Los Angeles artist Noe Valladolid continues his illustrated soccer biography

The TIAS Diary Project returns with the 2nd part of a series put together by a young man in Southern California. This is his life's story, his soccer story in words and pictures. Consider it a stab at a TIAS graphic novel.

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Well, at last UEFA has shown some sense and overturned the ban on Eduardo for diving. A couple of week's ago we featured that decisions in our Ugly section - it just seemed crazy to start handing out bans for simulation - a can of worms. It seems that UEFA has agreed and backed down after Arsenal protested.

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AAAAHHHHHHHH I AM ARTUR BORUC AND THIS IS A LIST OF THINGS THAT MADE ME ANGRY THIS WEEK:

1. EDUARDO Ahem. I hope you're reading this, Eduardo. What you did in the match on Wednesday wasn't very nice. Diving is not a very nice thing to do, Eduardo. Especially in a game of that magnitude.

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It almost seemed as if Real Madrid were human when they failed to plant any goals into DC United's net during the first half of the match last night. DC goal tender Josh Wicks made some amazing saves that stunned both fans and Real Madrid strikers alike.

Real Madrid's Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo (L) vies with DC United's Chris Pontius (2nd L), Christian Gomez (2nd R) and Ben Olsen (R) during a friendly match on August 9, 2009 at FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland, as part of Real's pre-season tour of Canada and the US.

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A good game to start the season proper, against opposition who should be challenging for the promotion places at the end of the season. Despite the the current chaos behind the scenes, including an exodus of top players, we actually played quite respectably for a well deserved draw, with some very good passages of play [. Click to continue reading...

What has struck me, and I'm sure so many others over the past few days is not just the huge deluge of tributes from professional footballers, managers, big wigs, journalists and commentators, but also the universal response and outpouring of love from fans of all clubs, demonstrating the immense affection and esteem Sir Bobby was [. Click to continue reading...

Some fun things you won't want to miss on our site this weekend: Arsenal Offside has the top five Arsenal goals of all time. And this one's only #5. 5. Andrei Arshavin, Blackburn, 2009: Ligue 1 Prospects Offside (France) is currently running through the top 50 prospects for the Ligue in the upcoming season. Click to continue reading...

The first Saturday of August in England and it's raining; football weather. Normally this would be time to look forward to the new season but when the news broke yesterday that Sir Bobby Robson had passed away it was time to stop and reflect on what an outstanding career he had as a player, coach and manager not only in and for England but also abroad with some of the heavyweights of European club football; he always came across as being a good bloke and one of the last 'old school' football personalities too, something that came across yesterday in the many tributes that were paid to him.

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Well...crap. One of my favorite players is now off to Real Madrid. Although, I'm not totally surprised after the signing of Glen Johnson. The fee is reported to be around £3.5million which seems really low to me and makes me really worried about the Xabi Alonso situation.

Arbeloa was heavily rumored to be part of Real's raid on Liverpool and this might be related to that.

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Como ya les habíamos comentado los cuatro jerseys van autografiados por el jugador Lucas Lobos y serán entregado en "Locos X el Fútbol" éste Martes 21 de Julio a las 8 de la noche.

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Liverpool have not won a league title in 19 years and up until last season they didn't come close to even challenging for the title, with Chelsea emerging as the premier rivals to the trophy which Man Utd have won 11 times in 17 years. The domination of United had taken the sting out of one of the oldest rivalries in football but the occurrences of the last season have certainly heated up matters between the two clubs.

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D.C. United survived a furious rally from shorthanded Harrisburg in the second half and advance to the semi-final round of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. Click to continue reading...

Here is an interesting question for you this weekend. With the clubs dismal results on Independence Day, and a house full of beer, food, and friends, I need to know; will the Bulls figure into your Fourth of July plans?

How will the Red Bulls figure into your Fourth of July plans?(poll)

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Darius Vassell is more than a player Kaka might have attracted 50,000 to the Bernabeu, but Darius Vassell brought in a respectable 3,000 punters to urge him to sign for Turkish outfit Ankaragucu. The fans came armed with banners, placards and a level of vocal support more befitting the Second Coming than the arrival of a [. Click to continue reading...

In a ground breaking ceremony today construction officially began on the new Hiddink Soccer Stadium in South Korea.

Ground broken for Hiddink soccer center

The stadium will be named after Guss Hiddink (who stands fifth from the left), former head coach of the South Korean national team.

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Announcement: Due to the overwhelming interest in the club, we are extending our tryout age groups to include U15 through U17 players.

Open House style training/tryout session for U9-U17 players to be held June 16th & June 22nd 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM at Ozark High School grass soccer field.

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Announcement: Due to the overwhelming interest in the club, we are extending our tryout age groups to include U15 through U17 players.

Open House style training/tryout session for U9-U17 players to be held June 16th & June 22nd 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM at Ozark High School grass soccer field.

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What motivates a supporter to spend every game with his back turned to the action on the pitch? To spend the game imploring other supporters to sing, chant, jump in unison? To be the man on the stand, above the fray, to be recognised by all in his end of the stadium?

Capo, Zenit Saint Petersburg

That man (I've yet to hear of a female capo worldwide) is typically known in ultras circles as the capo, which is (roughly speaking) Italian for "leader".

