Club Alianza Lima is a Peruvian First Division (Primera División Peruana) football club from the La Victoria District of Lima, Peru. The club is one of the most popular and successful in Peru with twenty-two league titles and two Copa Libertadores semi-final appearance to its credit. Over the years, Alianza has featured well-known players such [.

Club Alianza Lima is a Peruvian First Division (Primera División Peruana) football club from the La Victoria District of Lima, Peru. The club is one of the most popular and successful in Peru with twenty-two league titles and two Copa Libertadores semi-final appearance to its credit. Over the years, Alianza has featured well-known players such [.

Emile's rugby tactics Aston Villa striker Emile Heskey celebrated his 500th Premier League appearance in style with this shot against Manchester United. The former England international proved that most of his appearances have been as starts when he was reprimanded by the fourth official for entering the field of play before the electronic substitution board [.

Behind-the-scenes image via HotCelebsHome.com. Yeah, we know. But desperate times call for desperate, tacky measures.

"Why is closed set, are there naked beetches in here or someting?" - Irina Shayk questioning the rules and restrictions of a Sports Illustrated Swimsuit photoshoot.

Serial offender Florent Malouda's search for football's most ridiculous haircut continues with his new bushy ponytail. The Chelsea star has 'Do Are Ya? form and we don't expect it to be his last appearance in this feature. We just don't know what he's going to do when he runs out of little girls' hairstyles to [.

Charlie Davies red-hot start to his tenure in MLS has hit a snag, with a hamstring injury suffered in Saturday's match against Colorado expected to keep him sidelined for a couple of weeks.

D.C. United is off this week, which means Davies shouldn't miss too many matches, but the timing of the injury is unfortunate for his chances of earning a call up to the U.

The United States Men's National Soccer Team defeated Panama 1-0 on Wednesday night to qualify for the final of the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup. The USA's appearance in Saturday's final will be its fourth in a row. Clint Dempsey scored for the USA in the 77th minute when he tapped in Landon Donovan's on the ground [.

Just got a little bit longer.

Courtesy of Matthias Holst, a central defender, who is currently playing for Hansa Rostock in the 2. Bundesliga. Or rather, he is not playing but under contract otherwise his beard would be gone. Matthias Holst has made it a habit to grow a beard whenever he got injured and/or didn't play for his club.

UPDATE III: Alvaro Fernandez will not be called up to the Uruguay national team, after all. On Monday, Fernandez confirmed speculation that the injury he suffered in last week's Western Conference semifinal would make it impossible for him to play in his country's World Cup qualifier against Chile on Nov.

By Chris Wright

Celtic spanked St Mirren 5-0 at Parkhead in the SPL yesterday, with 18-year old Dylan McGeouch wrapping up proceedings with his first ever goal for the Bhoys (on his second appearance) despite having only been on the pitch for eight minutes - charging 80-yards up-field before sliding a neat shot inside the post from the edge of the box.

While much of the world will focus their beady, little eyes on the European Champions League (and we can't blame them), MLS fans and fans in Mexico, Costa Rica, and Honduras all have horses in CONCACAF's version of the Champions League.
American soccer has a chance to make a big mark on the regional stage.

By Chris Wright

I'll be the first to admit that my Spanish isn't great, but from what I can garner from Carlos Tevez's appearance on the Susana Gimenez show (Argentina's answer to Oprah or, perhaps more accurately, Vanessa Feltz), it doesn't seem like the little urchin is enjoying his time in Manchester much.

All of a sudden, Spurs are being linked with a choice of defensive midfielders and after the Jack Rodwell rumours of earlier this week, stories are emerging of the club's interest in Ajax's Dutch international Vurnon Anita.

Anita was a product of the famous Ajax academy and made his first full appearance for the club while still only 16.

The 4th Annual Mia Hamm Celebrity Soccer Challenge made it's first ever appearance in Washington, D.C. on Sunday at Kastles Stadium at the Wharf and it was a huge success. Despite the brutal heat...
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Quick Reminder, Real Life A record breaking 19th league title and a Champions League Final appearance. Sort of speaks for itself, doesn't it? These are even more impressive accomplishments since a lot of neutral observers would agree that it happened in something of a transition year for United. Their central midfield lacked an above-average talent (which Barca made abundantly clear in the

By Chris Wright

Making his second Pies appearance of the day, he we see Thiago Silva up-ending Neymar with a ninja leg sweep after the latter attempted to buffet the Milan centre-half for leaving his studs in during a knock-around earlier in the session...

