Mexico aims for ‘the fifth game’
Team: Mexico Nickname: El Tri Coach: Javier Aguirre (MEX) FIFA Ranking: 17th Best World Cup finish: 6th in 1970 and 1986 (quarter finals) The world will be watching them. Mexico’s national team will play for…
Team: Mexico Nickname: El Tri Coach: Javier Aguirre (MEX) FIFA Ranking: 17th Best World Cup finish: 6th in 1970 and 1986 (quarter finals) The world will be watching them. Mexico’s national team will play for…
Team: South Africa Fifa Ranking: 85 Notable World Cup History: Best finish was in the Group Stage, Korea/Japan, 2002 Coach: Carlos Alberto Parreira Winning 11: GK Itumeleng Khune Defenders: Siboniso Gaxa, Bevan Fransman, Matthew Booth,…
Team: USA Fifa Ranking: 18 Notable World Cup History: Nine World Cup appearances with best finish being third in 1930 Coach: Bob Bradley Winning 11: GK: Tim Howard, Defenders: Carlos Bocanegra, Oguchi Onyewu, Jay DeMerit, Jonathan…
Japan World Rankings: 45 Best World Cup finish: Round of 16 (2002) Previous Appearances: 3 (1998, 2002, 2006) Coach: Takeshi Okada Key Players Shunsuke Nakamura: The undisputed star of the team, at least by name….
If history is any indication, Spanish supporters should head into South Africa for the 2010 World Cup with an air of cautious optimism.
It’s championship or bust for Brazil once again.
Snowboarder Alexa Loo proved to be ready for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games after winning a parallell giant slalom silver medal at a World Cup in Kreischberg, Austria, early this year. Loo, member of Canada’s…