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 .

First bow

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.

First bow

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.

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.

Photo: Nicolae Stoian; Video: Daniel Gajdamowicz

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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.

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 [.

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.

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.

Image: MundoDeportivo.com.

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.

Ha, sorry about posting this early, the full version is below. Thanks!

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If you have five central midfielders, and zero wide midfielders, do you have a central midfield?

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 Aston Villa at home, when Papiss Cisse on his [.

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.

Andy Carroll Stats: Time at Liverpool vs Time at Newcastle United - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

Andy Carroll returns to St James' Park on Sunday when Liverpool play Newcastle United in the Premier League. Castrol stats show that the £35 million striker has scored only five league goals in 35 appearances for Liverpool and consequently his chance conversion rate has slumped to a meagre 8.

Last season after 30 games Newcastle had 36 points and were in 11th place in the Premier League. Alan Pardew has improved Newcastle record immensely We finished up in 12th place at the end of the season, after messing up in our very last game, when we couldn't hold onto a 3-0 lead against West Brom with 30 minutes to play, to win that game [.

Last season after 30 games Newcastle had 36 points and were in 11th place in the Premier League. Alan Pardew has improved Newcastle record immensely We finished up in 12th place at the end of the season, after messing up in our very last game, when we couldn't hold onto a 3-0 lead against West Brom with 30 minutes to play, to win that game [.

Striking out

Danny Mwanga recorded no shots against Chicago in 65 minutes of play. Against Portland he recorded no shots in 30 minutes of play. In the home opener he recorded 2 goal attempts, one of which was on target, in 90 minutes of play. In other words, one shot on target in 185 minutes of play.

DC Elite Training Alliance has announced tryouts this Sunday at the Maryland Soccerplex for ALL GIRLS age groups this weekend.
When: Sunday, March 25th
Time: 7-8:30 PM for ALL GIRLS AGE GROUPS
All age groups (U12-16) should sign in at Field 19.

"We had a very strong start in the first 20 minutes, 30 minutes, dominating the game. We didn't take our chances and then Everton came back into the game. They became stronger and stronger and we became weaker in the second half, especially. Our link play was not good anymore. I felt it was a psychological circumstance.

"We had a very strong start in the first 20 minutes, 30 minutes, dominating the game. We didn't take our chances and then Everton came back into the game. They became stronger and stronger and we became weaker in the second half, especially. Our link play was not good anymore. I felt it was a psychological circumstance.

That was something different, wasn't it?! After a record run of come-from-behind victories, Arsenal showed they could also hold on to a lead under pressure against a side that had a very good home record in recent weeks.

This was a curious game in many ways. Arsene started with Ramsey and that too on the left side of the attack.

Roberto Mancini seems to show that he is not someone who likes to hold a grudge especially towards his players, as the Italian coached recently stated his joy on welcoming Carlos Tevez back with the first team.

Mancini revealed that he has already forgotten the problem that previously occurred between him and Tevez, adding that the Argentinian recent effort in training has simply pleased the former Inter Milan manager.

The doctors who treated stricken Bolton midfielder Fabrice Muamba have revealed that he was effectively dead for 78 minutes before responding to treatment and starting his miraculous recovery. Bolton club doctor Jonathan Tobin claimed the 23-year-old's recovery has been "incredible". He said: "It was 48 minutes when he collapsed to reaching hospital and a further [.

Manchester City 3-2 Sporting CP footyroom.com by footyroom 1. Unlike Arsenal's fightback against AC Milan, this cannot be termed a glorious failure. City stayed in first gear longer than a learner driver on a 5mph country road. While Arsenal blitzed Milan from the first whistle, City only rose from their self-inflicted coma with 30 minutes to [.

It was 2:00 a.m. I'd been trying to fall asleep for a few hours now. I had to fall asleep. I kept running the numbers in my head: 5 minutes to wake up and get out of bed. 15 minutes to gather my things and eat. Finally, 10 minutes to find a 24-hour gas station to fill the tank in my dad's car and skip town.

Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini has revealed midfielder Gareth Barry's substitution near the end of the first half of yesterday's 1-0 defeat at Swansea was down to injury concerns, not performance.

Barry was replaced by Sergio Aguero as City admitted to break what was then a goalless deadlock.

By Chris Wright

Whyteleafe and Hythe Town had their Ryman Isthmian Football League Division One South match called off with just half-an-hour played when the referee, one Ashley Slaughter, collapsed after being stung by a bee.

