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By sliderulesports USA vs. El Tri recap Possessions.  Chances.  Controlling the pace of the game.  Yellow cards. In many ways, this match mirrored those of the Confederations Cup.  A quick start followed by a frantic attempt to ward off attack after attack. Despite all of the recent momentum that Team USA has gain...

 NY Ex-MetroStars head coach Carlos Queiroz took his Portugal team to Estonia on Wednesday, June 11, minus 2008 FIFA World Player of the Year Cristiano Ronaldo and several other veterans. Portugal played Estonia to a 0-0 tie. In a Confederations Cup tuneup ...

Before their debut against Egypt in this year's Confederations Cup, they played four matches against Egypt, one against Portugal in Mozambique, one against South Africa, and most recently against Nigeria in 2003. With a world-best five FIFA World Cup ...

Reuters UK Powers, along with defenders Zarek Valentin and Gale Agbossoumonde, who recently returned from the Lisbon International Tournament in Portugal where they helped the U-18 MNT to a 1-1-1 record. The US has been drawn into a difficult Group C of the FIFA ...

 Switzerland Spain kicked off their 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup campaign against 'only' New Zealand, and Torres saw to it that the game was over essentially before it began. His first goal was a placed, looping effort right into the 'postage stamp' to send the ...

FIFA also did away with the rule that limited switching national teams to players 21 years old and younger. Jones is 27. So, on the eve of the the United States' opening game of the Confederations Cup (against Italy on Monday in Pretoria, South Africa) ...

Los Angeles played without Landon Donovan, who joined the US national team for World Cup qualifying and the FIFA Confederations Cup in South Africa. Movsisyan scored his second goal in two games in the 13th minute. He took a pass from Clint Mathis, ...

 United Arab Emirates Emirates' association with FIFA provides a perfect platform to engage with fans on a global scale.” Players that will be feeling the pressure first hand, as they compete for their national teams in South Africa include Italian midfield general Gennaro ...

The highly respected Brazilian coach had previously taken four national teams to the FIFA World Cup finals and under his tutelage a more professional, more confident Bafana Bafana began to emerge. But in 2008 Parreira stepped aside to spend more time ...

That stunning success brought a rare moment of jubilation to a war-torn nation and earned the team a berth in the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup. On Sunday, Iraq plays South Africa in the opening game of the tournament. At their helm will be a coach very ...

 UK The FIFA Confederations Cup began life as the Inter-Continental Championship, played in Saudi Arabia, and with just four teams it was a bit of a damp squib. Since re-inventing itself, though, it is an event that is at least recognised as valuable as a ...

 UK Spain thrashed Azerbaijan 6-0 on Tuesday night in what was the ideal preparation for the FIFA Confederations Cup starting this Sunday. The victory over their lowly opponents allowed Spain and coach Vicente del Bosque to set a number of records. ...

Reuters UK Eight national teams will be competing for the world crown: South Africa, Italy, Egypt, Iraq, Spain, USA, New Zealand and Brazil. These teams are all winners of each of the six FIFA confederation championships, along with the FIFA World Cup winner and ...

 Switzerland European champions, Spain easily demolished Azerbaijan 6-0 on Tuesday night in what was the prefect final preparation for the FIFA Confederations Cup starting this Sunday. La Furia Roja's resounding victory over the lowly opponents may not cause too ...

한국경제 (보도자료), South Korea A football tournament for national teams, FIFA Confederations Cup is contested by the winners of each of the six FIFA confederation championships in Europe, Asia, Oceania, Africa, South America, and North, Central America and Caribbean, along with the ...

Bafana Bafana will be playing against Iraq in the first match of the FIFA Confederations Cup and the Springboks will participate in the British and Irish Lion Tour Series respectively. Delivering his first State of the Nation Address in Parliament on ...

Goal.com  Canada It's a tournament that divides opinion like no other, and the spirited debate is expected to continue later this month when eight national teams gather in South Africa for the latest edition of the FIFA Confederations Cup. From June 14 to 28, ...

 Switzerland “It is a time for us to recharge our batteries, although some of us will be going away with our national teams.” Marchena is expected to play an integral part in Spain 's participation in the upcoming FIFA Confederations Cup, especially with Barcelona ...

AFP  Zimbabwe The national teams were not getting in some extra tournament practice before 14 June but rather it was the schools, whose provinces were asked to adopt participating FIFA Confederations Cup nations, that were battling it out for the national schools ...

The national teams were not getting in some extra tournament practice before 14 June but rather it was the schools, whose provinces were asked to adopt participating FIFA Confederations Cup nations, that were battling it out for the national schools ...

 Switzerland South Africa, who are hosts of next year’s World Cup and this year’s Confederations Cup dropped five places down from 72 to 77, their terrible loss at the hands of Portugal probably coming back to haunt them despite a victory over Norway three days ...

Donovan was spectacular through the whole tournament, and scored again today against Mexico. And with the win, not only we get the big up made of gold, but we get to play in the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, which is more prestigious and has a better field, so we'll probably get killed.

The United States will play Mexico, a 1-0 winner over Guadeloupe, in Sunday's final for a berth in the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup in South Africa. Canada is, um, not taking this well. U.S. Hangs On To Beat Canada In Gold Cup [MSNBC] Doesn't That Put The Hose In Hoser [Out Of Left Field]