Perhaps the two most compelling groups came to their surprising conclusions on THU 22 JUN 2006. more...

SAT 17 JUN 2006 will surely be remembered as one of the wildest days at this Men's World Cup. more...

The Socceroos were the biggest surprise on MON 12 JUN 2006. more...

FIFA have unveiled the rosters for the 32 teams at the 2006 Men's World Cup. The squad lists, submitted by the coaches MON 15 MAY 2006, include World Cup stalwarts like Kasey KELLER of the United States and CAFÚ of Brazil, plus newcomers like England's Theo WALCOTT and Argentina's Lionel MESSI. Nearly half of the players are professionals for clubs in England, Italy, Spain, France, or Germany, including 103 from the English league system. Each team may make changes to its official roster until 24 hours before its first match.

The final draw for the 2006 Men's World Cup paired up several well known opponents, starting in Group B, where for the second straight World Cup, England will face Sweden in the first round. In Group G, qualifying rivals France and Switzerland, who battled in UEFA Group 4, meet again. Brazil, Australia, and Japan, who regularly meet at Confederations Cup tournaments, are together again in Group F. But the consensus Group of Death is likely to be Group C, made up of Argentina, Côte d’Ivoire, Serbia-Montenegro, and the Netherlands. The tournament's opening match will be Germany-Costa Rica, FRI 09 JUN 2006 in München. more...

The 2006 FIFA World Cup Organising Committee has settled on the pots to be used in the final draw. The top eight seeds were decided using a formula that includes performance at France 1998 and Korea/Japan 2002, as well as the FIFA World Rankings over the past three years. Hence, Brazil, England, Spain, Germany, Mexico, France, Argentina, and Italy have made the cut; the United States fell 1.4 points short. Germany are atop Group A, Brazil lead Group F, and the other seeded teams are in Pot 1. Pot 2 contains CAF, OFC, and the other CONMEBOL teams, Pot 3 features eight of the remaining UEFA teams, and Pot 4 includes AFC and the other CONCACAF teams. Finally, Serbia-Montenegro, as the lowest ranked UEFA side, are in a special pot and must be in either Argentina's, Brazil's, or Mexico's group.

The last of the usual suspects qualified in the CONCACAF final round on SAT 08 OCT 2005. more...

The next place at Germany 2006 was claimed in the CONCACAF final round on WED 07 SEP 2005. more...

At least one of CONCACAF's superpowers was guaranteed to qualify in the CONCACAF final round on SAT 03 SEP 2005. more...

A quick summary of action around the CONCACAF final round on WED 17 AUG 2005. more...

The United States won the 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup title after playing 120 goalless minutes against Panama, winning the penalty shootout 3-1. Luis TEJADA's opening penalty was saved by US keeper Kasey KELLER, and los Cañaleros went on to miss two more shots in the afternoon heat in East Rutherford, NJ, USA. US coach Bruce ARENA was suspended from the match after being sent off in the semifinal against Honduras, but his squad performed well under assistant Mooch MYERNICK to claim their third Gold Cup.

A quick summary of action around the CONCACAF final round on WED 08 JUN 2005. more...

A quick summary of action around the CONCACAF final round on SAT 04 JUN 2005. more...

A quick summary of action around the CONCACAF final round on WED 30 MAR 2005. more...

A quick summary of action around the CONCACAF final round on the weekend of SAT 26-SUN 27 MAR 2005. more...

A quick summary of action around the CONCACAF final round on WED 09 FEB 2005. more...