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Inter Milan's manager, Leonardo Araujo, and his girlfriend of two and a half years, Anna Billó, are expecting! And to think, it was only a day ago that we discovered Leonardo had a surname, let alone a girlfriend!

Seen on vacay in Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro earlier this week, the Brazilian-born, Italian Sky News journalist showed off her four-months-along baby bump in a pretty patterned bikini.

By Michael Lewis - PHILADELPHIA, PA (Aug 12, 2011) -- If you think Major League Soccer will be satisfied with only reaching its goal to expanding to 20 teams, then guess again. The league wants to become a leading American sport and one of the best leagues in the world by 2022. You don't believe that statement?

As the author of the last great memory in U.S. Women's World Cup history, Brandi Chastain has a unique perspective on the U.S.'s struggles at the Cup since that calm, clear day in Pasadena 11 years ago. She sat down with NSC on Monday to talk about it. "I hadn't thought about the fact that the U.S.

*They're bracing for a huge crowd for a much anticipated U.S.-Mexico Gold Cup final in Pasadena where temperatures are expected to top out at in the 80s.

Kickoff is at 6:10 p.m. incidentally, live on Fox Soccer Channel and Univision. I'll blog live from the game.

Notable: It's the first time in 11 years Mexico and the U.

Virginia women's coach Steve Swanson, an original member of the Milwaukee Wave, was named the U.S. Under-20 women's national team coach Monday.

Swanson will continue to coach the Cavaliers in addition to his latest role with the U.S. Soccer Federation – he's also been the Under-16 and Under-18 national team coach and has served as an assistant with the Under-17, Under-18 and Under-20 teams in previous stints with the national program.

While yesterday's blog was an ode to Sir Alex Ferguson, the man who looks to have fulfilled his promise of ‘knocking Liverpool off their f***ing perch' with a record-breaking 19th title just one point away, today's is about a fellow Scot he knows well; the man who pipped him to the Premier League title in 1995.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has today revealed that he may have neglected his wife and kids at times to ensure that his Manchester United career lasted as long as possible.

"I played football for 11 years at Manchester United and put my career ahead of everything," he said. "You sacrifice all that is required to play at United for as long as possible.

We'll know three of the four Sectional teams vying for a single spot in the State Final 4 by the end of the evening. The fourth slot will be determined tomorrow when Glendale and Nixa play. Note that there may be a time change on that game to try and avoid weather issues.

District 10 Final: at Camdenton, 5:00 pm
#1 Camdenton Lakers -
#3 Waynesville Tigers
Rance Burger of the Lake Sun News offers a nice preview of the Lakers who return to the District Title game for the first time in 11 years.

UPDATE The game at Ozark High School has been moved to 4pm today. The rematch, the one for all the marbles, grab your favorite sports cliches folks.

District 11: at Ozark High School, 4:00 pm
#1 Glendale Falcons -
#2 Nixa Eagles -

The winner will host Parkview on Tuesday May 24th in the Sectional

District 10: at Camdenton, 1:00 pm
#1 Camdenton Lakers -
#3 Waynesville Tigers -

Rance Burger of the Lake Sun News offers a nice preview of the Lakers who return to the District Title game for the first time in 11 years.

Arsene Wenger was a man under pressure even before yesterdays game, but after a disappointing performance in which his side lost at home to Liverpool for the first time in 11 years some fans, and it is a very small minority it has to be said, have been calling for Wenger to go. Despite yesterdays [..

Earlier in the week we caught up with some Gunners fans as Liverpool travel down to London to face Arsenal today, to get their opinion on how the game will pan out and what life without Cesc Fabregas is likely to mean for them in regards to technical change on the pitch.

The Emirates has never been a ground to yield many points for the Reds since its construction, in fact 3 points have never been taken on the ground by the Reds and you have to step back 11 years in time to Highbury to find the last time that Liverpool left todays hosts with nothing.

Jay Heaps is now the new boss of the New England Revolution (photo via Boston Globe)

It didn't take the New England Revolution that long to find a replacement for Steve Nicol. Today the club announced the hiring of former defender Jay Heaps as their next manager.

The 35-year old Heaps is just two years removed from playing for the Revolution, where he spent 11 seasons.

