TIME’s Katy Steinmetz watched the second half of the USA-Slovenia World Cup showdown with that country’s ambassador in Washington. Here’s her story:
In a dark, dingy corner of Buffalo Billiard’s, an underground pub in Washington D.C., Slovenians of all degrees — be they visitors to the U.S., expats or second-generation — had their …
Koman Coulibaly. Enough said.
The brilliant broadcaster Danny Baker (who memorably wrote about the goings-on while on tour with PiL for the NME thusly: “given the chance they’d show him more sex than a policeman’s torch”) was part of the BBC’s post-match coverage for France vs. Mexico. His comments make for interesting (and quick) analysis.
The earplug salesmen along the roads to Soccer City in Soweto before the Argentina-South Korea game were doing a brisk business. But the vuvuzelas finally met their match: a throng of Argentina fans at Soccer City lifted their voices above the noisy horns that have obliterated all other stadium sounds. At the same time, their team was …
As most people know by now, the big idea about staging the World Cup in South Africa, the grand experiment, is trying to change the perception of the country, and perhaps a continent. So: is it working?
Isn’t just France, but Raymond “I am not an idiot” Domenech drawing in his last, horrid breath as French coach. Just a few comments:
Chris Powell is the definition of the consummate professional and a proud Englishman to boot (not for nothing is one of his middle names George). The 40 year-old left back has played 655 times with five of those appearances coming for England at the turn of the previous decade. He’s still technically registered as a player despite being …
French coach Raymond Domenech may have decided to put the team’s best interests ahead of his many, many personal grudges for once, but that still doesn’t mean sanity has returned to France’s footballing soap opera. Though virtually all press reports in France Thursday say Domenech is set to make what has long been an obvious right …
Here, we dissect the impressive World Cup ratings in the States, and chew over their possible impact on American soccer, especially as it pertains to Major League Soccer. The U.S. pro league that has carved out a stable niche, but it hasn’t exactly captured the imagination of casual American sports fans. Do you think the World Cup can …
It’s common to celebrate the tapestry of nations coming together at World Cups. The globe unites under a shared passion, and, for one month every four years, it seems hundreds of millions of people assume new nationalities. What other event could transplant the bitter South American rivalry between Brazil and Argentina onto a slum in …
While Spain’s 1-0 loss to Switzerland was the first upset of World Cup 2010, the only surprise in South Africa’s 0-3 defeat at the hands of Uruguay was the score-line — and the fact that Diego Forlan managed to keep his shirt on after scoring (he’s lately had a bad habit of earning mandatory yellow cards by whipping it off to celebrate …
South Africa is now out–thanks in large part to a penalty-granted foul that you’d have to measure by microns–and you’ve gotten the silencing of your hated vuvus! I hope you’re happy, sir!
More seriously, nice match Uruguay–refereeing incontinence notwithstanding, a victory well deserved. You wonder where this side was against France. …
No, the U.S. drawing against England doesn’t really count.
Kudos to the Swiss for beating La Furia Roja. The tournament needed that. And arguably, so did Spain. In the run-up to the Cup, its players and coach spent too much time protesting, disingenuously, that they were not the favorites. That struck me as the wrong tone: it suggested …
