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Beckham Sets Sights For Brazil 2014

Jyle Dupuis — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 03:15:59 +0000

David Beckham has reported that he would play in the 2014 World Cup if he’s still able to. Beckham, who would be 40 years old in 2014 might be a little too old. Though if he were still in shape and able to why not?

Dvaid Beckham

Despite being one of the world’s most recognized soccer players, Beckham has yet been able to grasp a World Cup title for his country. Despite these shortcomings Beckham has been able to use his celebrity status to get England into a 2018 World Cup bid. At 44, he would definitely be too old to play.

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Brazil Wins Confederations Cup!

Jyle Dupuis — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:11:19 +0000

It certainly has been a strange turn of events. Brazil defeated USA to take the Confederations Cup title for their second year. It was widely believed that Spain was going to win it, but after a disappointing loss against USA Spain found themselves fighting for third.

Brazil celebrates victory over USA in FIFA Confederations Cup final - June 28, 2009

It was within USA grasp, yet they couldn’t quite make the magic happen. The game ended in a narrow victory of 3-2. Donovan lead the USA in a 2-0 lead before half-time, yet by the end of the game Brazil fought back with everything they had. Brazil certainly earned this win, though it was disappointing for US fans who looked forward to their first FIFA win ever. Instead they will just need to be satisfied with the fact that this was the first time ever the United States played in a FIFA final, a title long overdue.

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Player Gets Punched By Fan In Brazil

Jyle Dupuis — Wed, 27 May 2009 16:59:13 +0000

In a surprising bit of news today, Brazil proved once again that they are crazy about soccer. Fans of the Fluminense club are a little upset with the fact that their team has gone winless during the last four games.

Their last game against Santos even ended in a disappointing 4-1 loss. Disappointing is an understatement, fans were outright mad. This despite the fact that their head coach is Carlos Alberto Parreira former coach of Team Brazil.

Local media blamed the loss on the players who were said to have been caught enjoying Brazil’s crazy night life instead of focusing on the game. During a practice yesterday fans protested on the side-lines of a practice. Midfielder Diguinho got into a verbal fight with one of the fans and was punched in the stomach. Ouch, security jumped into the action but the fighting ended after a few warning shots were fired in the air. No one else was injured.

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Ronaldo & Ronaldinho Not Playing For Brazil

Jyle Dupuis — Sat, 23 May 2009 18:04:18 +0000

Two of the biggest soccer stars for Brazil have just been left off of the Brazil national team list. Ronaldo and Ronaldinho will not be playing for different reasons according to Brazil’s coach, Dunga.

Head coach for the Brazil National team has just released their World Cup roster for the games in South Africa and they do not include Ronaldo and Ronaldinho. Dunga told reporters that both players are going through some personal problems are not ready to represent Brazil in the World Cup.

Ronaldino, who plays for AC Milan has not been on the first line for a long time. some are speculating that he is slowing down and doesn’t play as well as he could. Ronaldo is said to be going through some personal issues that probably stem from his family. I do know that something happened that caused him to move his career down to the Corinthians.

Well, I suppose we’ll see if coach Dunga’s decision was the right one.

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Ronaldinho May Stay With Corinthians

Jyle Dupuis — Thu, 14 May 2009 18:46:30 +0000

Ronaldinho may not return to AC Milan next season. After playing with the Corinthians in the Brazilian Football League manager and brother Roberto de Assis said that he is unsatisfied with his demotion in the AC Milan lineup.

Ronaldinho who is probably still one of the best soccer players in the world right now plays second fiddle to other stars with AC Milan like David Beckham. The excuse is that Ronaldinho is getting old and that he is starting to slow down. A soccer players life may be short but Ronaldinho isn’t showing signs of slowing down. At 29 he is hardly old. David beckham forexample is 34 years old and still has a few seasons left in him.

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Brazil & Ecuador Draw in Cup Qualifying

Jyle Dupuis — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:53:29 +0000

It was supposed to be a quick win for Brazil, but in their World Cup qualifying round they managed to only be able to secure a tie with Ecuador.

Not saying that Ecuador is a bad team, just that Brazil is well… Brazil! Well it just goes to show that anything could happen. Does this mean that Canada has a chance for a World Cup 2010 standing?

Ecuador’s Cristian Nobosa forced a 1-1 tie with Brazil after scoring in the 89th min. Fans roared in the Quito, Ecuador stadium where the two teams met on Sunday, March 29.

Not to make excuses for Brazil but they were playing in unfavourable conditions. I suppose because of scheduling, team Brazil only arrived in Ecuador mere hours before the game on Sunday. Not nearly enough time to acclimate to the high altitude of 2,740 metres above sea level. Normally a team needs to be there a week before to help their bodies adjust to the thinner air and oxygen levels. In the past FIFA officials have banned games from taking place in stadiums whose altitudes exceed 2,500 metres but that had to be raised to 3,000 after several South American Countries complained.

Personally, the conditions of playing soccer above 2,500 metres is hazardous to a players health. That rule should have allowed players to acclimate in pressure chambers in the days preceding high altitude games, a practice that is currently outlawed.

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