Read more World Cup stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/655/world-cup.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 7:49:13 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71407/us-clinches-world-cup-berth.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAmerican players danced in the locker room and swigged bubbly after a thrilling victory last night in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, earned the US soccer team a trip to South Africa and another chance to impress at the World Cup. In one of the most exciting end-to-end matches the US...http://www.newser.com/story/71407/us-clinches-world-cup-berth.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 11 Oct 2009 6:10:25 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64482/s-african-world-cup-laborers-end-strike.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSouth African construction workers tasked with building facilities for the 2010 World Cup today called off their week-long strike after 15 hours, clearing a major obstacle in the country’s preparations to host to the world’s most watched sports competition, AFP reports. Construction firms agreed to give the roughly 70,000...http://www.newser.com/story/64482/s-african-world-cup-laborers-end-strike.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 15 Jul 2009 14:09:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63251/chastain-gets-her-bra-back.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe sports bra Brandi Chastain was wearing when she shredded her shirt after making a game-winning penalty kick in the 1999 World Cup has been returned to her, USA Today reports. Like much other memorabilia at New York City’s short-lived Sports Museum of America, it was taken by a US...http://www.newser.com/story/63251/chastain-gets-her-bra-back.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 01 Jul 2009 3:56:28 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62338/coach-tries-to-make-winner-of-hapless-sudan-soccer-team.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagStephen Constantine is known for tackling lost causes. He’s brought unexpected success to such hard-luck national soccer squads in India, Nepal and Malawi. “I seem to get the really tough jobs others don’t want,” he tells the Wall Street Journal . Now he’s got arguably his toughest yet: Sudan. The hapless...http://www.newser.com/story/62338/coach-tries-to-make-winner-of-hapless-sudan-soccer-team.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 19 Jun 2009 13:35:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62123/iran-soccer-team-quietly-backs-mousavi.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIranian national soccer team players donned green wristbands and armbands on the field in Seoul today, a move many back home took as a sign of solidarity with Mir Hossein Mousavi, CNN reports. Green is the opposition candidate’s campaign color. Spectators at the match waved signs that said "Where is...http://www.newser.com/story/62123/iran-soccer-team-quietly-backs-mousavi.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 17 Jun 2009 12:09:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56158/obama-backs-us-bid-to-host-world-cup.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama is jumping into a new kind of global politics. An ardent advocate of Chicago’s 2016 Olympic bid, Obama is now pushing hard to bring the World Cup to America in 2018 or 2022, the New York Times reports. Obama recently wrote personally to the president of soccer’s governing...http://www.newser.com/story/56158/obama-backs-us-bid-to-host-world-cup.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 14 Apr 2009 12:17:24 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/41204/maradona-to-coach-argentina.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSoccer great Diego Maradona will take the helm of his native Argentina’s national team Tuesday, the Guardian reports. Argentina has been without a coach since mid-October, when the last coach stepped down. “I think we must make the players understand that our shirt is the most important thing, that they...http://www.newser.com/story/41204/maradona-to-coach-argentina.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 29 Oct 2008 15:11:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/40642/becks-may-play-for-milan-on-mls-break.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOfficials of Italian soccer juggernaut AC Milan officials are confident David Beckham will play for the team during his break from Major League Soccer, the Guardian reports. Though Beckham has remained mum, a Milan exec was emphatic. “Beckham wants to train and play for Milan. We want him and he...http://www.newser.com/story/40642/becks-may-play-for-milan-on-mls-break.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 22 Oct 2008 15:03:30 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/39704/cuban-players-ditch-us-hotel-may-plan-to-defect.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTwo Cuban soccer players fled a US hotel in Virginia yesterday and may plan to defect, the Washington Post reports. Pedro Faife, 24, and Reynier Alcantara, 26, are slated to play in a World Cup qualifier tonight and have not turned themselves in to Customs—but Cuba's coach doesn't expect...http://www.newser.com/story/39704/cuban-players-ditch-us-hotel-may-plan-to-defect.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 11 Oct 2008 14:52:01 CDT