Soccer News - predictions

Babes, Brains and Toys Predict the World Cup Winner

Sat, 08 Jul 2006 17:00:39 +0000

Now that the final has been set, a lot of people have been coming out of the woodworks to tell me how they predicted either France or Italy to win it all. Since not everyone put in their predictions before the tournament like many of you did, it isn’t easy to always tell the [...]

Your World Cup Final Prediction

Thu, 06 Jul 2006 11:05:03 +0000

After all the games and all the action, we are finally down to two teams. Italy and France will meet on July 9 in Berlin for the right to be named World Cup champion. Before the tournament started we asked you to predict the winner. Some of you said it would be [...]

Your Semifinals Predictions

Sun, 02 Jul 2006 14:45:03 +0000

And then there were four. We’ve worked our way down from 32 teams to just four, each a mere two wins away from lifting the World Cup trophy in Berlin on July 9. Some of you nailed your quarterfinals predictions from last week, while others were off the mark. The vast majority [...]

Make Your Quarter-Finals Predictions

Wed, 28 Jun 2006 10:00:38 +0000

After some not so great predictions in the first round, we rebounded nicely picking 6 of the 8 remaining teams. How did you do? Here are your predictions from before the tournament, as well as after the first round. Whether you guessed wrong or right you still have time to redeem yourself by [...]

Our Not So Infallible Predictions

Sat, 24 Jun 2006 06:30:59 +0000

If the first round of the 2006 World Cup proved anything it was that we shouldn’t quit our day jobs to become full time prognosticators. Even though we could use the excuse that we made our infallible predictions many months ago, we won’t. There are no excuses. We suck. You don’t. [...]

Big Question: Who's Going to Win on Day 6?

Wed, 14 Jun 2006 11:21:14 +0000

The final four teams open up their World Cup campaigns. Spain takes on Ukraine, Tunisia slugs it out with Saudia Arabia and Germany looks to punch its ticket to the next round against Poland. Looking at this schedule and I can’t help but think it is going to be a great day of [...]

Big Question: Who's Going to Win on Day 5?

Tue, 13 Jun 2006 11:01:44 +0000

This competition certainly hasn’t lacked for action nor has it lacked for winners and losers. There’s only been one draw thus far. Will that change today? We have another three games on tap, starting with Togo against South Korea. France and Switzerland then square off and the nightcap is Brazil against [...]

Big Question: Who's Going to Win on Day 4?

Mon, 12 Jun 2006 16:47:58 +0000

With three excellent days of football in the books, we return to the work week with another slate of interesting games. Monday kicks off with Australia playing Japan in a critical Group F match for both sides. The United States then gets into the action against the Czech Republic with a Group E [...]

Big Question: Who's Going to Win the Day 3 Games?

Sun, 11 Jun 2006 09:41:53 +0000

The World Cup has gotten off to a fantastic start and if you aren’t enjoying it you should probably get a new hobby. Today is another day with 3 matches. The Group of Death rears its ugly head with Netherlands playing Ivory Coast. We also have two Group D matches, Iran versus [...]

Big Question: Who's Going to win the Opening Matches?

Fri, 09 Jun 2006 01:42:32 +0000

Finally, the World Cup is upon us. Today we see a couple of Group A clashes with the hosts Germay taking on Costa Rica, and Poland squaring off against Ecuador. You’ve had months to study the teams and predict the group winners. Today’s your chance to predict the outcome of these two [...]

Some World Cup Predictions are Better than Others

Wed, 07 Jun 2006 16:31:17 +0000

Everyone is a prognosticator before the World Cup starts, but very few of us will be talking about our picks after they don’t come true. Taking a look at the teams many of you are selecting to win the World Cup, I must say that you have it all wrong. But at least [...]

Big Question: Who's Going to Win the World Cup?

Wed, 07 Jun 2006 08:54:17 +0000

For more than three months now I have asked you a Big Question each day. From serious to silly, you have dutiful responded with excellent answers and insights. Today’s question is the biggest of them all. It is the one that billions of people around this planet are asking one another. [...]

Breaking News: Someone picks Brazil to win World Cup

Wed, 07 Jun 2006 00:00:16 +0000

Details are still unconfirmed, but reports coming out of England indicate that someone in that country has predicted that Brazil will win the upcoming World Cup tournament. Sources claim that a group of academic and commercial researchers, “boffins” if you’re from the right part of the globe, have a computer model that will pick [...]

Big Question: What are your final 8 teams?

Sat, 03 Jun 2006 05:06:39 +0000

You’ve showed us how smart you are at predicting the groups but now it is time to take things to the next level. We are less than a week away from the start of the World Cup and it is time to get your big predictions down on record so you can remind us [...]

Big Question: Which Team will Allow the Fewest Goals in Group Play?

Thu, 01 Jun 2006 05:15:21 +0000

A couple of days ago we gave you the opportunity to predict the team that will score the most goals in group play. Today we ask for your thoughts on which team will yield the least amount of goals over the first three games. Take a look at the groups and try to determine which [...]