Former Croatian international and Hajduk Split and Rijeka player, Luka Vučko, has played all over Europe in his career that has spanned over a decade. The center back, who towers over the opposition at over six-and-a-half feet tall, has taken his talents from Croatia to Russia, Hungary, Poland, Turkey, and most recently, The United States. Twenty-nine-year-old Vučko has … [Read more...] about Croatians in America: Luka Vučko Thrives in San Antonio
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Scottish shock in Zagreb, Croatia lose 1-0
By 514 CommentsIt was supposed to be a walk in the park. No Modrić. No Ćorluka. No problem. Right? Wrong. Scotland, who went into Friday night's game already unable to qualify for the 2014 World Cup, did the the unthinkable, and beat Croatia 1-0 in Zagreb. Modrić was missed in the middle of the field, replaced by Dinamo Zagreb's Sammir, who played the full 90 minutes, but Croatia did … [Read more...] about Scottish shock in Zagreb, Croatia lose 1-0
Look for goals galore against Scotland
By 214 Comments*Match can be seen on ESPN3 in the United States and on The Score in Canada. Croatia will take their undefeated (5-0-1) World Cup qualifying record against an already eliminated Scotland team this Friday from Maksimir in Zagreb. The Vatreni have only dropped points to co-group A leaders, Belgium, drawing the Belgians 1-1 in Brussels back on September 11th. Although both … [Read more...] about Look for goals galore against Scotland
HNL Week 27
By 3 CommentsResults for April 13-15, 2013 GNK DINAMO ZAGREB 2 - 0 NK INTER ZAPREŠIĆ Second half goals by Said Husejinović and Marcelo Brozović wrapped up another win for Dinamo and sent them that much closer to an eighth consecutive Prva Liga tile. It took nearly 50 minutes, but Dinamo found a way around the 10-men defense that Inter brought to Maksimir. Husejinović … [Read more...] about HNL Week 27
Ćavara Corner
By 39 CommentsIn Vedran Ćavara's third installment of "Ćavara Corner", he discusses head fashion, Croatia's new #4 FIFA World ranking and dishes shout-outs to his Prva Generacija people. … [Read more...] about Ćavara Corner
Croatia move to #4 in world rankings
By 126 CommentsIn their most significant jump in the FIFA world rankings since taking third place at the 1998 World Cup, Croatia have moved five spots in April's edition, up to #4 in the world. Wins over Serbia and Wales in March propelled the Vatreni past Portugal, Columbia, England, Italy and the Netherlands. We can argue all day about the inaccuracies of the FIFA world ranking system, … [Read more...] about Croatia move to #4 in world rankings
Ćavara Corner
By 91 CommentsCroatianSports.com's blog correspondent Vedran Ćavara, touches on the current state of Croatian internationals Luka Modrić, Mario Mandžukić and Niko Kranjčar. Please leave comments below for Vedran regarding his video and thoughts on the three players. … [Read more...] about Ćavara Corner
HNL Week 26 Remembering Horvoje Ćustić
By 15 CommentsResults for April 5- 7, 2013 NK ZAGREB 0 - 3 GNK DINAMO ZAGREB Dinamo Zagreb payed a visit to Kranjčevičeva street on Friday to face their neighbors NK Zagreb. The last time these two teams faced each other at the Poet’s home ended in a surprising defeat of Dinamo. The bad news for Zagreb was that, the scorer of the winning goal in their last … [Read more...] about HNL Week 26 Remembering Horvoje Ćustić
Croatia vs. Serbia: Party @ The Palms
By 209 CommentsWe came. We watched. We beat Serbia!..and then we partied into the night! CroatianSports.com would like to thank everyone who came to Las Vegas for this unique watch party at the Palms Sky Villa. Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Vancouver, Columbus, Toronto and New York were all represented in Sin City on March 22nd. We hope you all had a great time. Hopefully we … [Read more...] about Croatia vs. Serbia: Party @ The Palms