Australia versus Germany was supposed to be a tight, attritional contest in Group D. No one anticipated that it would be a rout for the Socceroos. At the new Durban Stadium at Durban, the men from Down Under got a thrashing from the Western European powerhouses.

The FIFA’s Football World Championship is held once in four years. Teams which qualify for this tournament will have to play each other in groups and knock-outs to become the Champion. This year, the event in going to be held at South Africa from the 11th of June to the 11th of July.

01/30/2010 – 01/31/2010, Twin City, North_Carolina, Gender: Male and Female, Age Group (Boys): U11,U12,U13,U14, Age Group (Girls): U11,U12,U13,U14

Every international striker dreams of scoring the goals that will help his nation win the World Cup trophy. Come South Africa 2010, who will rise to the fore and secure the Golden Boot award that is given to the top scorer in the World Cup finals?

Fernando Torres has become one of the most respected of the foreign players earning their living in the English Premier League. Ever since his transfer from Atletico de Madrid in the summer of 2007, El Nino, as he was dubbed early on his career, has impressed English football fans not only with his goalscoring abilities, but by his total attitude towards life in his adopted Liverpool.

When encouraging youngsters to take up sport, in this case football or soccer as the Americans call it I do feel there should be an age limit when the parents should be banned from the touchline. Yes that’s pretty radical but stay with me and I will explain why.

Through the years, famous football father and son duos have taken centre stage on the pitch in their national team uniforms, contributing their skills and family name to the game. Let’s take a look at a few who stand out…

The 18-time champion of the Premier League, Liverpool, vindicated its leading position on the table this past Saturday by beating Blackburn Rovers 3-1 on the road in an amazing way. The game was well-played by the two teams but the consistency and determination of the Reds were higher than the Rovers in the second half, when they had trouble on their defense in various occasions.

One of the most famous soccer players ever produced in the British Isles is Denis Law, who the adoring fans of Manchester United christened “the King”. He was a goal scoring genius during the Beatle era. He was so good he represented Scotland, a European Select, the Italian League Select, and, a World XI.

There’s no question it’s wildly premature to name a starting lineup for the US Men’s National Team for the 2010 World Cup. Possibly insanely premature. However, with that disclaimer out of the way, I’m going to unveil my starting 11, my ideal current lineup, my list of subs who should see ample playing time, and hopefully a compelling rationale for my picks.

Real Madrid continued their dominance of domestic and European football as they reached their third and 4th consecutive finals. Real Madrid were once again the final and yet again they faced Italian opposition but this time in the form of AC Milan.

One of the ironies of Samuel Eto’o playing for FC Barcelona is that he originally joined arch-rivals Real Madrid, who immediately put him out on loan; first to second division CD Leganes; then to first division Espanyol after playing just one league match for Madrid; and finally to Mallorca. He did so well at the latter club that they signed him for a club record and became the highest scorer in the history of the club with a total of 54 goals between 2000 and 2004.

On two occasions Arsene Wenger has proven that even though Rafael Benitez has won the champions league and even managed to beat West Ham for the FA Cup, he is no match for the class that Arsenal fielded at Anfield.

Huddersfield Town have established themselves as one of the top sides in League One but failed to win promotion to the Championship after losing in the play off semi finals against local rivals Barnsley.

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Striker DJ Campbell dumped Premiership strugglers Sunderland out of the FA Cup to secure Brentfords spot in the last 16 for the second time in as many years.

Soccer team set up for a defensive advantage. Team dynamics and player positions tested in time and space. Coaches considerations for facing an aggressive opponent.

Airdrie, born Brian McClair, started his footballing career with Aston Villa after leaving school in 1980. As the young player failed to make his mark at Villa Park, McClair eventually returned to his native Scotland signing for Motherwell in August 1981. While establishing himself at Fir Park, the promising youngster combined his football with studying mathematics at Glasgow University.

Spain for the first time in their history managed to win a quarterfinal encounter. This coming thanks to a late goal by their top goal scorer David Villa, whose goal came 84 minutes in to the game. As for the match itself, the first half I would say held little in the way of action apart from Valdez’s goal for Paraguay which was unjustly called offside.

I also understand that FIFA won’t change the rules until Adidas, McDonald’s, Budweiser, and Nike tell them to. But in the wake of the worst refereed major sporting event since Wrestlemania, perhaps it’s time for discussion about new ways for soccer to be officiated.

On Monday, at the Ellis Park Stadium in Jo’burg, Brazil will take on Chile in a match to decide which of the teams will advance to the quarter-final. In contrast to 5-time champions Brazil who have featured in every World Cup, this is only Chile’s 8th appearance, and their 3rd entry to the 2nd round.

Unquestionably the player has been a great invest for the Chelsea FC, being a tremendous striker and the type of player who needs no signal on the field to move along, but he is as well again and again in the headlines for polemic issues. Drogba is bad tempered and has petulant personality. If you think that Rooney’s humor and Cristiano Ronaldo’ super-ego personalities can be difficult, imagine then Drogba’s situation having both Rooney and Ronaldo’s negative qualities.

Australia won their first game today against Serbia by 2-1 in a match which unfortunately for the Aussies does not see them through to the next round yet it can be said that they, like Scotland in 78; will leave the tournament with their heads held high. Australia in fact being deserved winners over Serbia in a match in which their first goal would come thanks to a Cahill header.

Manchester United striker Michael Owen is going to have to miss the rest of the season due to the hamstring injury he picked up during League Cup final win over Aston Villa. This surely serves as a big blow for Owen. Any small hope he might have had of appearing in England’s squad for the World Cup final in South Africa this summer is now is all but over.

A football game can be won or lost on a questionable referee decision and this has always caused controversy on and off the pitch. Many argue that the introduction of technology to the decision making process would completely rule out any human error. In the recent world cup in South Africa there were numerous examples, particularly when England scored against Germany a goal that what was witnessed by millions but unfortunately not the ref. Many fans claim that had this goal been counted the unfortunate outcome would have been much different.

Kaizer Chiefs are a South African football team from the Soweto region of the South African capital, Johannesburg. They were founded on the 7th January 1970. Kaizer Chiefs are undoubtedly South Africa’s most successful football club.

The FIFA World Cup for 2010 recently started on June 11. It is bound to end on the 11th day of July. There can be no other game more exciting than what the World Cup live updates have in store for people.

01/30/2010 – 01/31/2010, Gastonia, North_Carolina, Gender: Male and Female, Age Group (Boys): U11,U12,U13,U14,U15,U16,U17,U18,U19, Age Group (Girls): U11,U12,U13,U14

Emmanuel Adebayor, from Manchester City, has done it again. He has now been charged by the FA for violent conduct against former Arsenal team mate, Robin Van Persie. Earlier, Adebayor was charged with improper conduct, which saw him run the length of the pitch while celebrating his goal against Arsenal, provoking the opposing team! For more details, read on.

Arsenal was established as Dial Square by workers at the Royal Arsenal in Woolwich in 1886. However, the Gunners had to wait for 44 years for their very first honour came as the club won the FA Cup in 1930 when they played Huddersfield Town at Wembley Stadium.