Referees have once again made their way into the headlines and for once MLS has no apologies to make. In the second leg of a UEFA World Cup Qualification playoff, Thierry Henry made a vital assist, crossing across the face of goal to William Gallas' head to score the tying goal. The goal pulled France level in the match and ahead 2-1 on aggregate.

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Controversy surrounded France's qualification for the World Cup against Ireland. So much that French president Nicolas Sarkozy apologized while the Irish have demanded that the match should be replayed (this was rejected by FIFA).The problem is France's equalizer in extra time (that brought France ahead 2-1 on aggregate, and gave them the spot in South Africa) where Thierry Henry is clearly seen Click to continue reading...

Montevideo, Uruguay was the site of raucous celebrations as the Charruas drew the Ticos at the Centenario but thanks to their away win at Estadio Saprissa on November 14th clinched passage to the 2010 World Cup on goal aggregate.

Sebastian Abreu lost his markers after Diego Scotti centered his cross, to head the ball home past Keylor Navas to put the Uruguayans ahead but the Ticos equalized minutes later with Fernando Muslera diving to the left to get a hand on Alvaro Saborio's shot but unable in the end to keep it out of the back of the net.

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In partnership with Russian Football Now, EPL Talk presents the thirteenth episode of RNF's podcast.

Russia was many's dark-horse in South Africa. One problem: getting there.

Slovenia completed their upset of Russia with a 1-0 win in Maribor, going through on away goals after a 2-2 aggregate.

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Now that we know the teams that will be making it to South Africa for the World Cup finals, i think its time we all took the bold step of picking our favorites to win the tournament. I know many of you might say that the right time to do this will be after the group stage draw that will happen in about two weeks time on the 4th of December.

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Goal video highlights from the Slovenia vs Russia Second Leg World Cup Playoff Tie at Stadion Ljudski vrtin Maribor. The first leg in Moscow ended 2-1 in favour of the Russians. Final full time score :- Slovenia 1-0 Russia ( Zlatko Dedic 44′) The game ends 2-2 on aggregate, but Slovenia qualify for the 2010 World Cup [. Click to continue reading...

The UEFA 2010 World Cup Qualifying Playoff wraps up on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 with the second legs. Russia currently leads 2-1 on aggregate with Slovenia hosting the second leg. Who will advance to South Africa? Find out on our other site, Free Live Sports TV, which will be providing live coverage of the link below.

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Wow, what a game last night. Yes, I said I wouldn't watch. And I won't lie, part of the reason it's so good is that the team I wanted to win did. It's all gone bad for Chicago - their "most talented team in MLS" has come up short yet again, with the final blow delivered by a local kid.
So now we have an all-west MLS final (LA-Salt Lake), much like last year where we had an all-east final (New York-Columbus). Click to continue reading...

New Zealand is headed to the World Cup.

After a scoreless first leg, New Zealand booked its passage to South Africa 2010 by defeating Bahrain 1-0 on Saturday in front of their home crowd at Westpac Stadium. It took a 45th minute goal from Rory Fallon and a penalty save from Mark Paston to give New Zealand the victory on aggregate, and a place in next year's World Cup.

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New Zealand is headed to the World Cup.

After a scoreless first leg, New Zealand booked its passage to South Africa 2010 by defeating Bahrain 1-0 on Saturday in front of their home crowd at Westpac Stadium. It took a 45th minute goal from Rory Fallon and a penalty save from Mark Paston to give New Zealand the victory on aggregate, and a place in next year's World Cup.

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New Zealand have secured their place at next year's finals in South Africa with a 1-0 aggregate win over Bahrain in their two legged Asia/Oceania play off. Following a 0-0 draw in Bahrain, a nervy match at the Westpac Stadium was settled by Plymouth Argyle striker Rory Fallon. It will be ... Click to continue reading...

Goal video highlights from the New Zealand vs Bahrain second leg OFC/AFC FIFA World Cup 2010 playoff. Final score :- New Zealand 1-0 Bahrain ( Rory Fallon 45′ ) Result:- New Zealand win the two legged playoff 1-0 on aggregate, and qualify for their first World Cup since 1982. For Bahrain, it is another case of [. Click to continue reading...

