Three of CONCACAF’s last four presidents currently face criminal charges from the U.S. Department of Justice (the fourth was merely banned from all football activities for trying to overstep his authority), so the North and Central American governing body’s new president, Victor Montagliani, thinks it’s time to sweep all of their dirt back under the …
Back in April, I went to Trinidad and Tobago, stayed a couple of nights at the João Havelange Centre of Excellence (which FIFA paid for but Jack Warner owns), and spoke to a bunch of people about the ways that Warner helped and hurt soccer in the country. I interviewed journalists, players, and the current …
https://www.youtube.com/embed/rJZacGdzNiA Guatemala beat the U.S. 2–0 in a World Cup qualifier Friday night, which is the first time that has ever happened. Both goals were scored within the first 15 minutes of the game and both were rather shameful for the U.S. Exhibit A is above, and, if you have a strong stomach, exhibit B …
Last week’s top soccer moments By Dan Stelly | Photo via Eurosport Turkey needed to beat Iceland AND hope that Kazakhstan took care of business against Latvia in order to automatically qualify for Euro 2016. First, Selçuk İnan struck a gorgeous free kick in the game’s dying moments to hand Turkey a 1–0 victory. Then, Kazakhstan …
https://www.youtube.com/embed/XizTNDw-QLg Mexico followed up their 2015 Gold Cup title by beating the 2013 Gold Cup winning USA in a playoff to decide which nation would represent CONCACAF in the 2017 Confederations Cup. And the goal that sealed the 3–2 extra-time win was probably more impressive than the rewards for it. Chicharito opened the scoring in …
One Wild Wednesday Night Gave Us the Full Spectrum of CONCACAF’s Offerings. By Sam Patterson [T]his was the Biblically-inspired lede a Jamaican newspaper employed while previewing the Reggae Boyz Gold Cup semifinal against the United States: “David, the future king of Israel, used a simple contraption of a sling to bring down a notorious Philistine …
Here’s the controversial penalty call as Roman Torres is called for handball. #GoldCup2015 http://t.co/4aSShYi9SP — FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) July 23, 2015 You know that feeling when no matter how bad your day goes, you know you’ve got some pizza and cake in the fridge back home and that will make everything all better? Well that …
