co.uk

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Rangers v Kilmarnock Preview

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:39:11 +0000

Back to Domestic affairs now after the horror show in Cardiff which saw the National team lose 3-0 to Wales. Kilmarnock make the journey to Glasgow for Saturday’s SPL encounter, and the stats are stacked against Jim Jefferies’ side. Killie don’t have the greatest record against ...

kandevil posted 46 hours ago from rangers.blogsfc.com

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Full List Qualified Teams World Cup 2010

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:13:35 +0000

The World Cup Qualification process is ended and here is the full list of Qualified teams for WC 2010 South Africa ( Ireland might have to say something against it though). Check out the complete list of the teams who will be fighting it out for the much coveted World Cup 2010 ...

Kickoff posted 46 hours ago from totalsportsmadness.com

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Arsenal Legend Henry Acted Instinctively and is Still True Gent

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:25:24 +0000

Thierry Henry's handball for France in the World Cup playoff against Ireland has caused outrage. But Jamie Butcher, believes it was instinctive and he remains a gentleman.

SK123IF posted 43 hours ago from insidefutbol.com

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Furious Irish demand World Cup replay after controversial handball

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:05:00 +0000

Giovanni Trapattoni Giovanni Trapattoni, the Republic of Ireland manager, says his team are ready to replay the World Cup play-off match after Thierry Henry's handball led to France's controversial winner in Paris. Photograph: Stringer/AFP/Getty Images

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FIFA World Cup Play-Offs: Second Legs

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:10:14 +0000

hat’s it then – every qualifier has been played and every place has been filled. The 2010 FIFA World Cup has it’s competitors. Let’s have a look at the results of the final play-off matches played the other night starting with Henry's disgraceful handball to put France through.

mezt_up posted 2 days ago from thego.com.au

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The Independent

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:12:13 +0000

Irish and English football fans find themselves united in sporting disgruntlement. In 1986 England were eliminated from the Mexico World Cup with the help of an outrageous Diego Maradona handball. And this week the Republic of Ireland were bundled out of their World Cup qualification play-off ...

101 Great Goals - latest football videos and ... found this 2 days ago on independent.co.uk

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ANDY TOWNSEND: We must use video to beat these cheats

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:12:13 +0000

Last updated at 11:32 PM on 19th November 2009 After what happened to Ireland, the World Cup has to have video replays. If it doesn’t and there’s another miscarriage of justice in South Africa, football should be ashamed. It is adored by billions of people across the world. It’s a religion. But ...

101 Great Goals - latest football videos and ... found this 2 days ago on dailymail.co.uk

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Video replays now a must for World Cup after Ireland's hard luck story

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:12:13 +0000

Video replays now a must for World Cup after Ireland's hard luck story

101 Great Goals - latest football videos and ... found this 2 days ago on timesonline.co.uk

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World Cup 2010 Draw Seedings

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:09:00 +0000

With 32 names in the bag (irrespective of how they got there) thoughts can now turn to the subject of the draw for the 2010 World Cup Finals in South Africa. The first thing to be decided is which countries to seed. This is calculated just before the draw and is based on past performances in ...

Chris O posted 2 days ago from spaotp.com

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Carthwheel Goalie vs Thierry Henry Handball Goal

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:26:49 +0000

While everyone in the world is talking about the France v Ireland World Cup qualifying game; I would rather talk about the University of Hartford goalie that did cartwheels during a penalty shootout against Stony Brook. Here is a little advice. If you are going to taunt the other team you ...

spc posted 3 days ago from sportscracklepop.com

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