So we are facing Real Salt Lake for the Eastern Conference Semis, even though RSL isn't from the East! I know it is kinda oxymoronic, but the system has worked for the MLS in the past when one Conference (cough cough, the East last year) is completely dominant over the other. Either way, both teams got here in dramatic fashion.

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The "Football earthquake" is still causing tremors after REAL MADRID waseliminated by 2ºB Division (3ºrd Division elsewhere) team ALCORCONin the SPANISH CUP. The Spanish Football Goliath was stoned "dead"by one of Spanish Football's David with a 4-0 victory at home & onlylost 0-1 at Real Madrid's home ground "Santiago Bernabeu" to win thethe elimination phase with a 4-1 aggregate. Click to continue reading...

Although they lost the away leg of their Copa del Rey fixture against Real Madrid 1-0, third division Alcorcon still completed their shock 4-1 aggregate upset over Spain's most expensive team and advanced to the fifth round (of eight) in the tournament.

For Alcorcon, this was their championship, though, and without a doubt the club's defining moment (it was only founded in 1971).

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The Spanish Copa del Rey has another set of matches on Wednesday, November 11, 2009. There has already been one huge upset as Alcorcon (third division) defeated Real Madrid 4-1 on aggregate. The following matches will be streamed live on our other site, Free Live Sports TV. The links for each match is below along with the match times (streams will be added shortly before the match and refresh the page if none are available yet).

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Real Madrid beat Alcorcon 1-0 at the Bernabéu last night, which wasn't nearly enough to prevent Los Galácticos losing 4-1 on aggregate and exiting the Copa del Rey. So the team that spent nearly a quarter of a billlion euros this summer has been bounced out of the cup by a team from Segunda B, [... Click to continue reading...

And those words are: Meeting the challenge.

Right. So before the first playoff leg I predicted a series score of 2-1. Then before the second playoff leg, seeing the kind of chaos the two teams were creating and the resulting goals, I predicted 2-1 for the game on Sunday.

So, looking at a 3-2 aggregate and a 1-0 second leg scoreline, you can see that I bloody well can't predict anything when it comes to these two teams.

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The two remaining MLS Conference Semifinal series were decided today, with the Houston Dynamo and the L.A. Galaxy earning their places in the Western Conference Final. The teams booked their tickets to the final -- which will be played next Friday at the Home Depot Center -- courtesy of two 1-0 victories.

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The Major League Soccer Playoffs will finish up the second legs of the Western Conference semifinals with two matches on Sunday, November 8, 2009. The derby match of the Los Angeles Galaxy and Chivas USA finishes with the two teams tied at 2-2 on aggregate. In Houston, the Dynamo host Seattle with the score 0-0 on aggregate after one leg.

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Real Salt Lake beat defending MLS Cup champion Columbus 3-2 on Thursday night and 4-2 on aggregate to advance to the next round of Major League Soccer's playoffs. Crew midfielder Guillermo Barros Schelotto returned to the lineup after being benched for game one and looked like the hero. He scored in the 19th and 35th minutes to put the Crew ahead on aggregate. Click to continue reading...

Real Salt Lake slew the mighty Columbus Crew.
Wow.
The last team into the playoff field (a team with a losing record, mind you) eliminates the defending champs. How does this happen?
Easy, you don't play Guillermo Barros Schellotto one of the games. That's how.
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Columbus loses 4-2 on aggregate to Real Salt Lake. It was a great season, boys. Maybe not Massive, but not anything to be ashamed of.

None of us expected this, no one thought it was possible. The Crew always performs under pressure. Columbus always gets the clutch goal or Jesus-save that it needs to stay alive.

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Andy Williams Seals the Deal for Real in Win

Andy Williams seals the deal for RSL with a late goal in Real's 4-2 aggregate win to advance in the 2009 MLS Playoffs and move on to the Eastern Conference Final. Last week after Real Salt Lake beat Columbus at home in Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah, Jason Kreis said something interesting after the game. Click to continue reading...

The Chicago Fire routed the New England Revolution 3-0 in the return leg of the Eastern Conference semifinals to advance 3-0 on aggregate (ASN, Nov. 7, 2008).

