Alex Morgan scores both goals to help avoid upset It took 88 minutes before the U.S. Women’s National Team got on the board, but two late strikes from Alex Morgan lifted the U.S. to a 2-1 win over New Zealand […]
Tag: Soccer
South Korea battling match-fixing
The match-fixing continues, this time in Asia. South Korean fans are stunned to hear that match-fixing and bribery. The Associated Press is reporting: Asia’s oldest professional soccer league is wrestling with one of the continent’s most serious match-fixing scandals, with […]
Match-fixing investigation ends, Giuseppe Signori, arrested
It keeps getting worse for futbol. The culmination of a match-fixing sting operation led to arrests in 10 different cities in Italy. Former Lazio team captain, Giuseppe Signori, was one of 16 people arrested Wednesday for alleged involvement in match-fixing […]
FIFA elections all mucked up
It’s almost a dream come true for every soccer hater on the planet. The FIFA elections couldn’t have gone and continue to go any worse. First bribery, then scandal, and now desperation. Current FIFA President, Sepp Blatter, is reaching out […]
Soccer fans disappoint in Brazil
There are a few reasons why I am slow to completely embrace soccer. I can forget that it’s just not that exciting and that the only person that is allowed to use his hands is the goalie. But it’s the […]
U.S. women topple Italy
The AP is reporting: The U.S. women earned a place in the championship game of the Peace Queen Cup with a 2-0 victory Thursday over Italy on two goals by Abby Wambach. The win clinched Group B for the Americans, […]