Posts Tagged ‘England’
2010 World Cup Recap: June 27
Germany 4 England 1 Remember the 1966 World Cup Final when Geoff Hurst’s shot struck the crossbar, bounced over the line, and spun back into the field of play? Remember Zinedine Zidane’s penalty kick goal in the 2006 World Cup Final against Italy? Both goals counted, but in this match, a similar goal was waved off. In the 38th minute …
by Derek Johnson on June 27th, 2010 Leave a comment »
2010 World Cup Recap: June 23
Group C Matches: United States 1 Algeria 0 They kept fighting…and fighting…and after 90 minutes of soccer, the Americans finally prevailed. Landon Donovan scored in second-half stoppage time off a rebound to send the Americans to the Round of 16. One minute, it seemed like they were going to be eliminated. The next minute, they win their group for the …
by Derek Johnson on June 23rd, 2010 Leave a comment »
2010 World Cup Scenarios and Standings After Two Games Of Group Play
Group A Standings: Uruguay: 1-1-0 (4 points) Mexico: 1-1-0 (4 points) France: 0-1-1 (1 point) South Africa: 0-1-1 (1 point) Uruguay can advance to the knockout stage if: 1) Win/Tie against Mexico* 2) Loss against Mexico and France/South Africa draw 3) Loss provided that the France/South Africa winner does NOT own tiebreakers Mexico can advance if: 1) Win against Uruguay* …
by Derek Johnson on June 22nd, 2010 Leave a comment »
2010 World Cup Recap: June 18
Serbia 1 Germany 0 Just when you thought the Germans were unstoppable, they find a way to stop themselves in a soccer match. Miroslav Klose, the 2006 World Cup’s leading scorer, was tossed from the match in the 36th minute after receiving his second yellow card of the game; two minutes later, Milan Jovanovic scored the lone goal of the …
by Derek Johnson on June 18th, 2010 Leave a comment »
2010 World Cup Recap: June 12
England 1 United States 1 Seems like every time the United States play in a 1-1 tie against a European country in the World Cup, the Americans always score fluky goals. In the 2006 World Cup, the United States scored a goal on a Cristian Zaccardo own goal in a game against Italy; that game ended in a 1-1 draw. …
by Derek Johnson on June 13th, 2010 Leave a comment »
Brazil Beats USA for Confederations Cup Final
At the end of the first half of the Confederations Cup final, held in South Africa, the US thought they had a good chance of winning the game, with a 2-0 lead. Unfortunately, Brazil’s unbelievable second half comeback shattered that dream. In the American’s first ever appearance in a FIFA tournament final, Clint Dempsey and Landon Donovan scored the first …
by Remy Gallagher on June 28th, 2009 1 Comments »