While the Jamaica national football team or Reggae Boyz didn't qualify for the 2012 London Olympics, known soccer fan Usain Bolt and the rest of the Caribbean nation's track team...

Shannon Boxx, US WNT and St Louis Athletica

The U.S. Women's National Team match against China on May 27 from the sold-out PPL Park in Chester, Pa., will be streamed live exclusively on ussoccer.com.

Fans can follow the live stream by visiting ussoccer.com starting shortly before kickoff, which is set for 6 p.

Huge kudos to the Philly area soccer fans for selling out PPL Park two days in advance of the USA vs. China match on Sunday, May 27. Kick-off is 7 p.m. if you have tickets.
The expect crowd of 18,500 will mark the second-largest Pennsylvania crowd to attend a U.S. Women's game as 31,553 were on hand for the USA's 5-0 victory against Nigeria on Sept.

The results of the Olympic Final Draw are in...
The WNT will face France, Colombia and Korea DPR in Group G at the 2012 London Olympics taking place from July 25-Aug. 9 at six venues throughout Great Britain.
There won't be a lot of mystery for the USA in group play at the Olympics (although truth be told, the North Koreans are always a bit mysterious) as three first round opponents for the Americans are all teams they met during the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.

The U.S. Women's National Team will face France, Colombia and Korea DPR in Group G at the 2012 London Olympics taking place from July 25-Aug. 9 at six venues throughout Great Britain. The Olympic Final Draw took place on Tuesday morning in the Bobby Moore Room at Wembley Stadium in London.

The U.

The New 2012/2013 Chelsea Home Shirt - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

Adidas have revealed the new Chelsea home shirt for the 2012/2013 season. The major change in the Chelsea kit from previous years is the gold trim according to adidas this is in celebration of the 2012 London Olympics (for which adidas launched their biggest UK campaign yet for Team GB earlier this month).

Caleb Porter's tactics came under fire in the U23 failure

The CONCACAF region will be represented by Mexico and Honduras at the 2012 London Olympics as the qualifiers drew to a close on Monday with Mexico beating Los Catrachos with a late Miguel Ponce strike in the finals.

The glaring omission: The USA.

D.C., Maryland, and Virginia fans of the U.S. Women's National Team will have a chance to catch the team in action at the somewhat nearby PPL Park in Pennsylvania. The two and a half hour drive from D.C.is well worth the trip to see the USWNT. The women are returning from Japan where a goal from Alex Morgan gave them a 1-1 draw against the defending Women's World Cup Champions.

Captain Califf Comeback?

After two weeks of missing playing time, Danny Califf is set to return to the starting lineup, according to Philadelphia Union head coach Piotr Nowak.

"[He] is good to go," Nowak said at today's press conference. "I think he's good status. I think there's a good chance he'll play.

Over the weekend, New Zealand became the 13th team to qualify for the 2012 London Olympics by defeating Fiji 1-0 in the Oceania final in Taupo. Greg Draper tallied the game's lone goal on a penalty kick.

Along with New Zealand, the following teams have booked their ticket to London: Belarus, Brazil, Britain, Egypt, Gabon, Japan, Morocco, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates and Uruguay.

Over the weekend, New Zealand became the 13th team to qualify for the 2012 London Olympics by defeating Fiji 1-0 in the Oceania final in Taupo. Greg Draper tallied the game's lone goal on a penalty kick.

Along with New Zealand, the following teams have booked their ticket to London: Belarus, Brazil, Britain, Egypt, Gabon, Japan, Morocco, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates and Uruguay.

By Chris Wright

Adidas have just officially launched 'The Albert', i.e, the official matchball to be used at the 2012 London Olympics and it's...erm...different...

Hmmm. It instantly brings to mind the decor in the diner they used to frequent in 'Saved By The Bell'.

At Thursday night's Supporters' Summit, New England Revolution President Brian Bilello mentioned the team was working on a doubleheader for Revs' home opener on March 24th.

It now appears, according to multiple reports, that the Canadian Women's National Team and the Brazilian Women's National Team will face off on that same date at Gillette Stadium in a friendly match to prepare for the 2012 London Olympics, presumably as the second game in that Gillette Stadium doubleheader .

