Not DEEENCH at all:

Frimpong is out for the season after rupturing his ACL in his right knee while at Wolves on loan. He did the same thing to his left knee two summers ago and was out for over half a year:

What's the opposite of #DEEENCH?

I haven't seen any video, but everything points to Frimpong getting Frimponged.

by Maura Gladys

Five games, nine days and 39 goals. That's what it took for the U.S. women's national team to win the CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying

One of the few negatives....

Tournament and book their ticket to this summer's London Olympic Games. The U.

We of course don't have the official prognosis yet, but on the strength of quotes from both the player and Andre Villas-Boas it looks like we may have dodged a massive bullet.

Worrying moments

Ramires went down in serious pain during the second half of today's FA Cup fourth-round tie at Loftus Road against Queens Park Rangers.

The US Women's National Team knocked off Mexico 4-0 in their final match of the group stage of Olympic qualifying to win Group B. Carli Lloyd had a hat trick and Heather O'Reilly added a goal as the USWNT rolled to an easy victory. They will face Costa Rica for a chance to qualify on Friday (8pm, concacaf.

BY ADAM SERRANO

CARSON, Calif. –Fresh off one of the most successful seasons, the Los Angeles Galaxy returned to the practice field amid a steady downpour at the Home Depot Center.

Missing several pieces like Landon Donovan, Robbie Keane (both on loan), Omar Gonzalez (injury) and Juninho (joined Sao Paulo) the club returned to the training ground in preparation for their CONCACAF Champions League matches against Toronto FC in March.

Bad news comes for the USWNT as star defender Ali Krieger will be sidelined for 6-8 months with tears in both her ACL and MCL. The injury occurred during the the first half the teams landslide victory against the Dominican Republic. After taking a shot on goal, Krieger was kicked hard in the knee when a DR player was trying to make a tackle.

Very sad news for the U.S. WNT today as it was confirmed via an MRI that defender Ali Krieger had in fact torn the MCL and ACL in her right night after being brutally tackled in the USA's opening match win over the Dominican Republic.
We are happy to report that she is handling the situation extremely well and is sincerely appreciative of the outpouring of support from fans across the world.

The MLS SuperDraft is Thursday, January 12 at 12pm ET (ESPN2, ESPN3). The Philadelphia Union have the 13th, 32nd and 35th picks this year, and nobody knows what the team will do. PSP runs down some of the options.

Tony Cascio

What: Winger

Why: Some experts believe the Union will look to solidify their wing play by adding a player like UConn's Tony Cascio.

In what was probably the absolute worst turn of events for 23 year old LA Galaxy defender Omar Gonzalez, the MLS Defender of the Year tore his left ACL in his very first training on loan at German outfit FC Nürnberg. After much waiting and anticipation by United States National Team supporters, Gonzalez finally received [.

The Galaxy will begin the defense of their MLS title without the best defender in the league after Omar Gonzalez tore his ACL in his first training session on loan with a German club after leaving the USMNT camp. Here's a Google translation of the club announcement (1.FCN): Serious injury

In his first practice session with FC Nurnberg, Omar Gonzalez ruptured the ACL in his left knee. What was first thought to be a minor injury will end up sidelining the USMNT defender for months.

Photo by Andrew Katsampes/ISIphotos.com

What was supposed to be a winter during which Omar Gonzalez was going to take the next step in his career has turned into disaster.

The Los Angeles Galaxy centerback tore his left ACL on his first day on loan with FC Nurnberg, and he has returned to Los Angeles to undergo surgery, according to Nurnberg's official website.

The swelling went down, the MRI was done, and the news came back confirming the worst fears and least palatable rumours: Lucas Leiva will be out, at best, for the remainder of the season after injuring his ACL. This is, of course, horrible news for the player himself, whose development into one of the best holding midfielders in world football had finally seen a long overdue shift in public and media opinion.

As expected, Liverpool midfielder Lucas Leiva has been ruled out for the rest of the season through injury.
The club site released following statement a few minutes ago:
"A scan has confirmed an injury to the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in Lucas Leiva's left knee.

