A little over a week ago I posted my opinion that FIFA should pass Russia over as a World Cup host
due to a racist banner that flew at Lokomotiv Moscow's stadium. I'll admit that my reaction was
visceral, and that I didn't not have a full sense of racism's place in Russian soccer when I wrote
it.
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It's official. Merritt Paulson announced at the airport today that the Timbers will have Alaska
Airlines on their kits. Once again the rumors turned out to be correct, so maybe the old saying
don't believe everything you hear is wrong when it comes to the Timbers and MLS.
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Yesterday it was Zlatan Ibrahimovic speaking out against his former club Barcelona after his
move to AC Milan. Today it's Javier Mascherano clearing the air about his move to
Barcelona and why he did it.
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The German captaincy saga, threatening to derail a nation if simply through the wrath of Michael
Ballack, will not be allowed its due end, though Jogi may be trying.
Jogi has declared that Michael Ballack is very much Germany's captain, which would normally put
the kibosh on matters. However, he hasn't been called up and has declared that if he is called up
in the future, his place on the pitch will be occupied by someone else.
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David Gill claims that Manchester United are just 2,200 tickets short of reaching the target for
the season, which is claims is reasonable given the current financial situation of the country.
"I'll be clear," said Gill. "Last year our target was 54,000 season tickets, we've
sold 51,800, which is pretty good in the current climate.
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By TRAVIS CLARK
Last year in men's college soccer, there were few trophies that the University of Virginia
didn't get its hands on. Winners of both the ACC Championship and NCAA Championship tournament, the
2010 Cavaliers enter with eyes on defending both titles.
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On this week's List of the Week, I thought I'd bring you something simple and that can be found
in multiple places, but still is asked about all of the time. Specifically, I'm talking about a
list of winners of the UEFA Champions League. I have two lists, actually. First is a list of the
clubs that have won the championship.
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Wolves Belgian defender/midfielder Jelle Van Damme has been ruled out to participate for his
national team in their clash against Germany tomorrow. Their coach regards it a big loss as they
want to play it rough against the Germans to try to get them off balance. The reason for Van Damme
not playing is the [.
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The Daily Mail has a great article on Bebe.
The Evening News sings the praises of Berbatov.
The Metro reports on claims that Rafael van der Vaart has only signed for Spurs to get a United
move.
The Guardian gives the details of Carlos Queiroz's ban which may cost him his job.
"RoM Reads" was originally published at The Republik of
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Cesare Prandelli's first match in charge is an away game in the Euro 2012 qualifiers. Estonia
are no giants of football, and even though the Italy team is in rebuilding, we really need all
three points on this. [read more]
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Jose Mourinho, who once ripped Cristiano Ronaldo to shreds in the media when he was a young lad,
insulting his supposed lower class background and poor education, has today jumped to his
defence.
Now, as manager of Real Madrid, he has noticed what United fans witnessed for years, that
Ronaldo gets kicked from pillar to post every game with little punishment imposed on the wrong
do-ers.
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* El presente ránking se arma respecto de los datos publicados por Alexa.com y agrupa a los blogs
deportivos argentinos con no menos de dos meses de actualización.* Fecha de valores: 02.09.2010.
Entre paréntesis la posición rank del mes precedente.
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La redó 81.103
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Our new signing, Bebe, is currently with the Portugal U-21 squad and has impressed in
training.
Jorge Paxaio, Bebe's coach at former club Estrela, has spoken very fondly of our new player,
although is wary of what effect his rags to riches background may have.
‘Manchester United are getting a truly remarkable kid," he said.
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Chelsea star Michael Essien has laid the marker down to his club's opponents, cautioning that
Carlo Ancelotti and his men are eyeing Champions League success. UEFA's highest club honor has
eluded the Blues to this point, but with what appears to be their best squad ever, Essien believes
they can win any competition they enter.
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DC United's 2010 effectively ended last night. United fell to Columbus in the semifinals of the US
Open Cup in front of 3400 fans at RFK stadium, and while the organization is none too happy with
the quality of the referee for the match, their grousing won't change anything. United will now
simply finish out their MLS schedule while understandably looking ahead to 2011.
