http://www.soccerfannews.com Soccer News and Articles Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:38:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In the high stakes Texas Hold'em poker game of making soccer a mainstream sport in the United States, the powers that be have been snake bit. In the latest installment, they had a window to reel in some more American soccer fans and they blew it. They ... http://www.soccerfannews.com/mls-all-star-game-part-ii/ It has been a few weeks since the end of the Soccer FIFA World Cup 2010 and now we are coming back to earth with the realization that life goes on and that there is plenty of other football to enjoy in the season. The Asian cup is getting ... http://www.soccerfannews.com/life-after-the-excitement-of-the-soccer-fifa-world-cup-2010/ We now look back at the Soccer FIFA World Cup 2010 play with the contest between Japan and Paraguay. These are two teams that do not hype their players but when it comes to delivering results, they can pack a mean punch on their day. They had national expectations ... http://www.soccerfannews.com/fighting-paraguay/ Manchester United's 5-2 demolishing of the MLS All Stars will only chase away fans not sell tickets. If you think of the USSF (United States Soccer Federation) and the MLS's attempts to mainstream the sport in the country as a poker game, they basically got called when ... http://www.soccerfannews.com/once-again-showcase-game-for-soccer-shows-only-failure/ It was meant to be the comeback of all comebacks. The USA is not really a football nation. In fact they refer to it as soccer. England imagined that they would walk over them and for a time Slovenia was on the verge of giving them a thorough ... http://www.soccerfannews.com/the-goal-that-was-or-was-not-depending-on-your-support/ The Chinese authorities have made it clear that they will not tolerate any football gambling during the World Cup. They have also broken up what is said to be the biggest gambling ring in Hong Kong. This warning had better be taken seriously because they are determined to ... http://www.soccerfannews.com/gambling-to-be-banned/ Gloating is one of the less pleasant aspects of the typical English soccer fan. They have been conditioned to be at the top of things and if they do not get their way then the can be quite despondent. Pressures on the English team are at fever pitch. It ... http://www.soccerfannews.com/they-think-germany-is-down-and-out/ [youtube]mAjxqn7e5bk[/youtube] http://www.soccerfannews.com/world-cup-2010-john-terry-england-press-conference-200610/ [youtube]B9L9rj4swhs[/youtube] http://www.soccerfannews.com/top-50-best-world-cup-goals-in-history/ It has been reported in some of the press outlets that West Ham United has made a four million offer for Graham Dorrans. Dorrans has been a midfielder for West Bromwich Albion. Dorrans has been an absolute star for the team since is two hundred thousand pounds signing. He was ... http://www.soccerfannews.com/dorrans-gets-soccer-approach/