The United States were placed at a decent 14, not bad for a team that only just recently created a competitive soccer league. Canada has also made impressions as they moved from 90th place to tie with Bolivia for 56th place. At 56th place they may not make it into the South Africa World Cup but this recent rankings prove that they are on the right track.

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Toronto FC

John Carver will be replaced by Leo Percovich, who acted as a goal-keeper coach for Chivas USA. Carver decided not to renew his contract after getting an offer from Nike to work for them in Beaverton, Oregon. Percovich has worked with Preki before as the two were coaches for Chivas USA. The combination did well before and it is expected to do well for the Toronto FC as well.

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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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The Queen’s Park Rangers manager Jim Magilton has been accused of head butting midfielder Akos Buzsaky after confronting him after a match that went poorly for them. Magilton has denied any wrongdoings and is fully cooperating with authorities who are looking into the matter.

Sounds to me like Buzsaky didn’t like the tong lashing he was receiving and cried abuse. Man soccer players need to toughen up.

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Stephen Hart - New Canada Soccer head coach

Hart plans on changing all of that and has promised to give more power and authority to their strong players and build their team to a level they would be comfortable with.

With Toronto in the MLS and Vancouver soon to follow, the game od soccer is emerging as a sport for Canada. It may not be as popular in Canada as Hockey but it might just become a nation pastime. Let’s hope that Canada makes it next time and that they are funded to a point where they can be supported as true athletes.

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David Beckham

Beckham has made it very clear that his biggest ambition in life is to win his country a World Cup Title. Something that has only been done once and only back in the 60’s. Many find it strange that England doesn’t have more World Cup wins under their belt but most agree that their best chance of a win will be with Beckham playing forward.Team USA wants this win badly as well though they seem to have a hard time making it past the first round.

So dispite the old fights and rivalries the two LA Galaxy team mates will be playing for real in June as they are both eager to prove themselves on the field for their countries. Not that it’s likely to happen, but what if Donovan happened to put one past Beckham and eliminate England from the World Cup? What would that do for them once the MLS season begins again? Well whatever happens they are both professionals and keep their competitiveness on the field.

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The World Cup is the biggest sporting even in the world, yet the women’s version of the game is more humble. That however is changing as more and more women are taking to the field professionally.

FIFA organizers have said that the current cap of just 16 teams will be bumped to 24. Having more teams in the World Cup is a sign that the popularity of the game played by women is increasing.

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The decision to change FIFA’s officiating rules comes after France’s Henry deliberatly touched the ball to send France into the lead against Ireland in an important World Cup Qualifying match.

Personally I don’t see what the big deal is in allowing cameras the chance to replay to officials certain plays that come into question or are challenged by the coaches. If it wasn’t for the help of replays Hockey would be very different. If you aren’t going to allow cameras than you need to have more refs on the field. In a game like soccer this isn’t such a big deal since the field is so big, but in a game like hockey of basketball you want to have fewer refs and more TV replay action.

What do you all feel about FIFA decision to amend the reffing rules?

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Yeah their uniforms look like the old sailor suites buy they play like it’s nobody’s business. Hopefully they will be able to keep up their momentum and win another victory for the people of Bordeaux.

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World Cup

England has hosted the World Cup before in 1966 and it turned out to be a huge success. Since then the event has traveled the world and will be played in South Africa in 2010 and Brazil in 2014. The 2018 and 2022 World Cup Games are still up for grabs as other nations are competing for the same highly coveted spot.

Countries currently competing for the 2018-2022 World Cup Games are Australia, Belgium & The Netherlands, England, Indonesia, Japan, Portugal & Spain, Russia and The United States. Personally I’d like to see 2018 go to England and 2022 to Russia.

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