After winning a second title with the Los Angeles Galaxy, the international superstar David Beckham decided to go overseas once again to play for Paris Saint-Germain. The consensus was Beckham would likely retire from the game of soccer once his stint with the French club came to an end and it seems as though that has come to fruition. Continue Reading…

Arguably the two biggest rivals in soccer on this side of the world is the USA national team going up against the Mexican national team. It is no secret that there is no love lost between USA and Mexico on the pitch in international play, but things are getting really interesting in the 2011 Gold Cup as these two soccer powerhouses could be headed for a collision course in the 2011 Gold Cup Final.

As of right now, USA has just beaten Jamaica (2-0) and Mexico came from behind to beat Guatemala (2-1) in the first round of the knockout stages. Now both teams will have be risking it all yet again in the next round before heading to the 2011 Gold Cup Final. Continue Reading…

Throughout the 2011 Gold Cup, the USA national team has seemed to be confident with no giving it everything they have to advance and win the Gold Cup. That kind of lackluster play has hurt this team as their chances of advancing was put in jeopardy recently when they lost to Panama in the Group Stage.

Fortunately, the Americans were able to bounce back as they beat Guadeloupe, 1-0. Even though they got the win, their play was in serious question yet again as they failed to capitalize on many opportunities. Despite more poor play, the Americans advanced and were matched up with Jamaica. Continue Reading…

The third/fourth place match up between Uruguay vs Germany will take place on Saturday, July 10^th and Online Sportsbook Pro has the latest odds and information about where and how to make that World Cup wager on the match.

The Uruguay vs Germany match will be a good matchup as the German team was heavily favored going into the 2010 World Cup and just about made the finals. The German coach stated that he will have to encourage his players as this is the last game of the tournament for them. Continue Reading…

The frenzy of the current soccer world cup has already reached fever pitch. With the two finalists now decided, the world waits with baited breath to watch the outcome of the fight for gaining the coveted cup. No matter which country you belong to, no matter to which sport you had been professing your loyalty to, soccer fever would have you in its grips during the final stages if you are a sport lover.

The stage is set, the players are decided all that remains is to fight the duel. It’s not every day that a game is played where the world stops in its tracks to watch the outcome. Continue Reading…

The 2010 World Cup in South Africa is almost a month into its matches and now we are down to just two teams heading into a highly anticipated World Cup Final.

Coming into this World Cup, many people believed that there were just two teams that really stood a chance of competing for a World Cup trophy in an always competitive Brazilian squad and an extremely talented Spanish side.

Even though Brazil was playing some excellent football throughout this tournament, Kaka and company just couldn’t get passed a motivated Netherlands side that had no intentions of going home early. So despite being favored to go the distance, Brazil was knocked out in the quarterfinals by the Oranje.

Needless to say, the Dutch kept playing at top form as they faced off against Uruguay in the semifinal and came out victorious and will now head into an all-European World Cup Final. Continue Reading…

The 2010 World Cup final has now been set.  The two competing teams will be Netherlands and Spain.  They will go head-to-head this coming Sunday in the final soccer match of the 2010 World Cup.

Uruguay was initially the team expected to win the Netherlands vs. Uruguay semi-final yesterday, but the Netherlands was able to jump in, work well as a team, and take home the victory of the semi-final to advance to the final to play the winner of the Spain vs. Germany soccer semi-final match.  The Netherlands scored three goals on Uruguay given a final score of 3-2. Continue Reading…

The 2010 World Cup in South Africa has been entertaining to say the least as we have seen epic battles between some of the best international teams the world has to offer, but like every tournament, there has to be a winner and after today there are only three teams left in the running for the World Cup trophy.

Coming into today’s semifinal match, Uruguay were thought to be big underdogs as they were going up against a Netherlands team that just knocked off a very talented Brazilian squad. Continue Reading…

Germany (pictured in a huddle) are well on their way to winning a fourth championship title at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.  Their last title was 20 years ago and so far, they are right on track to make it to the finals and win the title again.

Germany defeated Argentina Saturday morning with a final score of 4-0.  Both teams played well with attacks coming from every which way, but Argentina was unable to even score on Germany.  While Argentina served a good match, although they definitely could have upped their skill and playing ability particularly in terms of defense, it just wasn’t good enough to sustain Germany’s strong defense and offense. Continue Reading…

It goes to show that the underdog can claim a victory.  That’s right – in the quarter finals soccer match between the Netherlands and Brazil Friday morning, Netherlands overtook Brazil to claim the victory and to advance to the semi finals where they will find themselves up against Uruguay who was able to beat out Ghana in their quarter final soccer match Friday afternoon.

Brazil, the five-time World Cup champions were defeated by the Netherlands with a final score of 2-1.  This was the first time that the Netherlands, since being defeated by Brazil at the 1998 World Cup with penalty kicks, has made it to the semi-finals.  Winning this soccer match against Brazil, the Netherlands are 5-0 with winning all five matches and creates a team record of 24 games undefeated. Continue Reading…