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...Final Round Qualifying Tournament in Panama City, Panama.. Akpan and the U.S. Team are scheduled to play Haiti in their first game on Jan. 17 at Rommel Fernandez Stadium. They will play Guatemala on Jan. 19 and Panama on Jan. 21. The U.S. has qualified for five consecutive FIFA U-20 World Cups, and would advance to its sixth straight by passing through the Group A stage. “We are thrilled for Andre and the success that he has earned,” said Harvard coach John Kerr in a press release. “First...
...Germany in particular. As a TV viewer who witnessed most of the matches, let me protest that, on the whole, the World Cup was one long soporific. In particular the final stages (the knockout rounds) were unspectacular, with long periods of passing the ball back and forth. Unless FIFA takes action to improve the flow of the game-for instance, reducing the number of players to nine or 10-I certainly will not be among those who view the next series in 2010. Jeff Lederer Kfar Hess, Israel...
...Germany in particular. As a TV viewer who witnessed most of the matches, let me protest that on the whole, the World Cup was one long soporific. In particular, the final stages (the knockout rounds) were unspectacular, with long periods of passing the ball back and forth. Unless FIFA takes action to improve the flow of the game - for instance, reducing the number of players to nine or 10 - I certainly will not be among those who view the next series in 2010. Jeff Lederer Kfar Hess, Israel Germany was a first-rate host of the World Cup and made...
SUSPENDED. Zindine Zidane, 34, retired captain of France's soccer team; for three games, for head butting Italy's Marco Materazzi in the chest during the World Cup final in Berlin, which Italy won; by FIFA, soccer's governing body; in Zurich. Materazzi, who Zidane said provoked him repeatedly, was suspended for two games. Because Zidane retired immediately after the final, he agreed to perform community service for three days in lieu of his suspension...
...instead of dealing with these problems, as other sports have, FIFA, soccer's governing body, is a world leader in bloviation over action. The NBA outlawed trash talk and instituted a flagrant-foul rule to deal with dirty players. The National Hockey League, hardly a sport for wimps, also cracked down on thugs. The NHL decided to enforce the rules on hooking, holding and interfering when it became apparent that the chippy play was ruining the game by preventing players from using their talents--you can't skate with a stick up your behind. The result: when the refs cracked...