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Jamaica Stakes Early Claim to Gold Cup Group B

Jamaica sent a statement Monday night that they’re a force to be reckoned with in group B while popular favorite Honduras played to a less than stellar 0-0 draw against rival Guatemala Monday night at the Home Depot Center in Los Angeles.

Gold Cup Challengers: Which nation can make noise in June?

While the Gold Cup has traditionally been a battle between Mexico and the United States the coming edition has the best chance to yield a different finalist in quite some time. Honduras, Costa Rica, Canada and Jamaica are all legitimate threats in the tournament and are capable of beating either favorite in a knockout stage game.

Let’s look at the group of challengers and see what they offer and how much of a threat they are for the cup

World Cup News: ‘Der Kaiser’ Takes It All Beck(enbauer)!

Morning all, and welcome to the daily World Cup column on Soccerlens. Today sees the start of the World Cup proper, with the first (and second) of the last 16 ties taking place this afternoon. It’ll be good to see some unrelenting do-or-die hyper-tense knock-out football after having to sit through some shamelessly awful ‘let’s…

Switzerland 0-0 Honduras – Video Highlights

Switzerland 0-0 Honduras 2010 FIFA World Cup 25 June 2010 It was an uneventful match where Switzerland were eliminated because of the inability to score any goals. Both teams had a few chances and have a chance to make it out of the group heading into the match. Honduras had to win and hope for…

World Cup News: John Terry Is Really, Really Sorry

Good day all and welcome to the daily World Cup column on Soccerlens. The big(gest) news today is that England’s ‘rabble-rouser’ John Terry, after a full day of brave defiance, has fallen back in line following his ‘player power’ speech on Sunday night – in which he urged Fabio Capello to play Joe Cole, let…

World Cup News: The Vuvuzela Backlash Begins!

Good morning, and may I once again welcome you all to the daily World Cup column on Soccerlens. Yesterday we saw the first proper shocker of the tournament, as the unfancied Swiss ‘did a number’ on Spain, lulling them into a false sense of security by cunningly allowing La Furia Roja over 70% possession and…

Honduras 0-1 Chile – Video Highlights

Honduras 0-1 Chile 2010 FIFA World Cup 16 June 2010 Chile would get an opening win with a first half goal over Honduras in the opening match of Group H. Chile were clearly the better side and had more possession and 22 shots overall (with 5 on goal). The goal would come in the 34th…

World Cup Preview Part 1: Rooney’s Metatarsal, Dunga’s Demise and French Revolution!

Now I can point to endless articles I have written on here that have been so on the money, in terms of their predictions/forecasts, that it’s scary! Only recently I predicted the demise of Benitez and that Chelsea would win the PL. I have also clearly pointed out that Mourinho is a lucky wanker, Wenger…

2010 World Cup build-up – ESPN’s 32 epic works of art

ESPN is playing the lead role in 2010 World Cup coverage worldwide even leaving the host nation’s TV channel way behind. The top commentators of the game John Motson and Andy Gray have also signed up with ESPN and it does not end there (more details on ESPN’s World Cup coverage). Here is the gallery…

Group H: La Loco’s 3-4-3 will prove too much.

Not many teams will be more happy with their draw than La Furia Roja, who have every right to feel they will saunter through this group, with all the ease they exhibited in qualifying. There is definite talent in the other teams, but Espanola are in a league of their own here. Even if Spain…