Budweiser and Major League Soccer (MLS), the top-flight professional soccer league in the United States and Canada, is offering amateur players the chance to live their soccer dreams in the Budweiser Cup. Teams will compete in six-a-side matches throughout Southern California, Arizona, and Las Vegas for a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Argentina to play against winning squads from around the world. Read the rest of this entry »

Cardenas Marketing Network (CMN), an award-winning multicultural event marketing and entertainment company, announced that two-time FIFA World Cup Champion Argentina will take on the U.S. Men’s National Team on Saturday, Mar. 26 at the New Meadowlands Stadium at 7:00 p.m. ET. The match will be broadcast live on ESPN2 and can also be followed via ussoccer.com’s MatchTracker and on Twitter @ussoccer. Read the rest of this entry »

Manchester United Football Club, the 18-time champions of the English Premier League, and Sirius XM Radio (Nasdaq: SIRI), announced today a multi-year agreement to make SiriusXM the official U.S. radio broadcaster of Manchester United.

Sirius and XM subscribers will have access to live play-by-play of every Manchester United English Premier League match and will hear the official Manchester United club broadcast. Read the rest of this entry »

Premium import lager Singha Beer has been making moves internationally, launching a worldwide marketing campaign as well as multiple partnerships and sponsorships.

Singha Beer is an Official Sponsor of Manchester United F.C., and Partner of Chelsea F.C., two of the most respected English Premier League teams. Singha Beer is also a Team Partner of the Red Bull Racing Formula One Team, home of star Sebastian Vettel, who was recently crowned the F1 2010 World Champion. At the age of 23, he is the new youngest-ever F1 World Champion. Read the rest of this entry »

United States national soccer team star player Landon Donovan will be joining Real Madrid’s Kaka and Arsenal’s Carlos Vela on the cover of the North American release of FIFA Soccer 11.

According to EA Sports’ presser:

“Landon is the most recognizable, popular and accomplished soccer player in the United States and he was at his best with the world watching during the 2010 FIFA World Cup™,” said Matt Bilbey, Vice President of Soccer, EA SPORTS. “After his FIFA World Cup performance and the season he had with the Galaxy last year we felt he belonged back on the cover of FIFA Soccer 11.” Read the rest of this entry »

Leading bookmakers Stan James face a no-win situation in Sunday’s World Cup Final in Johannesburg as a result of their decision to refund all losing bets placed pre-tournament on the outright market if Spain win. Holland were the best-backed nation before a ball was kicked and have been well supported throughout the competition and are the firm’s biggest loser.

Under normal circumstances, they would be the worst result possible but as Head Of PR, Charlie McCann, explains: Read the rest of this entry »

Is this crap over yet? Like most Americans I lost interest in the world cup the second the USA was knocked out. There were some folks of Brazilian, Italian and Irish decent holding on to hopes for their home countries. Now that it is down to the Netherlands and Spain I don’t think most of the world really cares about the finals.

Had this boiled down to Germany v. England or Japan v. Korea I am sure there would be some global interest in the finals. There are so many interesting storylines and such rich history among their countries. Seeing the countries in finals are a tourist destination for young European douche-bags and the leading exporter of chocolate and tulips no one really cares about these matches. Read the rest of this entry »

Earlier today, ESPN conducted a media conference call with lead play-by-play commentator Martin Tyler, match analyst Efan Ekoku, executive producer Jed Drake, and sr. vice president of programming Scott Guglielmino to discuss the culmination of ESPN’s month-long coverage of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. Tyler and Ekoku will call the Finals matchup, Netherlands vs. Spain, Sunday, July 11, from Soccer City Stadium in Johannesburg at 2 p.m. ET on ABC and ABC HD. Select comments from the conference call: Read the rest of this entry »

Ultimate DOOM II Weapon: The Vuvuzela. Even the DOOM marine can’t stand the sound of the ultimate weapon in DOOM II: the vuvuzela. Hell On Earth, indeed. Read the rest of this entry »

Tomorrow at 2:30 PM EST Argentina and Mexico take the world stage in the “Last 16” This should be a classic North vs. South battle as these two phenomenal squads representing the Americas go head to head. Argentina has been a dominating force since the first minute of match play. The question is does the Argentinian team have enough stamina to keep up with this young hungry Mexican team?