By JOHN BOSCHINI

The English FA will meet with national team manager Fabio Capello after rising tensions over the dismissal of John Terry as captain threatens to fracture an already tenuous relationship between the two sides.

Capello has been very outspoken in his disagreement with the FA's decision to strip Terry of the captain's armband after the defender's racism trial was delayed until July.

The U.S. Women celebrate their 2012 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament title on Sunday.

The U.S. Women's National Team put up some staggering results to win the CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament to open 2012: five wins, five shutouts, 38 goals and of course a berth into the 2012 London Olympics.

New Zealand goalkeeper Jenny Bindon (21), seen making a save in front of U.S. WNT midfielder Carli Lloyd in 2007, has been named to head coach Tony Readings' roster for a Feb. 11 match in Texas.

New Zealand head coach Tony Readings has named an 18-player roster for its international match against the U.

After taking down Costa Rica 3-0 on Friday, the US Women's National Team had clinched its bid to the 2012 London Olympics. The CONCACAF tournament final versus host Canada yesterday... Read more »

By CALEB SONNELAND

Despite both sides having punched their tickets to the 2012 London Olympics, bragging rights and a No. 1 seed were on the line when the United States Women clashed with Canada last night.

Thanks to the continued brilliance of Abby Wambach and young gun Alex Morgan, the United States trotted out a 4-0 victory to cap off what has largely been a pedestrian Olympic Qualifying.

The U.S. Women's National Team faced a tougher test than expected, but ultimately the Americans proved too tough for underdog Costa Rica and eventually punched their ticket to the Summer Olympics.

A first-half goal by Tobin Heath gave the U.S. women the lead and despite a courageous fight from the Costa Ricans, the United States held that one-goal lead before Carli Lloyd blasted home a long-range blast in the second half to give the Americans a 2-0 victory in the CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying semifinals in Vancouver.

The US and Canada are moving on to the 2012 London Olympics. Behind another strong shutout performance by the US. Heath, Lloyd and Morgan all score for the US against Costa Rica. The US carry a 34 goals for, 0 goals against into the final Sunday night in Vancouver.Video: Universal Sports
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Image by Getty Images via @daylife Brazilian striker Neymar would be honoured to play on the same pitch as David Beckham in the 2012 London Olympics.
Neymar said: "It would be a pleasure to play against David Beckham. Fortunately I had the chance to meet him last year, he was very kind and it would be an honour to play on the same pitch as him this year in London.

Arsene Wenger has ratified Arsenal's summer tour of Nigeria. The under-fire Gunners manager gave his blessing to the ground-breaking trip and pen was put to paper at the Emirates on Sunday as the club hosted a delegation from the African organisers of the tour.

Arsenal officials met Nigeria Local Organising Committee (LOC) for the planned visit which will be the club's first ever visit to Africa.

The U.S. team once again practiced indoors at BC Place (with the weather so far in Vancouver, trust us when we say outdoors would not be too much fun), this time in preparation for its final Group B match vs. Mexico. The CONCACAF neighbors will meet on Tuesday, Jan. 24 at 7:30 p.m. PT. Fans can watch the game live on Universal Sports Network, Universalsports.

Here are the highlights of the USA vs Dominican Republic CONCACAF Olympics match played in Vancouver, BC. Abby Wambach and Co., made mincemeat of 88th seeded Dominican Republic. Amy Rodriguez scored five, Heather O' Reilly poured in another three as the US Women scored a record 14 goals to nil.

Yeah, Becks own underwear designs, part of H&M's David Beckham Bodywear collection will feature in a 30 second ad in the second quarter of this years Super Bowl, which will not feature the Green Bay Packers. Will it drive you to encase your goolies in a Becks underwear or will you come up fourth and inches?

London 2012 Olympics: Joe Cole eyes Team GB place

Joe Cole has revealed his desire to play for Great Britain at the 2012 London Olympics in the East End where his career began at West Ham.

