Lance Klusener talks to Allan Lamb

Returning...

3rd Degree found this 6/24/2008 on worldcupway.blogspot.com

The team was back out on the adidas Field this morning from 9 a.m. – 11 a.m. after practicing inside the stadium all last week. For the record, the blog staff misses the stadium field sessions because of the wonderful shade that can be found on ...

Post-elimination player ratings: Attackers poor, Buffon OK - Gazzetta dello Sport

du Nord found this 6/24/2008 on english.gazzetta.it

VIENNA (Austria), 24 June 2008 - The best? Gigi Buffon. Our European campaign won't leave any great memories, but once again everyone's talking about the Azzurri keeper. On Sunday evening at the Ernst Happel stadium in Vienna there was a debate over ...

Hiddink factor should give Spain pause for thought

du Nord found this 6/25/2008 on blogs.reuters.com

Spain are trying to keep the lid on the euphoria after their breaking their quarter-final curse with a penalty shoot-out victory over world champions Italy. Because of the vagaries of the draw for Euro 2008, “la furia roja” now face ...

Iraq Disbands National Team

The Beautiful Game found this 6/27/2008 on unprofessionalfoul.blogspot.com

I've been doing some research and collecting information on Iraqi football lately. Essentially, it boils down to things are really different over in Iraq for many obvious reasons. In fact, much of it is downright scary. Despite knowing that things are ...

Plus ça change, plus c'est la même Allemagne

Rover found this 6/25/2008 on soccerphile.blogspot.com

"They can play games like this, when maybe they are not the best team, and still win. That is why they are so good." Fatih Terim, Turkey's coach, could have uttered these words tonight, but in fact it was Bruce Arena after Germany had edged the States 1-0 in Ulsan in the 2002 World Cup quarter-final. Only two years ago, we were talking about how long, or rather short, Germany would last at ...