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Raging Bull All Grown Up And Leading The English
by (Profile/Interview | New York Times - June 3)
The life and times of Wayne Rooney, England’s star and star-crossed forward, can be floridly traced in the body art of his tattoos. more details | go to article
U.S. Roster Soap Opera Settled On Daytime TV
by (Commentary | New York Times - May 27)
The call came after 2 in the morning, but DaMarcus Beasley was not asleep. His roommate, Oguchi Onyewu, gave him hugs and handshakes, and that was how Beasley knew he was going to the World Cup again. more details | go to article
The Future In The U.S. Plays It Footloose
by (Commentary | New York Times - May 26)
Saturday morning at Flushing Meadows Park in New York City. Children of all ages and backgrounds are at play on scores of soccer fields. Their diversity and their joy with a ball is as evident here as it is likely to be missing when the U.S. squad takes the field against England at the World Cup two weeks from now. more details | go to article
Final Cuts For U.S. World Cup Roster
by (Profile/Interview | New York Times - May 26)
The emerging forwards Edson Buddle and Herculez Gomez, once considered long shots, were named to the United States’ World Cup team Wednesday, while the veteran striker Brian Ching did not make the final 23-man roster. more details | go to article
Self-Assured Beasley Glad To Have Another Chance
by (Profile/Interview | New York Times - May 25)
It seemed the most innocuous of plays, a short corner played from Landon Donovan to DaMarcus Beasley at the Confederations Cup last June. Except the ball rolled under Beasley’s foot and was whooshed downfield by Brazil for a searing counterattack goal. more details | go to article
The Real World Cup Prize? Broadcast Rights
by (Analysis | New York Times - May 24)
In less than three weeks, 32 soccer teams from around the world will square off for the chance to lift the World Cup trophy in South Africa. Thirty-one of them will go home empty-handed. more details | go to article
U.S. Goalies' Reach Extends Across Atlantic
by (Profile/Interview | New York Times - May 24)
When Tim Howard was 6 or 8, his career path was already being MapQuested by a coach who perhaps did not know about tactics but did understand proportion. more details | go to article
Decision Time For Bradley And U.S.
by (Blog Entry | New York Times - May 24)
The United States will face a Czech Republic team in transition in a friendly here on Tuesday night. more details | go to article
Bocanegra Says He Is Ready To Play
by (Blog Entry | New York Times - May 23)
Defender Carlos Bocanegra, the captain of the United States soccer team, said Sunday that he felt healthy enough to play in exhibition matches Tuesday and Saturday after undergoing surgery for a sports hernia earlier this month. more details | go to article
South Africa Pushes To Make The Cup Its Own
by (Profile/Interview | New York Times - May 23)
The official mascot of Africa’s first World Cup — a stuffed leopard with spiked green hair — was made in China. The official World Cup anthem, “Waka Waka (This Time for Africa),” was written by the Colombian pop star Shakira. The official restaurant? McDonald’s. more details | go to article
Altidore Hopes To Assert Himself After Year Of Worrying About Others
by (Profile/Interview | New York Times - May 23)
It was night in England on Jan. 12, just before his bedtime, when Jozy Altidore began to get the troubling news that an earthquake had struck Haiti, birthplace of his parents, home to more than two dozen relatives. more details | go to article
Hernia Surgery For Bocanegra
by (Blog Entry | New York Times - May 22)
Carlos Bocanegra, the United States captain, recently underwent hernia surgery after being injured with his French club team, Coach Bob Bradley said Saturday. more details | go to article
Altidore And Life In The Fast Lane
by (Profile/Interview | New York Times - May 21)
Jozy Altidore will be wearing the same new, flashy, lightweight soccer cleats, his in garish yellow, as Lionel Messi and David Villa in next month’s World Cup. He has joined a worldwide advertising campaign for Adidas with two of the game’s big stars. It is fast company. more details | go to article
Creative Feet Of Texas Key For U.S. In S. Africa
by (Profile/Interview | New York Times - May 20)
He prefers bass fishing in the United States to carp fishing in England. Otherwise, Clint Dempsey, a young man from East Texas, is quite comfortable in southwest London. more details | go to article
For The 2 Koreas, Joint Appearance At World Cup Turns Sour
by (Analysis | New York Times - May 20)
With both North and South Korea in the World Cup for the first time, many on this war-divided peninsula were hoping that sports could cross the border and unite people. more details | go to article
Raging Bull All Grown Up And Leading The English
by (Profile/Interview | New York Times - June 3)
