0 comments by Harrison Prolic on 10/12/2016
The International break is over, and players are headed back to their clubs, but over the past week many of Europe’s top players spent time trying to qualify for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. With countries divided into nine groups of six teams, each group winner will automatically qualify, while the 8 best runners […]
0 comments by Andrew Coppens on 3/16/2016
Despite a mountain of evidence over the last year, FIFA has never admitted the votes for the 2018 and 2022 World Cup’s were tainted. That changed on Tuesday though, as FIFA submitted a report to the U.S. Attorney’s office in New York. In that report, FIFA admits for the first time that bribery took place […]
0 comments by Phillip Bupp on 10/9/2015
The CONCACAF Cup is this Saturday and things are tense with both teams. This is a game in which the winner will go on to the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia. And if you don’t think this game is huge among both teams, grab a look at this TV Azteca ad in Mexico using […]
0 comments by Phillip Bupp on 9/2/2015
Russia has a new President of their FA as Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko was unanimously elected to lead the Russian Football Union (RFU). His term will last for a year whereas an election will be held for a four year term according to Reuters. The RFU has seen some setbacks over the past year as […]
0 comments by Jeff Snyder on 7/20/2015
In a recent interview with the Associated Press, Brazilian striker Hulk discussed some worrying trends he has encountered at Zenit St. Petersburg. Many who have followed the Russian Premier League will know of the massive racism problem that has plagued that league. While the 2022 World Cup in Qatar might be getting all of the press, […]
0 comments by Phillip Bupp on 7/13/2015
The FIFA Scandal has quieted down a bit in recent weeks but Swiss and US prosecutors have been busy on the case while we have been watching the Women’s World Cup. The latest, Swiss officials have announced that they are investigating 28 new acts of money laundering involving bids from countries trying to host the […]
0 comments by Phillip Bupp on 7/9/2015
The title is not deceiving you, Brazil actually defeated Germany 1-0 in last years World Cup Semifinal…at least according to this video. Yes, in all actuality, Germany beat Brazil 7-1 en route to winning the 2014 World Cup but this person did a great job making it look like Brazil won and advanced to the […]
0 comments by Phillip Bupp on 6/29/2015
It’s been a while since someone publicly criticized FIFA’s decision to move the 2022 World Cup to winter instead of summer, a huge corruption scandal can kind of put that on the back burner. Now that the FIFA corruption scandal has calmed down a bit, we can talk again about the absurdity of putting the […]
0 comments by Jeff Snyder on 3/12/2015
(Translation: The theme of this conference is to announce my retirement from the Uruguayan National Team.) Last night, it was announced that Diego Forlan would be retiring from international duty with Uruguay. While Forlan’s star has certainly waned in the last few years, moving from Atletico Madrid to Inter Milan to Internacional in Brazil […]
0 comments by Phillip Bupp on 2/24/2015
As it was reported by Grant Wahl last week, FIFA is officially proposing to have the 2022 FIFA World Cup in winter. I honestly don’t know what FIFA means by “proposing” to put the World Cup in winter. It’s not like they need approval by someone else. Yeah, they have “support” by all six confederations […]
0 comments by Phillip Bupp on 2/18/2015
During FOX’s Champions League pregame show today, Grant Wahl confirmed that the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar will be played in November and December of 2022. After many rumors, debate and speculation as to when the World Cup will be played, it appears November-December is certain and will be definite sometime next month. The […]
0 comments by Phillip Bupp on 12/31/2014
Throughout this week, we at 32 Flags are recapping the past year as well as look toward 2015. We’ll take a look at the best and worst of 2014, best games and goals and predict what is going to happen in 2015. Today, we’re looking at the 10 best games of 2014. There were many […]
0 comments by Phillip Bupp on 12/27/2014
Throughout the next week, we at 32 Flags are recapping the past year as well as look toward 2015. We’ll take a look at the best and worst of 2014, best games and goals and predict what is going to happen in 2015. Today, we’re talking about the best and worst of 2014. It was […]
0 comments by Phillip Bupp on 12/17/2014
Protesting FIFA’s decision to not publish his full report on corruption with the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup’s, Michael Garcia resigned from his position with FIFA’s ethics committee. In an AP story, it was revealed that FIFA’s executive committee tried to file a complaint of unethical behavior against Garcia. Garcia wrote a letter of […]
0 comments by Phillip Bupp on 12/5/2014
Hooliganism has long been a black eye on the sport of soccer. To many, it would seem as if it was something we read in the history books and doesn’t happen all that often. If this week has been any indication, there is still hooliganism and no one seems to be doing anything about it. […]
