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**HELP BRING THE CROATIAN NATIONAL TEAM TO THE UNITED STATES**

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This blog is setting an ambitious goal: To bring the Croatian National Soccer Team to play an exhibition game at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Ca- and hopefully three other locations in the United States and Canada (possibly San Jose, Columbus,New York and Toronto). We are working on the logistics of this project, but would like to ask you to reply to the … [Read more...] about **HELP BRING THE CROATIAN NATIONAL TEAM TO THE UNITED STATES**

LACKLUSTER PERFORMANCE BY CROATIANS LEADS TO 3-0 LOSS

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Slaven Bilić and his team said that this result would show them where they stood in European ranks- and what I saw from this match is that they have a lot of work to do if they want to do any damage in this year's EuroCup. Croatia was playing at home with their 'A' team starting roster while Netherlands were without stars Ruud van Nistelrooy, Robin van Persie and Arjen … [Read more...] about LACKLUSTER PERFORMANCE BY CROATIANS LEADS TO 3-0 LOSS

RAKITIĆ POSTS 3 ASSISTS IN WIN OVER STUTTGART

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Swiss-born Croatian international, Ivan Rakitić, helped his German club team, FC Schalke 04, to a triumphant 4-1 win over visiting Stuttgart February 3rd as Bundesliga action started up again after the winter break. He assisted the first 3 goals for Schalke all off of set pieces. The 19 year-old Rakitić was born in Switzerland and even represented them in U-17, U-19 and … [Read more...] about RAKITIĆ POSTS 3 ASSISTS IN WIN OVER STUTTGART

WHO IS DOMAGOJ VIDA??

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Domagoj Vida is an 18-year old NK Osijek midfielder who is currently playing for the U-21 Croatian national team. He was just offered a transfer from English Premiership juggernaut Liverpool FC but refused the invitation. Domagoj said that he would rather improve his skills in Croatia than sit on the bench in England- and who can blame him? To be quite honest, I had no idea … [Read more...] about WHO IS DOMAGOJ VIDA??

POSSIBLE 2008/2009 HOME JERSEY DESIGN??

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We all saw how the new 2008 Croatian dark blue road jerseys looked against England back in November. They remind me of the 1998 blues with checkers only underneath the armpits. The home jerseys, which have always consisted of the red and white checker design, have not yet been officially released by Nike, but these pictures show what they are probably going to look like. … [Read more...] about POSSIBLE 2008/2009 HOME JERSEY DESIGN??

BILIĆ NAMES SQUAD VS. NETHERLANDS

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Croatia manager, Slaven Bilić, released the team roster for the Netherlands friendly early Tuesday morning. The game will take place February 6th in Split. It is the first in a series of friendlies for both sides in preparation for the Euro 2008 tournament in June. There have not been any unexpected roster moves for this game except for Bilić saying that many younger, … [Read more...] about BILIĆ NAMES SQUAD VS. NETHERLANDS

EDUARDO OFF TO IMPRESSIVE ENGLISH CAREER

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Croatia's 2006 Football Player of the Year, Eduardo da Silva (right), continued his fine form in 2007 for new club Arsenal, who he joined this past August, and is already off to a blazing start in 2008 with 2 goals and an assist in 3 games. He is even receiving great praise from Arsenal manager, Frenchman Arsene Wenger- and that is something not loosely thrown around in the … [Read more...] about EDUARDO OFF TO IMPRESSIVE ENGLISH CAREER

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