Sexy players from Portugal

Portugal has some of the sexiest soccer players out there. I also love their wine colored uniforms.











Nuno Gomes and Pedro Pauleta



Team captain Luis Figo-- I like to think of him as the Mr. Big on the team, older, experienced, great dresser and still very sexy.







And of course, the playboy himself Cristiano Ronaldo. Thank god we'll get to see this young hunk for another 2 world cups! but looks like he is injured and may not play tomorrow. What I wouldn't give to be his massage therapist!

Beautiful Italians!

Wow this team is just gorgeous!

Gianluca Zambrotta




Francesco Totti

Alessandro Del Piero


Alessandro Nesta


Massimo Oddo


Luca Toni
Filippo "Pippo" Inzaghi


Vincenzo Iaquinta
Alberto Gilardino
Daniele De Rossi
Andrea Barzagli
Gianluigi Buffon


Fabio Cannavaro

Prayers for Italia....

Anyone with eye sockets and clear vision can see that the Italian team is the clear favorite in the final 8 hotties-cup.

World Cup after World Cup, Italy shines by outdoing itself an extremely good-looking team not to mention they were the architects of the smaller uniforms -- THANK YOU Dolce & Gabana!!! Finally a set of designers who understand the needs of the soccer public. Just lovely. The entire team is mega-hot this year...they look more like Hugo Boss models than soccer players...but believe me these boys will deliver. Please God...please keep them alive one more round.

Alessandro Nesta...not playing today. tragic. He's sitting out from the AUS game.

Hotness factor Germany vs Argentina

I am a bit torn about tomorrow-- though I would like a Latin American team to advance, God help us if the Argentinians out there get an even bigger ego!

So in terms of hotness, I think Argentina has an all around better team than Germany, but Michael Ballack sure if sexy!


Here's a much better pic of Hernan Crespo + group shot of Nicolas Burdisso, Crespo & Roberto Ayala.

Germany's Michael Ballack.

ANALYSIS: GERMANY VS ARGENTINA

Ooooh it's going to be a good game!!!!

Though i want Argentina to win since they are from my native South America, I think Germany will win with home field advantage...and they have been playing a really tight game.

Let's revisit their World Cup game play shall we...

The clear winner in GROUP A Germany finished the first round with 9 points.

09 Jun GER : COSTA RICA 4:2
(thus far Costa Rica has been the only team to get a single goal even in much less 2!)

Goals:

6. LAHM Philipp (6')

11. KLOSE Miroslav (17')

11. KLOSE Miroslav (61')

8. FRINGS Torsten (87')

14 Jun GER : POLAND 1:0

Goals:

10. NEUVILLE Oliver (91+')

20 Jun GER : ECUADOR 3:0

Goals:

11. KLOSE Miroslav (4')

11. KLOSE Miroslav (44')

20. PODOLSKI Lukas (57')

NEXT...in the sweet sixteen, they played a tough game against Sweden...taking 26 shots on goal versus Sweden's sad 5. Sweden played a dirtier game (what with all those dirty hot boys...grrrawwhhh) with 4 fouls to Germany's 1 and Swede Teddy Lucic was redcarded out of the game.

24 Jun GER : SWEDEN 2:0

Goals:

20. PODOLSKI Lukas (4')

20. PODOLSKI Lukas (12')

Okay...that said...we see some patterns here. KLOSE (11) and PODOLSKI (20) are the ones to watch-- they play an amazing technical game and tend to set up each other's shots on goal.

MIROSLAV KLOSE...though he does nothing for me downstairs, this is one of those softer spoken "nice guys" that your mother would want you to marry. I gotta give it to him...he does have extraordinary talent...and has managed to score 4 goals- the top scorer this WC. Mark my words....the finals will be all about him and Ronaldo.

Personal information
Date of birth	9 June 1978
Place of birth	Opole, Poland
Height	1.82m (6 ft)
Club information
Current club	Werder Bremen
Position	Striker
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1999–2004 2004–present	FC Kaiserslautern Werder Bremen	120 (44) 57 (40)
National team**
2001–present	Germany	58 (28)

His POLISH...yeah, Polish (guess Poland is to Germany in soccer what Mexico is to the US) pal LUKAS PODOLSKI is at least much easier on the eyes. The youngin is Germany's golden boy and we can expect to see him at the next WC.

Personal information
Date of birth	4 June 1985
Place of birth	Gliwice, Poland
Height	1.80 m
Nickname	Prinz Poldi
Club information
Current club	Bayern Munich
Position	Striker
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
2003-2006 2006-	1. FC Köln FC Bayern Munich	81 (46)
National team**
2004-	Germany	29 (15)

Okay...now ARGENTINA

Thus far they are playing a good game but in what i saw against Mexico...i would not call it great.

