Pato's girlfriend, whom we affectionately love to call 'Babs' for purely shortcut purposes, was in Miami last week to attend Emporio Armani's celebration of Art Basel's 10th anniversary. Thanks to a few paps who we actually don't mind receiving e-mails from, we know that Ms B and the Voronins weren't the only ones occupying the sunshine state recently; Samuel Eto'o & fam spent some time letting their hair down (Georgette let her top down) whilst on vacay in Miami Beach.

P TIMES PG 1 Southampton 42 2 West Ham United 41 3 Cardiff City 35 4 Middlesbrough 32 5 Leeds United 31 6 Leicester City 29 7 Brighton & Hove Albion 29 8 Blackpool 27 9 Reading 27 10 Crystal Palace 27 11 Birmingham City 26 12 Hull City 25 13 Derby County 25 14 Burnley 24 15 Barnsley 24 16 Peterborough United 22 17 Millwall 22 18 Portsmouth 21 19 Watford 21 20 Bristol City 20 21 Nottingham Forest 20 22 Ipswich Town 18 23 Coventry City 13 24 Doncaster Rovers 13

The following is a post provided to VASoccerNews.com by John Daly. Daly is Head Coach of Women's Soccer for the College of William & Mary. Daly has an impressive resume having won 10 CAA Championships, 12 CAA Regular Season Championships, and 24 NCAA Appearances.
By John Daly
Currently there are far reaching and damaging proposals being considered by the NCAA as a result of the Presidential Working Group recommendations.

FC BARCELONA proclaimed themselves the 2011 "FIFA Club World Cup Champion" after defeating Brazilian Club SANTOS 0 - 4. Its the second title of this character for Barça which won their last back in 2009 in Qatar. Lionel Messi FC Barcelona demonstrated - if there was any doubt - that the Club is currently the "Best in the World", & their midfielder LIONEL MESSI once again raised for the

Michael Ballack was sporting this immensely fetching costume when he visited The Arts Club in Mayfair on Tuesday night. David Beckham & Prince Harry were spotted outside the same as well, only one night later.

One-time U.S. youth international Preston Zimmerman doesn't have a single cap for the senior U.S. national team, and while it wasn't likely that he'd be receiving his first call-up sometime soon anyway based on his current level of play and club standing, he didn't do himself any favors by using social media to voice his opinion about the current U.

As always this is your open thread for the week to talk all things not quite Sounders &/or soccer related. The community guidelines still apply. Our entry to OFF-topic today is winter beer. I expect that those that imbibe have had a few already. I know I've been browsing from Brrrrr to Ebenezer to Snow Cap to Snow Day to who knows how many more.

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE final Group matches with Tuesday night action with 50% of the Clubs playing it out. Two SPANISH FOOTBALL representatives went to work with a good & bad result that will now be summarized below with the final results & the scorers. FC Barcelona FC BARCELONA hosted BATE BORISOV with the top spot of Group H theirs & their minds already on Real Madrid for this Saturdays LIGA

ELLE magazine scored themselves a brace of WAGs to help them finish out the 2011 calendar in top form. At left, one shot of Cristiano's girlfriend from this month's Spanish version of the famed glossy, and to her right we have Victoria Beckham, who kicks off the US edition's new year come January.

Big day in SPANISH FOOTBALL, & in World Football, as two giants meet in the SPANISH LEAGUE to attempt to shift , or retain, the "Balance of Power". Tonight at the "Santiago Bernabeu Stadium" at 22.00 (hrs) REAL MADRID CF hosts FC BARCELONA in the first of this LIGA season "Clasico" games. A win here by Real Madrid would give them a 9 point advantage over their arch rivals & set them on course

With the "Clasico" dust finally settled in Madrid, after the FC BARCELONA "hurricane" brushed pass on their way to Japan defeating REAL MADRID 1 - 3 on their home turf, I can now sit down & reflect on certain observations - some already said below in the match post - that I would like to reinforce, add to & of course, add some humour.

Young FC BARCELONA player ISAAC CUENCA is considered a bit of a "Football Freestyle" expert. There are videos on the web that shows the Football juggling skills of the "kid" in his neighbourhood with his mates. Couple of days back Cuenca showed his stuff at training to a few World Champions & FC Barcelona team-mates.

If you live in the Twin Cities and are a self respecting soccer loving fiend then I expect to see you in St Paul for one of the great soccer matches of every year:
El Classico
Saturday December 10 2011
Real Madrid v Barcelona
3:00pm CT
Join me at the Sweetwater in St Paul.