LONDON/DOHA Sepp Blatter's latest salvo in favour of a winter switch for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar has exacerbated perceptions of how much of a shambles was the bidding process concluded by the FIFA executive committee's vote last month. Blatter, speaking before the launch of the Asian Cup in Doha, said: "I expect [.

The least surprising surprise ever Thanks to OTP reader Alan who, like us, is wondering how Frank De Boer can be possibly be surprised that Egyptian striker Mido wants to leave Ajax. This is a guy who has played for 10 clubs in 11 years (and he's played for three of those clubs twice!).

Three games into his miraculous return to Liverpool, "King" Kenny Dalgish is yet to taste victory. His record stands at two defeats and one draw and, but for the clumsiness of Tim Howard in giving away a stonewall penalty yesterday, it might well be three losses on the trot.

For those who thought the Scot's biggest asset in being appointed was the ability to give the players and Anfield faithful a lift thus ensuring a short-team bounce in results the past week has truly been a reality check.

SEOUL, South Korea — Manchester United midfielder Park Ji-Sung said he was retiring from international duty with South Korea to make way for younger players with "enormous potential". Park, who has won 100 caps and played in each of the past three World Cups, officially confirmed he was stepping down after national coach Cho Kwang-Rae [.

West Brom have fired manager Roberto Di Matteo as the Baggies battles against relegation from the Premier League.

A 3-0 loss to Manchester City yesterday was West Brom's 13th loss in its last 18 games, leaving the team only two points above the drop zone.

"This has been a tough decision but we, as a board, believe it is the right one to give the club the best possible chance of remaining in the Premier League," West Brom chairman Jeremy Peace said in a statement.

HAMBURG, Germany Former Germany international Gerald Asamoah headed his sixth goal of the season to give St Pauli a 1-0 win at Hamburg on Wednesday, their first Bundesliga victory over their city rivals since 1977. In a match postponed this month due to heavy rain, Hamburg had half a dozen good scoring chances in [.

Worse things have happened in football. We all know that this is not the biggest stadium crush that has happened. The Ibrox Park Disaster and then the Hillsborough Disaster both had higher death tolls, and because they were significantly more recent remain fresher in minds. All of this, I acknowledge.

Surviving the times: How the Bosman killed Ajax is a post from: Just Football

by Mohamed Moallim

When Johan Cruijff left Ajax in 1988, after a falling out with the board over Marco van Basten's departure to AC Milan, it would be easy to say that event overshadow the year a precocious left-full back made his debut for the club.

Ref Review: Barcelona 3-1 Arsenal Busacca Bias or Barca Brilliance? is a post from: Just Football

Arsenal. Were they a) outclassed or b) robbed against Barcelona? Just Football's resident referee Joe Tompkins offers a ref's perspective:

If you had read some of the tweets from Arsenal fans that appeared on my timeline towards the end of Barcelona v Arsenal, I wouldn't blame you if you thought referee Massimo Busacca had been paid by someone to get Barcelona into the quarter finals.

Stuart Holden and Bolton moved a step closer to a dream run to the FA Cup Final by beating Birmingham, 3-2, in their quarterfinal match-up on Saturday.

South Korean Lee-Chung Yong scored a 90th-minute winner to send Bolton to its first FA Cup semifinal in 11 years.

Holden played all 90 minutes for the Trotters, which were the first team to reach the semifinals.

Manchester United heaped more misery on Arsenal by turfing the Gunners out of the FA Cup with a 2-0 victory at Old Trafford. Although he named a team containing seven defenders, Sir Alex Ferguson's gamble was rewarded with goals either side of the interval from Fabio and Wayne Rooney. Earlier, substitute Lee Chung-yong earned Bolton their first FA Cup semi-final spot for 11 years with a late winner as they beat Birmingham 3-2 at St Andrew's.

Arsenal keeper Wojciech Szczesny has joked he would rather play behind 48-year-old youth team coach Steve Bould than any of the club's current defenders. Speaking at a fans' forum Szczesny also suggested that Bould, who retired 11 years ago due to arthritis, could reform his partnership with Tony Adams.

