They’re thinking about it, at least. South Korea is supposedly ready to pass a resolution in September that will create a joint North Korea-South Korea football fan group — and part of that will entail KOR sending 300 fans from PRK to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

Both North and South Korea have already qualified for South Africa 2010, making it the first time the two countries have ever competed in the same World Cup.

Source: Associated Press

Tags: Korea, soccer politics, South Africa 2010, World Cup

In a game Iran needed to win in order to qualify for the 2010 World Cup, five members of the Iranian national team wore green armbands. Team captain Ali Karimi and four other teammates wore the armbands as a show of support for Iranian political opposition leader Hossein Mousavi. They wore the armbands for all of the first half, only for the armbands to disappear for the second. Kudos to the Iranians for showing football can have an impact beyond the game itself. Here are the match highlights. I’m rooting for the Iranians to make it to South Africa.

Tags: 2010 World Cup, Ali Karimi, Hossein Mousavi, Iran, soccer politics

Not really, but … Merritt Paulson wants an MLS team in Portland. Where’s he getting the money? From his dad — US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson (architect of the $700 billion Wall Street bailout).

Tags: Henry Paulson, Merritt Paulson, MLS, soccer politics

Well maybe not quite … but a dude here in Las Vegas, Larry Brown, is running for County Commissioner. And the endorsements he champions are his connection to teachers, police and firefighters, and soccer:

Tags: Larry Brown, soccer politics