Category Archives: world cup

Congratulations to Summer Clarke

Posted on December 13, 2011 by

Voting for the CSA U17 Player of the Year awards concluded the other day and the results were just released.  Ashley Lawrence took the award on the girls side and as team captain and the only player who is doing … Continue reading →

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Canada’s path to 2014 World Cup

Posted on November 16, 2011 by

The groups for the third round of CONCACAF qualifying have been set now that round two is in the books. Canada took first place in its round two qualifiers against St. Lucia (pop. 161 000), St. Kitts & Nevis (pop. … Continue reading →

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U17 World Cup: Souleymane Coulibaly (Ivory Coast)

Posted on June 27, 2011 by

Well Canada’s gone out after not being able to score a goal against Rwanda but there’s still some good reasons to keep watching the U17 World Cup. First and foremost is the ‘new Drogba’, Souleymane Coulibaly who already has eight … Continue reading →

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U17: Canada’s keeper scores from own half, in open play, to tie game

Posted on June 23, 2011 by

I’m working on a longer piece that looks at this game more closely and hope to have it up today but in the meantime…  

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“One day we will take it back.”

Posted on December 4, 2010 by

From Paul Hayward’s great article in the Guardian on Friday, Dec 3: What is the World Cup meant to mean? The shirts, the fascination with each country: the buttercup yellow of Brazil, the dark brilliance of Argentina, the new Spain, … Continue reading →

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FIFA Executive vote for the full ‘double dip’

Posted on December 2, 2010 by

Russia and Qatar? Has it really got to this level of corruption at FIFA? As soon as Qatar was announced you could almost hear the Swiss bankers groan, “Well, there goes my lunch break.” Russia, you can live with. It … Continue reading →

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2018 World Cup host? Betters going with England or Russia

Posted on December 1, 2010 by

Punters on Betfair seem to think it’s going to come down to England or Russia with the announcement only about 12 hours away. Today de facto Russian leader said he wasn’t going to attend the draw. Normally this would be … Continue reading →

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Canadian women play for spot in 2011 World Cup today

Posted on November 5, 2010 by

Having shown that they can deal with the ghost of Even Pellerud and officials unclear on the offside rule in beating a resolute Trinidad team 1-0 and then the cold determination to park eight against Guyana to ensure a superior … Continue reading →

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Zonal Marking interpret the FIFA World Cup technical report

Posted on September 6, 2010 by

4-2-3-1 was the buzz formation of the World Cup so you may see a big move to that formation on the field this season. It’s a difficult one to pull off with kids though. I played it for most of … Continue reading →

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Puyol and Fab have a beer on the field after the game

Posted on July 12, 2010 by

Somehow I doubt they’ll be asked to apologize like the Canadian women’s ice hockey team were ridiculously made to after winning Olympic gold…

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