The World Cup has been going on for a few weeks now and we have finally reached the quarter finals of the tournament.  So, what teams made it and whom did they beat out to get there?  Let’s take a look.

One of the latest finalists to move into the quarter finals was Ghana.  Ghana was able to successfully beat out the USA team this past Saturday evening.  They couldn’t have done it without the extra time, of course, but they still beat out the USA 2-1.  Ghana will find themselves up against Uruguay in the quarter finals on July 2 in Johannesburg.  Uruguay was able to successfully beat out South Korea on Saturday 2-1 to advance. Continue Reading…

Saturday’s game between the USA and Ghana was a knockout round – round of 16.  One team would proceed to the Finals of the 2010 FIFA World Cup while one team would head home disappointed.  This year, for a second consecutive time, the USA was eliminated from this year’s World Cup by Ghana.

Ghana beat out the USA Saturday night 2-1.  In just the fifth minute of the match, Kevin Prince Boateng was able to get the ball away from Ricardo Clark and scored from about 16 yards off USA’s goalie Tim Howard.  This put Ghana ahead early in the match. Continue Reading…

Switzerland is known for their awesome defense but it seems that it wasn’t enough this time to take them to the next round of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.  Sure, they had what it took to take out Spain in their opening game and defeat them but it wasn’t enough in the end.

In three games, Switzerland was only able to achieve a single goal and was unable to gain the advancement to the second round of the 2010 World Cup due to not being able to successfully claim a score in Friday’s game against Honduras at Free State Stadium. Continue Reading…

Coming into the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, the United States and England had a legitimate chances to advance to the second round or what is also known as knockout stage. Not only were the Americans and the English favored to come out of Group C, but the first game of this group game between these two teams was epic and set of the drama of games to follow.

Even though both the United States and England could only draw in their first two games, they were able to get one goal victories on Wednesday. Despite not many people giving Algeria and Slovenia much chance of advancing to the next round out of Group C, both of these teams gave the Americans and English all they could handle in the group stage. Continue Reading…

The United States national soccer team has exceeded expectations up to this point in the 2010 World Cup, they may have only drawn the first two games they have played in the tournament against England (1-1) and Slovenia (2-2), but they still have a chance to advance to the knockout stage with a win over Algeria on Wednesday.

Throughout the first two games of the 2010 World Cup, Landon Donovan and company have struggled to put score goals in the early going as they have had to come from behind in both matches against England and Slovenia. Continue Reading…

The 2010 World Cup has been extremely unpredictable so far as only a handful of teams have actually lived up to the hype heading into the tournament. The one team that hasn’t seemed to have missed a step is the tournament favorite in Brazil, who just recently dominated Didier Drogba and the Ivory Coast with a 3-1 victory, but other teams like Spain and England have really struggled in the early going.

Another team thought to go far in the tournament, but has found it hard to live up to expectations so far is Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal. Heading into the tournament, Ronaldo and company were thought to give teams like Brazil and Spain a run for their money, but after a 0-0 draw against Ivory Coast, many people started to question whether or not Portugal had what it took to advance to the next round. To get in on the action now for today’s later games or the next round odds, check out Bodog, one of the worlds best online sportsbooks. Continue Reading…

Portugal ended a severe scoring drought today by beating the North Korean team 7-0, which places Portugal in nice shape to get to the next round of 16 teams. “It was a great day for Portugal and Portuguese football,” said the coach, Carlos Queiroz.

The route started with Meireles’ 29th-minute goal that tied up the match, followed by Simao, Almeida and Tiago, all of whom scored rather early in the second half of play. Continue Reading…

The World Cup in Johannesburg has been taking the sporting world by storm over the past few days, with a recent continued push by the US team making a big hit on the 18th. Down by two in the 42nd minute of the game, the US successfully pulled together to tie up their second match of the global competition against Slovenia, the current leader in Group C looking to advance in the playoffs. Continue Reading…

In lieu of recent allegations made against the German team for having what many have claimed to have been an unfair advantage is using the official World Cup ball for practice, Adidas has come out to deny the validity of any such statements and to testify to the fairness for all in the World Cup competition.

The ball in question was released last December 4th and premiered in Munich, thus helping to fuel the claim that Germans have had far longer to practice with the official ball than any other global team. At that time, however, the Munich competition where the World Cup’s official ball debuted had been attended by players from around the world, and since then the ball has been used in global competitions ranging from FIFA’s Club World Championship in Qatar to the matches being held in South Africa today. Continue Reading…

The 19th World Cup is just about ready to commence for the 2010 year in South Africa.  It begins today and will end exactly one month from now on July 11.  The last FIFA World Cup was held in Germany in 2006 where Italy was deemed the World Cup champion.

Today, the World Cup begins in South Africa.  South Africa will have their opening game against Mexico starting at 10am ET in Johannesburg followed by the opening game of Uruguay against France in Cape Town at 2:30 pm ET. Continue Reading…