River Plate will be facing America in the famous Estadio Azteca tomorrow. The game corresponds to
Group 5 of the Copa Libertadores 2008.
Los Millonarios will be missing several players because of injuries: Ariel Ortega, Augusto
Fernandez, Mauro Rosales, Diego Buonanotte, Oscar Ahumada, Eduardo Tuzzio, and Gustavo Cabral will
all be out due to not being fit.
Me puse a analizar la forma en la ridículo los equipos mexicanos nos respresentan a
nivel internacional, y eso detono mas lineas de pensamiento, que me llevaron a las siguientes
conclusiones. Primero que nada, mientras en la copa Libertadores sigamos siendo invitados, no
podemos esperar que sean los mejores equipos los que nos representen, ni siquiera podemos esperar
[.
Ozark Tigers - 1
Springfield Catholic - 0
Senior Kristen Glaubitz buries a ball in the corner from a set piece midway through the second half
to give the Tigers the rare win over their longtime rivals. Coach Tom Davidson earns his
500th win as his Lady Tigers held off the Irish in earning the win.
Ozark Tigers - 1
Springfield Catholic - 0
Senior Kristen Glaubitz buries a ball in the corner from a set piece midway through the second half
to give the Tigers the rare win over their longtime rivals. Coach Tom Davidson earns his
500th win as his Lady Tigers held off the Irish in earning the win.
One game into the season and the Galaticos are already falling. From the Galaxy press
release:
LA Galaxy forward Carlos Ruiz underwent arthroscopic surgery this morning to repair a
slight tear of the meniscus in his right knee. Ruiz suffered the injury, as well as a sprained
medial collateral ligament (MCL), late in Saturday night's loss to the Colorado Rapids in the
Galaxy's season opener at Dick's Sporting Goods Park.
I have to say I do feel a bit detatched from Arsenal over here. Strange, I know, as I'm in Dublin
usually but I just feel far away from stuff. The fact that I'll be watching the game in the morning
time is going to be even weirder. Arsene has been talking, obviously, and he talks [...]
Two weeks ago i posted after Roma derby loss to Lazio that
"So for now it seems though Roma have coppa Italia possibilities its time for Spalletti to
heal his best eggs and ready themselves for Man utd and only Man utd."
If Roma had not continued to be lured by a Scudetto possibility and concentrated on the Champions
league then maybe Totti doesn't play against Cagliari doest hurt his calf and maybe just maybe
today's result is different.
Five days after Mexico beat Ghana 2-1 in London, Hugo Sanchez was fired as Mexico's coach. How so?
He had only been in charge a year and a half, so what went so badly wrong?
Under his tenure, Mexico lost the Gold Cup final 2-1 to the USA in Chicago, but that should have
been no reason for dismissal since the CONCACAF bragging rights definitively crossed the Rio Grande
when the States downed El Tri 2-0 back in the 2002 World Cup.
Ronaldo and Rooney left Roma in ruins.Only the goals below.Longer highlights here...
The Mancunians were looking forward to welcoming Edwin van der Sar back in goal and the Dutchie
proved why against AS Roma. In a crucial phase in the match - ManU was 1-0 up after a C.Ronaldo
header in the first half - it seemed Roma was ready to score
We've already had Rod Lynes from Kunming, Neil Zimmerman from Melbourne. Next week Neil Zimmerman
will send through a match report of the AIS v Western Suburbs game. See it here on Monday.
Also Russell Gibb, former BBC Bath Rugby Correspondent, and Tuggeranong United player, writer, and
all round good guy will file a report from the ACT Federation Cup Semi-Finals which can be heard on
Nearpost Radio next Tuesday.
Tonight on both The Score Footy Blog and the Toronto Star there are reports that TFC has signed
French midfielder Lauren Robert to a two year contract.
I have been honestly terrified all night that this is some sort of cruel April Fool's Joke. I am
reminded that one should not play jokes after noon.
Canberra Olympic's Nick Shchlie will represent Australia at the Deaf Football World Cup in June in
Athens in Greece.
16 teams will take part.
Nick, a centre-midfielder, was the only ACT representative to be picked for NSW's in the recent
Deaf Football National Championships which were held in Brisbane.
Queremos darle la bienvenida a Puerto Jaibo, un nuevo proyecto que se une a nuestra red de blogs.
Nuestro nuevo "hermano" abarcará el fútbol de Tampico, Madero y Altamira.
Recordemos que Tampico tiene a Celestes Jaibos, equipo de 1era A, franquicia que, con sus nuevos
dueños, estará peleando con todo su regreso a la Primera [.
Queremos darle la bienvenida a Puerto Jaibo, un nuevo proyecto que se une a nuestra red de blogs.
Nuestro nuevo "hermano" abarcará el fútbol de Tampico, Madero y Altamira.
Recordemos que Tampico tiene a Celestes Jaibos, equipo de 1era A, franquicia que, con sus nuevos
dueños, estará peleando con todo su regreso a la Primera [.
«Nella vita non si può mai dire mai. Un giorno, non so quando, non so in quale
momento, non mi dispiacerebbe tornare ad allenare la Nazionale. Non le posso dire quando ma non
escludo che in futuro non sarò di nuovo ct»
FT : In life, you can never say never. One day, I don't know when or at what moment ,But I
wouldn't mind coaching the Azzurri again.
Take a day off, and all of a sudden Yahoo! readers pounce on the Jimmy Conrad interview. Take
the advice of one of the commenters and read the whole thing.
Plenty more to cover today while caffeine-loading for tonight's D.C. United-Pachuca match:
- In talking for Wednesday's notebook, MISL commissioner Steve Ryan addressed some of the
league's off-field issues.
Resulta Increíble, que el Equipo Santos de Laguna, había perdido la espectacularidad y la
efectividad que habia mostrado el torneo anterior, y parte del Clausura Actual, considero que la
Lesión de Daniel Emmanuel Ludueña en la Jornada 8, en el partido contra el Monterrey,
había sido el motivo y que hasta el pasado Domingo volvieron [.
Resulta Increíble, que el Equipo Santos de Laguna, había perdido la espectacularidad y la
efectividad que habia mostrado el torneo anterior, y parte del Clausura Actual, considero que la
Lesión de Daniel Emmanuel Ludueña en la Jornada 8, en el partido contra el Monterrey,
había sido el motivo y que hasta el pasado Domingo volvieron [.
Guardado, uno de los mexicanos al que mejor le estaba llendo en el extranjero, se volvió a
lesionar el domingo en su encuentro contra el Murcia, dónde sólo jugó diez minutos.
Ya se había lesionado de la misma manera, rotura fibrilar en el bíceps femoral de la
pierna derecha, el pasado Febrero en el [.
Guardado, uno de los mexicanos al que mejor le estaba llendo en el extranjero, se volvió a
lesionar el domingo en su encuentro contra el Murcia, dónde sólo jugó diez minutos.
Ya se había lesionado de la misma manera, rotura fibrilar en el bíceps femoral de la
pierna derecha, el pasado Febrero en el [.
The first of three games between Arsenal & Liverpool in the space of 10 days, this one is
very crucial its the last 8 of the Uefa Champions League, as Arsenal prepare to face Liverpool at
the Emirates Stadium at stake one giant step into the last 4 of Europe's elite, Injury news and
suspensions [.
DC United is playing away to Pachuca in the first leg of the CONCACAF Champions' Cup semifinals.
The DCenters blog doesn't have a preview but I imagine they'll be following the game; Medio Tiempo
has a preview here and possible...
Complementando el post de FA MANAGER... A lo largo de cada torneo existen juegos que pueden
considerarse como 'críticos' o 'importantes' debido a las consecuencias del resultado y/o la
rivalidad con el contrario. El Clásico Regiomontano, América, Pachuca, Cruz Azul (por
aquello del cemento) son algunos de estos juegos, creo que nunca había pensado que jugar
contra [.
I was at a writer's conference this past weekend so I missed the game but from what I gathered we
played well enough, Heinze scored off a header, Raul scored an outstanding goal and Higuain finally
scored after about a thousand chances. According to most accounts Robben was OK but not convincing,
Sneijder, Gago & Marcelo had excellent showings as well.
Last Friday I wrote a post titled "The post-qualifier roundup" that was a media roundup
of the first-round qualifier matches -- twice in fact, because there was a server error that caused
me to lose the contents of the first...
Over the past few weeks, punters who placed their faith on Arsenal had their fingers burnt badly.
The Gunners slumped into a crisis, blew their five points advantage, and now languish six points
behind league leader Manchester United. Some injured pride was healed in the 3-2 victory over
Bolton which, in the words of Wenger, [.
Certamen clasificatorio, de diez días de duración y en el que participan seis selecciones
divididas en dos grupos, y que colocará a dos representantes de la Zona Norteamericana,
Centroamericana y Caribeña a los Juegos Olímpicos de Beijing 2008. El Tricolor por un
boleto En el Grupo A, México será rival de Estados Unidos y Jamaica.
Do not adjust your monitors. That is not an artist rendition but a real, & existent stadium. It's
Red Rull Park...sort of.
It hasn't received much chatter outside of some Metro-centric message boards, but the beautiful
baby that is to be Red Bull Park is pretty much a carbon copy --on the surface at least-- of
Austria's Hypo Group Arena.
Over at the NC-Soccer Forum, Wreave shares an old April Fool's gag they pulled a few years
ago, complete with a dummy website. Anyone who has been involved in youth soccer for a while will
appreciate the humor in what he wrote. My favorite? One minor but important change is that the Law
11 offense formerly [.
As we sit here waiting for the CONCACAF semifinals to come on, I have been thinking about American
soccer impotence when visiting Mexico. The altitude, the crowds, the travel, bla, bla, bla. As I
believe we have discussed previously, DC United is a professional soccer organization. It is, as
they say, what DCU does.
How cool is that? We've gone from five whole readers to ten in recent weeks! I'm out of
fingers to count on... But seriously - I'm really happy to see more folks stopping by to read the
ramblings of a crazy SoccerDad such as myself. Once in a while I happen to put something out
there [...]SHARETHIS.
En el diario La Jornada se publicaron reacciones de varios personajes en el mundo del fútbol
acerca del cese de Hugo Sánchez de la dirección técnica de la Selección
Mexicana. Aquí les dejo lo que me pareció lo más interesante de cada uno: Carlos
Miloc: "Era una muerte anunciada, no hay sorpresas.
En el diario La Jornada se publicaron reacciones de varios personajes en el mundo del fútbol
acerca del cese de Hugo Sánchez de la dirección técnica de la Selección
Mexicana. Aquí les dejo lo que me pareció lo más interesante de cada uno: Carlos
Miloc: "Era una muerte anunciada, no hay sorpresas.
