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Sammy Rowan

Sammy Rowan, a high school student, loves soccer.

English Premier League Top 5

With the summer drawing to a conclusion, soccer fans around the world can rejoice with the start of the 2010/2011 English Premier League season. Here are my thoughts on who should be the top teams. 1...

Diego Forlan wins golden ball

Diego Forlan is the winner of the World Cup MVP. If it were not for Forlan Uruguay, he may have not even made the second round. I thought that someone from Spain or Holland would win. But Forlan was...

Eso! Spain

Overall, Spain did deserve to win, but it would have been a lot nicer had they won on less controversial terms. The first half of the game was very dull as Holland had expertly clogged the middle of...

Golden Ball finalists announced

Fifa announced the Golden Ball finalists for the tournament. Leading the list of finalists are Holland's Wesley Sneijder, and Spain's David Villa. The remaining eight finalists are Asamoah Gyan of...

Holland and Spain set for epic battle

Holland is in the final for the third time, but this team has never won the grand prize. Holland shocked many experts when they beat Brazil and now will have to control the midfield. Nigel De Jong...

Holland and Spain will play for the World Cup

Holland were the first team to advance to the final as they beat Uruguay in the first semi final. The Dutch came into this game without holding midfielder Nigel De Jong due to suspension. Uruguay...

England-Germany, and Argentina-Mexico preview.

England's View The Three Lions played way better against Slovenia and were deserved of going on to the second round. Fabio Capello made two big changes by putting Jermain Defoe in place of Emile...

Ghana, Uruguay advance. USA and South Korea sent home.

Uruguay beat out South Korea with a hard fought 2-1 victory that sent the Uruguayans to the quarter finals. Uruguay got off to a great start when Diego Forlan sent in a cross that the Korean...

First day of knockout round

Uruguay goes into the  game versus South Korea looking to advance to the quarter finals. Uruguay was very impressive in the group stage and will be looking to use the momentum they have from the...

Chile, Portugal, and Spain advance. Switzerland, and Cote D'Ivoire eliminated

The final round of 16 matches were set today as there will be an all South American match between Brazil and Chile, and Spain will be playing Portugal. Cote D'Ivoire came into today having to...