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The U.S. WNT has arrived in Arizona and had its first training on Monday evening. It was a short practice as the players were just off planes and as night fell in the chilly desert of Scottsdale, the U.S. team took its first (sort of) offical step towards the 2012 London Olympics.
The squad looked refershed and sharp despite the long break with the World Cup in the rearview and everyone refocused on Olympic qualifying in January.

Football politics is likely to be amongst the headlines over the next few months following Stuart Pearce's appointment as manager of the Team GB football team for the 2012 London Olympics. It is the first time since the Rome Olympics of 1960 that a team representing GB will be participate.

U.S. Soccer has picked Caleb Porter to coach the under-23 men's national team that will try to qualify for the 2012 London Olympics.
Porter currently is head coach at college powerhouse Akron, and will continue in that role while coaching the U.S. team.
"I am honored and feel extremely privileged to be given this once in a lifetime opportunity," Porter said.

Theyab Awana one of the UAE's brightest stars died on Sunday, tragically killed in a car accident. He was just 21. Awana was returning from a training camp held at Al Ain ahead of the team's qualifier with South Korea on October 11 when his car struck a road repair lorry. Awana passed away in the hospital.

The leader of the U.S. Womens team, Abby Wambach has continued her dominant play (at the age of 31) on the field during a recent "Celebration Series" which included two friendlies with our northern neighbors, Canada.
Wambach has scored three goals in the two games and is playing some of the best soccer of her international career.

Image Credit: Valerio Pennicino/Getty Images.

GOOD WEEK

On The Bench: Giampiero Boniperti and Alessandro Del Piero had a nice manly hug near a park bench during the ceremony of inauguration of the new stadium of FC Juventus ahead of the pre season friendly match between FC Juventus and Notts County on September 8, 2011 in Turin, Italy.

Usain Bolt was about to win another 100 meter race. But, unfortunately, a stupid new rule got him disqualified. Usain Bolt jumped the gun and was kicked out of the finals in a new rule that took away the false start warning.

Hands down the best sprinter in the world if not the best track and field athlete of any kind the Jamaican wasn't too upset after the disqualification.

Right now it may be hard to think about anything other than the riots that ruined England over the last week, but just wait; the Premiership is starting.
A few great goals, dodgy decisions and tough tackles will have you forgetting the riots like your partners birthday. As the season goes on though, something will be forced into your thinking, no matter how much you want to ignore it.

The Chinese Football Association has apologised for its Olympic team's early exit from the 2012 London Olympics qualifying rounds. "We are sorry that the Chinese U-23 team missed the opportunity to claim a berth at the London Olympics after losing to Oman," the CFA said in a newsletter posted on its official website as quoted by China Daily.

A football team representing Great Britain at the 2012 London Olympics: a one-off concept that should have been fun, novel and exciting has withered into disdain and endless bickering. The ping-ponging of arguments from one FA to another is at fever-pitch at the moment and looks settle to rumble on like an uncooked curry in [.

Burned over Beckham: The Galaxy's penchant for not fully disclosing injuries finally caught up with them and David Beckham, seen here holding the Olympic torch earlier this month with Lord Sebastian Coe, ahead of the 2012 London Olympics (AP Photo).

Specifically, David Beckham's unreported back spasms that kept him out of last weekend's game against the Colorado rapids.

The SPANISH U-21 FOOTBALL TEAM plays the Final of the European U-21 Championships tomorrow against the strong Switzerland Team. An important moment for theses young players who have already secured a ticket for the 2012 London Olympics & will attempt to follow in the steps of the A-Team, the current FIFA World Champions.

Rumbling along quietly along in the background, the ongoing argument over whether a Great Britain team should take part in the 2012 London Olympics has been one of the slow-burning debates within British football over the last half-decade or so, but this debate ignited this afternoon after a series of statements, made in turn by the British Olympic Association, the Football Association, the Scottish Football Association and the Football Association of Wales, which already seems likely to turn into a full-blown argument.

Outside of the football world, the 2012 London Olympics is starting to creep into the news as the build up to the event gathers pace. Recently, the Faces of Britain website held a poll among its readers to find out who should play in a combined GB XI next summer and who should lead them in the tournament.