D.C. United plays its fourth meaningful game of 2008 tonight against Pachuca Club de Futbol (10
p.m. ET, Live on Fox Soccer Channel and Fox Sports en Español) in the first leg of a two-game
series in the CONCACAF Champions' Cup. If you're new to the tournament, check out the FAQ at
dcunited.
Los mas destacados por ahora para ocupar el puesto de director técnico de la selección
mexicana en sustitución de Hugo Sánchez, son el Javier Aguirre y José Pekerman. De
los dos el que tiene más chance que quedarse es el...
Have you been holding off on buying that piece of D.C. United merchandise? Wait no longer,
friends, as this is your week. Beginning on Wednesday, the Team Store will be offering some
lunchtime specials, so if you're in the D.C. area (or aren't), head over the the store. Here's the
lineup:
Wednesday, 4/2 12 p.
And JUST IN TIME for our first MLS game on Thursday! All I gotta say is, I'm speechless! Just click
here for the interview!
I'll be honest, I've never really gotten into this holiday too much. I know that there are plenty
of you out there who enjoy it and have used it to your advantage today or in past years, so good
for you.
For those of you who want to see a decent April Fool's joke, or what seems to be a joke, at least,
head over to www.
Something to read while you get tomorrow's results early... Mexico replace Hugo Sanchez with Bruce
Arena (Soccer by Ives) Gordon Strachan steps down (Celtic Offside) The Major League Blogging
Credibility Table is born (The Offside Rules) Jose Mourinho is an ASSE man (St. Etienne Offside)
New competition pits MLS against Premiership (EPL Talk) Chelsea chasing Torres (Liverpool Offside)
Newcastle docked 20 points [.
A last minute goal from Ahmad Fahmie earned Tampines a point in last nights game at Woodlands after
Lucian Dronca had given the hosts a 74' lead.
Plenty of late goals in the SLeague this season.
Busy night tonight with AFC Cup action as well as Thai Premier League games.
The Spanish football association has confirmed today the 5th yellow card for Carlos Vela
in the current season. Vela picked up the yellow at Getafe on Sunday and is suspended for
Saturday evening, when the Pamplona outfit take on Recreativo Huelva at the Estadio Reyno de
Navarra. Furthermore the association has removed the yellow card of Juanfran because the [.
Bojan Krkić grabbed his first ever Champions League to guide FC Barcelona towards a 1-0 win in
their Champions Legaue quarter-final against FC Schalke 04. As a relieved Frank Rijkaard said after
the match: You can say that we got...
This has nothing to do with the Bundesliga or German football or football or anything actually. But
the blogger of the Netherlands World Cup blog is called Jan as well. That's made up reason enough.
So, if you are a blogger and feel depressed because some of your blog posts get 0 comments, think
of [.
As Roma 0-2 Manchester United
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39. Day for Night (Francois Truffaut, 1973) I never knew until now what Wes Anderson was up to in
his AMEX commercial. 40. The Matrix (Wachowski Brothers, 1999) I hadn't seen this since its initial
release, so I'm counting it. Great concept, but damn this was dopey; it seemed a lot less dumb
nearly a [.
I watched Manchester United's relatively comfortable win over Roma last night in the Champions
League and one player stood head and shoulders above the rest for me. No, not Ronaldo, brilliant as
he is, no not Rooney, great player that he undoubtedly is, but the old man of the midfield, Paul
Scholes.
Barcelona took a significant step towards the semi-finals of the Champions League with a
hard-fought 1-0 win away to Schalke on Tuesday night.
Bojan Krkic scored the only goal of the game in the 12th minute at the Veltins Arena in
Gelsenkirchen, earning Frank Rijkaard's side a narrow advantage to take into the second leg.
Before this game (and indeed, before any away game Manchester United have played in the last couple
of seasons) the media trotted out figures to suggest that United were abysmal away in Europe - and
few United fans would have argued against it after 4 away defeats last season (Celtic, Copenhagen,
Roma and Milan) [.
Manchester United have one foot in the semi-finals of the Champions League after beating Roma
2-0 at the Stadio Olimpico.
Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 36th goal of the season - and his seventh in Europe - before Wayne
Rooney scored a second to give the Premier League side an advantage of two away goals to take into
the second leg of the quarter-final at Old Trafford.
In the vacant three/four day period of no games during this week it's real quiet here at MLS
Offside, with stories few and far between. Here's what we've got going on:
-Dallas Offside goes in search of Stephen Colbert. Robert is trying to annoint him president of
the FC Dallas fan ...
Van der...Doni
Mancava Totti e non è cosa da poco, ma il
Manchester United è forte.
The man from down under posted a huge weekly score of 147 to edge into second place, but an equally
excellent week from Joseph Millar sees him maintain a semi-comfortable lead at the top of the
fantasy league standings.
Despite yours truly posting an impressive 202 points to sit in fourth place, it is the top three
who are still the only realistic winners and the current race for the title is as follows:
1.
Just in case any reminder was needed regarding the peripheral role MLS plays in the sports
mainstream in this country, a trip to Las Vegas on the opening weekend of the season provided
it.
Avoiding news about MLS (so I could watch TiVo'd Galaxy and Chivas USA games Monday night and
this morning respectively) was disconcertingly easy.
Manchester United won 2-0 at the Stadio Olimpico thanks to goals before and after the break by
Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney. The Red Devils take a vital 2-goal lead into the 2nd leg, to be
played on Wednesday, 9th April 2008 at Old Trafford. The semi-final beckons, and with it another
crack at history.
Ok stop me when this starts to sound familiar: exotic quasi-European accent; villainous scheme for
world domination stemming from humble beginnings; a plot to kill those who get in his way;
exquisitely neat facial hair; a string of nameless scantily-clad beauties; numerous extortion
attempts and the stealing of secrets or technology; luxurious mobile lair.
Scottish striker, Tam McManus, will formally sign for the
Colorado Rapids this week and could be in the squad for this weekend's trip to
Kansas City. Both front office staff and coach Clavijo have confirmed the signing.
McManus's presence in the team is now subject to immigration requirements.
I just want to thank all you awesome readers, especially those who post comments and send me
email. Yesterday was the biggest day yet at du Nord. I am grateful for you.
~and~
The USA women begin Olympic qualifying on Thursday in Ciudad Juarez Mexico. Here is their
official home page so you can follow the action.
I'm presently in negotiations with the wife about catching both semifinals of the CONCACAF
Champions' Cup (no sex for how long, now?), but have kept and will keep as close a watch on the
proceedings as I can. As such, a preview post of some sort seems appropriate...even if I'll be
doing more cribbing [.
Vukovic should go to the Under 23 World Cup, Nick Darcy should not!
Swimmer Nick Darcy, alledgedly smashed Simon Cowley's face. Kieran Squeaky Clean Perkins says Nick
shouldn't go to the Under 23 Football World Cup, known in some quarters as the Olympics, and he
probably won't.
But it has been interesting to hear many many voices in the swimming community and elsewhere
saying, despite the fact Darcy could face ten years gaol, that he shouldn't miss
the Olympics.
Melbourne Victory and Adelaide United fought out a 2-2 draw yesterday in Hindmarsh Stadium. With
both teams missing a key striker (Adelaide are without Bruce Djite due to injury), the scoreline
will provide encouragement for both coaches. Adrian Caceres, who moved into a striker's role
alongside Danny Allsopp, opened the scoring in the 5th minute.
The good news is that many of the injuries of the Colorado Rapids players are
healing in time for the game this weekend against Kansas City. The bad news, for them anyway, is
that it won't be that easy to regain their places. In reality, the performances of the younger
players in the demolition of the Galaxy at the weekend give Fernando Clavijo a
better dilemma than most.
I guess it makes sense in a way you have two teams looking to improve their lot, both with a fair
bit of capital to give to their newly appointed managers both will clearly be after the same pool
of established talent. This time the name in the fray is a damn good one! Newcastle United [...]
It seems that Bernd Schuster is looking to ring the changes at the Bernabeu even though his side is
comfortably leading La Liga he is not too happy about once again failing in the pursuit of
Champions League glory. Hence Javier Saviola appearing to be on the market. Real Madrid Ramon
Calderon and wants to offload [.
I don't care for Carlos Ruiz's style of play. He seems to go to the ground at even the slightest
hint of a challenge, often doing so with the theatrics of a two-year-old throwing a fit. But even
with those...
Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo ran very very fast from very very far to jump very very high
and beat Roma's Marco Cassetti to a Paul Scholes cross. Ronaldo's towering header gave United a 1-0
lead not long before half time. The photo's a but blurry, but it's now very clear that Ronaldo
doesn't disappear in big [.
Just a little public service announcement to help you adjust your DVR's accordingly. The Wizards
game vs. Colorado has been bumped up to 4pm CST. Why? Because against my best advise people like to
watch basketball and the state of Kansas is currently lodged firmly within the grip of March
Madness.
The Kansas Jayhawks will play North Carolina on Saturday in the NCAA men's basketball Final Four.
It's a pretty big deal. Such a big deal, that the Kansas City Wizards have moved the start time of
their match with Colorado...
By 1970's Gooner Rafa Benitez is a wily and rather conservative coach and this is how he approaches
knock out competitions. He plays a tight game with Torres leading the line flanked by two wide men
who usually come into the middle to create a packed midfield. They tend to defend deep in a
conservative 4 2 3 1 formation with Alonso holding back and Mascherano rarely getting past the half
way
Here are the results of our first Class 1 Regional Girls Soccer Rankings. Voting done by the
Coaches.
1. Catholic 4-1-1 (30)
2. Bolivar 2-0-0 (21)
3. West Plains 1-2-0 (17)
4. Willard 0-2-0 (11)
5. Greenwood 0-0-0 (7)
Greenwood opens their season tonight, hosting the Pleasant Hope Pirates.
Here are the results of our first Class 1 Regional Girls Soccer Rankings. Voting done by the
Coaches.
1. Catholic 4-1-1 (30)
2. Bolivar 2-0-0 (21)
3. West Plains 1-2-0 (17)
4. Willard 0-2-0 (11)
5. Greenwood 0-0-0 (7)
Greenwood opens their season tonight, hosting the Pleasant Hope Pirates.
(Summary is not available.)
After watching his side self implode defensively on Sunday (with the help of Paul Robinson) Ramos
must have admired the performance of his opponents Newcastle as it appears that he may be one of
many managers monitoring their young centre back Steven Taylor Steven Taylor's contract talks have
stalled after the centre back demanded upwards [.
