Brazil v. England
Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar
November 14, 2009, 12:00 ET
TV: Fox Soccer Channel, other links

They’ll play a solid Ghana team in the World Cup final on Friday. This was a well deserved win for the U20 team, although Costa Rica looked like a very legit side. Alan Kardec scored the game winner, and could have had more on more than a few occasions in this match. Rogério Lourenço [...]

Brazil v. Venezuela
Wednesday, October 14, 17:00 ET Morenão, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul
TV Link

Apologies for the tardiness of this recap, it was a busy day today. I just found the time to put this together. Basically, and unsurprisingly, yesterday’s match sucked, there was no other way to put it. Its gotta be hard to motivate yourself for a rather meaningless match in a very difficult and exhausting setting [...]

“The Brazilian people are good, generous and the country deserves it. The world has recognized that the time has come for Brazil.” – Presidente Lula
There is a common saying in Brazil: that Brazil would always be the country of the future. Today was undoubtedly a big step in forever putting that saying to rest. The [...]

The Under 20 team played a bit of a sleeper earlier today. They need to get a result against Australia on October 3rd to guarantee passage to the next round.

Today the CBF announced the roster for the Under 17 World Cup. Brazil has won the U-17 World Cup three times, and will have a tremendous chance to do so again next month in Nigeria. The tournament starts October 24th with Brazil’s first match being that day against Japan. The group additionally features Mexico and [...]

The CBF announced yesterday that Brazil will play England on November 18th. This is part of an older agreement that saw the seleção open Wembley Stadium back in 2007. So basically the CBF and the FA agreed to give Brazil a return match, but God forbid that match is played in Brazil, clearly [...]

The Under 20 World Cup starts this week in Egypt. All of the matches will be on ESPN360.com. The tournament opens on Thursday, however Brazil’s first match not is until Sunday. A complete schedule can be found here. Brazil’s group includes Costa Rica, the Czech Republic, and Australia. The defending champion of this tournament is [...]

Dunga will annouce his squad for the final set of qualifiers next Thursday, September 24. I would expect a lot of new faces, but how many is anyone’s guess.
Luis Fabiano was linked this weekend to a move in January to Manchester United. Like his “move” to AC Milan…believe it when you see it.
The Champions League [...]