The highly anticipated World Cup held in Africa for the first time in history kicks off on Friday, June 11th with host nation South Africa VS. Mexico. I am very hopeful that an African nation, preferbaly the Black Star Nation, will be kicking the final goal on July 11th, but until then Let’s Get Ready For Some Football & Good Luck To the World -May the best team be victorious! WAVE YOUR FLAG!

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Soccer in South Africa

Kickoff in 2 days! First matches: South Africa vs. Mexico - 11 Jun 10:00am (ET) on ESPN Uruguay vs. France - 11 Jun 2:30pm (ET) on ESPN Group A Group B Group C Group D Group E Group F Group G Group H FRA ARG ALG AUS CMR ITA BRA CHI MEX GRE ENG GER DEN NZL CIV HON RSA KOR SVN GHA JPN PAR PRK ESP URU NGA USA SRB NED SVK POR SU

2010 World Cup schedule

Day	Venue & Time	Stage	Team 1	Result	Team 2
Friday11 June	Johannesburg (SC), 16:00	Group A	South Africa	–	Mexico
	Cape Town, 20:30		Uruguay	–	France
Saturday12 June	Port Elizabeth, 13:30	Group B	Korea Republic	–	Greece
	Johannesburg (Ellis), 16:00		Argentina	–	Nigeria
	Rustenburg, 20:30	Group C	England	–	United States
Sunday13 June	Polokwane, 13:30		Algeria	–	Slovenia
	Pretoria, 16:00	Group D	Serbia	–	Ghana
	Durban, 20:30		Germany	–	Australia
Monday14 June	Johannesburg (SC), 13:30	Group E	Netherlands	–	Denmark
	Bloemfontein, 16:00		Japan	–	Cameroon
	Cape Town, 20:30	Group F	Italy	–	Paraguay
Tuesday15 June	Rustenburg, 13:30		New Zealand	–	Slovakia
	Port Elizabeth, 16:00	Group G	Côte d’Ivoire	–	Portugal
	Johannesburg (Ellis), 20:30		Brazil	–	Korea DPR
Wednesday16 June	Nelspruit, 13:30	Group H	Honduras	–	Chile
	Durban, 16:00		Spain	–	Switzerland
	Pretoria, 20:30	Group A	South Africa	–	Uruguay
Thursday17 June	Johannesburg (SC), 13:30	Group B	Argentina	–	Korea Republic
	Bloemfontein, 16:00		Greece	–	Nigeria
	Polokwane, 20:30	Group A	France	–	Mexico
Friday18 June	Port Elizabeth, 13:30	Group D	Germany	–	Serbia
	Johannesburg (Ellis), 16:00	Group C	Slovenia	–	United States
	Cape Town, 20:30		England	–	Algeria
Saturday19 June	Durban, 13:30	Group E	Netherlands	–	Japan
	Rustenburg, 16:00	Group D	Ghana	–	Australia
	Pretoria, 20:30	Group E	Cameroon	–	Denmark
Sunday20 June	Bloemfontein, 13:30	Group F	Slovakia	–	Paraguay
	Nelspruit, 16:00		Italy	–	New Zealand
	Johannesburg (SC), 20:30	Group G	Brazil	–	Côte d’Ivoire
Monday21 June	Cape Town, 13:30		Portugal	–	Korea DPR
	Port Elizabeth, 16:00	Group H	Chile	–	Switzerland
	Johannesburg (Ellis), 20:30		Spain	–	Honduras
Tuesday22 June	Rustenburg, 16:00	Group A	Mexico	–	Uruguay
	Bloemfontein, 16:00		France	–	South Africa
	Durban, 20:30	Group B	Nigeria	–	Korea Republic
	Polokwane, 20:30		Greece	–	Argentina
Wednesday23 June	Port Elizabeth, 16:00	Group C	Slovenia	–	England
	Pretoria, 16:00		United States	–	Algeria
	Johannesburg (SC), 20:30	Group D	Ghana	–	Germany
	Nelspruit, 20:30		Australia	–	Serbia
Thursday24 June	Johannesburg (Ellis), 16:00	Group F	Slovakia	–	Italy
	Polokwane, 16:00		Paraguay	–	New Zealand
	Rustenburg, 20:30	Group E	Denmark	–	Japan
	Cape Town, 20:30		Cameroon	–	Netherlands
Friday25 June	Durban, 16:00	Group G	Portugal	–	Brazil
	Nelspruit, 16:00		Korea DPR	–	Côte d’Ivoire
	Pretoria, 20:30	Group H	Chile	–	Spain
	Bloemfontein, 20:30		Switzerland	–	Honduras
Saturday26 June	Port Elizabeth, 16:00	Round of 16 – Match 1	1A	–	2B
	Rustenburg, 20:30	Round of 16 – Match 3	1C	–	2D
Sunday27 June	Bloemfontein, 16:00	Round of 16 – Match 4	1D	–	2C
	Johannesburg (SC), 20:30	Round of 16 – Match 2	1B	–	2A
Monday28 June	Durban, 16:00	Round of 16 – Match 5	1E	–	2F
	Johannesburg (Ellis), 20:30	Round of 16 – Match 7	1G	–	2H
Tuesday29 June	Pretoria, 16:00	Round of 16 – Match 6	1F	–	2E
	Cape Town, 20:30	Round of 16 – Match 8	1H	–	2G
Wednesday30 June	Rest days
Thursday1 July
Friday2 July	Port Elizabeth, 16:00	Quarterfinal C	5	–	7
	Johannesburg (SC), 20:30	Quarterfinal A	1	–	3
Saturday3 July	Cape Town, 16:00	Quarterfinal B	2	–	4
	Johannesburg (Ellis), 20:30	Quarterfinal D	6	–	8
Sunday4 July	Rest days
Monday5 July
Tuesday6 July	Cape Town, 20:30	Semifinal I	A	–	C
Wednesday7 July	Durban, 20:30	Semifinal II	B	–	D
Thursday8 July	Rest days
Friday9 July
Saturday10 July	Port Elizabeth, 20:30	Third Place play-off	Loser I	–	Loser II
Sunday11 July	Johannesburg (SC), 20:30	Final	Winner I	–	Winner II