FIFA sets 2014 World Cup ticket prices in Brazil
The long-awaited sale of 2014 FIFA World Cup tickets will start on 20 August 2013 at 12.00 CET (07.00 BRT) via FIFA.com. For international football fans, ticket prices start at USD 90 for the group-stage matches in category 3 (apart from the opening match, which costs USD 220). For Brazilian residents, the cheapest tickets priced […]
Stow Away 1st Ghanaian to sign for Boca Juniors
Stowed away on a boat traveling to an unknown location, Bayan Mahmud could not have imagined what laid ahead. 28-months ago he was fleeing from a tribal war in his native Ghana, a conflict that had already claimed the lives of both his parents in 2005. Now he’s on the books of Boca Juniors, training […]
Top 10 Premier League Shirt Sellers
Top 10: Premier League shirt sellers based on UK sales 1. Robin van Persie | Manchester United | 25.4% 2. Steven Gerrard | Liverpool | 8.2% 3. Wayne Rooney | Manchester United | 6% 4. Shinji Kagawa | Manchester United | 5.8% 5. Luis Suarez | Liverpool | 3.6%
Urban Street Soccer Radio: 1
[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/100791140″ params=”” width=” 100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] Episode 1 of Urban Street Soccer Radio. Featuring a vast array of sounds from many different genres; from the incredible jazz-funk style of Brazilian trio Azymuth to rapper Al Kani from Zambia to the latest contemporary electronic music by Victor Niglio, Bob Sinclar, and many more. To […]
New Camera System Helps Soccer Refs Make the Right Calls
A kicked soccer ball can move 10 times faster than the human eye can perceive. Soccer referees are human. That might explain why the most popular game on earth has the least popular officials—they keep blowing it. One notorious incorrect call happened in the 2010 World Cup, when a clear goal by England’s Frank Lampard was disallowed […]
Gareth Bale new poster boy for NBC Sports
NBC Sports is in full swing promoting the upcoming season of the English Premiere League by putting up a huge billboard of Gareth Bale in Times Square…well, 49th & Broadway. Interesting. But not sure Gareth Bale is who I would have picked as the face of the EPL for NBC Sports. Don’t get me wrong, […]
Ghana Advances to the Semi-Finals of U20 World Cup
Ghana, Iraq and Uruguay win in dramatic fashion to join France in the U20 World Cup Semi-Finals.
Pele slaps Anderson Silva…..
Let’s be grateful Anderson Silva decided not to play soccer….. Like UrbanStreetSoccer on Facebook. Follow UrbanStreetSoccer on Twitter @UrbanStSoccer
