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At a rather small, uncrowded restaurant in Connecticut, my sports radio cohorts and I watched the Fifa World Cup 2010... Full Article at The National Newspaper
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Brent Latham is a journalist and soccer commentator who currently splits his time between West Africa and Central Ame... Full Article at The New York Times
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Kagisho Dikgacoi has pleaded with Fulham to allow him to leave Craven Cottage on loan in order to safeguard his place... Full Article at ESPN
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Peter Crouch can see beyond group 'C' The draw for World Cup 2010 (South Africa!) is complete, and now we must wait f... Full Article at Unprofessional Foul
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Landon Donovan celebrates after scoring against Brazil during the USA's Confederations Cup final at Ellis Park last s... Full Article at Guardian Unlimited
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FRUSTRATED Kagisho Dikgacoi has asked to go out on loan to prevent his World Cup dreams from turning sour. Full Article at Ealing Gazette
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Cape Town — Government is making steady progress in the completion of 2010 FIFA World Cup transport and infrastructur... Full Article at AllAfrica.com
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New Zealand have qualified for the 2010 World Cup, only their second appearance at the tournament with the first comi... Full Article at Soccer Blogs
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England’s World Cup group is by no means a difficult draw; Slovenia and Algeria were arguably the weakest teams in th... Full Article at Football Fancast
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Kaka, right, was at the heart of Brazil's counter-attack at the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup. Full Article at CBC News
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Simba SC take on URA of Uganda today in an international friendly match at Uhuru Stadium. Full Article at AllAfrica.com
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Everton FC News: EVERTON are considering a January loan move for United States international Landon Donovan. Full Article at Chester Chronicle
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The views on this page are taken from the local and national media and do not necessarily reflect the views of Everton. Full Article at Everton FC
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MAMELODI Sundowns striker Katlego Mphela’s goal against Spain in the Confederations Cup in June has been nominated fo... Full Article at Sowetan
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When I told football officials that African champions Egypt would defeat world champions Italy during the FIFA Confederations Cup this year, they all laughed. It happened and they had to admit I was right
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It was a good draw. I saw USA beat Spain in the Confederations Cup. That will be the difficult game.
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In preparation for the Confederations Cup, the squad managed to spend a month together and the fact that they'll go for training camps in Brazil and Germany before the World Cup, should give them much confidence.
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We are ready and we have learned so much on the Confederations Cup and we are known of hosting world events including the Inauguration of South African Presidents
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The USA are strong physically and technically they are good enough. I saw the (Confederations Cup) game against Spain when they won and it will be no easy game.
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I was in South Africa during the Confederations Cup and I saw how well organised it was. The people are very friendly and hospitable, and I am looking forward to that hospitality next year.
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We've got an interesting group. We've played Australia, not long ago at the Confederations Cup. It'll be an important match for us, the opening match (in the group). It'll be important to win that
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In 2009, we hosted the British and Irish Lions, then we had the Indian Premier League, Confederations Cup and then the International Cricket Council matches
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USA are equally a big team, they've already confirmed that at the Confederations Cup by getting to the final against Brazil and by beating Spain. It's a group that gives England and the USA an advantage.
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We already started a tournament against Australia when we played at the 2005 Confederations Cup and we had some difficulties against them. It will be important to get some confidence for the two following games.
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I think going into the Confederations Cup last year wasn't that productive for us given that it's the same timing as the World Cup, so we'll be pretty aggressive to get something at the back end of March or early April.
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The World Cup will play in our soil and we cannot disappoint, but the entire nation must support the players and surely they will play well the what they played in the Confederations Cup
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We can't complain. We qualified in double quick time for the World Cup, we won the Confederations Cup and we beat Argentina away (in the qualifiers)
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Of course we are informed about Australian football. We played against your national team in the Confederations Cup in 2005. It was a very tough game for us [a 4-3 victory]. Australia have a lot of very nice players, it's difficult to beat them.
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During the FIFA Confederations Cup, the teams and officials in this country were escorted by SAPS members safely and no security incident involving any team or team member occurred. In fact the teams were extremely satisfied with the protection provided by the SAPS.
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We’ll have to play the same style of play we used against Spain (in the Confederations Cup), we need to stay compact defensively and hit them on the counter. Hopefully we can be confident and take the game to them a little bit.
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It was a good draw. The USA are a good team. I saw them beat Spain in the Confederations Cup on telly and that'll be the difficult game for us. But we should win the other two. We need to respect those teams but it could have been worse.
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USA can prepare for World Cup better than us and prepare with their training a long time before us. Also they played here [in South Africa] in the Confederations Cup and I saw their game against Spain, which they won, so it will be no easy game.
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While the Americans were Confederations Cup finalists last year, and boast familiar Premier League faces like Tim Howard, Clint Dempsey and Jozy Altidore, they are the sort of side potential world champions should beat, especially with David Beckham able to give inside information
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From what we have seen during the Confederations Cup, this will be an excellent World Cup. The weather conditions will be great and the fans will certainly be treated to a top class World Cup. It is a good feeling to know that we will have such great support from fans in South Africa as we did in the Co...
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In that respect, I see the USA as potentially dangerous opponents because they are a very physical team but they also now have good technique. They showed how good they are in the way they performed in the Confederations Cup here in South Africa last summer, especially when they beat Spain
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We are a team that work hard. We are team that has a good idea of the sort of mentality we need on the field. We have tried to find a good balance between attacking and defending. It is a team that has grown in the last four years. The Confederations Cup helped us. All of that prepares us.
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It takes a good solid set of games ... The first round is about three games and how to prepare for each one. The fact that all the games in Johannesburg area helps since we know the stadiums, we are familiar with the altitude. So I think there are things we took from the Confederations Cup that we can a...
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We faced Italy just before the Confederations Cup in a friendly and lost 4-3 ... We know we have to give our best to beat the world champions but we learned a lot from that friendly. We took a lot of confidence from scoring three goals and we have worked on the errors we made that day. I was very please...
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Of all the factors that will persuade people to come here, the quality of the pitch is one that we can control ... We have been lucky with the altitude and the fact that we are close to a lot of the World Cup venues in Rustenburg, Pretoria and Johannesburg. The quality of the pitches we can certainly co...
SOURCE: The Independent
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