Sporting KC kicks off their playoff campaign tomorrow night in Colorado against the Rapids in the first leg of the Eastern Conference semifinals. KC split the season series with the Rapids, drawing both games 1-1. In the game out in Colorado Conor Casey scored in the 13th minute after a poor back pass.

Giuseppe Rossi's season has come to a screeching halt.

Rossi's club Villarreal confirmed that the New Jersey-born striker tore his right ACL against Real Madrid in Wednesday's 3-0 loss at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu, and he will have to miss the next six months of action.

Coming off a the best season of his career to date, the 24-year-old Rossi had scored five goals in all competitions for Villarreal this season including two in UEFA Champions League play.

I might have to be writing a bit this season. Things are exciting at the Roar and I am full of material. If anything I've been suffering the writer's block of someone with far too much to say. So fuck it, I'll start with a rave. Anything to get the gripes with FIFA (which I still have) from the top of the page and some news of this brilliant team.

In this week's review section, we look at stories from the Asian Champions League, pressure at Sunderland and Carlos Tevez embroiled in more controversy.

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In this week's review section, we look at stories from the Asian Champions League, pressure at Sunderland and Carlos Tevez embroiled in more controversy. You can listen to these and other stories on our weekly podcast and can find explanations of key vocabulary in bold below, or highlighted in blue.

Afellay injured in training today could be lost up to six months (Photo: Reuters)

In today's training session midfielder Ibrahim Afellay ruptured his left ACL and will have to have surgery tomorrow. The news is just breaking but preliminary reports are that the player will be lost for six months.

The 2011 fantasy football season already has its first huge story: Jamaal Charles is likely out for the season. Charles, who was drafted in the top three in many fantasy football drafts, likely tore his ACL in Week 2. If that's true, the Kansas City Chiefs running back will be gone until next season.

The new season is still a month away yet Inter are already feeling the wrath of the injury bug. This past weekend saw two of the Nerazzurri goalkeepers go down with freak injuries. Emiliano Viviano tore his ACL in his left knee during training on Saturday, while sliding to reach a ball in a practice match.

I meant to write this one up yesterday but I was honestly just far too busy. Not to sound like a stereotype or anything, but... Mondays...

Anyway, for those who were watching last Saturday's game against the Chicago Fire you'll probably remember Kevin Goldthwaite going down with an injury in the early part of the game.

Michael Essien's nightmare is now a reality.

Official statement from the club:

Following injury to his right knee in training last week Michael Essien had surgery today to repair a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament and meniscus.

The surgery was successful and Michael's full recovery could take up to six months.

In another clear case of the backward thinking that's plagued their squad's recent form, the Revolution front office has allowed a pair of proven players Marko Perovic and Ilija Stolica to leave Foxborough all the while the team stumbles through one of its worst seasons ever.

The reasons given by Vice President of Player Personnel Michael Burns were two-fold: clearing cap space and granting a player's request to return home.

Impact goalkeeper Bill Gaudette will miss 4-6 weeks with an ankle injury.

Earlier this season Daryl Sattler, the FC Tampa Bay goalkeeper was having quite a start to the season. That is, until he tore his ACL which ended his year.

Last Friday evening at Foote Field in Edmonton, the Eddies' were taking on Carolina RailHawks where goalkeeper Lance Parker dove for a ball.

An African online news source All Africa.com is reporting that the Secretary General of the Sports Writers Association of Liberia, Roland Mulbah, was attacked by three players from the Liberian National team on May 31, 2011.

According to the paper:

The players, Anthony Laffor of Super Sports United in South Africa, Francis "Grandpa" Doe of Egypt's Al-Ahly, and goalkeeper Louis Crayton of the Minnesota Thunder (was actually a former Minnesota Stars player) in the U.

It's been a long 2 and a half months, but it's finally coming to an end tomorrow when KC ends their 10 game road trip in Toronto. KC ended their long losing streak last week in Colorado with a 1-1 draw against the defending champs. Toronto comes into this game on the backs of a humiliating 6-2 loss to Philadelphia at home.

This is not an injury for antsWhat could be the worst way to repair a defence that just saw itself ripped open for six goals this past weekend? How about losing the anchor of that already porous backline for the remainder of the season? No?
　
Thought you'd seen the last of Ty Harden?