After all the huff and puff about various strikers trailed to join the White Hart Lane squad now it
seems Ramos has turned his attentions to a more pressing problem, the defence and this latest bit
of speculation seems like a more reasoned response to all the big names doing the rounds. Juande
Ramos is ready [.
FC BARCELONA managed to win an important 1º leg game, in more ways than one, away from home &
at a hostile ground against German side SCHALKE 04 with a scoreline of 0-1. Vital away goal that
will... Read all the news, results, details & comments in English on Spanish Football & Sports
The opening weekend of Major League Soccer action, the traditional highlight of the American
sporting calendar for over 100 years, saw plenty of goals. Even some very good goals. But how many
came on second chances off 'keeper deflections? I counted at least a half-dozen in the highlight
reel I YouTubed, including the first couple in the New England v.
Galaxy fans, tell me what's the most concerning for you; Carlos Ruiz's injury, the effect it will
have on LA's scoring chances, or Alexi Lalas being "very happy with where we are"?
I tried to shy away from diving deep into the Galaxy loss yesterday because everyone else was, and
because I didn't want to put up a knee-jerk, over-reaction post.
And JUST IN TIME for our first MLS game on Thursday! All I gotta say is, I'm speechless! Just
click here for the interview!
Manchester United eased past AS Roma tonight in Rome with a 2-0 victory in their Champions League
quarter-final.
Many people taught it would be tough for United to come away with the win tonight but in truth it
was relatively easy for the men from Manchester.
Cristiano Ronaldo put United in the lead five minutes before the break after some terrific play
from Wayne Rooney and Paul Scholes.
Carlos Ruiz had surgery today on a torn medial meniscus in his right knee. He is expected
to be out 4-6 weeks.
I guess that's what I expected, although I was still hoping it was a medial collateral ligament
sprain like it was initially reported. Having had several knee injuries and ...
Adam Sadler's Newcastle Reserves side gained a hard fought 1-1 draw against Manchester United in
front of over 2800 fans at St. James' Park last night. Emre - a good 45 minutes last night plus a
great goal
I was listening to WTEM this afternoon and heard former Redskin KR/PR Brian Mitchell explaining why
it's a good thing that the Nats kept both staring 1B Nick Johnson and backup Dimitri Young. He's
right, there are good reasons for it. But one of those good reasons is not, "you can use Young
as the [.
Our match this Saturday against Colorado has been moved up to 4 p.m. CT to accommodate fans of both
the Wizards and Kansas basketball. All tickets already distributed to Saturday's match will still
be valid. Gates B & C will open at 2 p.m., with all gates opening at 2:30 p.m.
Metro Sports and TWC 5 will air English and Spanish broadcasts, respectively, tape-delayed at 7 p.
Only two topics to discuss today - Mathieu Flamini and the first of the trio of matches against
Liverpool. First up we have the Frenchman, whose relentless energy was recognised by the Sport
Relief challenge, where he ran further than any other Premiership player in the weekend of the draw
with Middlesbrough, but who still hasn't [.
Just got back from Dynamo practice at Robertson Stadium, where the team held its last session ahead
of Wednesday's Champions' Cup semifinal leg against Saprissa of Costa Rica. You know there is bound
to be news when you see Brian...
Liverpool target David Bentley has today dropped the strongest hint yet that he may be ready to
leave Blackburn Rovers at the end of this season.
If you watch MTV long enough you are guaranteed to see the same show over and over again. Unless it
has music videos in it. Then you see it about as often as Nessie, so don't hold your breath (trust
me, I work there).
But if you want reality show or Jackass reruns, you're golden.
The game time for this weekends game against Colorado has been changed. The game, originally
scheduled for 7 pm, has been moved to 4 pm now. Not entirely sure why, but I would guess it has
something to do with KU playing in the Final Four that night.
UPDATE: The Rapids site has the game now listed at 3 pm Mountain time (4 central).
A la red de blogs de Digifut se une a partir de hoy un nuevo hermano. Queremos presentar con gusto
Puerto Jaibo, un sitio dedicado al fútbol de Tampico, Madero y Altamira, que seguro
servirá para los aficionados que quieran seguir de cerca a los equipos representativos de
dichas ciudades hermanas. Esperamos se logre crear una [.
Newcastle United's Nicky Butt posted his best score of the season to earn a place in the Team of
the Week in The Actim Index, the official player ratings system of the Barclay's Premier League.
Nicky Butt - great performance on Sunday
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS0VMVvysbk ...revealed in the above video. What can I say? After a
long, long build up we were all expecting one of the usual voices (Wenger the Voyeur, Cabbage Man
Capello, Mr. Alex etc) but the The Special One's new signing is genuinely a surprise. The only
question now is.
Fue oficialmente despedido el Sr. Hugo Sánchez Márquez de su cargo como director
técnico de la Selección Mexicana, los motivos que influyeron para que el consejo de
dueños del fútbol mexicano tomara esta decisión fueron el no ganar la Copa de Oro
2007 celebrada en Estados Unidos (motivo por el cual no estaremos en la [.
Los Zorros del Atlas se quedaron a diez minutos de llevarse el triunfo a domicilio contra el cuadro
venezolano Unión de Maracaibo en el partido celebrado en el Estadio José
"Pachencho" Romero, el cual finalizó con empate a 1 - 1. Los "rojinegros"
saltaron al campo de una manera conservadora y su único atacante el argentino, [.
La Liga Review indulges in its regular look at the stuff and nonsense that the Spanish Football
papers are making up today. The Catalan papers line up Guardiola, Laudrup or Laurent Blanc for the
manager's role at Barcelona, while the...
Apparently Wenger is looking to add to his young squad in the summer and two names on his wish-list
are as follows. Arsenal are stepping up their interest £4-rated Besiktas midfielder Matias
Delgado (various) Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger continues to track Saint-Etienne midfielder Loic
Perrin as a potential replacement for Mathieu Flamini (various) Clearly Arsene is a wise [.
Once again we look at a striker very much in the minds of Premier League managers as potential goal
getter for their side, that man is Ajax man Klaas-Jan Huntelaar. Apparently scouts from many
English clubs have been eyeing up the Dutch international with a view to a potential pricey summer
bid. Frank Arnesen had [.
Oh, so it wasn't navy blue...
With disillusioned supporters more interested in the European game, the Chinese season kicked off
amid ongoing talk of dirty tactics
Same old story for Chinese football as suspicions of corruption linger
Big news from last night is that Hugo Sanchez finally got himself fired. He might be arguably
Mexico's greatest ever player, but his spell in charge of El Tri has been full of controversy. It
started with his taking aim at predecessor Ricardo LaVelope for playing too many games in the US
and picking [.
Reports both Newcastle United and Liverpool are interested in signing Tottenham's Aaron Lennon. For
starters, I don't see why Ramos would want to sell Lennon - it's not like Tottenham need the money,
it's not like Lennon is going to fetch too much money, and it's hard to see Ramos replacing someone
like Lennon when [.
A la red de blogs de Digifut se une a partir de hoy un nuevo hermano. Queremos presentar con gusto
Puerto Jaibo, un sitio dedicado al fútbol de Tampico, Madero y Altamira, que seguro
servirá para los aficionados que quieran seguir de cerca a los equipos representativos de
dichas ciudades hermanas. Esperamos se logre crear una [.
This morning, whilst wading through my daily intake of news and sport, i came across an
interesting article. This particular news piece, found in the BBC's football pages, raised a
question that i myself have been asking for some time, and until now, with few conclusions.
The question is essentially very simple; why have Premier League clubs become so
dominant, or as the this journalist put it, how have they managed to successfully 'conquer'
Europe?
2:45pm on espn2
Round of 16:
Liverpool: 1-0 Inter (a); 2-0 Inter (h)
Arsenal: 0-2 Milan (a); 0-0 Milan (h)
Group Stage:
Liverpool: 4-0 Marseille (a); 4-1 Porto (h); 8-0 Besiktas (h); 1-2 Besiktas (a); 0-1
Marseille (h); 1-1 Porto (a)
Arsenal: 2-1 Steaua (h); 1-3 Sevilla (a); 0-0 Slavia (a); 7-0 Slavia (h); 1-0 Steaua (h);
3-0 Sevilla (h)
Last 3 matches:
Liverpool: 1-0 Everton (h); 0-3 United (a); 2-1 Reading (h)
Arsenal: 3-2 Bolton (a); 1-2 Chelsea (a); 1-1 Boro (h)
Goalscorers (Europe):
Liverpool: Gerrard, Kuyt 5; Crouch, Torres 4; Babel, Benayoun 3; Hyypia, Voronin 1
Arsenal: Fabregas 6; Eduardo 3; Bendtner, Hleb, van Persie, Walcott 2; Adebayor, Diaby,
Rosicky 1
Referee: Pieter Vink (NED).
The axe is ready to be swung and it appears to be more than just paper talk as even new arrival
Jonathan Woodgate knows Juande Ramos wants to make Martin Jol's squad into his own. "We are
all playing for our places in the team, no matter how long you are under contract for, where you've
[...]
# # # Breaking news! # # #
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAPXGuRIXsA
Many have complained, incorrectly in my opinion that Rafa just doesn't spend wisely. Well I think
those people should consider the capture of Fernando Torres as evidence to the contrary. This
latest bit of news however could trump that signing and it could be a signing that takes Liverpool
out of the top four race [.
Fiery Palermo President Maurizio Zamparini has launched a scathing attack against English clubs,
labelling them as "pirates" due to their practice of poaching Italy's best youngsters
The English Are ‘Pirates' Roars Zamparini
MLS' New England Revolution started the season strong with a 3-0 win over Houston - now they've
learned the cost of their victory. Captain Steve Ralston dislocated his left shoulder in the win
and is now scheduled for further tests...
They take on the Matterhorn and they do it in silent movie fashion. The intertitles read "A
difficult path lies ahead of you" and "But you won't take it alone". Also, props to
Jens Lehmann who can save more than just penalties. A big global brand reveals itself at the end
and I would kindly like [.
I hadn't realised but there was a fair bit of gossip on the internet last week saying that Diomansy
Kamara was on his way to Stoke on a loan-then-buy deal. Another rumour says that he was offered to
Ipswich and Cardiff too. However, the loan deadline passed at the end of [...]
Some people love April Fools Day, and some people could care less. I'm kind of on the boat that
could care less. However, I have seen a couple good AFD jokes out there. The best has to go to
Ives, who's joke was that the day after Hugo Sanchez gets canned in Mexico, they hire former [...]
(Summary is not available.)
Many people have labelled the Mersyside Derby between Everton and Liverpool, the friendly derby but
after this week's encounter between the two sides it would appear that title can no longer be
used.
