Cristiano Ronaldo will be out for at least two more weeks after being off of
the field for a month. Doctors confirmed to Real Madrid managers and coaches that Ronaldo should
refrain from practices and games until his ankle fully heals. Ronaldo was injured during a
Championship League Game last month.
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Mia Hamm of the United States has been named as ambassador for the 2011 Women's World Cup Games
in Germany. The prestigious honor means that Hamm will be going around the world to represent the
games and help promote women's soccer. She was named world player of the year back in 2001 and has
brought home gold medals for the United States for the last two summer Olympic games.
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Nike Manchester United Line Up Jacket - White with Black
I gotta say that Manchester United has a some of the best looking jackets and jerseys in the
English Premier League, or any league for that matter. I have a Man. United black sweater that I
wear all the time and now I just got the new Nike Manchester United Black/White Jacket.
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There is a news circulating that South Africa plans on kicking off the 2010 World Cup games by
'sacrificing' a cow (check out the article at Yahoo.com). This of course is upsetting some people
as they seem to care if a cow get's killed. South Africa is defending their decision by stating
that the ceremony needs to be blessed 'African Style' for the games to run smoothly.
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The Seattle Sounders shut down any hopes for the F.C. Dallas winning the Major League Soccer Cup
this year by eliminating them from the playoffs. Saturday night's game at the Qwest Fields in
Seattle was a saddening loss for Dallas when they let in two goals, ending the game 2-1.
Sigi Schmid waves to the fans, in a 3-0 Seattle Sounders victory over the New Your Red Bulls,
Thursday, March 19, 2009.
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In France's Ligue 1 the defending Bordeaux F.C. champions fought to retake the lead in their
division. It was a special game for the Bordeaux Girondins after defeating Les Mans 3-0 to retake
the one point lead over Monaco. Also in the league Lyon lost to Nice 4-1.
Bordeaux has been trying to stay on the top of the league after winning last years Ligue 1
cup.
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The 2010 World Cup in South Africa looms ever closer as teams from around the
world compete for a chance to play in the worlds most prestigious sporting event. The FIFA World
Cup Games begin on June 1th this summer and will run until July 11th. Only 32 nations will be
honored enough to play in the games.
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On April 26, 2007 Will Brooks had the bright idea of re-inventing the way soccer is managed. He
started MyFootballClub.com, a site that is basically a community of fans who get together and play
a fantasy soccer, except the team is real. The community of members pooled all of their money and
collectively purchased Ebbsfleet United, a soccer club that plays in the Conference National League
in England.
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It was a blow to the United States soccer community to learn of the recent accident involving
Charlie Davies age 23. He was involved in a deadly vehicle accident that left one passenger dead at
the scene.
Charlie Davies. US Men's National Team vs Honduras at Estadio Olimpico in San Pedro Sula,
Honduras.
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It was decided in today's game that Germany and Italy will be joining the ranks of other
countries who have made it into the World Cup qualifying matches. Denmark as well as Serbia can be
proud to also have the chance to play in the World Cup after beating out France. So far, the
countries that still remain undecided are Switzerland and Slovakia, whose fate will be decided this
Wednesday.
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The Toronto FC soccer club has gone from bad to worse for midfielder Carl
Robinson. Toronto FC are three points behind a spot that would give them a chance to play towards
the MLS Cup this year and they have no hope of making it. To make matters worse Robinson collided
with a team member during practice injuring his face.
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There's more trouble brewing for Serbian Soccer. The FIFA has
decided ti fine the Serbian National Soccer Association 25,000 Swiss Francs over the latest
incident at a Serbian/France World Cup Qualifying match. Rowdy fans decided to throw fire crackers
and lighters onto the soccer pitch at French players.
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David Beckham is starting it all over again. He's talking to LA Galaxy club
coach and managers about his desire to be loaned out to AC Milan for another season. While
Beckham's last visit to Milan lasted longer than agreed upon, he returned to a team who acted like
they didn't want him back.
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The small quiet town of Siroki Brijeg, Bosnia/Herzegovina was
the scene of a horrific act of violence yesterday Sunday afternoon October 4th, 2009 when a
trainload of soccer fans from Sarajevo arrived to watch the match.
Siroki Brijeg - Bosnia/Herzegovina
The game played between the two teams was friendly, but what was going on in the streets was
anything but.
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Jeff Baker at New University wrote an interesting article today about David
Beckham and his contributions (or lack thereof) to the development of soccer in North
America. It's true that this is a tough market to crack. We seem to love technical games like
football and baseball or fighting games like boxing, ultimate fighting, wrestling and hockey.
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