10 Jun ARG : Cote D'Ivoire 2:1 (2:0)
Goals:

9. CRESPO Hernan (24')

7. SAVIOLA Javier (38')

16 Jun ARG : SERBIA 6:0 (3:0)

18. RODRIGUEZ Maxi (6')

5. CAMBIASSO Esteban (31')

18. RODRIGUEZ Maxi (41')

9. CRESPO Hernan (78')

11. TEVEZ Carlos (84')

19. MESSI Lionel (88')

21 Jun ARG : NETHERLANDS 0:0 (tied)


24 Jun ARG : MEXICO 2:1 a.e.t (1:1, 1:1)

9. CRESPO Hernan (10')

18. RODRIGUEZ Maxi (98')

Again some patterns here...HERMAN CRESPO (ARG's highest paid player earning about $4.8 million--Italy's Lazio shelled out $55million in transfer fees to get him from Parma in 2000) and MAXI RODRIGUEZ...BUT another one to watch is JAVIER SAVIOLA.

Personal information
Full name	Hernán Jorge Crespo
Date of birth	July 5, 1975
Place of birth	Florida, Argentina
Height	184 cm (6ft 1 in)
Nickname	"Valdanito"
Club information
Current club	Chelsea
Position	Centre Forward Striker
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1993-1996 1996-2000 2000-2002 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-	River Plate Parma Lazio Inter Milan Chelsea AC Milan Chelsea	64 (23) 116 (62) 54 (39) 18 (7) 19 (10) 29 (11) 30 (10)
National team**
1995-	Argentina	57 (31)

Maxi Rodríguez

Personal information
Full name	Maximiliano Rubén Rodríguez
Date of birth	2 January 1981
Place of birth	Rosario, Argentina
Height	180 cm
Nickname	La Fiera (The Fierce One)
Club information
Current club	Atlético de Madrid
Position	Midfielder

Javier Saviola

Personal information
Full name	Javier Pedro Saviola
Date of birth	December 11, 1981
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Nickname	Conejo (Rabbit)
Club information
Current club	Sevilla FC
Position	Forward
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1998–01 2001–04 2004–05 2005–06	River Plate Barcelona Monaco Sevilla	76 (44) 105 (47) 29 (7) 29 (9)
National team**
2000–present	Argentina	33 (10)

SIDE NOTE: One player to also watch is Lionel Messi...the youngest FC Barca player who is often called a young Maradona. It will be interesting to see if he is used in the starting line or as a sub later in the game.

ALL IN ALL as far as hotties go...my vote is for Argentina!

WC HOTTIE RETROSPECTIVE: GHANA GANA EVEN THOUGH BRAZIL WON

Oh Ghana...we are so proud!!! Chin up. You were AWESOME.

The other Cinderella hopeful Ghana was no match for five-time world champs Brazil yesterday...but they played an incredible game. Unlike other matches, this one was about speed, speed, speed. Whoa. Don't care what folks say about Ronaldo's ponchie...the guy can run. Whee wee.

MVP without a doubt for Ghana has to be the lovely, the talented, the drop dead gorgeous puppy dog eyed goalie RICHARD KINGSON. One minute, you just want to hug him with that charming smile and sparkling eyes, and the next minute you just want to watch in awe of his razor sharp instincts as he saves yet another ball. What a man. What a talent. sigh.

22 KINGSON Richard
Date of birth: 13 June 1978
Height: 182 cm
Weight: 83 kg
Position: Goalkeeper
Current Club: Ankaraspor (TUR)
Int'l Caps: 37 (as of 27-Jun-2006)
First Int'l Cap: Brazil v. Ghana (27-Mar-1996)



Sidenote: Karyn, Tash and i watched the games on four large screens at Monkeytown.

WC HOTTIE RETROSPECTIVE: American Int'l Level Talent Arrives and Dies to Ghana.

Finally a couple of gringo players worth writing about! God it's about time the US team has hotter players than "shaggy + jesus lovechild" Aleixi Lalas and "valderama meets Animal from the muffets" Cobi Jones. Claudio Reyna signaled the first changes and gave us hope that the US team was heading in the right direction. Now Carlos Bocanegra showed the world that the USA had more to offer than a bad president and junk food. Born in Mexico, Bocanegra poses a compelling argument for immigration reform...we NEED MORE guys like him jumping the border and joining the US team.