After former Spurs target Giuseppe Rossi ruled him out of any possible move at the weekend, more names are coming up as possible replacements for some of Tottenham's wayward strikeforce. The latest in this long line is Amauri, a Brazilian born striker who plays his football in Italy and has gained one full cap for the Italian national side.

Shola Ameobi has 9 goals for Newcastle so far this season, with 6 of them being in the Premier League, and 3 in the Carling Cup. Foluwashola Ameobi Newcastle United striker for 11 years Shola is 3rd top of the goal scoring charts behind Kevin Nolan with 12 goals, and the departed Andy Carroll [...]

Kenny Dalglish admits our premature exit from last season's Carling Cup will be in his mind when selecting a side to face Exeter on Wednesday night.
The boss will make changes to his team while guarding against any repeat of our penalty shoot-out exit to League Two strugglers Northampton in last year's third round.

Dan Flynn has been CEO/Secretary General of U.S. Soccer for 11 years. While the following of U.S. Soccer, it's programs and sanctioned leagues continues to grow yearly, many still don't know much about the St. Louis, Missouri native. But that's how Flynn prefers things as he quietly goes about his job of running the day-to-day [.

Call for 18-30s to give a spit

TIME for a plug for a very good cause. Before you click "back", this isn't a plea for money. You can still send some if you can find some to spare. But we're asking you for something far simpler than that. Spit. We want your spit. Or to be more accurate Anthony Nolan want your spit, sent in a special container they'll provide (they call it a ‘spit kit'), so that they can add you to their register of donors of bone marrow and blood stem-cells.

News in the Evening Chronicle today that Newcastle are looking at young Leicester City striker/winger Jeffrey Schlupp. Jeffrey Schlupp on Newcastle radar The 18 year-old is of Ghanaian descent, and was born in Hamburg Germany in 1992, and joined the Leicester City Youth Academy when he was just 11 years old.

Can Liverpool win their first Premier League game at the Emirates? Ten key stats for the Premier League weekend

It's 11 years since the Reds have beaten the Gunners in north London, when Titi Camara struck the winner, while Chelsea look to continue to make hay against West Brom

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Liverpool lost ground on the top four as their leaky defence and a failure to capitalize on numerous opportunities cost them victory at Anfield.
Kenny Dalglish's side hit the woodwork three times among several other chances but had only Craig Bellamy's late first-half goal against his former club to show for their efforts.

Liverpool have not beaten Stoke City on their own ground for 11 years now, but Pepe Reina is confident Liverpool can get a result tonight, and his eyes are firmly fixed on Wembley, and winning the Carling Cup.
Reina, who has kept only 1 clean sheet in the last 10 games, is aware that the route to the final will not be easy:
"There's still a long way to go, and we have a really tough game at the Brittania stadium.

By Chris Wright

Pies are offering two lucky readers the chance for their children (between the ages of 7 and 11 years old) to become a McDonald's Player Escort and walk out with the England players ahead of their international friendly against Sweden at Wembley Stadium on 15th November.

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George "Geordie" Armstrong died of a brain haemorrhage after collapsing on the training field 11 years ago on the first of this month. He was a year younger than me and joined the club as a 17-year-old, two years after I had first claimed my permanent place on the terraces as a 15-year-old. He was my first footballing idol and was to be associated with the club on and off for 39 years.

Jay Heaps is set to be named the Revs 6th head coach, according to reports. (Photo by Art Donahue/artdonahue.com)

According to the Boston Globe, Massachusetts native and former New England Revolution defender Jay Heaps is set to be named the Revolution's sixth head coach on Tuesday. Heaps, who in 2009 retired from playing after 11 years in Major League Soccer, his final nine with the Revs, will replace Steve Nicol who was relieved of his coaching duties after New England missed out on the postseason for the second consecutive season this year.

By Joe Stevenson
Northwest Herald
Erin Holland has played soccer at an elite level since joining the Eclipse Select Soccer club when she was 11 years old.
Holland, a Cary resident and junior at Cary-Grove, made sure she will be playing with another elite team when she goes to college in two years.

By Chris Wright

According to the Beeb, this 'ere jilted Newcastle fan has dug up and removed a commemorative brick from outside what used to be St James' Park in protest over Mike Ashley's decision to award the stadium's naming rights to himself last week and rebrand the ground as the 'Sports Direct Arena'.