Top 10 Similarities Between USA-Ghana and England-Germany
The similarities between England’s devastating loss to Germany Sunday and the United States’s loss to Ghana on Saturday are remarkable. Here are ten similarities: Both games featured incredible...
View ArticleNo Eye-catching Italian players?
As the World Cup is attracting all headlines related to soccer, there’s always a small echo of transfer market news which now, after Italy’s elimination from the World Cup, becomes much more than an...
View ArticleAre We Taking England's World Cup Exit Too Seriously?
And so the England inquest begins once again. After every tournament the same earth is dug over and over again. There can’t be a single argument, idea or notion that hasn’t been given an airing in the...
View ArticleWhere it all Went Wrong for England: The Sequel
In short: Everywhere. Though that won’t do. England’s problems were numerous and solutions are not easy to come by. It’s best to look at the team and the manager as a whole. Hang on, that sounds...
View ArticleEngland 1-4 Germany in Lego Football: Video
Watching the highlights of Germany’s demolition of England in the World Cup are a pretty depressing sight, but LegoFussball.eu have brought some levity to the situation by featuring the highlights as...
View ArticleArgentina 0-4 Germany: Video Highlights
At the quarter-final stage of a World Cup tournament, matches are often very close. We’re used to seeing extra time, penalty kicks or low scoring games. But Saturday, Germany put on a clinic in how to...
View ArticleSpain, Why Do You Have to Be So Bloody Boring?
Spain, if you’re the “Best Team In The World” according to Joachim Loew, why do you have to be so bloody boring? Watching Spain’s 1-0 victory against Germany Wednesday, I was bored several times...
View ArticleWorld Cup 2010: Spain Holds On For A 1-0 Victory Over Germany Despite Their...
David Villa became the talisman for the Spanish national football team, scoring five of Spain’s six goals in the tournament. Xavi Hernández and Andrés Iniesta controlled the midfield with their...
View ArticleWorld Cup 2010 – The Good and The Bad
World Cup 2010 South Africa has now been and gone, a feast of football for a month in the rainbow nation. Here are a few memories of the good and bad for the first World Cup of the decade. The Good...
View ArticleMagath Looks Up As Schalke Slump Comes To An End
Felix Magath Is The Man To Lead Schalke To Success This Season Despite An Awful Start. Schalke ended a five-match losing streak on Wednesday evening after they pulled off a last-minute win away to...
View ArticleBuffon Called Up By Prandelli For Germany Friendly
Cesare Prandelli has a big test coming up, when the Italian national team faces Germany in Dortmund on February 8th. His list of 23 called up players features some new faces, along with a few returning...
View ArticleWhat to Expect From the Bundesliga This Season
As the first of the traditional big leagues is set to kick off, the world will be watching with a renewed interest at the happenings in Germany’s Bundesliga. After the league suffered heavily during...
View ArticleA Review Of The Book “Why American Soccer Isn’t There Yet”
The recent World Cup has spawned a number of books that not only look at the recent past of American soccer but what the men’s national team needs to do going forward. Many of these stories are being...
View ArticleWhat We Learned – Germany 1 Republic of Ireland 1
The recently crowned World Cup champions, Germany, haven’t had the best of starts to their Euro 2016 qualification campaign. They won narrowly against a spirited Scotland side, lost for the first time...
View ArticleRobert Enke’s Death Is An Example Of Why Depression In Soccer Needs More...
November 10th seemed just like another day in the soccer calendar but the date marked the 5th anniversary of the death of Robert Enke. The former German international, who was tipped to be his...
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