We always like to get a look at some dope pics. Here are a couple to help remind us how fun it was to be a kid and just play the game.

Children play soccer in the street of a township near the Seisa Ramabodu Stadium during Youth Day, a national holiday, on June 16, 2009 in Bloemfontein, South Africa. The holiday in South Africa is observed to commemorate the start of the Soweto riots of 1976. South Africa is currently hosting the FIFA Confederations Cup tournament.  A couple of more after the jump

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It looks like there couldn’t have been a better day to open. Lots of pics and details from the opening after the jump (more…)

For the first time since CONMEBOL switched to the round-robin system for World Cup qualifying, Argentina is in danger of missing the World Cup.  The top four in the 10-team group qualify directly for South Africa and the fifth plays off over two legs against the fourth team from CONCACAF.  Currently Argentina sits in fourth place with four games to play which include Brazil (home), Paraguay (away), Peru (home) and Uruguay (away).

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“Workers hang a giant soccer shirt that reads one year to go to the 2010 soccer World Cup to be held in South Africa in Cape Town, South Africa, Wednesday, June 10, 2009″. 

Image/Story via Daylife

“US soccer fans have purchased over 93,300 tickets for matches at next June’s 2010 World Cup in South Africa. This is - outside of fans in the host country - by far the highest number of tickets purchased and considerably more than fans from football powerhouses Germany, Spain, Brazil and Holland for instance.”

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At ESPN’s upfront event Tuesday, John Skipper VP of Programming said the company is planning its “biggest marketing campaign ever” to drive interest in next summer’s World Cup.

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CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - MARCH 23: A view of Green Point Stadium, which is currently under construction, ahead of the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup, on March 23, 2009 in Cape Town, South Africa. Green Point Stadium will host five first round matches, one second round, one quarter-final and one semi-final.

This stadium and location actually looks pretty sick, more on it after the jump (more…)

from espn:

Tickets for the 2010 World Cup went on sale on the internet and in bank branches around South Africa on Friday, with organisers declaring it was irrevocable proof that the finals would go ahead in the country.

Some 700,000 tickets for the first World Cup hosted in Africa are available for purchase out of a total of just over 3 million for the 64 games between June 11-July 11 next year.

Fans have until the end of March to apply for tickets before going into a random draw lottery in April to determine the successful applicants.

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