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See the other parts of 'This is how it feels to be City'
"This Is How It Feels To Be City: Part VI" was originally published at
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O Sporting surpreendeu ao contratar Timo Hildebrand para fazer concorrência a Rui Patrício na
luta pela baliza. Aos 31 anos, o internacional alemão chega a Alvalade a custo zero, em virtude de
não ter clube desde que uma lesão o levou a abandonar o Hoffenheim. Por saber está o prémio de
assinatura que os leões terão pago ao germânico, bem como o seu estado físico.
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Images via straight up serie a. Thx Liz!
We're suffering from a case of the "shoulds", Kickettes. We really should set aside a
good few paragraphs here to advise you of the latest developments in the footballing career of
Marco Borriello.
You see, Marco has just agreed a loan deal that takes him from AC Milan to rival Serie A side
Roma.
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PSP has the lowdown on the Union's victory over Chivas de Guadalajara here. Goal.com has it
here. And Philly.com has it here.
The Union have a nice piece on Brad Knighton's play in the victory on their website. Hopefully
Peter Nowak reads it.
The New England Revolution fell 2-1 to Monarcas Morelia of Mexico in the SuperLiga Final.
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El brasileño Eraldo Correia fue presentado en Águila e hizo su primera práctica con el equipo.
Sólo faltaron aquellos jugadores que están con la Selecta, que hoy viajan a Los Ángeles para
enfrentar a Honduras.
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Photo courtesy of University of Maryland
By AVI CREDITOR
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Back in 2008, Sasho Cirovski hardly expected Zac MacMath to have a junior
season.
Considering the pedigree that MacMath, the University of Maryland's 19-year-old star goalkeeper,
carried with him to Ludwig Field, and considering the track record of other Maryland standouts who
have jumped early to the professional ranks, one could understand the Maryland coach's cautious
outlook.
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Rio Ferdinand returned to action last night when he played 45 minutes for the Manchester United
Reserves in the Senior Cup clash Vs Oldham Athletic.
The defender who was unable to captain England in South Africa due to knee ligament damage
completed 45 minutes at Bower Fold , and showed no ill-effects of the injury that prevented him
from playing in the World Cup as well as the opening month of the Barclays Premier League.
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New England Revolution's attempts at winning the North American SuperLiga title for a second
time were dashed on Wednesday as they were defeated at home by Mexican opponents Monarcas Morelia
by two goals to one in front of a disappointing 10,000 crowd. The Revs had previously won
the competition two years earlier having beaten compatriots Houston Dynamo in a penalty shoot-out
but any repeat of that triumph was put to the sword after Morelia left the American hosts with too
much to do after taking a two goal lead in this game.
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By Ollie Irish
Jamie Carragher accepts Liverpool's best chance of silverware this season will
come in cup competitions as they have too much ground to make up on title favourites such as Man
Utd and Chelsea.
"People have said 'You've done this and that for Liverpool' but we've not won a trophy for four
years and that is annoying me a little bit," Carra said.
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by Nick Lichtenberg, writing from a couch in New York City (okay, Brooklyn)
1) Dimitar Berbatov reminds me of Steve Nash.
Nobody would mistake Dimitar Berbatov for an inspirational league MVP. But a few years ago,
Phoenix Suns' point guard (and Tottenham supporter) Steve Nash was still in search of his first NBA
title.
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In Women's Professional Soccer, parity is often the name of the game, and things were no
different on Wednesday night at Yurcak Field in New Jersey. FC Gold Pride came to the Garden State
to take on Sky Blue FC in the final regular season edition of "The Battle of Teams That Choose to
Not Identify Geographically".
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Once upon a time REAL MADRID had six Dutch players in their squad for a cost of 123M€ paid to
have their services. Today, & with the departure of Rafael Van Ver Vaart to Tottenham, the number
of Dutch players in the team is zero.To get to that zero, Real Madrid sold them for a price of
63M€ (- 60M€ loss) & Drenthe loaned out to Spanish Club Hercules.
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This past week Enos "Stan" Kroenke's purchase of a majority stake in the St. Louis Rams was
approved by the National Football League. NFL rules prohibit an owner from having a majority
stake in a football team in one city and a team from another sport in another city, so Kroenke was
forced to transfer operating control whilst winking of the Denver Nuggets and the Colorado
Avalanche to his son, Nepos.
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Today's Reason to Vote (RtV from here on out) from Jimmy Conrad for our Pepsi Refresh project to
rehab Belvedere Park in KCMO?
