MatchFit USA reported in late April that Ben Lederman, a 10-year-old American, recently joined Barecelona's fabled La Masia academy. My reaction to this? CAP. HIM. NOW. Seriously. We've seen it happen repeatedly with players like Giuseppe Rossi and Nevin Subotic choosing European national teams over the red, white, and blue.

Briana Scurry & Tony Meola: Two of the best goalkeepers in U.S. history interview each other.

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As a kid I wanted to do anything but play in goal. But I was the tallest kid on the team, and the kid's dad who coached the team thought that made the most sense. I don't remember ever encountering a goalkeeping coach, just being forced into the big clown gloves.

NEW YORK, NY Consistent with US Club Soccer's goal of providing a vehicle through which clubs can offer life-long soccer to their members, the organization has announced the formation of the National Adult Leagues U-20 Division. US Club Soccer's National Adult Leagues is a program comprised of high-quality, competitive and low-cost local leagues for [.

(Media Information from the Football Association of Singapore)
(Pictured above) Alek "Unstoppable" Duric is leading his team way ahead the domestic and continental front.
SINGAPORE, 01 May 2011: Tampines Rovers FC and Victory Sports FC meet in the 2011 AFC Cup Group G match which will be played on Tuesday 03 May 2011 at the Jalan Besar stadium.

New York Cosmos Finally Return to Adult Soccer

With former MLS player Giovanni Savarese to coach the U-23 PDL side offers an intriguing entry path for the New York Cosmos Academy players to enter the pro ranks by signing with the PDL team. Though there is no stadium solution yet, the team is clearly headed on a path to MLS, or at worst the NASL 2.

Liverpool are raising season ticket and matchday prices for next season but fans fear demand could increase if the team does not qualify for Europe.
The club's average season ticket price rise is 6.5%, Arsenal's prices went up by the same margin a fortnight ago.
No Europa League fixtures would mean fewer games at Anfield, ensuring that home tickets will be even more rare.

It's been a week, but Fortgate remains heavy on the minds of MLS fans across the nation as well as those who support the New England Revolution. Supporters' groups all over the league have been showing their support through chants and demonstrations in their own sections, and some of the country's best soccer writers have picked up on this story.

By Chris Wright

Arsenal 'keeper Wojciech Szczesny tried to pick up a girl on Twitter recently a girl by the name of Letesha Collins, an 'aspiring glamour model' who currently makes her living as a presenter for adult nudey rudey channel Elite TV and whose work clothes consist of little more than a smile on occasion.

CCM dominated the chances and Brisbane dominated the possession. While the Fox commentators claimed Broich was quite, he was dominant whenever he had the ball at his feet.
The scene is set for a massive celebration at Suncorp next Saturday 7pm, tickets from $28 per adult.

Joel Glazer made the mistake of attributing lower ticket prices at Tampa Bay Bucs to listening to the fans complaints a couple of weeks ago.

"We have spent a lot of time listening to fans at a time when our team is thriving and our economy is not," said Joel Glazer. "As a result, we are now offering several pricing changes in response to our community's needs.

The 2nd Annual Soccer Six Virginia Cup will be held at Dorey Park in Richmond the weekend of June 18-19. The adult 6v6 tournament will be held from 9am until 4pm on Saturday and 9am until 3pm on...
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By Mitch Rivera - MLS Futbolito is Major League Soccer's official 4 v 4 soccer tournament that comes to town once a year. It's a day-long event offers food, music and fun activities for the whole family, all alongside a fierce and fun soccer competition for all ages.
This year's edition of MLS Futbolito featured South Florida supporters the MIAMI ULTRAS, which were grouped in the Adult Rec.

I didn't want to go the last rules meeting of the season, but it just worked out that way. I missed the advanced clinics because I was out-of-town on both of them; and missed another because of a snow storm (and I had already been stranded away from home because of one of them this year thankyouverymuch).

Here's a link from a good blog post that was on World Class Coaching by Dan Coughlin, the author of 'Find a Way to Win' -
If you ever really want to understand yourself better or to understand what motivates people, I encourage you to coach a youth sports team. You will learn in real-time situations how and when to intervene in situations that can be enormously frustrating.

By Alan Duffy

Free the Merseyside One!

Eager to minimise the potential damage caused to England's Euro 2012 campaign by the loss of Wayne Rooney, The FA have put together a dossier of mitigation to be sent to UEFA.

The FA bigwigs are hoping that Europe's football governing body will give their star striker a minimum one-match ban after the United hot-head booted Miodrag Dzudovic in the leg last week, and not dish out a two or even three match punishment.

The Woodland Park Zoo and Seattle Sounders teamed up have some animals play with soccer balls. Who doesn't like big cats, wolves, bears and a miniture donkey with the game we love?

Read their blog entry on the subject.

Oh, and go to the zoo as an adult some time. I went with my dad over the summer and it was a cool way to remember youth, but learn some stuff.

Gareth Southgate's Harry Potter secret role revealed! Plus why John Terry really could be a Special manager

I saw the final Harry Potter film at the weekend and must admit I was moved. Voluntarily. Away from the adult Potter fans next to me who, had I carried on listening to them laughing smugly at obscure references, would have forced me to unleash a couple of killing curses.

Dear "person",Super-mega-duper congratulations on being an adult who steals bikes for a living. Your family must be so proud. Feel free at any time to get hit by a bus. Asshole.Love, Greg

By Clemente Lisi - BROOKLYN, NY (Dec 14, 2011) US Soccer Players -- There have been very few Christmas presents I received as a child that I can recall now as an adult. Growing up in the 1980's, I do remember the many Star Wars action figures and Atari videogame cartridges that were stuffed into my stocking – the sort of toys that nowadays would be on display at the Smithsonian.