It's been an odd week or so at the corner of 71st and Harlem Avenue in Bridgeview, Illinois.
Marco Pappa is out. The Fire decided to take the transfer fee from Dutch club SC Heerenveen instead
of keeping his MLS rights. There were rumors swirling about that this was because they were
interested in Carlos Bocanegra, which you know by now signed with Racing in the Liga Adelante; the
Spanish second division.
Young Liverpool winger, Raheem Sterling scored his debut goal for Liverpool after just 3 minutes at
Anfield on Sunday. Brendan Rodger's new side have embraced the possession and attacking game
readily. John Joe Shelvey, in particular, has flourished under the new manager's philosophy of pass
and move with the ball.
A hot and muggy Kansas City afternoon gave way to a thunderstorm that delayed the started of
this much anticipated match for over 30 minutes. Lightning within 2 miles of LIVESTRONG Sporting
Park means a 30 minute delay from that strike.
Sporting KC had control of the match early in the first half, in the second minute Teal Bunbury
received a square ball near the top of the box, had he allowed the ball to continue rolling Kei
Kamara was unmarked on Sporting's left wing.
Defending champions Spain start the Euro 2012 quarterfinals with a match against Group D
runner-up France. The match will take place at the Donbass Arena in Donetsk, Ukraine with kickoff
scheduled for 20:45 local time.
Spain manager Vicente del Bosque
"Everybody thinks we're favourites because we won the EUROs four years ago and the World Cup two
years ago.
Vancouver 1-0 Colorado The Vancouver Whitecaps managed a late-goal win against the Colorado Rapids
despite playing the last 30 minutes with 10-men. The early chances in the games came mostly from
Colorado through the play of Martin Rivero and Edu. The Whitecaps came into the second half with
better chances, but just before the hour [.
I cannot recall the last time I watched a game where multiple players from the same team were
ejected from a game. The only game that comes to mind is Portugal v. Netherlands in the 2006 World
Cup. In that game, each team ended up loosing two players. This week, we had two teams in two
different games loose two player each to straight red cards.
Marquette midfielder Bryan Ciesiulka helped set up a 90th-minute equalizer for the
Chicago Fire PDL team in a second-round match of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, but the Dayton Dutch
Lions scored in the final seconds of stoppage time to post a stunning 2-1 victory Tuesday night at
the Toyota Park Practice Field in Bridgeview, Ill.
On Castillo's injury impacting the match: "Well of course we had to make a change, it forced us
to bring Blas (Perez) on, we weren't sure, we thought Blas could maybe give us a good 30 minutes
but he had to come on earlier. If you remember earlier in the game, Castillo was causing LA quite a
bit of problems because of his speed and explosion.
Galaxy 2 FC Dallas 0 Game story. "I thought Jose (Villarreal) was outstanding," said Galaxy coach
Bruce Arena. "Really an alert play to set up the first goal. A solid 30 minutes." Quotable: David
was a little sick," said coach Bruce Arena about David Beckham heading down the tunnel early
Thursday was a busy day for Schellas Hyndman. The FC Dallas head coach caught an early morning
flight from Philadelphia and arrived back in Frisco about 30 minutes into his club's second
training session of the week. So, considering he arrived after the start of practice, he has yet to
speak again with midfielder Brek Shea again, something he said before leaving for the MLS All-Star
Game on Tuesday he planned to do later in the week.
Before Wednesday night, the Galaxy had won just once on the road, Chivas USA just once at home. By
the end of it the respective clubs had doubled those totals. The Galaxy clawed back from the
two-goal deficit they were down within just 30 minutes to score three unanswered goals
In an entertaining back-and-forth match that featured strong defensive performances, quality
interplay and a few pretty goals (two not so pretty too) it was Comeback Player of the Year
candidate Eddie Johnson that scored the winner to put MLS up 3-2 on Chelsea FC. The All Star Game
MVP was his stiffest competition for CPoY Chris Pontius who scored the tying goal in the 73rd
minute.
Just a little bit ago, Sporting KC and the Seattle Sounders announced the start time of the US Open
Cup final on August 8th. The game will kick off at 8pm Central Time on that Wednesday, 6pm on the
West coast. There's still no announcement of any TV for the final, but the assumption on the start
time is that it hopefully was done 30 minutes later than usual Sporting home games to help
facilitate a potential TV deal.
All week we've been hearing about how this would be a telling day regarding the health of
injured right-sided players Mauro Rosales and Adam Johansson. After each played in Saturday's
scrimmage against the University of Washington, bot seem to be on track for making their return for
the Seattle Sounders.
Champions, Champions, Champions. That's how the record will read for Spain going into their next
footballing assignment. They have reached the pantheon of greatness as they now become the first
team ever to retain the Henri Delaunay trophy. A run that started 4 years ago in the same
competition, it is unprecedented and in all likelihood, unlikely to be repeated.