Efrain Juarez will be back from his suspension tomorrow. If Carlos Vela also returns from his hamstring injury this will be a monster game to watch. In a press conference today team Mexico coach Javier Aguirre acknowledged Argentina was “the favorite by far,” but said “we will see what happens.” Read the rest of this entry »

With the USA being knocked out by Ghana all eyes turn to Group C allie England. England faces a very young German team tomorrow at 9:00 EST that is trying to take on the role of the underdog. There is now way Germany is a any disadvantage going into tomorrow.

Most analysts see these teams as evenly matched. This is truly a coin toss. Expect emotions to be very high tomorrow as there is no love between these two squads. Let’s face it, the English and Germans have been knocking heads ever since man discovered he could make a fist. No matter the out come of this game dont expect hugs at the end of this game. Read the rest of this entry »

ESPN 2010 FIFA World Cup Conference Call Replay with Executive Producer Jed Drake and Studio Analysts Steve McManaman and Alexi Lalas

On Thursday, June 24, ESPN conducted a media conference call with executive producer Jed Drake and studio analysts Steve McManaman and Alexi Lalas to discuss its coverage of the tournament (June 11 – July 11), U.S. Team’s advancement to Saturday’s round of 16 match against Ghana (ABC at 2 p.m. ET) and other 2010 FIFA World Cup storylines from South Africa. Select comments: Read the rest of this entry »

To celebrate the FIFA World Cup in South Africa, and VW’s new World Cup video contest, the Zoo is giving away ONE Adidas official jersey for Mexico’s National Team signed by Ramón Ramírez, to ONE lucky winner.

Volkswagen is teaming up with soccer legends Ramón Morales and Ramón Ramírez to invite fans to upload a video showing their passion for soccer to the VW Facebook page. The author of the winning video will get to appear in a prime-time Volkswagen television commercial around the World Cup! Read the rest of this entry »

This is it for Algeria. They are the only Group C team that doesn’t have a win. Or at least a tie. They sit at the bottom of the Group C standings with a mammoth task ahead of them. If Algeria are to climb from the basement the must begin by climbing over England.

England is one of the 6 teams earlier favored to win it all in South Africa. After England’s lackluster play Saturday against The United States the odds makers are re shuffling their decks. Read the rest of this entry »

Is it too early to call a match a must win? The United States had a lack lust draw with England on Saturday. A lucky goal bouncing of of the goalkeeper was their only point in the match. This rested in a draw.

Slovenia had a lack lust draw with Algeria on Sunday. A lucky goal bouncing of of the goalkeeper was their only point in the match. Slovenia lucked into a win.

When asked about the goal Slovenia coach Matjaz Kek said “We scored a goal and that’s what counts in football,”and added “Maybe we pushed a bit harder for the win and wanted it more. It’s Slovenia’s first World Cup victory. We were suffering on the bench. We’re not going to let it change us, though. We’re going to have a little celebration and then get ready for the USA match.” Read the rest of this entry »

The FIFA World Cup has begun . We at TMR Zoo feel we have definitely done our due diligence to get more familiar with this sport with each new preview. We have just two more to go.

We are slowly getting accustomed to the nuances of … soccer… or football… or fútbol. As we get familiar with the sport we have found one universal theme that seems to emerge with every major sport… babes!

As we do with all sports we are unfamiliar with, we try to lean about the sport by learning about the fans. That is why over the past few weeks he have been bringing you the hottest photos of the footie girls, soccer babes and the hottest models for the counties of the the FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association (or International Federation of Association Football). Read the rest of this entry »