March 21 – SoFi stadium, Inglewood, California is for all intents and purposes a spaceship, and the United States Men’s National Team (USMNT) probably wishes they were boarding it with a one-way ticket to Mars after being dumped out of the Concacaf Nations League semifinal by Panama.
March 20 – Mexico weathered a relentless Canadian storm to win 2-0 and set up a Nations League final against Panama, a repeat of the Gold Cup final in 2023 when Concacaf were last in the SoFi Stadium.
March 21 – With a goal in the fourth minute of added time Panama derailed the USA’s expectations of a ‘fourpeat’ Nations league win with a goal by supersub Cecilio Waterman in the fourth minute of added time.
By David Owen
February 16 – Dr Chung Mong-Joon (pictured), a South Korean member of FIFA’s ruling Executive Committee and honorary President of his country’s football association, has made a $500,000 (£318,000) donation to Haiti.
There is a story going round the many lawyers, accountants and other professionals who advise football clubs. The story goes as follows. Some years ago, when Leicester City were in financial trouble and being hounded by the Revenue for non payment of taxes, Keith Vaz, the local MP, rang Gordon Brown then Chancellor of the Exchequer.
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By Andrew Warshaw
February 9 – Indonesia’s flagging campaign to stage the 2022 World Cup was hanging by a thread today after it emerged that the Government was still stalling over contributing vital support.
History is not always a good precedent for judging the present. But, in the case of Manchester United, history of its ownership and the fans reaction to different owners, tell us a great deal of why the club is once again in turmoil.
By Andrew Warshaw
February 9 - Holland and Belgium’s joint bid to stage the 2018 World Cup was given fresh heavyweight impetus today when Ruud Gullit (pictured) was named as bid President.
By Andrew Warshaw in Warsaw
February 7 – Ireland never got their dream revenge tie against France to make amends for Thierry Henry’s cheating handball.
February 6 – Sunil Gulati (pictured) has been unanimously re-elected to a second four-year term as president of the United States Soccer Federation (USSF).
By Andrew Warshaw in Warsaw
February 6 – In one sense, tomorrow’s draw for the Euro 2012 qualifying competition starting in September is a case of before the Lord Mayor’s show.
February 6 – Thousands of people took to the streets of Lome today to protest against their national football team being banned from the next two editions of the African Cup of Nations.
February 5 – England 2018 today announced BT as an official communications partner in a deal worth £1 million.
February 5 – FC Moscow has pulled out of the Russian league a month before the start of the 2010 season because of financial problems sparked by failures to secure sponsorship.
February 5 – West Ham United have announced that they will undertake a fundraising programme to raise up to £40 million to strengthen the club’s financial position.
February 4 – Castrol, who already back the World Cup and sponsor Cristiano Ronaldo (pictured), is set to extend its football portfolio by backing the 2012 European Championships in Poland and the Ukraine.
By Duncan Mackay
February 3 – Former Zenit Saint Petersburg President Sergei Fursenko (pictured) was elected as the new president of the Russian Football Union (RFU) at a special conference today and immediately set his sights on ehlping the country win its bid to host the 2018 World Cup.
February 3 – Yingli Green Energy, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of solar panels, was unveiled as the first Chinese company to sponsor the FIFA World Cup today.