the year in photos
in 2010, photos change, words not so much.
MLS Superdraft breakdown - you know you’re not getting that here. But every year the draft marks the beginning of a new soccer season. Beyond the MLS hot stove, it means the first USMNT game of the new year is around the corner, with the Gold Cup just...
Soccer City a white elephant? 90,000 say otherwise
Since July’s World Cup final, which attracted an official attendance of 84 490, the crowds at Johannesburg’s Soccer City have been getting bigger and bigger.
On Saturday the attendance record was beaten again when South Africa hosted its League Cu...
World Cup final live — Spain 1 Dutch 0 – how it happened
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the opener
caught in the grip of the (soccer) city madness
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A new Azteca. That’s what it felt like–the beehive atmosphere, the passion, the patriotism–albeit without the built-in American worry of being drenched with beer and who knows w...
World Cup 2010 podcast – day 1
Will South Africa win the first World Cup on African soil? Don't laugh -- it could happen. Check out our podcast to find out how.
World Cup Friendlies Recap: There’s No Place Like Home. (When Home Is Soccer City.)
The glory friendlies, at least in name, took the day off, so we were left with the hosts (that’s South Africa), Denmark and Honduras. Luckily South Africa put on a show in front of the Soccer City fans, full with plenty of ear drum-shattering vuvuzelas, men in epic makarabas (to the left) and women dancing...
Photo: A Skyline Befitting The World Cup.
A beautiful picture has begun to take shape.
