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Don't know how long this will be up, so get it in now... The U.S. soccer team is headed to South Africa for a chance to redeem itself in the World Cup. Conor Casey scored his first two international goals in the second half, Landon Donovan added another and the United States clinched its sixth straight World Cup berth with a game to spare by ...

As most of you know, tonight was a huge night for US Soccer, as the United States Mens National Team just qualified for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. This marks six in a row for the US. There will be a lot more to come from this huge away win in Honduras, but in the meantime...big ups to all the boys, all the fans and everyone at US Soccer. 2010 is on!

Serbia booked their place in next year's World Cup finals in South Africa with a 5-0 thrashing of 10-man Romania. Nikola Zigic put the home side in front after 37 minutes and Marko Pantelic, Zdravko Kuzmanovic and a double from Milan Jovanovic - all in the second half - completed the rout. (more...)

Arsenal defender Philippe Senderos celebrated his Switzerland return on Saturday by heading two early goals which helped beat Luxembourg 3-0 and put his country on the brink of a World Cup place. The Swiss, who top European Group Two with 20 points from nine games, need a point at home to Israel on Wednesday to win the group and make sure of their ...

ulgaria's slim hopes of clinching a World Cup play-off place were ended as Cyprus ran out comfortable 4-1 winners in the Group Eight qualifier in Larnaca. Constantinos Charalambides' early brace put the hosts in the ascendancy and, although Dimitar Berbatov halved the deficit on the stroke of half-time, second-half goals from Michalis Constantinou ...

Emile Mpenza's double earned Belgium three points against Turkey in their World Cup Group Five qualifier in Brussels. The result moved fourth-placed Belgium to within two points of the third-spotted Turks ahead of Wednesday's final round of matches. It was a lively and exciting match in the Belgian capital, with action switching from end to end ...

Jacob Poulsen's first goal for Denmark secured their place in next summer's World Cup finals, while Sweden's South Africa fate hangs in the balance. The AGF Aarhus midfielder struck from long range, with goalkeeper Andreas Isaksson partly at fault. (more...)

Theofanis Gekas netted four goals as Greece all but assured themselves of a place in the World Cup qualifying play-offs after coming from behind to defeat Latvia at the Olympic Stadium in Athens. Gekas opened the scoring for the hosts after four minutes but Maris Verpakovskis levelled with a superb bicycle kick before putting Aleksandrs Starkovs' ...