There have been allegations of spitting, punching and verbal abuse in the aftermath of Sunday's
game in which Liverpool won 1-0.
Cesc Fabregas has made a series of bizarre statements that make one question his sanity, but on the
plus side it does seem like the Spaniard might be a bit of a laugh and could potentially be the
funniest footballer in the Premier League! "I'm not a glutton but I like doughnuts, especially
small ones covered [.
If ever a player displayed all the hall marks of getting too big for his boots it's David Bentley!
The target of both Ramos and Benitez, if you believe the press, has been spouting rubbish for weeks
now. If he is not laying into his former Arsenal employers, sour grapes, he is laying into other
[...]
Checa los días y horarios de los cuartos de final de la UEFA Champions League, donde los
mexicanos Rafael Márquez y Giovanni Dos Santos estarán participando, esperemos lleguen
junto con el Barcelona a la semifinal tras derrotar al sorpresivo Schalke...
How silly of me NOT to give a shout out to the LOLmls thread on bigsoccer. Game time is only a few
days away and instead of feeling the usual forlorn, longing, sadness, dread, etc etc etc... Bay
Area residents get to read sh*t like injury reports! It seems Corrales and Riley have [...]
Injury reports came out today and for the club that most people (including myself) rated as the top
club of the week, New England, will be without some key players for some time. After thumping the
Houston Dynamo on Saturday 3-0, the Revs learned that Taylor Twellman's injury was worse than first
thought.
Sono in serie C
Non posso andarmene in santa pace in vacanza che al ritorno mi
ritrovo miseramente in SERIE C, senza passare dalla serie B. Come al gioco del Monopoli.
I tifosi juventini che non si riconoscono nell'attuale dirigenza,
secondo "l'illuminato" Cobolli al secolo anche Gigli, sono dei tifosi da serie C.
This clinches it: we need to discuss the overage options for the U-23 squad this summer.
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McBride on the U-23 squad? Yes, please. He's a great option, and for so many reasons:
1) The national depth pool at forward is seriously lacking; we don't have many quality options.
Surely Gilberto can do a job for someone in the top half of the Premier League? He has only seen
less of the Arsenal action due to the emergence of Mathieu Flamini this season. Sure he has been
patchy when he has seen action but that is probably more to do with being rusty than [...]
A few weeks back I pondered the news that Arsene Wenger had been considering a move for Everton
midfielder Steven Pienaar and now the words of a somewhat unscrupulous agent have led to another
Toffees midfielder who always came across as a Gunner trapped in the wrong colour shirt Mikel
Arteta's mischievous representative has, once again, [.
So Senegalese attacker El Hadji Diouf wants to leave the Reebok! How do we know this, well he said
so! "Whether Bolton remain in the league or not, it is my last year. But it does not prevent
me from respecting and admiring Bolton. For the moment, four or five clubs are very interested.
They come [..
Three straight defeats have only slightly blunted what has been a decent second season for Martin
O'Neill but clearly the slightly mental (I love the way he madly celebrates every goal I think it
shows character and that's always refreshing) Villa boss is looking to strengthen his squad and is
looking to raid three rival [.
I'm torn between two images for this first edition of the Major League Soccer power rankings. This
one captures what rankings, oh, #2-14 look like to me: This one, on the other hand, gets to how
making each of those selections felt: So, yeah, confidence is low, people, so low in fact that I
put fairly [.
Will Rafa Pool it off? In my last Champions league blog, I talked about Chelsea, Arsenal and Man
Utd's chances in Europe. It all was all on the money as usual, but will I fair better with my
predictions for the scousers? Rafas rotation policy has again baffled and the reds dropped points
with his tinker man [.
I feel like throwing up and am broken hearted. There have been rumors flying around about
Mourinho raiding Chelsea this summer and stealing Drogba, so they would likely to be looking for
another big signing to replace him. Rafa's completely lost it. Read the official statement
here.
I know I've been covering the Under or "Sub" 21 team already in various ways, but I think
a nice discussion/thought provoking/glimpse of the future feature would be nice, so here it is.
Every Tuesday (within reason, we can always run out of these things eventually) I'll be posting
(Summary is not available.)
The big show is back on today, with Champions League quarterfinal first legs kicking off in Rome
and Gelsenkirchen...
Beware of anything you read today. Some people liked the fifth grade so much, they can't resist.
But I believe these are all true: NFL Films may not be the great thing it once was, and it may be
the fault of....the NFL? [Philadelphia Daily News] This guy should have been fired over the whole
Buck O'Neill [.
Less than 24 hours after the creation of the Major League Blogging 2008 Credibility Table, chaos
has already descended. As one very dialed-in reader so excellently put it, MLS Rumors has
"pulled a Gretna" and have posted a closed sign on their front page. Mind you it is April
1st so this may only be for the day.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has today denied reports that Mathieu Flamini has agreed a deal to
sign for Serie A giants Juventus.
It comes after reports in Italy claimed that the French midfielder had agreed a deal in principle
to sign for the Turin based club but Wenger has moved quickly to deny the rumours.
If you head over to The Offside podcast page not only can you listen to the latest edition, you
can try to win a United related prize too.
Good luck.
Former Dallas Burn/FC Dallas scoring star Jason Kreis couldn't keep his goal scoring record from
being broken, but he is having no trouble breaking MLS' rules.
i think i may have gotten him in a little trouble this week by asking some MLS folks if it was ok
for an MLS coach to wear a lapel pin featuring a competitor of the League's exclusive apparel
supplier.
Ok, it's April 1st, but Drew is serious about what he says in this video. It's an interesting point
of view from one of the newest owners in the league. I like the way he worked the soccer analogy
and the shots of Chivas USA and Riot Squad members into his whole argument.
You felt it had to happen sooner or later but today David Beckham has officially announced his
conversion to Scientology, even dedicating his landmark 100th England cap last week to Xenu, the
ancient alien ruler of the Galactic Confederacy to whom many of the religion's facets are traced
back to. Reportedly the million year old space-deity (think Bowser from the Super Mario games)
visited Beckham in a dream and said that if he followed his prophet, he would get all his heart
desired.
Those wheels might help their speed a bit, but they look just as flimsy.
Well there are a lot of crazy rumors out there about big name players coming to MLS - but this
is one that I haven't heard before. Robbie Keane coming to join the LA Galaxy this summer!
Keane is a legend at Tottenham, I have a hard time thinking that he would be ready to leave
there to play with the LA Galaxy.
Despite hyping D.C. United's showdown with the Baltimore Casa Mia Bays a couple weeks ago, I
haven't updated, and guess what, the two rivals meet again this weekend, with the Bays hosting
Sunday at McDonogh. With that in mind, here are my highlights ...
Allow me to take a brief break from DC United and MLS ponderings, and ponder the situation at my
Euro club of choice...
Gor blimey, the home of the world's most beautiful footie has gone off the rails.
Yes, I'm talking about FC Barcelona, where the constant presence of drama and intrigue has for
several years been comfortably balanced out by the irresistible style of slick attacking soccer
created by a squad full of engaging personalities.
With Roma v. Manchester United and Arsenal v. Liverpool being put on ESPN2 this week, I decided to
take on the massive undertaking of making the most comprehensive TV listings I've done yet. Every
nationally televised MLS game has been...
Today, news leaked that Marco van Basten and Mark van Bommel are meeting in secret to discuss their
"disagreements". Apparently, according to the source, Van Marwijk discussed his
son-in-law with Oranje press-chef Kees Jansma, who talked to Van Basten. The latter was willing to
meet with Van Bommel "for an informal
For no apparent reason I thought it'd be worthwhile put up this link to a site that explains
exactly who is a Jew. ;)
Loved this story over at my favourite SEO company : Lycos and Excite to make bid to buy Yahoo.
Google and Microsoft merge
In Episode 17, the podcast crew discuss the Champions League quarterfinals, the title races in
England, Spain and Italy, relegation in the Premiership (what will become of Eddie Johnson?) and
also the slide at AC Milan. There's also a new contest, with Man Utd and Barcelona backpacks and
sack packs up for grabs if you [.
Sorry I was gone for so long... blame it on bad computers, vacation and being lazy. The good news
is that Hugo Sanchez was sacked after all those bad results.
According to Chelsea's official site, Drogs has suffered a recurrence of the knee injury that
forced him to have surgery earlier in the year and has been ruled out presumably for the rest of
the season.
And all you can really say is ... Sh*tttttttttt. Or F**kkkkkkkk. Or Motherf*****.
For those keeping count, this is the fourth time Drogba has damaged the knee diagnosed as
degeneration in his left meniscus to be exact in 2007-08.
With a quality draw over the weekend FC Dallas is off to a solid start on the season. Yes we all
would have liked to have walked away with full points from the contest but against a team many have
picked to lift silverware this season 1 point will suffice (for now).
But that's not the purpose of this post, thus far there has been only tepid support for the
Stephen Colbert for FC Dallas fan president petition.
Todos pendientes, todos expectantes, todos alertas, así fue el último día de Hugo
Sánchez con la Selección Nacional. Un mar de reporteros nacionales e internacionales, 24
mil oyentes en MedioTiempo Radio durante el día de ayer, comentarios en portales, blogs como
FutblogMexicano.com con coberturas y seguimientos, Hugo Sánchez nos mantuvo expectantes hasta
el último día.
That's right, Berti Vogts is once again employed as an international football manager. I know it's
April Fool's Day, but I'm pretty sure this is serious. After managing Germany, Scotland, Kuwait and
Nigeria with varying degrees of success (success: he won Euro '96 with Germany on English soil,
failure: everything before and since) Vogts is [.
Just taking a look at the 14 goal scorers from week 1, and noticing that 11 of them were born
outside the United States. Even a couple of the DPs (Blanco, Lopez) got into the act.
Nine of the fourteen have been in MLS for a year or less.
Today's matches: Roma v Manchester United (match discussion here) and Schalke v Barcelona. European
football is around the corner (as soon as we deal with today's Sunday fixtures - Chelsea, Liverpool
and Tottenham for the win, btw) and it's time for us (you and me) to predict the future with all
the confidence that being [.
Last Saturday was a full day of soccer related activities....watching that is (i'm not much of a
player).
Most everything was in two hours blocks (with time off in between for getting places).
10 am to Noon: Highbury Pub in Milwaukee for Fulham 2, Derby 2 and Arsenal 3, Bolton 2 matches.
My Anfield can exclusively reveal that Liverpool FC has decided on a rather unique approach to
diversifying their revenue base and further growing the LFC franchise around the world. Football is
reaching saturation point and new supporters have to be found, what better way than to start
attracting people when they're still babies (and highly impressionable).