Unfortunately, one hottie cannot sustain a team. The US elimination clearly showed us that all the money, power, technology, fancy coaches, newly naturalized players, and all the sponsorship in the world is no match against the mighty superpower of Ghana. GHANA gano.

3 BOCANEGRA Carlos (USA)

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Date of birth: 25 May 1979
Height: 184 cm
Weight: 77 kg
Position: Defender
Current Club: Fulham (ENG)
Int'l Goals: 6 (as of 22-Jun-2006)
Int'l Caps: 42 (as of 22-Jun-2006)
First Int'l Cap: Korea Republic v. USA ( 9-Dec-2001)

WC HOTTIE RETROSPECTIVE....Swede Dreams!!!

One more reason to hate Germany. They just had to eliminate Sweden. Thanks for ruining it for everyone else...wasn't it enough that you GOT to host all these hotties?




FREDRIK LJUNGBURG
(top hottie pick and quite possibly winner of the hottie cup...maybe Angelina and Brad's secret DNA lovechild...those lips, those eyes)

Date of birth: 16 April 1977
Height: 176 cm
Weight: 73 kg
Position: Midfielder
Current Club: Arsenal (ENG)
Int'l Goals: 13 (as of 24-Jun-2006)
Int'l Caps: 61 (as of 24-Jun-2006)
First Int'l Cap: USA v. Sweden (24-Jan-1998)




Fredrick doesn't make me want to buy CK undies, he makes me want to be HIS pair. This guy is too hot for even the World Cup. He has a very hot team...but in the interest of not looking back too much...we chose him as the clear super Swede. We'll miss you!!!

HOTTIE RETROSPECTIVE...NO PLAY MEANS MORE TIME FOR WORLD CUP RECAP

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bambina

VIVA ESPANA IN OUR HEARTS...la Selección

Sadly the International hottie watching community suffers another tragic loss...the young, tough and talented team from Spain.

Though they played a beautiful game against the dirty playing Frenchies scoring the first goal...the Frenchies won fair and square. I'll give them that.

Here are some of the lovely players who graced our screens and hearts....

MVP’s of today’s game…

The hottest playing factor (ie. talent in the sports kinda way) and hottest hot factor rankings for the Spain versus France game….

#1 DAVID VILLA…scorer of that fabulous penalty kick…

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Date of birth: 3 December 1981
Height: 175 cm
Weight: 69 kg
Position: Forward
Current Club: Valencia (ESP)
Int'l Goals: 5 (as of 27-Jun-2006)
Int'l Caps: 12 (as of 27-Jun-2006)






#2 XAVI

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Our boy player on FC Barca (who will be playing in the US in August so mark your calendars so that you can see him play in person along with Brazilian Pal Ronaldinho )






#3 EL NINO TORRES...(Fernando)

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Thank godness we have more years to watch him play...

Date of birth: 20 March 1984
Height: 181 cm
Weight: 78 kg
Position: Forward
Current Club: Atletico Madrid (ESP)
Int'l Goals: 13 (as of 27-Jun-2006)
Int'l Caps: 34 (as of 27-Jun-2006)








#4 RAUL, el capitan

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Date of birth: 27 June 1977
Height: 180 cm
Weight: 68 kg
Position: Forward
Current Club: Real Madrid (ESP)
Int'l Goals: 44 (as of 27-Jun-2006)
Int'l Caps: 99 (as of 27-Jun-2006)








# 5 Iker Casillas... quite possibly the hottest of the goalkeepers

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Date of birth: 20 May 1981
Height: 184 cm
Weight: 80 kg
Position: Goalkeeper
Current Club: Real Madrid (ESP)
Int'l Caps: 61 (as of 27-Jun-2006)










# 6 is actually #6 jersey DAVID ALBELDA

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Date of birth: 1 September 1977
Height: 181 cm
Weight: 77 kg
Position: Midfielder
Current Club: Valencia (ESP)
Int'l Caps: 35 (as of 27-Jun-2006)







#7 JOSE ANTONIO REYES

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Date of birth: 1 September 1983
Height: 175 cm
Weight: 71 kg
Position: Midfielder
Current Club: Arsenal (ENG)
Int'l Goals: 4 (as of 27-Jun-2006)
Int'l Caps: 20 (as of 27-Jun-2006)






#8 PABLO

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Date of birth: 3 August 1981
Height: 192 cm
Weight: 80 kg
Position: Defender
Current Club: Atletico Madrid (ESP)
Int'l Caps: 14 (as of 27-Jun-2006)