In my highschool days in Saudi Arabia, whenever I mentioned the national team to other diaspora Palestinian friends, the majority would respond, “whats the point? they’re just going to lose anyways”. All in all I just had a couple of…
Draws this past month against Nepal and Kyrgyzstan did little to help improve Palestine’s Abysmal rankings. Palestine now stands at 171 (35th in Asia) after starting the year out at 180. We’re a long ways away from our 115 ranking…
An Egyptian Daily has stated that Egyptian Giants Zamalek are preparing a revised bid for Palestinian winger Imad Zatara who currently plays for Syrianska in the Swedish Superettan (first division). Zamalek had agreed terms with Zatara after a week long…
Originally, this post was going to be a follow up to What Now? Assessing the Problem. Football Palestine’s first suggestion was going to be to fire Izzat Hamzeh, but he has beaten us to the punch. Last week, Hamzeh asked…
Ramzi Saleh has been awarded with the Player of the Month award for the month of March. The Al-Ahly keeper but in some impressive performances filling in for out of form Amir AbdelHamid. Saleh’s first start (2/26/2009) ended in a…
Majed Abusidu, who had butted heads with his former club over his participation in the AFC Challenge Cup has signed with Al-Tadamon of the Kuwaiti Premier League. The move comes after Al-Salmiya terminated Abusidu’s contract following the player’s unilateral decision…
One of the great things about football, and sport in general, is that there is always a tomorrow. A tournament of some kind is always just around the corner and fans of a team that failed to meet expectations can…
Kyrgyzstan holds Palestine, Nepal crashes out REPUBLICA KATHMANDU, March 30 Nepal´s dream of entering the final round of AFC Challenge Cup has all but ended after Kyrgyzstan played a 1-1 draw with Palestine Monday in the last match of the…
Well it’s all over and this is what it looked like when the dust settled: 1. KYRGYZSTAN 0-2-0 2-2 2 PTS2. Nepal 0-2-0 1-1 2 PTS3. Palestine 0-2-0 1-1 2 PTS The “Group of Death” lived up to its name……
Can’t provide specifics, but at halftime the score stands at 1-1. Kyrgyzstan went ahead thanks to a penalty by Murzaev Mirlan in the 21st. 7 minutes later Saed Al-Sobakhi in his first start for Palestine and only his second official…
