Football Nomad

The group stages have concluded and we are left with four tasty quarter-finals at the World Cup. The final round of group fixtures were full of excellent matches and lead to a couple of surprising results. The pick of the bunch was England’s 2-0 victory over Japan which, coupled with Germany’s thrilling 4-2 win over [...]

If I’m being honest, my following of the tournament over the past few days has not been the best. Japan’s 4-0 crushing of Mexico, England’s 2-1 comeback victory over New Zealand, Sweden’s hard-fought 1-0 defeat of North Korea, USA’s 3-0 win over Colombia, Australia’s thrilling 3-2 win over Equatorial Guinea and Brazil’s 3-0 thumping of [...]

The Women’s World Cup just keeps getting better. No post yesterday, as I spent a large portion of my time collecting a friend from the airport and showing him around Ye Olde Berlin town. As a result, I must make a quick comment on the action from Group D before I focus on what proved [...]

USA, the #1 ranked team in the world, produced the most impressive performance of the tournament to dispatch North Korea 2-0 in Dresden. A relatively even first half saw the Koreans keep pace with the US, but the game turned on its head after the break when Lauren Cheney headed in a superb team goal [...]

The first truly exhilarating moment of the Women’s World Cup arrived yesterday when Mexican midfielder Monica Ocampo, all 1.56m of her, scampered forward and let fly from distance to rattle home a stunning goal against England. It was a tremendous, audacious strike and one which completely turned this Group B encounter on its head. England [...]