July 2, 2006
CAPTAIN NO MORE
Beckham quits as England skipper
David Beckham stepped down as England captain Sunday, only hours after the National Team was eliminated from the World Cup.
July 1, 2006
SEEING RED
Rooney ejection, Portuguese ‘keeper end England’s World Cup
Goalkeeper Ricardo made three saves in the penalty-kick shootout and Cristiano Ronaldo converted the game-winner to lift Portugal to a 3-1 tie-breaker victory over England in the quarterfinals of the World Cup on Saturday.
June 25, 2006
ENGLAND MARCHES ON
Beckham’s free kick defeats Ecuador 1-0
STUTTGART, Germany – Playing in sweltering heat, David Beckham’s brilliant free kick goal was all England needed to defeat Ecuador and advance to the quarterfinals of the 2006 World Cup. With just one kick of the ball, Beckham showed why he is commonly regarded as the best dead-ball specialist in the world.
June 21, 2006
NO MORE OWEN GOALS
England star striker to miss rest of Cup
England star striker Michael Owen will miss the rest of the World Cup due to a right knee injury.
June 20, 2006
TYING ONE ON
England draws Sweden, avoids Germany
A tie was good enough to be a victory for England on Tuesday as it played Sweden to a 2-2 draw to capture the Group B title and avoid playing Germany in the second round of the World Cup.
June 20, 2006
WOUNDED KNEE
England's Owen injured in opening minute
England's hopes and chances of winning the World Cup took a major hit on Tuesday when star striker Michael Owen went down with a knee injury in the opening minute of the Group B match with Sweden.
June 15, 2006
LATE SURGE SAVES ENGLAND
83rd-minute goal sinks Soca Warriors
Every World Cup has its Cinderella. And, in every World Cup, the wheels eventually fall off the pumpkin coach. For unheralded Trinidad & Tobago, that breakdown came in the 83rd minute of Thursday's match against England at the Franken-Stadion, when David Beckham curled a pinpoint 35-yard free kick to Peter Crouch, who soared over defender Brent Sancho to break a scoreless tie and send the British Lions through to the second round of Germany 2006.
June 10, 2006
BARELY ADEQUATE
Own goal lifts boring England over Paraguay
In a game that started out on a promising note, but became more tedious as time wore on, England managed to get past Paraguay, 1-0, in the World Cup opener for both teams on Saturday.
May 25, 2006
AS THE SOCCER BALL TURNS
England team is a real-life soap opera
A popular television show running for years on British television called The Dream Team, chronicling the escapades of a fictional club soccer team in England called Harchester United and the sometimes steamy, controversial, comedic life of the players and team management. The English National Team seems to be living a real-life version of the TV show.
May 23, 2006
ERIKSSON NAMES ENGLAND ROSTER
Injured Rooney, Uncapped Walcott Included
The World Cup will be Sven-Goran Eriksson's swan song as England coach, and he was expected to bring one of the country's most promising teams in decades to Germany in June. However, one of the team's brightest hopes, Manchester United youngster Wayne Rooney, hobbled off the field with a broken foot on April 29.
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