After being stung in the 31st minute, Slaughter suffered an allergic reaction to being stung by a bee and recieved medical attention on the pitch from the Hythe physio which caused the match to be delayed for a further 30 minutes.

If ever there was a stereotypical 'game of two halves', this was it! United took the initiative and started the better of the two teams, so much so that after 30 minutes United were literally 'dipping their bread' as-and-when they fancied scoring. Within those 30 minutes United took a well deserved and impressive three goal [.

Costa Rican news outlet Diario Extra has brought new details to light from the scuffle between the Philadelphia Union and Asociación Deportiva Belén.

Belen apparently started a large amount of bench and reserve players in the friendly. Diario Extra noted that Costa Rican international striker Josue Martinez did not start for the Union in the game.

In just his first preseason match on Sunday, Eddie Johnson showed why the Seattle Sounders were willing to make an aggressive move to acquire him and why that move carries some risk. The 27-year-old forward scored one goal, apparently on a left-footed shot from distance, and helped contribute to two others during the Sounders' 5-0 win over Florida Gulf Coast University.

Sounders v Florida Gulf Coast Univeristy Team Live Blog

Again the link above is the team's official live blog of today's game. It is the only coverage of the 3 periods of 30 minutes you'll find. Gaschk says that Eddie Johnson is supposed to play, but it will primarily be Reserves today.

Not only today did quite a few of KC's rookies and trialists finally get a good run out in one of the preseason games, there was also a new trialist that started at the forward position, replacing Bobby Convey for the last 30 minutes. KC hasn't really had many known trialists other than the 3 that stayed with the team after their week of training in KC, so it's interesting to see that we're looking at what trialists we've brought in.

Soccer Support's new Twitter Chat returns tomorrow (2/15/12) at the regular time and day of Wednesdays at 4:30pm PST and 7:30PM EST.

Due to the success of the first event we asked a few of the participants how they felt we could improve it for the second round of conversations scheduled for tomorrow (Wednesday 15th February).

That's the campaign for Sporting KC this season, "Live for It". The team debuted their commercial last night during the Grammy Awards. The team will be advertising with the commercial (another that will debut during the season opener), along with online, outdoor, print, and radio. The team will be doing billboards around the city, the billboards will include two of Sporting KC's newest national team players, CJ Sapong and Graham Zusi.

At half-time in this game, I have to admit that I was struggling to think about what I would write in my post-match report. However, and thankfully, the game came alive in the second-half, and will probably live long in the memory of Arsenal fans for years to come. My thoughts as follows:
* As I said, it didn't look like it was shaping up to be a classic in the first-half.

Goals:
Rooney 47' 50'
Suarez 80'
The worst possible result. Not just a loss, a deserved loss – self-inflicted thanks to a feeble 30 minutes after the restart – but continued, probably increased, focus on the Suarez-Evra contretemps thanks to each acting like spoiled children.

Sporting KC today announced a new TV deal with KSMO today. Not only today did KC announce that KSMO will be broadcasting the 2012 season, but KSMO will also be broadcasting the 2013 season as well. There's plenty of good news out of the deal that was announced today.
First, all 28 games that are not being broadcasted on national television will be shown live on KSMO.

Being slightly fearful of numbers, I'm not sure how the old recipe for success of 'win at home and draw away' stands up in modern times, now we have this new-fangled three points for a win, but right now it will do for me. As against Man City, against the Pool we stood up to the considerable pressure exerted by our rivals near the top of the league, emerging with great credit and in this case a point too.

With matters outside of football keeping Roman Abramovich busy, it was great to hear that he was at Cobham to see the players train on Saturday, to see AVB for a chat about things and to attend the game on Sunday. Roman even popped in to chat with the players for 30 minutes after the 3-3 draw with United.

Arsenal 7-1 Blackburn Rovers

It may sound a tad melodramatic, but I've not enjoyed watching Arsenal as much this season as I should have done. All the peripheral stuff has been as fun as ever the Saturday morning anticipation, hopping on the tube, having a pint before the game and chinwagging with the usual motley crew.

Wrexham were denied a lucrative tie with Newcastle United after a heartbreaking penalty shoot-out defeat to Brighton in an enthralling FA Cup third-round replay.
Craig Mackail-Smith scored the decisive penalty after Peter Brezovan had denied Dean Keates to set up a fourth-round home clash against Alan Pardew's Newcastle.