This blog has been removed. It's a thankless job and writers have lives.
We suggest you go here if you wish to find your own rumors. Thank them along the way for helping us
realize how pretty useless we really were.
This blog has been removed. It's a thankless job and writers have lives.
We suggest you go here if you wish to find your own rumors. Thank them along the way for helping us
realize how pretty useless we really were.
Back in February, I took all of you at your word and sided with you when it came to predicting the
outcome of the Champions League knockout round. How did we do? Well . . . not so well. We hit four
out of eight correctly, missing on Porto, Inter Milan, Sevilla and Real Madrid.
Now, here we are for the Champions League quarterfinals and I have to decide if I still trust you.
Major League Soccer fans, I've asked for EPL supporters and now here's your chance to have your
photos included in our reader photo gallery and prove your supporters are a better looking bunch
than the rest of the world. If...
It just dawned on me that I have no idea where DC United keeper Zach Wells was when he answered
these questions. For all I know, he could have been poolside at the Kansas City Marriott. Or more
likely, it could have been while dude was playing blackjack on a private jet somewhere over Mexico
en route to tonight's CONCACAF Champions Cup match against Pachuca (FSC 10pm EST ).
As in "kick in the" jewels. Frank Dell'Apa writes in the Boston Globe that Taylor
Twellman will need knee surgery and will be out for about two months. I would be very
apprehensive in believing this given the time stamp (12:00 AM on April 1st). However, there
is very good reason to believe it's true [.
"Gary Neville is a red, he hates scousers" goes the popular chant at Old Trafford. Whilst
Neville is a legend at Old Trafford, he's a hate figure at Anfield, something which no doubt makes
the United skipper very proud. His brother, Phil, who could have had a long term career at United
had Roy Keane left [.
Blue Blooded Journo Power Poll is a weekly poll of all the BBJ bloggers. The rankings are compiled
to form one composite list. Colorado's dismantling of Team Beckham gave them the biggest jump from
the preseason poll, moving up 6 spots. DC and Houston both fell due to poor results. I think once
they get done [.
With Floyd ‘Money' Mayweather having successfully entered the WWF ring this past weekend and
actually defeated Paul ‘The Big Show' Wight, it seems that all kinds of contenders are now
coming out of the woodwork. Advertised as "the world's biggest athlete," The Big Show
stands at an impressive 7'1" tall and weighs a ridiculous 440 pounds, presumably of pure
American junk-food.
This Tractor Girl has been away from the scene a little, but she's back for good now!
I have been completing the 'TV News' module of my MA, as part of which I have produced some
bulletins for our three weekly shows on 'Westminster News'.
The best and most popular pieces of work have been used for our Website Westminster News Online.
Dave says: What do you mean "deserves?" He signed a contract, and one could even
argue that he brought this upon himself by going to such a lousy, rudderless team. Does
Beckham ever try to force Lalas out? Beckham has been around enough well-assembled teams to know
what one should look like and that the Lalas-led Galaxy cannot possibly [.
How silly of me NOT to give a shout out to the LOLmls thread on bigsoccer. Game time is only a
few days away and instead of feeling the usual forlorn, longing, sadness, dread, etc etc etc... Bay
Area residents get to read sh*t like injury reports! It ...
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Express and Star - Semi-final just a blur for Bob
He was the Baggies fan who broke the hearts of the Albion throng. But Bob Hazell still can't
remember a thing about it.
The club return to the FA Cup semi-finals on Saturday 26 years since their last appearance ended in
the calamity of defeat to a then Championship level Queen's Park Rangers.
...lasts 9 minutes and 54 seconds and spans two rock songs and such illustrious clubs as 1860
Munich, Werder Bremen, AS Roma, Olympique Marseille and Bayer Leverkusen.
After LA Galaxy's horrible start to the season, the Galaxy management team are taking drastic
action to set things right. Or rather, set things left. When Galaxy welcome San Jose to the Home
Depot Center on Thursday, David Beckham will be playing left midfield and using his left foot
exclusively. After a career built on his [.
Portuguese champions FC Porto have been formally accused of fixing two domestic fixtures in the
2003-04 season. The games in question, against Estrela da Amadora and Beira Mar, came in the same
year ex-Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho led Porto to Champions League glory.
Mourinho, who won the Champions League as well as the domestic title that season before moving to
Chelsea, is not thought to be subject of the investigation.
Enjoy (again or for the first time or, preferably, again and again):
So I wake up this morning and what do I see,
Hugo Sanchez' mug staring back at me.
Is he on the sideline? Is he scoring a goal?
Nope, that's him lining up now for the dole.
Is anybody really surprised by the fact that Sanchez was fired yesterday? El Tri under Sanchez was
known for lofty expectations, solid, sometimes spectacular, midfield play, and finishing that
looked like my son's 8-year-old team over at the YMCA.
Concacaf Champions League Semifinal, First Leg 10 p.m. FSC Zzzzz. Zzzz. Zzzz. If DC is smart, this
should be the only sound heard from fans across DC and Mexico tonight as United grinds out a 0-0
draw with Pachuca. Can United do that? Honestly, I doubt it. I have a hard time believing that this
team can just [.
If you were like me and wondering why we were subjected to worthless international friendlies last
Wednesday you're not alone. Current Blackburn star, former Arsenal man and possible Liverpool
target David Bentley thinks they were pretty stupid too. The rising...
As I was bouncing around on the Kop on Sunday afternoon it suddenly struck me. Have we, the
supporters of Liverpool Football Club, been blessed with the best striker in Europe?
Después del cese de Hugo Sánchez de la Selección Nacional, anunciado ayer por la
tarde, Jesús Ramírez, campeón del mundo Sub-17, asumirá el puesto de Director
Técnico interino de la escuadra nacional. Pese a que, según la contemplación de la
FMF, Ramírez sólo será técnico del tri en sus próximos partidos amistosos
mientras se busca [.
Después del cese de Hugo Sánchez de la Selección Nacional, anunciado ayer por la
tarde, Jesús Ramírez, campeón del mundo Sub-17, asumirá el puesto de Director
Técnico interino de la escuadra nacional. Pese a que, según la contemplación de la
FMF, Ramírez sólo será técnico del tri en sus próximos partidos amistosos
mientras se busca [.
Ante Tecos, este viernes Tigres tendrá la oportunidad de oro ya que de ganarle a Tecos o al
menos le saca un empate en esta visita, podría vislumbrarse un final de torneo que nos pueda
dar algo más que un cierre digno debido a que sería muy importante seguir poniendo puntos
de distancia con los [.
I know it's not major news, but since our own sports world is so smitten with naming rights to
arenas, I thought the news from Arsenal yesterday was interesting. The Gunners will help VfB
Stuttgart re-name their stadium the Mercedez-Benz-Arena...
Still riding the success waves from his first and second forays into the world
of adult entertainment, Snoop Dogg has today announced that the second follow-up to his 2001
masterpiece is in pre-production, with many WAGs likely to make the final cut should they sign on
the dotted line.
So it wasn't a classic. But who cares? We won. Yesterday's Liverpool Echo raved about how much
better we were than Everton. An interesting take on the game I thought. Certainly, they didn't
trouble us. But I didn't think the 'gulg' in class they discussed was all that evident.
David Bentley has admitted that his desire to be England's first-choice right-winger at the 2010
World Cup could result in him leaving Blackburn if a bigger club comes knocking. Bentley has begun
discussing a new contract with Blackburn but says his top priority is playing regularly in Europe,
something the Lancashire club may not [.
Hubris was a quality by which several greek gods saw their downfall. For Hugo Sánchez hubris
was his fatal flaw that saw him fall from grace in less than a 16-month span. By unanimous decision
Hugo Sánchez was given his walking papers today after the Mexican Football Federation had
their monthly meeting.
It's that time again. The Best of the Best are going to slug it out against each other. No AC
Milan, Real Madrid, Ajax or Bayern Munich this time around, but Schalke O4, Fenerbahce and AS Roma.
The latter got a severe beating from Man United in the group stages last
Okay, does anyone know why this video will play the ad before, but not the actual content? I've
been able to watch ESPN videos before, but not this one, it seems.
A bit late in the day we know but we don't want a big Everton-shaped hole in the Liverpool Pies
archive now do we? Plus, it's only fair that Martin Skrtel and Sami Hyypia get lavished with some
well-deserved praise.
Everton have complained to the police in order to draw attention to the abuse targeted at their
players during the Merseyside derby on Sunday. Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez had already made his
feelings known in the post-match conference with his disgust towards the treatment of Steven
Gerrard by a section of the visiting fans.
Nothing really for me to say that Abby didn't cover in her lovely recap from the weekend. The
only downside to it was the way that Ronaldo and Man U smashed Villa. Love him or hate him, he is
one heck of a footballer. His backheel goal was sublime, and that's before his other-worldly flick
on to set up a goal by Rooney.
AS Roma – Manchester United FC
ROM- (4-2-3-1)Doni, Cassetti, Mexes, Panucci, Tonnetto, De Rossi, Aquilani,
Taddei, Pizarro, Mancini, Vucinic
MAN- (4-5-1)Van der Sar, Brown, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Carrick, Scholes,
Anderson, Cristiano Ronaldo, Park, Rooney
Schalke 04 – FC Barcelona
SCH- (4-4-2) Neuer, Rafinha, Bordon, Krstajic, Westermann, Asamoah, Ernst,
Kobiashvili, Pander, Kuranyi, Hamit Altintop
BAR- (4-3-3)Valdes, Zambrotta, Puyol, Milito, Abidal, Xavi, Yaya Touré,
Iniesta, Bojan Krkic, Eto'o, Henry
Okay, the opening weekend of Major League Soccer showed me one thing - that I really don't know
what I'm talking about - and neither do you. Let's see if we can get things on the better foot this
week....
Week one is in the books, so that means some changes have been made to the power rankings. Keep in
mind that I do take week one and the preseason rankings in consideration together and not just base
this solely on how teams played in week one. So you may still see some teams that [...]
Hugo Sanchez was finally canned by Mexico yesterday, ending one of the worst periods for the
Mexican national team that I can remember. Finally, after underachieving in the Gold Cup, failing
to qualify for the 2008 Olympics and going winless against the USA, he is gone. It was clear to
almost any observer that Sanchez was [.
Miguel Micó, fed up of a board who effectively decimated his first team squad in January, and
then told him to acheive survival anyway, has quit his job as Racing manager. He's been replaced by
Claudio Cristofanelli, a youth-team coach and former player for the club. In Boedo, meanwhile, Club
Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro [.
