FIFA World Cup 2010 South Africa The beautiful game's magnum event with millions watching for one month. A total of 64 matches. FIRST GAME is at 9 A.M. CST Republic of South Africa vs. México ESPN networks will carry all games. Univisión networks (Telefutura, Galavisión, etc.) will carry all games in Spanish. U.S.A. is in group C. Their games: Code: 12 June 2010 England Match 5 United States Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg 13 June 2010 Algeria Match 6 Slovenia Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane 18 June 2010 Slovenia Match 22 United States Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg England Match 23 Algeria Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town 23 June 2010 Slovenia Match 37 England Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth United States Match 38 Algeria Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria Mexico is in group A. Their matches: Code: 11 June 2010 South Africa Match 1 Mexico Soccer City, Johannesburg Uruguay Match 2 France Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town 16 June 2010 South Africa Match 17 Uruguay Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria 17 June 2010 France Match 20 Mexico Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane 22 June 2010 Mexico Match 33 Uruguay Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg France Match 34 South Africa Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein ALL THE MATCHES in Central Standard Time: Spoiler Code: Group A Match Date - Time Venue Results 1 11/06 09:00 Johannesburg - JSC South Africa Mexico 2 11/06 13:30 Cape Town Uruguay France France 17 16/06 13:30 Tshwane/Pretoria South Africa Uruguay 18 17/06 13:30 Polokwane France France Mexico 33 22/06 09:00 Rustenburg Mexico Uruguay 34 22/06 09:00 Mangaung / Bloemfontein France South Africa Group B Match Date - Time Venue Results 3 12/06 09:00 Johannesburg - JEP Argentina Nigeria 4 12/06 06:30 Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth Korea Republic Greece 19 17/06 09:00 Mangaung / Bloemfontein Greece Nigeria 20 17/06 06:30 Johannesburg - JSC Argentina Korea Republic 35 22/06 13:30 Durban Nigeria Korea Republic 36 22/06 13:30 Polokwane Greece Argentina Group C Match Date - Time Venue Results 5 12/06 13:30 Rustenburg England USA 6 13/06 06:30 Polokwane Algeria Slovenia 22 18/06 09:00 Johannesburg - JEP Slovenia USA 23 18/06 13:30 Cape Town England Algeria 37 23/06 09:00 Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth Slovenia England 38 23/06 09:00 Tshwane/Pretoria USA Algeria Group D Match Date - Time Venue Results 7 13/06 13:30 Durban Germany Australia 8 13/06 09:00 Tshwane/Pretoria Serbia Ghana 21 18/06 06:30 Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth Germany Serbia 24 19/06 09:00 Rustenburg Ghana Australia 39 23/06 13:30 Johannesburg - JSC Ghana Germany 40 23/06 13:30 Nelspruit Australia Serbia Group E Match Date - Time Venue Results 9 14/06 06:30 Johannesburg - JSC Netherlands Denmark 10 14/06 09:00 Mangaung / Bloemfontein Japan Cameroon 25 19/06 06:30 Durban Netherlands Japan 26 19/06 13:30 Tshwane/Pretoria Cameroon Denmark 43 24/06 13:30 Rustenburg Denmark Japan 44 24/06 13:30 Cape Town Cameroon Netherlands Group F Match Date - Time Venue Results 11 14/06 13:30 Cape Town Italy Paraguay 12 15/06 06:30 Rustenburg New Zealand Slovakia 27 20/06 06:30 Mangaung / Bloemfontein Slovakia Paraguay 28 20/06 09:00 Nelspruit Italy New Zealand 41 24/06 09:00 Johannesburg - JEP Slovakia Italy 42 24/06 09:00 Polokwane Paraguay New Zealand Group G Match Date - Time Venue Results 13 15/06 09:00 Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth Côte d'Ivoire Portugal 14 15/06 13:30 Johannesburg - JEP Brazil Korea DPR 29 20/06 13:30 Johannesburg - JSC Brazil Côte d'Ivoire 30 21/06 06:30 Cape Town Portugal Korea DPR 45 25/06 09:00 Durban Portugal Brazil 46 25/06 09:00 Nelspruit Korea DPR Côte d'Ivoire Group H Match Date - Time Venue Results 15 16/06 06:30 Nelspruit Honduras Chile 16 16/06 09:00 Durban Spain Switzerland 31 21/06 09:00 Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth Chile Switzerland 32 21/06 13:30 Johannesburg - JEP Spain Honduras 47 25/06 13:30 Tshwane/Pretoria Chile Spain 48 25/06 13:30 Mangaung / Bloemfontein Switzerland Honduras I know it's WAY EARLY. Credit to Kwame. He made me do it, I swear!
I went to the 2006 WC in Germany, one of the best times of my life. Sadly, I wouldn't feel safe in SA, so I didn't go to this one. Anyways, go Mexico / USA! Can't wait!
June 12 is circled on the calendar. Ain't no force on earth gonna move me from my couch that day. USA-England and Nigeria-Argentina. Oh heck yes.
Thanks, homie! First game is only around one month away. Plus, it's never too early to start talking about the biggest event in the world's most popular sport that comes along once every four years. My pick to go all the way is Brazil. Watch out for Holland, Spain, and Argentina. I can't wait, I'm excited as hell! Here's Coca Cola's official song for the World Cup: K'Naan - Wavin' Flag <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/GbPZDEx-8-Q&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/GbPZDEx-8-Q&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object> Better version in my opinion: <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/utl-uOdX12w&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/utl-uOdX12w&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object> Here's Fifa's official song for the World Cup: Shakira - Waka Waka <object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_ztr96RbMW8&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_ztr96RbMW8&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object> Spanish Version <object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/nm5KDssdr90&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nm5KDssdr90&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object> Honorable mention to Akon's Oh Africa: <object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/YI4sDx6SGwA&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/YI4sDx6SGwA&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>
It's never too early to talk some World Cup soccer, my club team ManCity lost today, friggin Spurs. They placed outside the top 4 of the Premier league, meaning they won't be able to buy all the top talent out there, lucky for other clubs. Its too bad the games won't be on during the evenings, won't be able to watch it live, unless you work strange hours.
I really like the commercial that ESPN is using for the World Cup, its got a good message behind it. Anyways the Yanks are coming..
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Saturday. June 12 at 130. I'm going to go ahead and say this one will be on abc. If you guys have an iPhone, espn has a pretty good app for it 36 days away
I am eagerly anticipating the non-football news that will emerge out of South Africa, along with the World Cup of course.