"#18 - You need to spend the 10 minutes to vote for me 25 times in
the Pepsi Refresh Project because it will count as your Chicken Soup For The Soul moment of your
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Guus Hiddink's new journey with Turkey takes start on Friday in Kazakhstan.
In the 2012 European Championship Qualifying Group A match, Turkey will face Kazakhstan on Friday
at 19;00 (12;00 Noon,ET)
The match will be broadcast by Turkish TRT TV.
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The life as a pro can be amazing, but it can also kick you when you are down.
Jay DeMerit, for example, is far too capable to be cast into the footballing wilderness and the
defender, who was a regular for Watford during their 2006-07 Premier League season, is hoping that
his situation will develop now the window has closed.
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Jack McInerney scored the lone goal in the Union's second international friendly win that
showcased all of the Union's impressive youthful crop as the 18-year old striker lined up in the
second half with fellow teenagers Amobi Okugo, Roger Torres, and a 15-year old trialist (U-17
standout) Zach Pfeffer.
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Wir haben die sportliche Qualität erhöht und zugleich Gehaltskosten reduziert.
Felix Magath, Trainer von Schalke 04, rechtfertigt seine vielen Transfers in dieser Saison.
(Quelle: Interview Kicker)
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I don't know about all of you, but it seems like ages since I've seen Arsenal play. It seems
like ages since I've seen any football at all! I'm feeling some serious withdrawal, to the point
where I pondered whether or not I should watch this year's Superliga final. Turns out I'm not that
desperate.
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Over the past fortnight we gave you an opportunity (through our Facebook & Twitter handles) to
clear all the doubts about our beloved Arsenal. We got close to 30 questions in all; not a massive
number but good enough to kick-start this feedback session!
Some of them were really eye-catching & well-versed.
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Took this from another blog, still not in the mood to write:
Gillett: "We have invested more money than our competitors, in keeping with the history of the
club"
Hicks: "Our debt is very managable.... and we never use player sales for debt service. The
summer window will be big."
Tom Hicks (27 May 2010): "We have no intention of selling any of our top players and we have a
substantial transfer budget in place.
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The Ginger Prince. Paul Scholes.
Manchester United's Player of the Month
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The ongoing anti-Glazer protests by a vocal minority of Manchester United fans seems to be
having an effect as Manchester United have announced that they have failed to reach their target of
season ticket sales this summer,
On not reaching their goal, Man United's chief executive David Gill tried to spin it like
this:
"I'll be clear on that.
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By Ollie Irish
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Full slate of internationals starts tomorrow for those called up.
As noted by Daryl on the front page a few days ago, qualifying for Euro 2012 starts tomorrow
with a slightly different schedule. Matches will now take place on Fridays and Tuesdays as opposed
to the traditional Saturday and Wednesday schedule.
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Yesterday the English FA and Umbro officially launched the England 2011/13 home kit to be used for
the Three Lions' Euro 2012 qualification campaign, Euro 2012 Finals run (should the team qualify)
and 2014 FIFA World Cup UEFA zone qualifiers through 2013. The launch also included the England
Umbro 2011/13 black home men's goalkeeper kit [.
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Denmark international, Nicklas Bendtner has accepted that he will now will probably miss the
Iceland game on Tuesday 7th of September but is very close to being back whilst confirming he can
sprint now and will work with the ball in the coming days.
Bendtner said . . .
My basic form is now fully in place, and I started to sprint.
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Yessss! I'm logged on! Cescy hails his technological breakthrough.
Our F5 love Cesc Fabregas is on twitter. He's followed the likes of other Spanish 'ballers like
Xabi Alonso (who tweets about Dexter), Sergio Ramos (who tweets photos like this) and Alvaro
Arbeloa (who confirmed Cesc officially today) on the twitterverse.
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Following Persib's 6-0 humiliation against Sriwijaya last night in the Inter Island Cup there is
much soul searching going on Bandung way.
Management are pointing the finger at new coach Darko Janackovic and refuse to blame the defeat on
the absence of many players on international duty pointing out that Sriwijaya were in the same
boat.
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By TRAVIS CLARK
The 2010 national title contenders in college soccer start and stops in the major power
conferences. Five of the last 10 champions have emerged from the ACC, and defending champion
Virginia will be eager to defend its title.
