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10/29/13

About World Soccer: Streetwise Dortmund Throw Group F Wide Open

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From Stewart Coggin, your Guide to World Soccer

This week I look at how soccer is portrayed on the big screen. It would not be unfair to say that, with a few exceptions, directors have generally failed to produce films worthy of the sport, as they struggle to avoid those cringing clichés and lackluster action sequences that look nothing like the real thing. But here are five decent soccer films and five more that focus on the hooligan aspect of the sport.


Best Soccer Movies
Despite soccer being the world's most popular sport, films about the beautiful game have rarely hit the heights. Here is a look at five of the best soccer movies, the best of a pretty bad bunch... Read more
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Soccer Hooliganism Movies
Hooliganism is a well covered subject within cinema. The genre appears to hold a certain allure for several directors, although the quality of output in many of these films leaves plenty to be desired. Here is a look at five of the better known soccer hooliganism films... Read more
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Soccer Culture
The culture of soccer fans is as much a part of the beautiful game as what goes on in 90 minutes on the field. Here is a guide to how people root for their teams, some fan traditions, and the most famous pop culture references... Read more

Skills and Tactics
Instructions on how to practice and develop all the most important individual skills for each position on the soccer field. This also includes guides for offensive and defensive gameplans...Read more


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10/22/13

About World Soccer: Which Teams Have Qualified For The 2014 World Cup?

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Several decisive World Cup qualifiers have taken place over the last week-and-a-half and we now know 21 of the 32 nations who will play in Brazil. Australia and Italy are two of those nations and I take a closer look at the sacking of Socceroos coach Holger Osieck and the possible return to international soccer of Roma captain Francesco Totti.

Which Teams Have Qualified For The 2014 World Cup?
The qualifiers for the 2014 World Cup have not yet come to a conclusion, but 21 nations know that they will definitely be pitching up in Brazil next year: Argentina Australia ... Read more

Osieck Sacked After Second Humiliation
The moral of the story: you can't lose back-to-back games 6-0 and still expect to be in a job. Many commentators in Australia were calling for the head of national coach... Read more

Italy Return For Totti?
Francesco Totti is certainly enjoying an Indian summer in his career, and Italy coach Claudio Prandelli is considering calling him up to next year's World Cup. Admittedly a lot has to... Read more

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10/15/13

About World Soccer: Top 10 Premier League Players

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 This week guest writer George Curtis takes a look at 10 of the best players in the English Premier League. Do you agree or disagree with his choices? Let me know in the forum.


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The 2013 summer transfer window saw yet more high profile arrivals and two of them feature in this list of the 10 best Premier League players... Read more
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Luis Suarez Profile

When Liverpool signed Luis Suarez in January 2011, they attracted one of the most sought after strikers in world soccer... Read more

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Robin van Persie Profile
Robin van Persie had been a long-term object of desire for Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson and the Scot finally got his man in August 2012... Read more
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Mesut Ozil Profile
Keen students of Germany's Bundesliga would have been aware of Mesut Ozil's vast potential long before his eye-catching 2010 World Cup performances... Read more
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