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WFC’s Weekend Catch – Choice Fixtures For 4-5 June 2011
It’s going to be a bit of bare bones over the next few weeks, as most of Europe is idle, Mexico is on their summer break, Argentina is winding down and Australia has yet to kick in their new campaign. Still, there is the Russian Premier League, the Campeonato Brasileiro, Major League Soccer, the Women’s World Cup, Copa America and the Gold Cup to keep us occupied until full football service is restored in late August. So, if you’re really jonesing for some footy, WFC will point you in the right direction. Continue reading
Mona Lisas & Mad Hatters or How I Spent My International Break
Actually, it should be Fabio Capello trying to get falling down drunk while Laurent Blanc conducts the magnum opus but England’s off-key performance against France has to go on the back burner, for the moment. The more important question to the world of football, at large, and we are World Football Columns, is what in … Continue reading
Catch Them If You Can! 25-26 Sept. 2010
The big clubs have had results blow up in their faces all through the mid-week. will it continue into the weekend? Continue reading
UEFA Champions League 2010-11, Group Preview
It’s big, It’s huge, it’s absitively massive!! It’s the WFC UEFA Champions League Preview. Continue reading
Time Bandits — Last Minute Deals In The Transfer Window
Which was the best deadline deal as the transfer window shut? Continue reading
When “The Next Big Thing” were three
After a few years abroad, I returned to the islands, to hear there was a new football star rising: 18 year old Rody. It reminded me of another rags-to-starlet story, a long time ago. In 1994, when I just a kid, they were “The Next Big Thing”. Continue reading
Can Navas break the psychological barrier?
With 23 spots available for each World Cup team next year, there are still places up in the air in each squad. Jesus Navas will be a hopeful for inclusion into the Spanish National Team, but only if he can get over his phobia. Continue reading
The Messiah would never turn his back
Argentina run the risk of not reaching the 2010 World Cup. Maradona has called Messi their ‘Ace of Spades’ but will he rise to the challenge like he has so often done with his club? Continue reading
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