June 15, 2006 - England 2 - 0 Trinadad Tobago

England

vs.

Trinidad and Tobago

Two late England goals qualified England for the Round of Sixteen by virtue of their 2-0 win over a stubborn Trinadad and Tobago.. Full game report summary to follow. Read More >
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  Full Player Report

England  2  Beckham      22    Lampard      20  Cole      18  Crouch      17  Terry      10  Owen      9  Carragher      8  Gerrard      7  Ferdinand      7  Robinson      5  Cole      2	0  Trinidad and Tobago   15      Lawrence   14      Sancho   11      Birchall   10      John   10      Yorke   9      Hislop    9      Gray    3      Jones    2      Edwards   0      Whitley    -3      Theobald
ENG Totals      132	87    TRI Totals

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Soca Heartache

Trinidad & Tobago came so close to pulling off another shocker before crumbling under the raptor-like header from Crouch in the 83rd min., followed by a blast from Gerard in the 87th min. Minus the last 7 min., Trinidad & Tobago showed that a tight organized squad can upset and throw teams off their rhythm—as if England had any.

Unfortunately—yet rightly so—this game also proved that holding out for a draw is a dangerous tactic as it usually leads to upset in the end anyways. Besides, Stern John’s disallowed goal in the 90th min. was really the best moment of magic in the game.

England where is your football—if you expect to impress the neutral, and, more importantly, do justice to your faithful—you better inspire better performances then the primitive tactics employed today.

The Soca boys can keep their heads up as another solid display gives them hope against Paraguay—and pray for another Swedish draw today.

Dagger,
SavageSoccer.com

Toughest World Cup group?

A lot of World Cup fans--especially those stateside--think Group E with the US, Italy, Czech Republic, and Ghana might be the toughest group. The conventional wisdom goes that if the US can actually get out of the first round they might have a very good shot to advance deep into the 2006 World Cup.

But there is an argument to be made for Group C which boasts two title contenders in Argentina and the Netherlands and upstarts Ivory Coast and Serbia-Montenegro. Let's not forget that the lattter was ranked AHEAD of Spain in the European qualifier and that Ivory Coast manhandled Cameroon--which might just be the best team in Africa.

But tell us what YOU THINK is the gnarliest group in the World Cup!

No olympic soccer?

Unless FIFA revisits its anti-doping rules there may be no soccer at the Olympics. The IOC requires all Olympic sports to conform to the World Anti-Doping Code(WADC) which mandates that a two-year minimum ban be applied to all doping offenses. FIFA prefers to mete out punishment on a case-by-case basis. ESPN has the story.