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Area Slowly Scoring An MLS Team
by Bob Ford (Article | Philadelphia Inquirer - August 24)
After years of missteps and restarts, mostly built on solid logic but flimsy funding, the Philadelphia area is approaching the critical mass necessary to land an expansion franchise in Major League Soccer. more details | go to article

Bob Ford | Final Will Be One Big Audition
by Bob Ford (Analysis | Philadelphia Inquirer - July 9)
BERLIN - The World Cup final that takes place today in Olympic Stadium, viewed by more than one billion worldwide, will decide the soccer championship of the planet. more details | go to article

Despite Ending Of Pks, Cup Crowns A Very Good Champ In Italians
by Bob Ford (Result | Fort Worth Star Telegram - July 9)
BERLIN - The eternal problem of soccer, and part of its essential charm, is that it is a lot easier to stop goals than to make them. more details | go to article

Bob Ford | Host Germans Must Keep Chins Up
by Bob Ford (Commentary | Philadelphia Inquirer - July 7)
BERLIN - The flags are still flying throughout this city, and the "Fan Mile" that starts at Brandenburg Gate is still being prepared for the party that will accompany Sunday's final game of the World Cup at historic Olympic Stadium. more details | go to article

Bob Ford | Germany Gets Boot From Italy
by Bob Ford (Analysis | Philadelphia Inquirer - July 5)
DORTMUND, Germany - In between, it was very loud, but the German legions arrived quietly for a World Cup semifinal yesterday and left the same way. more details | go to article

Defense Defines France's Victory Over Portugal
by Bob Ford (Analysis | Fort Worth Star Telegram - July 5)
MUNICH, Germany - Inside the glittering facade of Allianz Arena, where the red-shirted fans of Portugal stared glumly across the expanse of field at the leaping, singing jubilation of Les Bleus, a World Cup final had been made that is as intriguing as it is unexpected. more details | go to article

Circus Continues As World Cup Whittles Down Its Field
by Bob Ford (Analysis | Fort Worth Star Telegram - June 28)
KARLSRUHE, Germany - After nearly three weeks of chasing an elusive soccer ball across this country, the World Cup teams have been reduced to an elite eight and the fans, reporters and officials who have chased along are somewhat reduced by now as well. more details | go to article

Bob Ford | Some Cry Foul Over Latest Soccer Ball
by Bob Ford (Analysis | Philadelphia Inquirer - June 26)
FRANKFURT, Germany - You would think - and you would be wrong - in an age when thousands of satellites circle the earth like little blinking moons, when discoveries in medicine lead to new healing marvels every day, when the same great french fries can be obtained in 119 nations, that every possible advancement had been made in the construction of the lowly soccer ball. more details | go to article

Bob Ford | Just Out Of Reach
by Bob Ford (Commentary | Philadelphia Inquirer - June 25)
HAMBURG, Germany - The old joke is that soccer is the sport of the future in America... and always will be. more details | go to article

Bob Ford | Excuses, But No Wins, For Disappointing U.S.
by Bob Ford (Analysis | Philadelphia Inquirer - June 23)
NUREMBERG, Germany - Coming off the field in South Korea four years ago after a World Cup quarterfinal loss, the United States team and coach Bruce Arena believed that, with four more years of development, the national team would be able to take another step during the 2006 World Cup in Germany. more details | go to article

Bob Ford | Blond, Blood: Potent Blend
by Bob Ford (Preview | Philadelphia Inquirer - June 21)
KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany - Brian McBride, the rangy forward for the United States soccer team, looks like an escapee from a laid-back California beach volleyball game. more details | go to article

Powerful Italians Staving Off Angst And Scandal
by Bob Ford (Preview | Philadelphia Inquirer - June 17)
KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany - The operatic melodrama that is Italian soccer has been at full throat this year, with every note of the aria leading toward the World Cup and, alas, the possibility of more heartbreak in the final scene. more details | go to article

Bob Ford | U.S. Coach Still Trying To Find His Team's Fire
by Bob Ford (Analysis | Philadelphia Inquirer - June 14)
HAMBURG, Germany - Bruce Arena put the United States soccer team through a light workout yesterday, then left the players alone to "regroup and lick their wounds." more details | go to article

Loss Leaves U.S. With Slim Hopes
by Bob Ford (Result | Philadelphia Inquirer - June 13)
GELSENKIRCHEN, Germany - It takes more than two years for a nation to emerge from the tedious qualifying rounds that lead up to the World Cup tournament and a select berth among 32 teams hoping to win soccer's greatest championship. more details | go to article

Philly Guys Pick Up Roles On Soccer's Biggest Stage
by Bob Ford (Profile/Interview | Philadelphia Inquirer - June 7)
They already have reached the pinnacle for any soccer player - being selected to the World Cup roster by their national team - and now Bobby Convey and Chris Albright wait to see if this magical year might hold even more for them. more details | go to article

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