Things are getting fractious in The Predictorship. The red mist descended on three players over the
weekend as the pressure intensifies with just a few nerve-jangling weeks of the season left. With
the exception of Mike Dufficy and Norma No Mates, who comprehensively top and tail the league
table, there's still all to play for.
This year's Barclay's Premier League is perhaps one of the most exciting in recent memory. Three
teams, Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal, are vying for the right to be crowned Champions,
with only 6 points separating them and 6 games to go. To spice things up even more, these three
teams will meet one another [.
Fool Noun. A silly or stupid person; a person who lacks judgment or sense. 10. Ashley Cole Hmm,
would you cheat on the girl on the left with the girl on the right? Me neither....
Tut das guuuut! Derbysiege sind natürlich immer ein Hochgenuss. Noch glücklicher sollte
uns allerdings die Tatsache stimmen, dass der FC Energie genau zur heißen Phase des
Abstiegskampfes voll auf der Höhe ist. „Am Ende hat die Mannschaft gewonnen, die es mehr
wollte", meinte der schlaue Berliner Arne Friedrich nach dem Abpfiff am Sonntag.
Brazilian coach Wanderly (or Vanderlei) Luxemburgo loves nothing better than to chomp on a tasty
fly. In fact the Palmeiras coach munched his way through one of his favourite insects during a
recent interview. Here is the ex-Real Madrid boss eating a fly.
Here. I always think that these types of exercise give us another way to look at things.
Colin's work looks at who's making attacking contributions, passing in a positive way, etc.
He shows that our fullbacks are an important part of our attack. This worries me somewhat, in that
fullbacks always seem to be a last [.
Tonight DC United faces Pachuca CF in the away leg of their CONCACAF Champions Cup tie. I don't
know very much about Los Tuzos (the gophers) other than the fact that they're likely to provide a
steep challenge, and that, as I wrote yesterday, "If [United] are not focused on the task at
hand, they [..
The word got out about this one last week but like many things soccer related this season, I'm
moving a bit slow. So I'll let Dave Roberts at the Waynesville Daily Guide do the honors:
(Waynesville AD John) Morrison confirmed this week that Mike Armstrong, a
current assistant for the WHS girls?
Got this link off of Martin Rogers' blog.
Kansas City Wizards defender Jimmy Conrad participated in a Q & A with USA Today's Beau Dure in
which Conrad was his usual thought-provoking self. But what most caught my interest was what
apparently caught Martin's as well as Conrad held back few words about his feelings toward Rafa
Marquez, whom he called "the most consistently arrogant Mexican player.
The morale of the team under Sam Allardyce was said to be rock-bottom which eventually led to his
sacking, but we think it was more the way Sam wanted Newcastle to play that led to his dismissal,
although our results were not too great either. Kevin Keegan - a win is all we needed
Signed from Bury's youth team, England youth international Nathan Eccleston is a striker with pace.
He loves to take on defenders and cause havoc for the opposition.
For the longest time I couldn't put my finger on it. Apart from being a rather goofy photo of
Landon, what was it about this photo . . .
Because it's April Fool's day, but because I can't be arsed to contrive a wind-up story - I'll
leave that to the likes of The Sun - here's a video of Rio Ferdinand pranking Cashley Cole,
officially the most unpopular...
Tuesday's cover of Guadalajara sports daily Cancha.
The story isn't so much about Hugo Sanchez, as he'd been written off by many Mexican pundits since
the Olympic qualifying debacle. The focus is now on who will guide the team in qualifying and
beyond.
To me, the best candidate for this job is Javier Aguirre.
Kevin Keegan has been talking about our unique striker Oba Martins, and what he told the Nigerian
at half time in the game against Spurs on Sunday. Oba Martins - run at the Spurs defense in the
second half - wow
The Premier League and Major League Soccer today announced a landmark agreement to establish a
tournament during the summer to be played in the United States beginning in 2009. Full details have
yet to be announced, but here's what we understand thus far. From mid-July to early August, four
Premier League teams will compete in games [.
Try and brush aside the fact that he now aspires to be a monk, and have a look at ex-Chelsea
striker Mateja Kezman's comments about Avram Grant. Kezman is still in contact with some of the
Stamford Bridge players and claims that the word on the street is that things are much worse under
[...]
Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard's future at the club hangs in the balance as his side prepare to
take on Schalke 04 in their Champions League quarter final first leg in Gelsenkirchen this
evening...
Alejandro Tobar, the 32 year old Chilean midfielder, is attracting interest from Persija and
Persib. The former Persib and PSMS player is now plying his trade with DPMM, the Brunei side that
play in the Malaysian Super League.
Ferry Indasyarief, assistant manager of Persija, says Tobar is still trialling in Ragunan
(Persija's training camp) and talk of him going to Persib is 'only an illusion.
Kolo Toure is hoping that Liverpool remembers what happened in three of their four meetings with
Arsenal last season because he sure hasn't forgotten. Speaking ahead of tomorrow's epic meeting in
the Champions League, Toure suggested that last year's ties...
Tampines Rovers ran SAF close last season in the chase for SLeague glory but finished a
disappointing third which cost them AFC Cup action this time around.
They will be none too pleased with their start to this season. While they lie fourth they are
already eight points behind the joint leaders SAF and Super Reds.
Turkish midfielder Emre came through 45 minutes of his comeback match for the Reserves last night
at St. James' Park, under the watching eyes of Newcastle manager Kevin Keegan and a crowd of over
2,800. Emre - can be important player under Keegan
Jonathan Woodgate has let rip with a public tongue lashing after his side disgraced themselves at
home to Newcastle. Granted, the Tottenham squad probably have less to get up for in the morning
than your average lifer in jail - but Juande Ramos was brought in with a reputation for running a
[...]
So it a wierd twist of fate, Man Utd will play AS Roma yet again in the Champions League
tonight.
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is optimistic that goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar and
defender Patrice Evra will be fit to face AS Roma in Tuesday's Champions League quarter-final first
leg at the Stadio Olimpico.
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Despite a pretty good March for QPR: 3 wins, 3 draws, 1 last-second defeat: no "Manager of the
Month" Nomination for Lugi De Canio. [QPR Results -
QPR 3-0 Stoke 02-03
Coventry 0-0 QPR 05-03
Sheff Wed 2-1 QPR 08-03
QPR 3-2 Blackpool 11-03
QPR 3-1 Scunthorpe 15-03
Wolves 3-3 QPR 22-03
Ipswich 0-0 QPR 29-03
Football League's Manager of the Month
The nominations for March's Coca-Cola Manager of the Month have been announced.
Manchester United takes on AS Roma today at 1:30 pm. I'll be at Coester's
Hat tip to Soccer by Ives
West Ham are having a hearty sniff around Lazio's Swiss midfielder Valon Behrami with a view to
snapping him up in the summer. According to the Daily Mail (that bastion of truth and journalistic
integrity), West Ham are "in pole position" to snap up the twenty-two year old due to the
appointment of [.
Since the friendly against Croatia, it seems Marco van Basten finished his puzzle. The system, the
tactics, even the players he wants to take along this summer...it all seems to be fixed in his
head. Bad news for Dirk Kuyt, Roy Makaay and Mark van Bommel. Two players who are currently
Michael Owen talked immediately after the game on Sunday to Newcastle World TV, and had a smile on
his face as wide as Tynemouth, throughout the interview. Michael Owen - exciting summer ahead
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the local football show on podcast. Although with Wellington Phoenix CEO Tony Pignata on his plans
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Matildas Assistant Robbie Hooker, and Belconnen United Coach Steve Forshaw.
Everton have hit back at Rafa's claims that Stevie G did well to rise above the torrent of rancid
abuse directed at him from the Toffees fans on Sunday by issuing their own allegations, claiming
that both Phil Neville and Joleon Lescott were abused. An Everton statement read: "It is a
shame that [.
The KNVB thinks the new plan of the Eredivisie clubs, who want to strip the play-offs, are rubbish.
Director Henk Kesler vetoed the new plan. "What rests is a weak residu of the original plan
with as a consolation prize a UEFA Cup ticket. The KNVB will not adopt this proposal." The
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Congratulations to Lee Camp on making this week's Football League's Championship
Team of the Week!
Football League Championship Team of the Week
Congratulations to Danny Cullip for making League One Team of the Week
Speaking earlier, Lee Camp Talking to the BBCBBC - Camp hails Capello-like
approach
Queens Park Rangers goalkeeper Lee Camp has compared Luigi De Canio's regime at the club to that of
England manager Fabio Capello.
Nicky Butt has talked to the Newcastle Journal this morning about what Kevin Keegan has been doing
at Newcastle United. Kevin Keegan - ideas getting through to the players now
If you don't know by now, you're on the wrong blog, but Arsenal and Liverpool begin a three-game
set tomorrow when they play the first of their two Champions League ties in North London. The meat
in the European sandwich...
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Mail/This is London
are nothing like Chelsea, says QPR vice-chairman Bhatia as he reveals Rangers' masterplan
Moneybags: QPR shareholder - and the world's fourth richest man - Lakshmi Mittal
Amit Bhatia has outlined the Mittal family's masterplan to usher in a new era of success at Queens
Park Rangers.
Not long ago, I posted my shortlist for PFA Player of the Year. Now it's your turn. Which five
players have impressed you most throughout the season? Vote after the click below (select five
players from my long list):...
Nicky Butt has been talking today to the Newcastle Journal. Nicky Butt - great all round midfield
display on Sunday
In the most expensive transfer in the history of professional sports, Real Madrid have committed to
paying 100m for Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo. In a move that David Gill described as 'the
textbook definition of too-good-to-refuse', Manchester United will net £100m upfront and take
off around £6m / year from their bloated wage bill.
Roma boss Luciano Spalletti's smooth but ever so bumpy cranium makes him a Shit Lookalike for a
peanut.
It took about two months for Kevin Keegan to sort out the players and team at Newcastle, before
they started to play well and in Kevin's all out attacking style. Kevin Keegan -got great display
out of his team in London
Manchester United's fearsome four have established their reputation not only for their brilliant
football but also for their sexual exploits, the likes of which have never been revealed to the
mass media before. Sources close to Wayne Rooney have revealed the grand exploits of this foursome
with their conquests ranging from the top of Hollywood [.
Eduardo da Silva's long journey back to the pitch is set to take the next big step as the
Brazilian-born Croatian striker is ready to begin rehabilitation on his broken leg. The club have
continued to say that Eduardo is...
When Arsenal and Liverpool play on Wednesday (on ESPN2 for those in the U.S.), it will be the 200th
meeting between the legendary clubs (according to Reuters) but the first time they've ever faced in
European competition. And it's a...
