Some Soccer News for Tue Oct 11, 2011
du Nord, October 11, 2011
STARTERSThe rumor going around is that one USA opponent in the November international friendly week will be France.dNSouth Africa coach Pitso Mosimane has committed one of the great blunders in modern football history! The national team played their final game in African Cup of Nations qualifying last Saturday thinking they only needed 1 point to qualify because they held a wide margin in the goal differential tie breaker if 2 other potential teams won their games. So South Africa coasted to a safe 0-0 draw and celebrated in the stadium with their fans. Buuuuuuuuuuut.... it turns out the tie breaker was head-to-head with teams you are tied with and South Africa lost out to Niger!!! The head coach did not know the rules of the qualifying! Oof!STORY OF THE DAYBob Wickwire of the Seattle Times does a Q & A with the excellent Kasey Keller.DU NORD AT THE CONTROLSdu Nord at the Controls - Sun Oct 9, 2011 - Brand new music mix at SpotifyTEAM USA - EL EQUIPO DE TODOSAlex Hoyt of The Atlantic transcribes Jurgen Klins
People mentioned
- Andrés Mendoza
- Bob Bradley
- Brad Davis
- Brek Shea
- Bruce Arena
- Carlos Bocanegra
- Chad Barrett
- Chad Marshall
- Chris Woods
- Clint Dempsey
- DaMarcus Beasley
- Danny O'Rourke
- Danny Williams
- Diego Calderón
- Edson Buddle
- Emilio Rentería
- Hassoun Camara
- Jeff Larentowicz
- Jonathan Spector
- Jozy Altidore
- Juan Agudelo
- Jürgen Klinsmann
- Kasey Keller
- Kyle Beckerman
- Marcus Hahnemann
- Martin Vasquez
- Maurice Edu
- Michael Bradley
- Michael Orozco Fiscal
- Nick Rimando
- Oguchi Onyewu
- Robbie Keane
- Robbie Rogers
- Steve Cherundolo
- Teal Bunbury
- Tim Howard
- Tim Ream
- Tony Tchani