Soccer News - World CUP Qualifying Update

NORTH and CENTRAL AMERICA and the CARIBBEAN (35 Teams, 3.5 Qualifying Spots)

Teams Remaining (Stage 4 of 4): Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago, USA

EUROPE (53 Teams, 13 Qualifying Spots)

Teams Remaining (Stage 1 of 2): Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, FYR Macedonia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Scotland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, Wales.

AFRICA (53 Teams, 5 Qualifying Spots plus the Host)

Teams Remaining (Stage 3 of 3): Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Egypt, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan, Togo, Tunisia, Zambia.

SOUTH AMERICA (10 Teams, 4.5 Qualifying Spots)

Teams Remaining (Stage 1 of 1): Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela.

ASIA (43 Teams, 4.5 Qualifying Spots)

Teams Remaining (Stage 4 of 4): Australia, Bahrain, Iran, Japan, Korea DPR, Korea Republic, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emerites, Uzbekistan.

OCEANIA (10 Teams, 0.5 Qualifying Spots)

Teams Remaining (Stage 4 of 4): Fiji, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Vanuatu.

[the noise factor]

You got to love the 1/2 of a qualifying spot.

Ya I had a good chuckle at that, I believe it means the winner of those 2 zones play each other in a home and home playoff - winner advances to the WC Finals

[Home On The Range]

Are you guys American?? You know we don't follow soccer here right ? haha

[the noise factor]

Outside America, soccer is bigger than our version of football, the NFL. Drawing average attendances of upwards to 75K for single regular season games for some clubs. However, within American borders, it is has been nothing more than a good way for parents to keep their 8 to 9 year-olds with attention deficit disorder from bouncing off the walls. But its changing.