Juande Ramos has decided to splash the cash in Manchester United's direction with Tottenham picking
up a host of stars from the Manchester United firesale. Tottenham are reported to have struck deals
with United keeper Ben Foster, former Tottenham midfielder Michael Carrick as well as French
internationals Louis Saha and Mikael Silvestre.
Our goalkeeper Steve Harper, who had another solid game at Tottenham on Sunday, thought the display
on Sunday was just about the best team performance he's ever been involved in. Steve Harper -
performance on Sunday was brilliant, fantastic
C-Ron admires Sir Alex Ferguson's ball control during a training session at Rome's Stadio Olimpico,
ahead of tonight's Champions League quarter final first leg between Man Utd and AS Roma. Photo
Getty Images...
I think Becks summed it up best himself when he announced (approx. 10 seconds into this video):
"It's painful." Ever wished you were a fly-on-the-wall of a love-in between David Beckham
and Mia Hamm. No, me neither but what can you do? There is ego massaging aplenty!
Chelsea have reached an agreement with debt-ridden Manchester United to buy the England and
Manchester United captain, Rio Ferdinand. Rio Ferdinand will cost Chelsea £30m, and the amount
will go some way towards helping the Glazers pay off Manchester United's mountain of debt. One
wonders how Chelsea will make space for Ferdinand in their starting line-up, [.
Kedah travel to Hong Kong for tomorrow's AFC clash with South China leaving a few players at home
kicking their heels. With a vital MSL game on Saturday against Selangor coach Mohd Azraai Khor has
omited strikers Hasmawi Hassan and Shafiq Jamal from the travelling party after they were injured
in the weekend's 4-1 victory over DPMM.
It looks like the bitchy backstabbing is only going to get worse at Liverpool. With the Merseyside
giants on a glorious run of form, things at the very summit of Liverpool FC are looking
surprisingly ropey - with the Guardian alleging that owners George Gillett and Tom Hicks refusing
to even sit next [.
In an ambitious and somewhat desperate attempt to wipe off their debt, Manchester United have
struck a stunning 40m deal with Liverpool, taking Scouser and former Everton star Wayne Rooney to
Anfield. Reports suggest that Manchester United's need to sell, coupled with the lack of quality
strikers at Liverpool and Steven Gerrard's desire to win [.
England possible Euro 2008 reinstatement Russia could be thrown out of Euro 2008 if Alexandra
Piraollof is found guilty for drug offences. Andorra defender Anthoni Lima from Sd Eivissa claims
Piraollof, a member of the Russian backroom staff, drugged key players in the Andorra team prior to
the crucial Euro 2008 qualifier, which sealed England's and Steve McClarens exit from the
tournament.
The scythe has been Photoshopped in. The scary Grim Reaper lookalike with the black hood is
genuine!
Four things spring to mind when we talk about a clash with Roma: Foremost in every United fan (and
every Roma fan as well, albeit with a hint of dread) would be the 7-1 win at Old Trafford; the
second would be the shit United fans had to put up with every time they went [...]
When I started the "Show us your kit" photo gallery to showcase your photos on our
website, I was pleasantly surprised to see the response from Aston Villa and Liverpool fans. In
fact most of the photos early on in...
Play Better Soccer Do you want to play soccer or football better? Then learn the moves and master
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Arsenal have decided to bolster their squad by splashing big for the first time under Monsieur
Wenger. Backed by Alisher Usmanov's millions, Arsenal will spend around 30m to bring Owen
Hargreaves and Carlos Tevez from Manchester United to the Emirates. Manchester United have been
eager to offload their star players this summer in a bid [.
It's March (April) in the U.S. If you don't know about March Madness, it's a knockout college
basketball tournament that sweeps the country every year as folks print out brackets and wager on
how they think the tourney will play...
Now that wasn't even close. Everton defeated Portsmouth by a count of 52-5 in our completely
unscientific vote of our reader's favorite kit. Everton advances to our Final Four and will face
the winner of today's contest between Newcastle United...
El portero del Puebla tuvo una actuación tan mala como memorable la semana pasada , tanto que
llego hasta Europa su reputación y no solo eso, ahora hay un portero ruso que lo ha imitado en
el partido Zenit:1- Rubin:3, esto también nos hace recordar al portero loco polaco de la
U-21.
Vaya pues , la verdad todos tenemos un mal día, solo esperamos que no se vuelva a repetir.
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE returns with the Q/Final stage tonight & tomorrow night. The only Spanish
representative FC BARCELONA plays German side SCHALKE 04 tonight & play for their future in the...
Read all the news, results, details & comments in English on Spanish Football & Sports
This morning's announcement that MK Dons are applying to take over Gretna's place in the Scottish
Premier League shouldn't really come as a surprise to anyone. Pete Winkleman knows the value of
publicity if nothing else and, as he said himself this morning, "We have an excellent chance
of bringing European football to Milton Keynes, which is no less than the people of this city
deserve".
With the season winding down the rumor mills are heating up. I love searching the net at all hours
of the day looking for the latest gossip on who might be going where. I'll try to take that love
and...
Portugues Football has a scandal on its hands after OPORTO & its President PINTO DA COSTA have been
accused of alleged match fixing in the 2003-2004 season, concretely in the Oporto- Amadora... Read
all the news, results, details & comments in English on Spanish Football & Sports
While the Premier League struggles to convince English football fans and the wider community around
the world that a 39th fixture would give its product greater popularity, La Liga has taken a
similar initiative and gone one better. From the 2010-11 season, Spanish teams will play an extra
fixture in a series of venues around the globe to promote its already familiar brand.
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Of all the things the official site does, its series of profiles and interviews is one of its
best.
Those of a certain age will remember Roger Morgan on one wing and his twin brother Ian Morgan
on the other wing. And then that sad day, when Roger Morgan went to Spurs for a then amazing fee of
110,000 pounds (at a time when the British record transfer fee was 150,000 pounds for Alan
Clarke)
QPR Official Site - BLAST FROM THE PAST - Roger Morgan
Posted on: Tue 01 Apr 2008
In our latest instalment of exclusive past player interviews on www.
Well...that's what Wenger would have said if he wasn't a hypocrite or biased and was consistent
in his judgement because...
On the left is Martin Taylor, who broke Eduardo's leg with a pretty bad tackle. On the right is
one of Wenger's player's, Abou Diaby, trying to do the same to a Bolton's Gretar Steinsson.
In a stunning takeover, Alisher Usmanov has bought out Stan Kroenke AND the Arsenal board, giving
him ownership of more than 80% of Arsenal and effectively making him the ruler of all things
Arsenal. Shocking as this news is, it might be least of worries for Arsenal fans - 2 of the most
important people [.
It's April, and while title races are heating up across Europe, so are the rumor mills. We'll try
to stay on top of all of them over the next two months. Now that I'm back on the sauce, I'll see...
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Rivaldo que juega en la SuperLeague, pero lo extraño es que el fotógrafo de esta imagen
ha hecho varios collages, como el siguiente y es que resulta extraño ver esta imagen.
When Liverpool visit Ashburton Grove tomorrow to play Arsenal, their two American owners will not
be sitting together. And while this is hardly a spat to rival Paris Hilton and Nicole Ritchie, this
shows the awful headache that the Merseyside...
BURIED under mountains of debt and interest payments, Manchester United's American owners have
decided to cash in their star players and get rid of the club's debt in an ambitious plan to be
debt-free by 21 December 2012. With Manchester United expected to win the Premier League second
year in a row and also win [.
Sid Lowe reports on panic among the ranks of Spanish fans over the apparent decline of their top
tier teams. Señor Lowe reports...
The one-time league of stars now facing dark night of the soul
David Beckham will be the NBC studios tomorrow as he guest stars on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
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A consortium of Liverpool fans have outlined their plans for buying out Tom Hicks and George
Gillett for a staggering £500m, making a fan-based takeover imminent and throwing Liverpool FC
smack in the middle of a possible bidding war between the fans and DIC. The fan-based consortium
(called "We Heart Liverpool") have promised a total [.
Former Argentina national team coach José Pekerman is thought to be one of the front runners
for the vacate Mexico position following the sacking of Hugo Sanchez on Monday
Pekerman In Frame For Mexico Post
Mexico fire coach Sanchez after 16 months
As the Champions League competition reaches the fascinating quarter final stage starting tonight
another story from a previous round has almost gone unnoticed. UEFA have dropped their
investigation into the alleged sectarian/racist chanting by Celtic fans at the Camp Nou in
Barcelona. The news that the investigation was taking place was made very public by UEFA but the
news that they have found that Celtic have 'no case to answer' has been less well publicised.
Chelsea have been the most successful club in the Premier League ever since Roman Abramovich took
over - 2 back-to-back titles and if the Premier League were to finish today, 3 2nd placed finishes
that put them ahead of Manchester United and Arsenal in the last 5 years. And yet this has come
with a [.
The Premier League have slapped a 20 point penalty on Newcastle United, condemning them to certain
relegation this season. The huge penalty leaves Newcastle United with a paltry 15 points in the
season, ahead of Derby but well behind the likes of Bolton, Fulham and Birmingham, and with 6 games
to go, Newcastle look certain [.
Premier Shorts: Today in the EPL
Nicky Butt served some familiar compliments to Newcastle's manager following their timely win
against Tottenham
Butt hails the 'Keegan effect'
Tottenham defender believes the whole squad are playing for their futures at the club following
their 4-1 home defeat by Newcastle
Jonathan Woodgate ashamed of Spurs rout
Congratulations to the Scottish Premier League on winning this year's Scottish Premier League
title. As Glasgow Rangers and the governing body appear, to all external analysis, to merely be
separate wings of a single entity, it would seem churlish not to give credit where credit is due.
Some championship medal equivalences should also be passed down to some highly select match
officials and the client clubs.
Fabio Capello's England assistant Franco Baldini was the subject of an extraordinary Mafia-style
threat in a Rome court yesterday
Capello's No 2 subjected to 'Mafia threat' in Italian court
England manager could face criminal charges after he was accused of withholding information in a
corruption Rome trial
Fabio Capello embroiled in corruption case
So first we had the LOLcats, about a week ago I posted a LOLrabbit (and just wait til I bust out
with the LOLsloth), and now I give you a LOLfault. Yup, today I found a geology blog thats filled
with photos of California's major fault lines meaning now I'll have many more [...]