It took 15 passes to create David Silva's goal which as it turned out would have been enough to
win the final. The illustration shows how Spain got the ball forward with laterals and back passes
kept to a minimum. Spain barely edged Italy in total ball possession with 52% to 48%, after
actually falling behind in the first half.
If you haven't already, read PSP's match report on the Union's emphatic win over Sporting Kansas
City. It includes video of John Hackworth's postgame press conference and locker room interviews.
Look for analysis and player ratings and a photo essay from the game later this morning.
Let me say this up front first. I only started watching the match from the 73rd minute onwards.
Time difference and work in the morning plus a tiring day before, all combined to ensure that my
body doesn't respond to the alarm ringing at 2:30am for the start of the match.
Quarter finals. Whatever happens in the group stage flies out the window. From now on, it's just
about the performances and effort put in within a 90 minutes window. Failing that, an extra 30
minutes and so on. You catch my drift. Anyway, back to what I was trying to say, it comes down to
being to lift your game for a singular match without worrying about how other result can affect
you.
Today we throw down a challenge to test your Arsenal knowledge. This was our match report
from a game in the 2010/11 season with the names hidden by code numbers. Your task should you
choose to accept it, is to identify the game, the opposition and if you're not already bored, the
names that correspond to the numbers in red .
Today we throw down a challenge to test your Arsenal knowledge. This was our match report
from a game in the 2010/11 season with the names hidden by code numbers. Your task should you
choose to accept it, is to identify the game, the opposition and if you're not already bored, the
names that correspond to the numbers in red .
Hello to all and welcome. Not a great day so far? Well, let's try to cheer you up shall we. Jack
Wilshere has completed his minor procedure surgery in Sweden and will now return to Arsenal to
continue his rehabilitation. It's good that he has completed that and even tweeted a picture about
it.
Hello to all and welcome. Not a great day so far? Well, let's try to cheer you up shall we. Jack
Wilshere has completed his minor procedure surgery in Sweden and will now return to Arsenal to
continue his rehabilitation. It's good that he has completed that and even tweeted a picture about
it.
This game started out slow, as United appeared to be deflated after the derby loss and City winning
against Newcastle 30 minutes before this game kicked off. Swansea played with little passion or
pace, which allowed United to take control of the game as they eventually stirred to life. United's
front 4 played some very [.
Demba  Ba hasn't scored in 9 games and indeed, he has scored just one goal since he returned
from the African Cup of Nations in February. Demba Ba in action yesterday against Bolton stroppy
again? And that was in his first game back after just 30 minutes in the 2-1 win over AstonÂ
Villa at home, when Papiss Cisse on his [.
The Rapids played a good 30 minutes and an adequate 60 minutes on Sunday night, which was enough to get out of Vancouver with a 2-2 draw and a slight playoff hope. The early game was controlled by the Whitecaps, with Pickens having to come up twice on big saves and Wynne making multiple clearances.
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Just a quick reminder that the USWNT is starting their Victory Tour tomorrow in Rochester, New
York. The game sold out the 11,000 tickets so quickly that the stadium added another 2,000 seats,
which also sold out within 30 minutes. Abby Wambach will be playing in front of her home town to
start the tour off right.
The Seattle Sounders have a chance to put their foot solidly in the door for advancement in the
CONCACAF Champions League with a win over Trinidad and Tobago club Caledonia. In the three-team
table format, wins are more important than ever, and a victory would force Marathon to beat Seattle
at least once to move on.
Dorian O'Lochlayne (Milwaukee Marquette) scored his first two goals of the season, and
Amilcar Herrera (Milwaukee Riverside/Marquette), UW-Parkside's Cyril Simmons and
Marquette's Chris Madsen (Brookfield Central) also scored in a five-goal first half as the
Milwaukee Bavarians topped host Eau Claire Aris 5-3 in a National Premier Soccer League Midwest
Region match Sunday afternoon at Bollinger Fields.
Many football commentators still believe in some form of divide between incumbents and
substitutes. I think those days are over. Welcome to the era of the incumbent that just doesn't
start the game. That's a small paradigm shift which has already happened in rugby for example.
Losing a rivalry game can be devastating. Especially when that rival was thoroughly outplayed
for 90 minutes. Yet that is where the Union find themselves.
Playing down a man for 47 minutes, the Union still turned in their best performance of 2012,
looking confident on the ball and eager to attack the questionable New York defense.
Earlier today David Villa presented the eighth edition of the book "Relatos Solidarios" a
compilation of short stories written by 42 journos with Villa contributing as well. The book was
dedicated to Dani Montesinos, a journalist who tragically died in an accident but was
represented in spirit by his parents, widow and brother (L-R, above) at Thursday's launch.
The big team news ahead of this afternoon's clash at White Hart Lane is the injury doubt over
Gareth Bale. The Welshman suffered an ankle injury following a heavy tackle by Craig Gardner and
could be rested with Harry promising to make changes elsewhere.
Aaron Lennon is one of those who could feature after coming off the bench on Saturday.
