The snub occurred after the World Cup hosts earned a 2-1 win over the French, with both teams being knocked out.
Thompson is the only English member of the Fifa Executive Committee - the 24 men who vote on the World Cup hosts.
It is an ambitious target, but countries like Kenya and those closer to South Africa are hopeful the 2010 legacy will extend beyond the world cup hosts.
General Secretary Kofi Nsiah told BBC Sport website that matches were lined up against the World Cup hosts as well as France and South Korea but he could not give specific dates for these.
Portsmouth defender Aaron Makoena - who became the first South African to reach 100 caps in the 5-0 friendly win over Guatemala on Monday - was also picked by the World Cup hosts, who open the tournament at Soccer City against Mexico in a Group A clash on 11 June.
There was good news for the World Cup hosts as Ramnaresh Sarwan returned to action after a hand injury with 27, but he had to play second fiddle to Samuels, who is now adding consistency to his undoubted natural talent and showed no sign of worry about an ongoing investigation into claims that he recently passed team information to a bookmaker in India.
Lee Keunho put South Korea ahead at the Seoul World Cup Stadium before Khalfan Al Khalfan equalized for the 2022 World Cup hosts.
Russia, the 2018 World Cup hosts, face the Czech Republic in the other Group A game in Wroclaw that day.
In addition, the 2010 World Cup hosts will also play three club sides although only one match, the clash with FC Nuremberg on 22 April, has been confirmed.
It was reported just two weeks ago that Parreira had agreed a deal to take charge of the 2010 World Cup hosts.
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England won the World Cup as hosts in 1966.
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Beckham was due to continue his personal programme, worked out by Manchester United, while the rest of the squad trained for the first time in Korea ahead of a friendly against the joint World Cup hosts on Tuesday.
At the World Cup in June, the hosts will face superior opposition in the shape of Group A opponents Mexico, Uruguay and 1998 world champions France.
After returning to South Africa from their German camp on 30 May, South Africa's players will have a week's rest before entering the final phase of the hosts' World Cup preparations.
Rio de Janeiro also will stage many of the key matches when Brazil hosts the World Cup next year, and it will be the host city for the Olympic Games in 2016.
The famous Maracana football stadium, one of the largest in the world, is undergoing a total renovation expected to be completed in 2013 before it hosts the World Cup kick off in June 2014 and the Olympic opening ceremony in August 2016.
Their senior team has a bright future ahead of it based upon the players on display at the London Olympics, and barring any huge surprises over the next four years they will have to be one of the favorites when their nation hosts the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympic games.
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The former Italian national coach must feel on a personal level that he still has some unfinished business of his own on the world stage, after the Azzurri were controversially knocked out of the World Cup in 2002 by co-hosts South Korea, after seeing a late goal dubiously disallowed.
The country will grab international headlines in 2014, when it hosts the World Cup soccer championship, and again two years later, when the 2016 Summer Olympics comes to Rio de Janeiro.
The decision on the hosts for the 2010 World Cup, the first to take place on Africa soil, is expected to be made in May 2004.
McCarthy, who will wear the number 17 shirt, joined Blackburn from Porto in the summer of 2006 and has scored 52 times for the club but is eager to boost his chances of playing for South Africa when the nation hosts the World Cup this summer.
Fifa will decide on the 2018 and 2022 World Cup hosts on 2 December.
Bidding opens simultaneously next month with the decision for both World Cup hosts to be made in December 2010.
This resignation is the latest in a string of bad press for FIFA, which has been under relentless criticism since the 2018 and 2022 World Cup hosts were announced last December.
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Over the next four years the Brazilian city will be a global hub of sport as it hosts the soccer World Cup in two years and the Olympic Games in 2016.
Speaking ahead of Sunday's qualifying draw for the 2010 tournament, Blatter said the World Cup could help solve the social ills of the hosts South Africa by acting as a catalyst for development.
The 12 group winners and the best eight runners-up advance to the final qualifying phase where they will be split into five groups with the winners joining hosts South Africa at the first World Cup to be staged by Africa.
Great Britain has never won the new format of the World Cup, with Poland, Sweden and hosts Denmark standing in the way of a maiden victory for Truro-born Harris and his side.
South Africa are the World Cup holders, while New Zealand are the 2011 hosts.
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