ACL - Most popular for September 2008

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Milito Worries Increase

La Liga Talk 23 September @ 07:30 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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Barcelona defender Gabriel Milito could see his career in jeopardy as he has not been allowed to run recover appropriately from his ACL tear back on May 5th.  The timetable for his recovery was scheduled at about six months, but things look like he will return probably in February.   Argentine national team doctor Homero [.

The Damned ACL

The Offside - Chelsea 09 September @ 12:14 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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It ruled me out for five-plus months of play just four years ago. Now it's taken The Bison off the field for at least six.

Sky Sports obviously had some bum news over the weekend when it reported Michael Essien had suffered an ankle injury and would miss around four weeks. Now, the club's official website, reveals Essien, in fact, ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament and will miss the best part of a year.

An Ode to the ACL

Soccer Tickets Online 09 September @ 11:46 AM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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The anterior cruciate ligament, or ACL, which is found in the knee, is very, very small. Yet, it can be so big at times. Especially for sports clubs. Like, say, for the New England Patriots or Chelsea. Today, athletes seem to be tearing their ACLs at an alarming rate. In the last few days, two of sport's most exciting athletes, Tom Brady [.

FCD Gambles On Rowland

MLS Daily 17 September @ 04:12 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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FC Dallas has announced the acquisition of forward Jeff Rowland, who signed a senior developmental deal with the club prior to Monday's roster freeze deadline.Rowland, 24, was selected second overall in the 2006 MLS Supplemental Draft by Real Salt Lake, but never played a game for them after tearing his right ACL in preseason.

Essien out for the year

The Beautiful Game (2) 09 September @ 05:14 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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Sad, he's like the only guy I can stand on Chelsea.
He'd always be in my best XI.
But he torn his ACL playing for Ghana and now he's done for the year.
With all the offensive weapons the Blues have, they probably won't notice. But this could definitely ruin the balance on the team.

Asia: Aussies care.

Football in the Capital 24 September @ 12:59 AM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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A very big truck from SAKAI.
The other codes said Aussies didn't care about the Asian Champions League.
Well here's evidence to show they do.
Adelaide United just 900 tickets left for tonights Quater Final against Kashima Antlers. What code wouldn't like a midweek sell-out!

TRADE: Herculez Gomez to Kansas City

MLS Rumors 03 September @ 03:43 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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More changes at MLS's most boring/worst team.
Courtesy of this article on the Denver Post:
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'Cornflake' banishes demons

Soccerphile World Cup Blog 25 September @ 08:56 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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It's been an emotional couple of weeks of Adelaide's Robbie Cornthwaite.
The club's foundation defender has not only found himself unwittingly dragged into a spitting storm but he's also been the target of abuse from his own supporters for scoring a horror own goal in the away leg of the AFC Champions League quarter-final against Kashima Antlers
But on Wednesday night in Adelaide, Cornthwaite banished all those demons with a tie-winning headed goal which secured a 2-1 aggregate win over the 10-time Japanese champions and a passage into the final four.