SPANISH FOOTBALL representative ATHLETIC CLUB BILBAO defeated SLOVAN BRATISLAVA 2 -1 in their EUROPA LEAGUE Group F match. The fact that Group "mate" PSG lost its game, & the victory to Athletic tonight, assures the latter the Group top spot with a game still to play. Muniain for Bilbao Athletic got off to a good start when DE MARCOS opened the scoring in the 14th min, but Bratislava kept

The draw for this upcoming summer's Euro 2012 tournament is set to go in Kiev, Ukraine, with 16 teams eager to find out who they'll be competing against for the continent's championship. With co-hosts Poland and Ukraine placed in the first pot, there's bound to be some treacherous group pairings for some of the world's top teams.

The United States Under-23 national team will find out its road to London soon enough.

CONCACAF announced that it will hold its draw for the Olympic qualifying tournament on Tuesday at the organization's headquarters in New York.

The eight teams in the draw (United States, Canada, Cuba, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, Panama and Trinidad & Tobago) will be split into two groups of four, with one group playing its games at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif.

Die EURO 2012 kommt immer näher und für uns Fans wird es langsam Zeit, dass wir uns intensiver mit der Reiseplanung und den Gastgeberländern Polen und der Ukraine beschäftigen. Das aber ist kein großes Problem, denn der DFB hat in Zusammenarbeit mit der Koordinationsstelle Fanprojekte (Kos) wie schon bei den letzten Turnieren auch einen kostenlosen [.

SPANISH FOOTBALL action tonight with four games of Round 15 from LA LIGA. Lets quickly race through with a summary of all events, the final results & the goal scorers. Racing de Santander celebrate their only goal RACING DE SANTANDER Coach Hector Cuper resigned mid-week & his team reacted with a 1 - 0 victory over VILLAREAL.

SPANISH TENNIS sits again on top of the World winning its 5th DAVIS CUP thanks to the spectacular victory of RAFAEL NADAL 1-6, 6-4, 6-1, 7-6 over the Argentina representaive JUAN MARTIN DEL POTRO. The match result & Nadal win gave SPAIN a 3 - 1 score that secured the 2011 Davis Cup. Rafael Nadal The Davis Cup tie complicate itself for Spain yesterday after leading 2 - 0 when Argentina brushed

SPANISH FOOTBALL continued with Round 15 this Sunday as part of the SPANISH LEAGUE. Below is a quick summary of all the games, the final results & all the scorers. Falcao ATLETICO DE MADRID managed to cosmetically better their image & earn more time for their Coach (Manzano) with a 3 - 1 victory over city rival RAYO VALLECANO.

France Football & FIFA has named public the last 3 finalists for this years GOLDEN BALL AWARD. They are CRISTIANO RONALDO ( Real Madrid ) , LIONEL MESSI & XAVI HERNANDEZ ( FC Barcelona ). This way SPANISH FOOTBALL gets prized for having in its League the 3 Best Players in World Football. The winner will be announced the 9th of January 2012 at the ceremony held at Zurich (Switzerland) Ronaldo

France Football & FIFA has named public the last 3 finalists for this years GOLDEN BALL AWARD. They are CRISTIANO RONALDO ( Real Madrid ) , LIONEL MESSI & XAVI HERNANDEZ ( FC Barcelona ). This way SPANISH FOOTBALL gets prized for having in its League the 3 Best Players in World Football. The winner will be announced the 9th of January 2012 at the ceremony held at Zurich (Switzerland) Ronaldo

"Eier, Eier, wir brauchen Eier! Wenn sie verstehen, was ich meine..." Legendäres Interview von Oliver Kahn, das ihn sicher sein ganzes Leben lang begleiten wird. Na wenigstens braucht er die Eier nicht, er hat sie ja...aber seine Teamkollegen...ja man könnte hier viele reininterpretieren, aber das überlassen wir jetzt mal Eurer Phanatsie und sagen nur Eier.

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The 2011 Missouri Athletic Club announced this years Hermann Trophy Semifinalists on December 4th.
On the women's semifinalist list where University of Virginia Freshman Morgan Brian well as Mallory Schaffer, Midfielder from William & Mary.
Only one player made the men's list for a Virginia school - Junior Forward Yannick Smith of Old Dominion.

The United States drew a favorable path to the semifinals of CONCACAF Olympic qualifying on Tuesday, getting put in Group A with Canada, Cuba and El Salvador. Group A's games will take place at LP Field in Nashville, Tenn. The full schedule for the qualifying tournament will be released later this week, according to CONCACAF.

The United States will play Canada, Cuba And El Salvador in Group A of Olympic Qualifying, with Honduras, Mexico, Panama and Trinidad & Tobago in Group B. The USA's group will be based at LP Field in Nashville, with Group B playing at the Home Depot Center. Two teams from each group will move onto the semifinal stage at LIVESTRONG Park in Kansas City, Kansas.