Considering his impact in his debut campaign in England, 'El Nino' is an apt nickname for Liverpool
striker Fernando Torres
Torres gives cutting edge
Anfield co-owners may refuse to sit together at the Emirates tomorrow but the players are united
for the challenge ahead
Gerrard says Liverpool can overcome civil war
All Cesc Fabregas seems to desire, in a rare antidote to the hysteria over an all-English
quarter-final against Liverpool, is to face his former club again in the Champions League final
Cesc Fabregas dreams of Barcelona rematch
Joe Cole arrived in Istanbul revelling in the prospect of facing two of his enduring heroes
Zico and Roberto Carlos excite Joe Cole
Fenerbahce full back Roberto Carlos has fired a warning to Chelsea that they face "the Turkish
Real Madrid" in Istanbul for in their Champions League quarter final tie
Roberto Carlos: We Are The Turkish Real Madrid
Sylvan Ebanks-Blake may have to be called the 'black Maradona' after this
wonderful goal against Charlton on Saturday - says Wolves skipper Karl Henry.
Bert van Marwijk will work with the best players of the nation after the EC. But the most special
job in Dutch football land will be executed in Van Marwijk's "normal" way. "In this world, if you
act normal, you're special already. I don't have the illusion that this will
The team got their first look at Pachuca's home this evening - Estadio Hidalgo. It's quite the
building, with a capacity of approximately 33,000 and not a bad seat in the house. The closest
seats are within five yards of the field, though the 15-foot high chain link fence - topped with
barb wire - discourages fans from entering the field of play (we hope).
Will Ronaldo and Manchester United go on to achieve greatness in this live online broadcast
commentary UEFA Champions League quarterfinal match between AS Roma and Manchester United by
scoring many goals and winning the competition, or will they face a Roman burial against a team
which they have had much success against in the past year?
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Khaleej Times - itain sees biggest ever Indian take-away By Tusdiq Din (Letter from the UK)
"THE rise of India as a global economic superpower goes from strength to strength. With Indian
companies now routinely called on for IT, commerce and industrial expertise, the purchase of two
distinctly British motoring marques from the Ford motor company, namely Jaguar and Land Rover by
the Indian conglomerate the Tata Group should come as no surprise.
Wednesday's game presents a series of problems to both managers. Arsene Wenger has to decide on
his back four lineup, particularly the choice of right back and whether Senderos will start. Rafa
Benitez has to face the prospect of trying not to over tinker with the good run of success
currently being enjoyed by his team.
Ahead of his side's hattrick of meetings with Liverpool - with each leg of their Champions League
quarterfinal contested either side of a league encounter - Arsenal's Cesc Fabregas has aired his
views on compatriot Fernando Torres.
While Arsenal have no doubt outdone Liverpool in terms of silverware and consistency over the last
decade, European glory has gone quite the other way.
Boy, Roma vs. Manchester United... it doesn't get any better than this. One could argue that out of
the four UEFA Champions League Quarter-Finals, the most 'prestigious one' is Arsenal-Liverpool, or
that rising Bundesliga stars Schalke 04 will have something to prove vs. Spanish giants Barcelona,
or perhaps even that Fenerbahçe-Chelsea is bound to provide plenty [.
In-form striker Fernando Torres says Liverpool are full of confidence heading into their Champions
League quarter-final against Arsenal.
The Spain international has scored 11 goals in his last 10 matches - including the winner in
Sunday's Merseyside derby - and has found the net four times in his previous four European outings.
Tom Hicks and George Gillett will both be at Liverpool's Champions League game with Arsenal on
Wednesday - but both have asked not be sat together.
The pair are planning on attending Liverpool's Champions League tie against Arsenal at The Emirates
on Wednesday night.
But sources in the club say both have requested not to be seated next to one another.
Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez has spoken for the first time about the departure of former
assistant Pako Ayestaran from Anfield.
The departure of his fellow Spaniard has been cited as a major reason why the Reds have failed to
mount a serious challenge in the Premier League this season, but Benitez insists he had no option
but to tell his friend to leave the club.
Steven Gerrard sought comfort in Arsenal's stirring fightback against Bolton Wanderers yesterday by
claiming it could distract Arsène Wenger's team from a single-minded pursuit of the Champions
League.
Both Liverpool and Arsenal approach tomorrow's Champions League quarter-final having scored
psychologically important results at the weekend: the visitors reducing the pressure on
qualification for next season's competition with victory over Everton and the hosts ending a run of
five league games without success in dramatic fashion at the Reebok.
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Bradford Telegraph/Argus - Simon Parker - Ricketts may have played last game
Donovan Ricketts was not allowed back into England after international duty
City are unlikely to see Donovan Ricketts again after immigration officials blocked him from coming
back into the country.
Pretend, for a minute, you're Tommy Soehn. Your team just lost its regular season opener and at
times looked listless in the process, but now has to travel directly to a remote mountain town in
Mexico which is known for, if anything, a local history of mining and a gasp-inducing base altitude
of 7,000+ feet, to take on a very talented side that knows how to win big games in big tournaments.
ROMA Vs MANCHESTER UNITED
Sir Alex Ferguson considers his current Manchester United side his "best ever"
United relishing the chance to light up Rome
Ferguson says winger could win European Footballer of the Year if he fires United to Champions
League victory
European glory can seal prize for Ronaldo
Uefa said Rome could be stripped of next year's Champions League final if fan violence recurs in
the Italian capital
Uefa warns Roma as fears mount
SCHALKE Vs BARCELONA
Ronaldinho goes Awol in Barça's hour of need
Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard was in defiant mood as he spoke out ahead of his side's Champions
League quarter-final first leg meeting with Schalke 04
Rijkaard Comes Out Firing
Schalke trainer Mirko Slomka believes his team are facing Barcelona at the ideal time to cause an
upset as the two sides prepare for their Champions League quarter final clash
Slomka: Barcelona There For The Taking
"Gary Neville is the club captain but has been injured for the best part of a year now - and
Giggsy's taken on the mantelpiece."
Rio Ferdinand is clearly having a hearth while describing the Man Utd captaincy.
Quotes of the week
"You're talking about radically altering how the game of soccer is played all over the world.
It would suddenly become a contact sport, and I – as a skinny, weak Russian hockey player
– don't appreciate the contact."
This was Washington Capital and Russian hockey legend Sergei Fedorov speaking about a possible MLS
ruling that would virtually eliminate diving from the league, and fears of it's ripple effect
around the world are making some in the hockey world very nervous.
Romano dice que se solidariza con Cañedo y también presenta su renuncia efectiva a partir
del primero de Junio. El técnico argentino Rubén Omar Romano se solidarizó con el
presidente del América, Guillermo Cañedo, y también presentó su renuncia a
partir de junio, para permitir una reestructuración profunda en el club.
Romano dice que se solidariza con Cañedo y también presenta su renuncia efectiva a partir
del primero de Junio. El técnico argentino Rubén Omar Romano se solidarizó con el
presidente del América, Guillermo Cañedo, y también presentó su renuncia a
partir de junio, para permitir una reestructuración profunda en el club.
My thoughts on Hugo Sanchez's firing for SI.com.
D.C. United will head to Pachuca for the first leg of the clubs' CONCACAF Champions Cup semifinal
series on Tuesday. The odds are against D.C. pulling out any type of result. Since the tournament
switched to the current format in 2002, Mexican teams hold a 33-6 aggregate score over MLS clubs in
games played in Mexico.
Thanks to reader E.A. for this tip...
Alain Nkong has been linked to English side Tottenham in what would be a multimillion dollar
deal.
Nkong, the former Rapids washout, saw his stock climb in helping Atlante win the Apertura 2007
title and then scoring a clutch goal in the African Nations Cup.
After a marathon sleep I think I'm back on track. No more hallucinating anyway. It's all about the
Mugsmashers now. Tomorrow's game is going to be massive. As Amy Lawrence pointed out on the
Arsecast a couple of weeks ago we only need to win one of the three games (goalless draw, win,
score draw) will [.
A soccer scholarship is a great way to make it through college without enduring a large student
loan debt. There are many steps that can be taken to help increase the odds of getting soccer
scholarships. Below are a few pointers that may assist in helping to secure that college soccer
scholarship. During the [.
10 Players Who Rocked The Fort is a compilation of the top ten players in New England Revolution
history as voted on by the fans. The list will be released on the Blue Blooded Journo blog starting
with number ten, and then counting down until the top player is revealed.
Can Frank Rijkaard pull his team back from the brink of disaster to success in this live online
broadcast commentary UEFA Champions League match between Schalke 04 and Barcelona, or will he
suffer another humiliation at the German team's stadium known as the Arena AufSchalke? With his
team experiencing one setback after another this season despite showing signs of recovery earlier
in the year, this season looks like another washout for the Spanish team after another dreadful
showing on Sunday when they lost inexplicably to Real Betis after having secured a comfortable lead
at half time.
Kaz Patafta to PSV, Matthew Spiranovic to play for Croatia, Eric Cantona to Melbourne Victory, and
Frank Lowy to hand over to his son in time.
I've read them all, fell for none of them.
Unfortunately the last one, according to Mike Cockerill is not an April Fool, but Frank may well
hand over to Stephen Lowy one day.
With the next round of UCL games starting Tuesday, let's do some Champions League predictions --
quarterfinals style!
Schalke 04 v. Barcelona
The German squad has very much been my sleeper throughout this competition and that madness
continues in this round.
I expect big things from Kevin Kuranyi and Asamoah (right) against a beleagued Barca
backline.
He promised a lot and delivered on little. Just over a year and the Mexican playing legend is gone.
Wait around and he might find a job in the MLS. An inspired showing at Copa America might have been
the high point, but nothing played out the way he planned. Why couldn't Sanchez get it all [...]
La Raza de Monterrey es, con seguridad, el equipo que ha dado la cara por los regiomontanos (y por
México) este año. Enfilado a la clasificación a los play-offs, La Raza se presenta
este Jueves ante Philadelphia en el último juego de temporada como local en su casa, La Arena
Monterrey. El equipo de Solo Tigres, [.
If Goff, Bueno/Canales and Ives say so, it must be true!
I guess El Tri will have somebody new for that friendly I'm going to in a couple weeks.
As long as the stars show up, I'm happy.
But for now, so long Hugo!
Oh yeah, he's an ESPN Deportes video on the news for you bilingual folk.
So first we had the LOLcats, about a week ago I posted a LOLrabbit (and just wait til I bust out
with the LOLsloth), and now I give you a LOLfault. Yup, today I found a geology blog thats filled
with photos of California's major fault lines meaning ...
River Plate defeated Arsenal de Sarandi yesterday, leaving "los Millonarios" alone at the
top of the table. The final score was 1-0, with Rodrigo Archubi scoring the only goal of the night.
Despite that, River failed to impress a single spectator who witnessed the match.
The game was slow, with neither of the two sides looking to bring something new to the pitch and
defer from each other.
