Something I'm going to explore in my Press-Enterprise column for Wednesday is this topic: if the purpose of the U.S. youth national teams is to develop players, then the Under-23's failure to qualify for the Olympics is bad but not catostrophic.
If this was the senior team who had failed to beat Canada and El Salvador at home in a tournament, then I would say that would be catostrophic.

Javier Hernandez enjoyed an excellent first season at Manchester United following his £6m move. He scored 20 goals in all competitions and earned a regular place in our starting XI, ahead of the Premier League's top scorer, Dimitar Berbatov.

This season he has dealt with two periods out on the sidelines with injuries, which has seen him drop below Danny Welbeck in pecking order.

Andre Villas Boas Out Before Easter? - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

It's a familiar story: Chelsea hire a new manager for a lot of money, Chelsea don't do as well under this manager as they did under Jose Mourinho, rumours then begin to circle claiming that the manager is about to be fired and then finally (the bit that hasn't quite happened yet) the manager is fired.

A Tribute to Jack Wilshere: by SV It is now 1 o'clock GMT and I have had to leave my work for tomorrow in the aim to get some sleep. But, just as I was about to turn in, I saw something on Twitter that made me write this article: concerning Jack Wilshere. I am [...]

By Chris Wright

In which AIK centre-half Alexander Milosevic takes aim from the edge of the semi-circle and crashes an absolute exocet into the top corner from 45 metres out...

Who shoots from there for Christ's sake?

To start this new year of 2012 Magpie's manager Alan Pardew has said for the first time that European football is a reasonable aim of Newcastle United. Alan Pardew it's possible for us to qualify for Europe Newcastle have taken 30 points from the first half of the season of 19 games, and that's 8 points better than they had at this time last year.

Liverpool duo Andy Carroll and Jose Enrique believe they need to improve their home form if they are to have any chance of finishing in the top four.
The Reds were held to their seventh draw in 11 games at Anfield this season as Stoke ground out a goalless draw at the weekend.
Kenny Dalglish's men have struggled for goals this season, having netted only 24 goals in 21 Premier League games and Carroll, who started the draw with Stoke on the bench, believes they need to start taking their chances if they are to turn draws into victories.

After the news that Kevin de Bruyne is set to sign for Chelsea before the transfer window closes and then immediately loaned back to Genk for the remainder of the season, today is about some Brazilian targets.
First up and as reported the other day, there is Willian the 23 year old Shakhtar Donetsk midfielder.

Chelsea players have stuck two fingers up at the freezing weather and their dire form by engaging in a series of fun and games at their training ground in Cobham All a bit of a laugh really especially the scene where Fernando Torres and John Terry viciously grapple as the pair aim to win the [...] Related posts:

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The Sunday Ref

Telling the story of 69-year-old referee Francisco López, a man who continues to referee Sunday league games after a life dedicated to football, The Sunday Ref is a short film focusing on López's thoughts with regards to the world he lives in. This world, of course, is influenced by the beautiful game, and he prefers to see it in its purest, most genuine form.

Following Manchester United's 2-0 win over Ajax this week, Wayne Rooney has insisted he is keen on winning the second rate European competition and doesn't think going for the Europa League will have an impact on our title challenge.

"I've no concerns about it hindering our progress in the league, not at all," he said.

With two-thirds of the Premier League season now complete, this author looks at what the final third might have in store for Newcastle United. We're now into the home stretch the final third of the 2011/2012 Premier League season. We have no Cup distractions so our only aim is to finish as high as [.

Oh dear, it looks like Wayne Rooney has gone and done the unthinkable... by declaring that he wants to win Euro 2012! Congratulations Wayne, you've now placed a heavy load on the shoulders of the England blokes who WILL actually play in the opening two group fixtures of the tournament against Sweden and France.

Petr Cech, speaking to a Czech website has been quick to diffuse the apparent divide that has been reported in the Chelsea dressing room. Referring to reports that some of our senior players had questioned the managers selection and tactics during a team meeting after the Everton defeat, in the presence of Roman Abramovich, Cech said:

Everyone has been talking about a meeting between the team and Abramovich.

There you go a new website for www.belwestsoccer.com by yours truly.
Simple and effective communication and layout - that's the aim, you be the judge.

Martin O'Neill disputes criticism that his Sunderland side were 'dirty' in the weekend's derby against Newcastle United. Martin O'Neill has been responding to accusations that the mackems are a bunch of dirty, fouling thugs whose only aim was to kick the opposition of the park on Sunday. Some of those accusations were at least insinuated [.

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Our thoughts are of course with Fabrice Muamba.

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By Walter Broeckx

This article is a follow up of the article about the wrong calls going against WBA and QPR.

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With just nine games left to play, Manchester United are top of the table. Rio Ferdinand says we're exactly where we want to be and the players are aiming to win all of their remaining games. Without any cup distractions, this plan may be more achievable than you might think.

"We're in the position at the minute that we want to be," said Rio.

Davide Petrucci, who has had a great season for the Reserves and has received a few shouts be worthy of a place on the pre-season, has spoken of his delight at being a Manchester United player.

"It's my dream. I would love to play for United," he told the official site. "That is my aim and my target for the moment.

Davide Petrucci, who has had a great season for the Reserves and has received a few shouts be worthy of a place on the pre-season, has spoken of his delight at being a Manchester United player.

"It's my dream. I would love to play for United," he told the official site. "That is my aim and my target for the moment.

"Celebrate good times c'mon" werethe lyrics pumping out of every Liverpool fan's vocal cords, at theweekend, as the Reds celebrated overcoming their bitter rivals,Everton, in the FA Cup semi-final.
However, whilst the celebrations in thered half of Merseyside may well continue for a few days to come, thereality remains that Liverpool are now a side playing second fiddleto the top teams in England.

The Europa League has been very entertaining at times this season, but it is still an overpriced consolation tournament. And so Valencia have decided to give season ticket holders free entry to the second leg of their Europa League semifinal against Atletico Madrid in an effort to ensure they have a full stadium as they trail 4-2 (thanks in part to the lovely Falcao goal above) after the first leg.

Valencia's young attacking midfielder, Sergio Canales, share out his believes over his side's chance to advance into Europa league final despite having a 4-2 deficit against Atletico Madrid in the first leg.

Canales, who has just returned into action after a long spell on injury, stated that El Che possessed the talent along with quality to overcome the two goals deficit especially if the supporters at Mestalla gives their strong support.

Glen Johnson admits getting back into the Champions League remains Liverpool's priority but he is satisfied with this season.
Reds defender Johnson admits Liverpool are disappointed that they have not secured a top-four finish this season and will not be taking part in the Champions League next season.

We are reminded today of one of Bill Shankly's great quotes. Bill Shankly Liverpool manager had some great quotes Bill was the Liverpool manager who propelled the Reds forward in the early 1960s, and the Scot was renowned for some of his quotes. And as far as going after targets, this is what he said: "Aim for [.

Well, he's definitely slower than us. OTP completed this water jet slalom dribble in a faster time than Edin Dzeko. The bizarre challenge was part of the Adidas Predator Lethal Zones launch today. It turns out slow and steady didn't win the race for the big Bosnian. But given that his aim was probably to [.

Fans United is a supporters consortium consisting of Manchester United fans groups, fanzines and supporters. We have been in talks with Manchester United officials about introducing a singing section to improve the atmosphere at Old Trafford.

The club have offered us the current away section at Old Trafford to use as a singing section next season and the aim is to bring back the atmosphere and colour of the old Scoreboard Paddock, making this section a fans area and raising the volume at Old Trafford.