Bulgarien hat gewählt! Bojko Borissow ist Fussballer des Jahres 2011 und hat damit etwas geschafft, was vermutlich weltweit noch kein Fussballer vor ihm geschafft hat. Er ist als mittelmäßiger Kicker der Drittligamannschaft Witoscha Bistriza auf dem nationalen bulgarischen Fussballolymp gestiegen und darf sich jetzt hochoffiziell "Fussballer des Jahres 2011″ in Bulgarien nennen.

Bulgarien hat gewählt! Bojko Borissow ist Fussballer des Jahres 2011 und hat damit etwas geschafft, was vermutlich weltweit noch kein Fussballer vor ihm geschafft hat. Er ist als mittelmäßiger Kicker der Drittligamannschaft Witoscha Bistriza auf dem nationalen bulgarischen Fussballolymp gestiegen und darf sich jetzt hochoffiziell "Fussballer des Jahres 2011″ in Bulgarien nennen.

Sorry guys, I was out last night & could not post the Ajax 0 - Real Madrid 3 + Villareal 0 - Napoles 2 Champions League summary. However found these diagrams of all the Champions League Clubs that go onto the next phase, with the two SPANISH FOOTBALL representatives FC BARCELONA & REAL MADRID. Below are the Clubs that finished first of their Group with those in second place.

The United States Under-23 national team found out who it would play during the group stage of Olympic qualifying earlier in the week, and now it knows when it will play each of its opponents.

The U.S. team will open qualifying against Cuba on March 22, followed by a meeting with Canada two days later and a final group game against El Salvador on March 26.

On Thursday, CONCACAF announced the full schedule for 2011 Olympic Qualifying. FIRST ROUND All times U.S. Eastern (local times in parentheses) Group A (Nashville, Tennessee): Canada, Cuba, El Salvador, United States Group B (Carson, California): Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Trinidad & Tobago Thursday, March 22 At Nashville, Tennessee El Salvador vs.

SPANISH FOOTBALL tonight with two matches played of the SPANISH CUP ( 1º st leg ). Here are the details, final results & the scorers. Salvio : At Madrid The brilliant Football tactician ( its a joke ) ATLETICO DE MADRID Coach Manzano left out some big names & travelled to 2º B Divison team ALBACETE to lose 2 - 1.

Am 13. Dezember um 19:05 Uhr steigt in Hamburg ein wahres Schmankerl, wie man in Südbayern dazu sagen würde. Etliche Fussballer, die in den letzten 10 bis 20 Jahre die großen Stars im weltweiten Fussball waren, treffen sich in der Hamburger Imtech Arena und spielen gegen einen Auswahl des Hamburger SV.

Details of the 15th round of games in the Apertura 2011 tournament. Preview Preview & Predictions (not available) Match reports Boca Juniors took another massive stride towards the Apertura championship with a 0-0 home draw against their nearest rivals Racing Club. Lanús failed to capitalise going down to a 0-1 home defeat to Arsenal and Atlético Rafaela also missed their opportunity to close

Details of the 16th round of games in the Apertura 2011 tournament. Preview Preview & Predictions (not available) Match reports Boca Juniors continued their relentless march towards the championship with a 2-1 win against Godoy Cruz. The only other team in the top nine to manage a win were Tigre, leaving them as the only team with the remotest possibility of catching Boca, 9 points behind with

Congratulations to Borussia Dortmund youngster MARIO GOETZE who was awarded by the Italian newspaper "Tuttosport" this years "GOLDEN BOY AWARD", or the "Best Under - 21 European Footballer". The news has taken some back here in Spain, & perhaps in Barcelona, as the "hot favourite" was FC BARCELONA & Spanish Football International midfielder THIAGO ALCANTRA.

Francesco Totti treated his wife to a kid-less dinner out at Rome's Caminetto restaurant two nights ago. In other news, the Serie A power couple was recently dubbed Italy's answer to David & Victoria thanks to their high profile gigs, seemingly perfect offspring and because of the media's relentless reportage of their rumoured marital conflicts.

A cold and misty morning greeted Oregon's finest at Willamette University as Olympic Development practice got underway. The 95 & 96 teams shared Sparks field for a session of training in the morning and a scrimmage in the afternoon.

Bundle up ladies!

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With the big Real Madrid - FC Barcelona clash scheduled in this ROUND 16 of the SPANISH FOOTBALL LEAGUE, it is very easy to forget that two games were played before the "Clasico". Here are the results & the scorers of the games. Levante-Sevilla FC LEVANTE defeated SEVILLA FC 1 - 0 in a defensive error from Sevilla forward Negredo in a corner situation that allowed NANO to score the winner in