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Meine lieben Fussballfreunde. Wer jetzt noch keine 16 ist, der muss darf hier eigentlich nicht mehr
weiterlesen, denn dieses Thema ist nicht ganz jugendfrei. Zumindest ist das so, wenn man Bremer
Politikern glauben darf, aber wer glaubt denn heutzutage noch Politikern. Leider niemand und daher
lege ich ganz demokratisch die Entscheidung in eure Hände.
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Remember last year when a certain soccer playing co-ed's unladylike behavior was nationwide news
for a hot minute? Guess what? There's now a copycat and like most copycat's it pales in comparison
to the original product. Still, Lil Jon probably approves.
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Richard Bok will be popping the champagne after seeing his team overcome Sengkang Punggol 2-1 at
Choa Chu Kang this evening.
Johnny Wilkinson gave the champions the lead but Jordan Webb pegged them back. Former Pelita Jaya
midfielder Ivan Jerkovic secured the points for SAFFC, their first win since 7 July ending a run of
four straight defeats.
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According to The Daily Mail in England, Keane ,rejected Besiktas's last day offered!
According to the paper Besiktas had all the paperwork that would have been necessary for the
forward to complete a move but Robbie Keane did not want to go Turkey.
Robbie Keane reportedly snubbed Besiktas when approached with an £8 million at the end of the
transfer window.
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The politics of football Former Prime Minister Tony Blair has revealed in his memoirs that he
sought the advice of Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson on getting rid of Gordon Brown.
Blair was eager to ditch his Chancellor, but was concerned about destablising his government. So he
consulted Labour supporter Fergie, who he knew was no [.
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This summer's transfer dealings did not have the bang to it as last years when Ronaldo, Kaka
and Ibrahimovic all jumped to La Liga. But that does not mean that there were not some important
dealings this summer.
Here is a list of the transfer dealings of the 20 La Liga clubs this summer (amounts in euros, *
denotes transfer fee confirmed by club, otherwise based on reports in local media):
Barcelona:
In: David Villa (Valencia, *40 million), Adriano Correia (Sevilla, *up to 13.
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With J Hutcherson -- Let's be honest. The DC United faithful voted with their presence on how
important they felt their club's latest push toward Open Cup glory really was. Hey, I live here too
and can make the excuses for not wanting to be driving around during rush hour or the relative
oddity of playing the same team Wednesday in the Cup and again in the League on Saturday.
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While the Vancouver Whitecaps are set to announce their first MLS head coach today, the club
also posted a cool video about the progress of their future home at BC Place. I gotta say the
roof-in-roof design is pretty sweet. I can't wait to see the final product next year when its
finished.
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Image of Mario Gomez via bild
Hats. An easy, functional, one step solution if you've been too drunk and/or lazy to wash your
hair. We've all been there.
But a little known bonus fact is that hats are also capable of elevating an individual's hotness
quotient by up to 30%**.
Whether Robinho (above) and Mario Gomez (left) have brought out their headgear in order to
conceal an outbreak of ‘party' hair or simply want to avail themselves of a cute boost, we
neither know nor care.
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Although the Vuvuzelas may have gotten off on a break in South Africa since it was part of their
tradition, it seems that no one else is looking to give them a break as UEFA became another
organization to ban the instrument.
After having picked up major controversy in the World Cup, the vuvuzela instrument has been
banned from a number of organizations including the English Premier League, World Basketball
Organization, FIBA and many others.
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The hearsay and conjecture is finally over, and well, meet the new boss, same as the old boss. Bob
Bradley, Bobbo, Skeletor, or Junior's Dad if you like, will hold tight to the reigns of the U.S.
Men's National Soccer Team. Here at Yanks we're not above delving into fits of über-reactionary
blogitude from time to time, but if there ever was a character whose case deserved a measured,
reasoned, and tempered response, it's none other than Bobbo.
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The long drawn out takeover saga at Liverpool continues without an immediate end in sight. At one
time this month it looked as if it might be resolved, but these hopes were soon dashed. The loans
on the club have to be renewed on 6th October and there are increasing indications that the
state-owned Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is losing patience with the failure to make progress.
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Young American forward Conor Doyle says that he is making the most of his time at English club
Derby County and hopes to continue improving with each match.
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