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Meet Jabulani: 2010 World Cup Match Ball

Published 66 minutes ago by By JACK BELL at Goal

Adidas unveiled the new World Cup match ball -- the Jabulani -- Friday in Cape Town, South Africa.
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Live Blogging the World Cup Draw

Published 10 hours ago by By JACK BELL at Goal

On Friday The New York Times Goal blog goes live to cover the World Cup draw in Cape Town, South Africa. We will have blasts from our correspondents around the world, comments from players and, of course, comments from you, our readers.
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Submit Your Questions for Clarence Seedorf

Published 19 hours ago by By THE NEW YORK TIMES at Goal

Dutch midfielder Clarence Seedorf will answer readers' questions on the Goal blog.
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Drawing From Four Pots: The 32-Team World Cup Field

Published 23 hours ago by By JEFFREY MARCUS at Goal

A look at the 32 teams in the World Cup field, pot by pot, and their international pedigree.
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FIFA Announces World Cup Seeding

Published 2 days ago by By JACK BELL at Goal

FIFA's Organizing Committee for the 2010 World Cup announced the eight seeded teams for the tournament in South Africa, which begins in June.
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New Comments Procedure on Goal Blog

Published 2 days ago by By THE NEW YORK TIMES at Goal

The comment section of the Goal blog (and other N.Y.Times blogs) is changing.
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FIFA Rankings May Not Play Major Role in World Cup Seedings

Published 3 days ago by By JEFFREY MARCUS at Goal

The FIFA World Cup organizing committee will set the rules for the draw and determine how teams should be seeded ahead of the final tournament draw in Cape Town on Friday.
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Messi Wins Golden Ball

Published 3 days ago by By ANDREW DAS at Goal

Lionel Messi of Barcelona won the Golden Ball as European soccer's player of the year, becoming the first Argentine player to capture the award.
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El Clásico ... and the Derbies

Published 4 days ago by By JACK BELL at Goal

The Thanksgiving weekend in the United States is awash in traditional rivalries in high school and college football. It is perhaps only a quirk of scheduling that some of the biggest rivalry matches, which the English pronounce as darbies and Americans as derbies (think Kentucky), were played ...
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An American in Zurich, or Don't Let the Door Hit You in the Back
— goal.blogs.nytimes.com — The 12-man strong American contingent is headed to Cape Town, South Africa, for Friday's World Cup draw.... The United States will be playing in its sixth consecutive World Cup and is regarded as an emerging power, on the field and economically, in the ... (more) An American in Zurich, or Don't Let the Door Hit You in ...

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Chile Saved From World Cup Expulsion
— goal.blogs.nytimes.com — A club in Chile withdrew a legal complaint protesting relegation, saving the national team from FIFA sanctions.... (more) Chile Saved From World Cup Expulsion

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Q. & A. on Match Fixing With Declan Hill, Author of 'The Fix'
goal.blogs.nytimes.com - 6 days ago
Q. & A. on Match Fixing With Declan Hill, Author of 'The Fix'
— goal.blogs.nytimes.com — Investigative journalist Declan Hill explains how criminal elements infiltrate the game and fix soccer matches for profit.... (more) Q. & A. on Match Fixing With Declan Hill, Author of 'The ...

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Q. & A. With Simon Kuper, Author of 'Soccernomics'

Published 8 days ago by By JACK BELL at Goal

Q&A with Simon Kuper, co-author of the book "Soccernomics."
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New M.L.S. Team Picks 10 in Expansion Draft

Published 8 days ago by By JACK BELL at Goal

The Philadelphia Union, the 16th Major League Soccer team, which will begin play in 2010, selected 10 players in Friday's expansion draft.
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UEFA Cites 'Cancer' in Soccer

Published 8 days ago by By JEFFREY MARCUS at Goal

The European soccer governing body cited teams suspected in a wide-ranging plot to fix games.
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Scandal and Corruption Cloud Champions League Restart

Published 9 days ago by By JEFFREY MARCUS at Goal

Thierry Henry, still vilified almost a week after his hand-ball aided triumph for France in the World Cup playoff against Ireland, will don his Barcelona kit. European soccer officials will look into a major match-fixing scandal.
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Henry Considered Quitting France Team

Published 10 days ago by By JACK BELL at Goal

Racked by guilt and cloistered in private after his admitted and blatant hand ball helped send France to the 2010 World Cup, Thierry Henry considered ending his career with the national team.
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M.L.S. Champions Not Always Winners

Published 10 days ago by By JEFFREY MARCUS at Goal

Real Salt Lake finished the season with a regular-season record of 11-12-7, making it the sixth M.L.S. Cup champion to win fewer than half of its games.
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Man of the Match, or Tottenham's Man of the Year?

Published 11 days ago by By ANDREW DAS at Goal

London is a big town, but it would be hard to argue that anyone had a better day there Sunday than Jermaine Defoe.
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Galaxy Wins MLS Cup ... in FIFA 10
goal.blogs.nytimes.com - 11 days ago
Galaxy Wins MLS Cup ... in FIFA 10
— goal.blogs.nytimes.com — The Los Angeles Galaxy defeat Real Salt Lake, 2-1, to win MLS Cup '09 in a computer... simulation from the EA Sports game FIFA 10. (more) Galaxy Wins MLS Cup ... in FIFA 10

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