Photo by Nick Turchiaro/ISIphotos.com

Toronto FC's season just went from bad to worse.

Days after a record-setting 6-2 loss to the Philadelphia Union, the club announced that starting centerback Adrian Cann tore his ACL in training and will be out for the remainder of the season.

Editors's Note: Maura Gladys is a former reformed :> ESPN writer trialing for the The Shin Guardian. Please use the comment section to let us know what you'd like to hear about the women's national team as they prepare for World Cup 2011 and another unique hairstyle from head coach Pia Sundhage.

Abby Wambach puts on a clinic and gets 1 goal and 1 assist in the 2-0 win as a tune up for the WWC 2011 in Germany while Madison, WI native Lindsey Tarpley tears another ACL in the 75th and will miss the Cup.Women's World Cup starts in 41 days in Germany (June 26th- July 17th)with single game tickets still available through Fifa.

What started out as a terrific week for Lindsay Tarpley (Madison) came to a devastating end.

The magicJack midfielder tore the ACL in her right knee for the second time in two years during the U.S. women's national team's 2-0 victory over Japan in a friendly in Columbus, Ohio.

Former Red Stars MF Lindsay TarpleyFormer Chicago Red Stars midfielder Lindsay Tarpley tore the anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee with 15 minutes remaining in the U.S. Women's National Team's 2-0 victory over Japan on Saturday in Columbus, Ohio.
U.S. Soccer announced Sunday that the injury will sideline Tarpley for six to eight months, preventing her from playing in the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Lindsay Tarpley (Madison) got a scare Saturday night, as the midfielder was forced to leave the U.S. women's national team's 2-0 win over Japan in Columbus, Ohio, because of a knee injury.

Tarpley went 10 months between national team appearances after suffering a torn right ACL in her knee in August 2009.

AFC Champions League
Jeonbuk v Arema 6-0
4 - Arema 6 0 1 5 2-22 1
Well I can't see any Indonesian teams being allowed to compete in the ACL in the future. It just isn't a priority for them and long flights overseas aren't exciting when you spend half the season on planes anyway.

Arema's AFC Champion League campaign ended ignobly with a 5-0 thumping against Chinese side Shandong Luneng.
They went into the game without either of their first choice keepers, Mega Kurnia and Ahmad Kurniawan, as well as influential striker Noh Alam Shah and Roman Chhmelo. Also missing were the likes of Dendi Santoso and Guillen Esteban.

Photo by David Bernal/ISIphotos.com

Los Angeles Galaxy centerback Leonardo will be out for the season after tearing the ACL and LCL in his right knee in the waning moments of the Galaxy's victory over the Chicago Fire on Sunday.

Leonardo, who had filled in admirably for injured centerback Gregg Berhalter from the start of the season, was hurt during an encounter with the Fire's Dominic Oduro in stoppage time of the match.

Following the devastating earthquake and tsunami that occurred in Japan on March 11, the J-League has rearranged the schedule for the Yamazaki Nabisco Cup.
The two group format has been abandoned in favor of a straight two-leg knock-out competition.
1st Round 1st Leg June 5
Urawa Reds vs Yamagata
Kashiwa Reysol vs Sendai
Yokohama F Marinos vs Vissell Kobe
Venforet Kofu vs Shimizu S-Pulse
Jubilo Iwata vs Fukuoka
Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs Kawasaki Frontale
1st Round 2nd Leg June 27
27 Jul Wed
Sendai vs Kashiwa Reysol
Yamagata vs Urawa Reds
Kawasaki Frontale vs
Shimizu S-Pulse vs Ventforet Kofu
Vissel Kobe vs Yokohama F Marinos
Fukuoka vs Jubilo Iwata
Second round two-leg games will take place on 14 September and 28 September when Omiya Ardija and Albirex Niigata will join the competition.

When the reigning TPL champions Muangthong United make their return to the Jalan Besar Stadium tomorrow to take Tampines Rovers, I expect it would be a fiery AFC Cup showdown.
After all, when the "Twin Qilins" were here last February, they were crushed out of a chance to make it to the continent's biggest club tournament - Asian Champions League (ACL) proper, following their loss to the Singapore's SAFFC on penalties.