... the art. Brazil built many of the facilities for the 2007 Pan Am Games and ParaAmerican Games and will host the 2014 World Cup. They are well into big-event mode. Also, it is not lost on IOC members that Brazil drives the Latin American economy and is ...

... And since advancing to the 2002 World Cup quarterfinals, the U.S. team ... 2003 Confederations Cup, the 2006 World Cup and the 2007 Copa America. U.S ... in a 2-1 loss at Trinidad in a World Cup qualifier last October. El Hadary ...

... loss to Italy and the 3-0 loss to Brazil. It will need to be at its best for next month's Gold Cup and the Aug. 12 World Cup qualifier at Mexico. "It's been a good challenge, especially when you play teams where the movement underneath the ...

... Wednesday in the semifinals of the World cup warm-up tournament. "They have ... 1999 Confederations Cup and the 1930 World Cup, but lost both times. "Our full ... tournament is more difficult than a World Cup for the sheer competitiveness of ...

... to the quarterfinals of the 2002 World Cup had Americans dreaming of the day ... first-round exit from the 2006 World Cup in Germany. In qualifying for next ... certainly qualify for next year's World Cup. The United States is only two points ...

... matters for the U.S. is that it will face the five-time World Cup champions without key midfielder Michael Bradley, who ... Clark received a red card, and he also played in a recent World Cup qualifier against Honduras. "I think that's probably ...

... never won a FIFA tournament this is the first time they've even made it to a final and a victory over the five-time World Cup champions would signal they are closer than ever to the likes of Spain, England, Argentina, Italy and Germany. It ...

... Casillas saved a shot from Mphela in the 98th minute and denied Bernard Parker soon after as Bafana Bafana finished the World Cup warm-up tournament with three straight losses. "If you switch off against teams like this you get punished, and that ...

... Beautiful Game." After dominating the five-time World Cup champions in the first half, the Americans were powerless ... Advertisement - Almost sure to qualify for next year's World Cup, also in South Africa, the Americans certainly saw the ...

... of the Bundesliga season plus five World Cup qualifiers and Confederations Cup ... back to his starting jobs, with the World Cup less than a year away and a little ... that gets him back into play for (World Cup) qualifying coming up."