The 3-0 score was one goal higher than ASN's chief Fire pundit had predicted on the eve of the match. With the victory, Chicago finally reversed a multi-year streak of exiting the playoffs at the hands of the Revs.

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KOTA BARU: Kelantan have declared Sunday as a state holiday to mark the team's appearance in the Malaysia Cup final against Negri Sembilan at the National Stadium in Bukit Jalil on Saturday.
Deputy Mentri Besar Datuk Ahmad Yakob declard Sunday a state holiday "to celebrate Kelantan's historic appearance in the final of the Malaysia Cup after 39 years". Click to continue reading...

Kata Cup, Phuket
Muang Thong United v Yadanarbon 4-2
Thailand v HAGL 2-2 (Thailand won 7-6 on penalties)
Singapore Cup
Bangkok Glass v TTM Samut Sakhorn 3-4 (Chatree 2, Jetsadorn og; Supakorn, Paul Bekombo 2, Worawut Wongsawad) 1, 187
Bangkok Glass win 9-4 on aggregate and play Geylang United in the final 8 November
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MONTREAL, QC – Saturday, October 17, 2009

The Montreal Impact became the third club in league history to win a third league championship, downing the defending champion Vancouver Whitecaps 6-3 on aggregate in the USL First Division Championship series with a 3-1 victory in the second leg at Stade Saputo Saturday before a sold out crowd of over 13,000.

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Montreal Impact defeat the Vancouver Whitecaps 3-1 in 2nd leg of USL First Division Championship.

MONTREAL, QC – Saturday, October 17, 2009
USL News Release

The Montreal Impact became the third club in league history to win a third league championship, downing the defending champion Vancouver Whitecaps 6-3 on aggregate in the USL First Division Championship series with a 3-1 victory in the second leg at Stade Saputo Saturday before a sold out crowd of over 13,000.

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Montreal Impact defeat the Vancouver Whitecaps 3-1 in 2nd leg of USL First Division Championship.

MONTREAL, QC – Saturday, October 17, 2009
USL News Release

The Montreal Impact became the third club in league history to win a third league championship, downing the defending champion Vancouver Whitecaps 6-3 on aggregate in the USL First Division Championship series with a 3-1 victory in the second leg at Stade Saputo Saturday before a sold out crowd of over 13,000.

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According to ESPN Soccernet, Carson Yeung and his company Grandtop Holdings announced that they have purchased of 90% of shares in the Birmingham Club. Grandtop made a statement saying,

"Grandtop is pleased to announce that, all conditions of the offer, having been satisfied or waived, the offer is hereby declared unconditional in all respects.

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D.C. United faces San Juan Jabloteh tomorrow in a very important Champions League match. Should United win, and should Toluca beat Marathon on Thursday, the Black-and-Red would be assured a spot in the quarterfinal stage of the region's most important tournament.

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Tomorrow, Lyon will be taking on Hungarian side Debreceni VSC in their quest to qualify for the knockout rounds. They are already off to a good start, having taken three points from Fiorentina, but there are still five games to go, and anything can happen. It's important that Lyon get three points tomorrow because they have a double-header with Liverpool (who, incidentally, have suddenly regained an impressive amount of form in the last two weeks), as well as an away game at Fiorentina.

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It wasn't as exhilarating as last year, when the Islanders scored 3 goals at home (the last on the 119′, in overtime) to win the series 3-2 on aggregate; but the Islanders duplicated the feat: To knock out the Rochester Rhinos of the USL Playoffs.

After losing 2-1 to the Rhinos last Thursday in the away leg of the 2009 USL Quarter Finals, the Islanders won 4-1 in the return leg in Bayamón to win the quarterfinal match up with a 5-3 aggregate, and eliminate the Rhinos from the playoffs for the 2nd year in a row.

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It wasn't as exhilarating as last year, when the Islanders scored 3 goals at home (the last one on the 119′ in overtime) to win the 2008 Semi-Final match up 3-2 on aggregate; but the Islanders duplicated the same feat this year: to knock out the Rochester Rhinos of the USL Playoffs.

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