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Even the strayed Argentinean sailor will probably be compared to Maradona in Naples. In this part of Italy Diego is the measure for everything, bigger than life and yet sometimes despised like the trash, piling up by the gate of the magnificent bay.

Such comparison didn't pass Lavezzi by either, but unlike some of his previous colleagues, he managed to mark one part of Napoli history just like Maradona did.

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The sensation of the first part of Bundesliga this season were certainly the debutants, Hoffenheim, led by three excellent Brazilian players, as well as equally important Bosnians, Vedad Ibisevic and Sejad Salihovic. The best striker in the first part of the season was Ibisevic with 18 goals scored and there would probably have been even more if he didn't earn a serious injury that saw him out for the season.

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Columbus and KC battle it out this weekend at the CAB. KC is coming from giving up a tie vs. a 10 man Galaxy team while the Crew tied its away game vs. a 10 man Seattle team.

The big story this weekend, as the Crew try to sweep the season series, is if the Crew will be able to overcome the international absences of Alejandro Moreno (Venezuela), Duncan Oughton (New Zealand) and Frankie Hejduk (USNT) for this game at Community America Ballpark.

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Barcelona, Wolfsburg, Burnley and Paolo Maldini all celebrate but misery on Tyneside and controversy in Serie A all feature on this week's good, the bad and the ugly section of languagecaster's football podcast.

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El Sábado anterior en el partido Tigres Vs. Morelia, se dió un hecho que ya se había presentado en el Estadio Universitario, en la misma portería sur. El Sábado 21 de noviembre de 1987, Tigres enfrentó al América, partido correspondiente a la fecha 12 del Torneo 87-88, que terminó empatado a un gol.

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"Football defeated anti-football," raved the Catalan press on Wednesday night. "Pain and recrimination," cried the English. In one of the most bizarre Champions League matches in recent memory, Barcelona managed to draw 1-1 with Chelsea and advance to the final in Rome on the away goals rule.

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For a moment, I thought today's was a Carling Cup game, not only because of the line-up Wenger started with but for how relaxed each and every player seemed to be out there, as if there was no pressure at all.

The second half saw Pompey trying to reopen the contest by making a number of substitutions including Nigerian John Utaka who went close in a number of occassions but was very wasteful in his efforts.

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The Outdoor fields are CLOSED this weekend, May 2nd and 3rd, due to weather and field conditions!

Due to current and forecasted weather conditions for this weekend, Lake Country Soccer has CLOSED all outdoor fields. All scheduled games for the Under-7 and OLDER age groups have been canceled for this Saturday May 2nd.

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What was Guus Hiddink thinking?

Yes, clean sheet at the Camp Nou is a commendable achievement, and I still feel Chelsea are the more likely to go through to the final. But after promising that the Blues would try to score in the away leg, Hiddink's tactics against FCÂ Barcelona show he had absolutely no intent of doing anything but protect his own net.

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José Rivas, mejor conocido por unos como "La Palmera" y otros más como "La Palma", y el resto como "Pepe" ha sido incluido en la primer convocatoria de Javier "Vasco" Aguirre en la Selección Mexicana de Fútbol.

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Compared to the other Nordic countries and indeed any other nation it's reasonable to compare with, the stadia in the Norwegian top flight really are shiny and impressive. Within the last ten years, most teams in the Tippeliga have either built a new ground or had theirs heavily refurbished. And it shows.

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This Thursday night on ESPN the country will get its first nationally televised view of the Wizards temporary home, Community America Ballpark, also known by Wizards fans as "The CAB".

The team coming to visit the CAB, the New York Red Bulls, with an offense that woke up last weekend and scored twice as many goals as they had scored all season with a 2-0 home win against Real Salt Lake (their only goal in the first 4 games came from an own goal).

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When it all gets to much

If I don't watch, then everything will turn out okay. And so it proved for the second year running as Chelsea edged past Liverpool in the Champions League. And for the second year running I spent the majority of the game in blissful ignorance of the drama that was unfolding.

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I'll have the schedules in my Google calendar before lunchtime is over so if you are out this weekend enjoying the weather, you can find a game in your area and at a time that is convenient.

The big tournament, bringing in state-ranked programs, is the Kickapoo Shootout now in it's 14th year.

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I'll have the schedules in my Google calendar before lunchtime is over so if you are out this weekend enjoying the weather, you can find a game in your area and at a time that is convenient.

The big tournament, bringing in state-ranked programs, is the Kickapoo Shootout now in it's 14th year.

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Browsing through the online sports pages (well, what else are we to do to kill time at work??), we spotted this article over at OurSportsCentral that we thought deserved a bit more publicity related to this Sunday's game against Colorado.

Dynamo to pay tribute to fallen Houston firefighters

Once again the Dynamo leads the way in community relations around the city, way ahead of the more established sports franchises in both thought and delivery.

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The name Federico Macheda has been bandied around a lot lately, and not just because of his two stunning late goals against Aston Villa and Sunderland. Macheda has been the object of an international tug of war between Manchester United, his current club, and SS Lazio, the club that nurtured and developed him as a boy.

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