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 [...]

It was the Nilmar show last night. The Villarreal forward put three in the back of the net, and put Robinho on notice that there is a more than capable replacement for him within the squad. With four starters out last night I was expecting a lackluster display. However, this Brazil side showed off its [...]

Brazil v. Chile
Pituaçu, Salvador, Bahia
September 9th, 9:00 ET
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Brazil host Chile this Wednesday in the third to last World Cup qualifier of the campaign. This figures to be a more laid back affair for the national team after securing qualification with their win in Rosario this weekend. As noted in the last post, four [...]

<Argentina 1 – 3 Brazil
Even though the score sheet might not tell the entire story of the match, the better team won last night. Brazil officially qualified for the World Cup in spectacular fashion, in an environment that many thought would be impossible to come out of with three points. Goals were scored by Luisao [...]

Brazil 1 – 0 Estonia
This was not the most riveting of matches. Apparently Kaka got lost walking through Tallinn before the match and needed a police escort back to the hotel. That basically summed up this trip and this match. Dunga said his primary concern was not the team performance but rather, “Our main [...]

Not too many changes from the Confederations Cup squad. I am little disappointed there were not a few more new call ups. This match is a warm up for the September qualifiers, so Dunga wanted to maintain a level of continuity in the team. However, due to the lesser quality of the opponent, it would [...]

It continues to be a busy week for current and future national team players. Today it was annouced that Nilmar will head to Villarreal for €11 million on a 5 year deal. It was a club record transfer fee. He should start for the club, with Joseba Llorente and Jonathan Pereira being in the mix [...]