The life and times of Wayne Rooney, England’s star and star-crossed forward, can be floridly traced in the body art of his tattoos. more details | go to article
My Last Letter From Portugal: U.S. Women Win Algarve Cup
by (1st Person | New York Times - March 3)
Sky Blue FC and US WNT midfielder Yael Averbuch has been filing to the Goal blog during her trip to Portugal. "We’re Algarve Cup champions! Germany had dominated Finland, Denmark and China in their previous three games, but today we outplayed them to a satisfying 3-2 win." more details | go to article
Reflecting On A U.S. Win In Portugal
by (1st Person | New York Times - March 1)
Sky Blue FC and US WNT midfielder Yael Averbuch will be filing to the Goal blog during her trip to Portugal. "On Monday, we beat Sweden, 2-0, thanks to two beautiful second half goals from [Lauren] Cheney. I started and played the first half, which looked nowhere near as good as the second." more details | go to article
Circus Surrounds The World Cup Lottery
by (Preview | New York Times - December 3)
Cape Town awaits. On Friday evening, beneath Table Mountain and facing the treacherous crosscurrents of converging oceans, it will be host to the World Cup draw. more details | go to article
Africa Still Waiting For A World Cup Breakthrough
by (Analysis | New York Times - December 9)
In 1990, which seems like centuries ago in international soccer time, Roger Milla and an unforgettable band of Indomitable Lions from Cameroon reached the quarterfinals of the World Cup in Italy. more details | go to article
The Future In The U.S. Plays It Footloose
by (Commentary | New York Times - May 26)
Saturday morning at Flushing Meadows Park in New York City. Children of all ages and backgrounds are at play on scores of soccer fields. Their diversity and their joy with a ball is as evident here as it is likely to be missing when the U.S. squad takes the field against England at the World Cup two weeks from now. more details | go to article
U.S. Roster Soap Opera Settled On Daytime TV
by (Commentary | New York Times - May 27)
The call came after 2 in the morning, but DaMarcus Beasley was not asleep. His roommate, Oguchi Onyewu, gave him hugs and handshakes, and that was how Beasley knew he was going to the World Cup again. more details | go to article
Preparing For Altitude From The Ground Up
by (Analysis | New York Times - May 16)
The 32 teams participating in the World Cup from June 11 to July 11 will be faced with tactical decisions about altitude as well as soccer. Matches at 7 of the 10 stadiums in South Africa will be played at elevations ranging from 2,165 feet in the agricultural hub of Nelspruit to higher than a mile in Johannesburg. more details | go to article
Throwback Player, Robinho, Returns Home
by (Commentary | New York Times - February 9)
The return home of Róbson de Souza, universally known as Robinho, and Roberto Carlos does not signify the end of an exodus of so many Brazilians — almost 900 every year — who fly away to make their fortunes in Europe, yet these are significant homecomings. more details | go to article
Justice Is Nowhere To Be Seen These Days
by (Commentary | New York Times - February 1)
The world of soccer and its values have gone stark, staring mad. more details | go to article
Egypt Thrashes Algeria In Ill-Tempered 'Reconciliation' Game
by (Result | New York Times - January 30)
Three weeks ago, the African Cup of Nations began with terrorists firing on the Togo team as its bus entered Angola. The tournament is to end on Sunday with either a historic continuation of Egyptian dominance or the dawn of an emerging Ghana. more details | go to article
A Season In The Shadow Of The World Cup
by (Analysis | New York Times - December 14)
A strange midwinter settles across European soccer. The bigger the club, it seems, the more vulnerable the players to injury or early fatigue. more details | go to article
Killings In England A Mystery, But Signs Point To Soccer Gambling Ring
by (Profile/Interview | New York Times - December 4)
It has been more than a year since two young Chinese graduates were found bound and mutilated in their apartment here. The throat of Zhen Xing Yang was cut; the skull of his girlfriend, Xi Zhou, was smashed in three places. Before he died, police said, Yang was tortured. more details | go to article
After Humbling Exit, A World Champion Shrug From Italy
by (Analysis | New York Times - June 24)
Italy has gone home, passing through Armageddon on the way. That’s one way of looking at the exit of the world champion halfway through the Confederations Cup in South Africa. more details | go to article
Van Nistelrooy Finds Another Chance
by (Analysis | New York Times - August 2)
In soccer, a fresh start can often take a player onto fresh pastures. This week Ruud van Nistelrooy is training on the grassy slopes of the Austrian Alps for a new team. more details | go to article
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