The semi-final round of CONCACAF World Cup qualifying concludes with the last two rounds of play.
For instance, Adidas is sponsoring Spain, a team which is expected to go to the semi-final round, and Nike, besides backing Portugal, is also sponsoring the No. 1 team, Brazil.
The semi-final round will feature four head coaches who are vying for the chance to not only add an NCAA title to the resume, but to take home an even bigger bonus check.
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Following the match the draw for the semi-final round was made and we now know that only one of Manchester United, Manchester City and Chelsea can make it to the Wembley final in May.
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No hunter, and nobody interested purely in self-defence, needs a semi-automatic rifle with a 100-round magazine.
The club are in the last 16 of the Champions League, the Carling Cup semi-finals and the fourth round of the FA Cup.
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The Team of the FA Cup comprises player of the round winners from the first qualifying round to the semi-final.
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With more than 18, 000 miles on the clock, Roy Hodgson's men have effectively travelled three-quarters of the way round the world to reach the Europa League semi-finals and the journey has not been without its pitfalls.
Sky will also show exclusive live matches from rounds one to five of the Carling Cup - two matches per round - and two legs of the Carling Cup semi-finals exclusively live.
Scotland went on to lose 19-17 to Kenya in the semi-finals of the Plate competition to round off a dismal day.
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The latter restriction amounts to a ban on most formerly-legal semi-automatic weapons, both pistols and long guns, since no seven- round magazines exist on the market.
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"We have the chance of qualifying for the second round and even playing in the semi-finals, " Chansa told BBC Sport.
The pair will meet in round two after Bogdanovic beat former semi-finalist Hyung-Taik Lee 6-4 6-4, and Baker saw off Alexander Peya 3-6 7-6 (7-5) 6-3.
The Championship side had beaten Premiership side Middlesbrough in the sixth round and went on to a semi-final win over Barnsley at Wembley before losing 1-0 to Portsmouth in the final.
He reached the 400m semi-finals there and also took part in a preliminary round of the 4x400m relay.
World number two Rafael Nadal , who Murray is seeded to meet in the semi-finals, was given a walkover into the next round when his opponent Olivier Rochus pulled out with a foot injury.
Curtis Stevens won an eight round unanimous decision over Derrick Findley in the semi-main event.
There was huge criticism of the protracted 2007 World Cup in the Caribbean where group stages were followed by a round-robin Super Eight phase before the two semi-finals, and the tournament comprised 51 matches in total.
In qualifying for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, the North Koreans have made it through to the final qualifying stage and recently drew with their neighbor South Korea -- a side which was a World Cup semi-finalist in 2002, and unlucky not to make the second round at the 2006 finals in Germany.
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The eight franchises will play each other in a round-robin format, with the top four sides qualifying for semi-finals on 30 and 31 May.
But the 2008 French Open champion, who also beat Azarenka on her way to the semi-finals in Rome in May, fought back to set up a second-round clash with Yaroslava Shvedova.
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As well as knocking the Ewood Park side out of the Carling Cup earlier this season, Villa also came out on top in the third round of the FA Cup in 2010 on their way to the semi-finals.
Spain may have reached a World Cup semi-final for the first time - their fourth place in 1950 was after a round-robin stage - but they will surely need to improve if they are to defeat in-form Germany in Durban on Wednesday.
The eight teams will play on a round-robin basis with the top two from each group progressing to the semi.
Bracewell led the London club on two creditable cup runs - only losing to Tranmere in the fifth round of the FA Cup and going out of the Worthington Cup in the semi-final to the eventual winners, Leicester.
Shabana, who has never before progressed beyond the first round, now meets England's fourth seed Nick Matthew for a place in the semi-finals.
The tournament format sees the eight teams split into two groups of four for a round-robin stage, before the top two teams from each group progress to knock-out semi-finals and then the final on June 28.
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