So satisfying.

'You see, with a football you kind of need to hold your hand like this...whereas with a tennis ball, it's a lot more like that.' Image: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images.

With his MLS season well over, Thierry Henry found the time to explain the finer points of ball handling to a rapt Mirka Federer (wife of Roger), during the ATP World Tour Finals this past weekend.

According to media reports in Holland, AC Milan have decided to send U.S. international and A.C. Milan defender Oguchi Onyewu to defending Dutch champions FC Twente on loan for the remainder of the season. FC Twente will have the option of making an offer to permanently sign Onyewu in June.

Manchester United Chief Executive David Gill is set to open up contract talks with Ryan Giggs. The 37-year old made his 600th appearance for United against Tottenham at the weekend. Giggs'...
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Last night while sipping Oban with my dude Brent in the bar at the Hudson Hotel I did something truly rare: I thought of John O'Brien. This was because Brent brought him up when waxing nostalgic about about the 2002 World Cup, JOB's command of the U.S. midfield against Portugal while Claudio Reyna sat the bench and the feeling among many U.

Sterling pounds Southend Fresh from his appearance in OTP's Ten Premier League stars of the future list, Liverpool youngster Raheem Sterling proved precisely why he had been included with a five-goal haul in his side's 9-0 FA Youth Cup demolition of Southend United. Granted Sterling will probably face tougher challenges in his career than The [.

Argentina's friendly against Costa Rica -- a no-mess, no-fuss 0-0 draw -- was controversial for many reasons. First, Lionel Messi, who was the main draw for the public attending the second of the curtain-raising events at Estadio Nacional, did not play. That decision drew whistles and catcalls from the audience throughout the match.

Herculez Gomez and Jose Francisco Torres are up for sale.

Mexican club Pachuca, which employs the two United States internationals, placed its entire first-team squad on the transfer list in the aftermath of the team's disappointing Clausura campaign. Los Tuzos, not even six months removed from an appearance in the FIFA Club World Cup, finished last in their group, missed out on the liguilla and forced management to consider wholesale changes.

While Seattle Sounders FC rookie Servando Carrasco is only the 7th most used midfielder on the team, that should not last long. Certainly not after performances like last week when he was recognized on the team of the week with midfielders David Beckham and Juninho. While those offensive threats may get more recognition from the greater populace the defensive midfielder like Carrasco can stop build-up play and prevent the #10s in the league from advancing the ball at their feet.

El momento es ahora.... and Kun Aguero has finally decided that it's time for him to leave Atletico Madrid for a bigger team. Meanwhile, we're pretty sure Maradona helped him to write his exit statement. These drama kings are all the same!

The winner of the 2010 TSG "Don't Tread Video Challenge" makes a special appearance today.

For those that have entered for 2011, voting commences on Monday!

Ronaldo makes his final appearance for Brazil in a friendly against Romania.

......and leaves the field to the applause of the players of both teams.

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Coming off the U.S. men's national team's Gold Cup opening 2-0 win against Canada, head coach Bob Bradley has a quick turnaround before Saturday's Group C match-up against Panama. He will have just a few days to decide whether to stick with the lineup that beat Canada, or make some changes.

Chelsea have made a signing today but it's only a one year extension to Hilario's contract!!
The official statement released by Chelsea said:

Hilario has signed a one-year extension to his current Chelsea contract.
The 35-year-old goalkeeper's contract would have run out this summer but he will now spend a sixth season at Stamford Bridge, having so far made 33 starts and four substitute appearances in his role as one of the keepers supporting Petr Cech.

Jamaica:
Few days ago, a goal from Jamaica vs. Grenada caught my attention so much and I kept watching it again and again. It reflects a lot of the beauty of the game, from bunch of guys who might not be as good as the big fishes in the world, but they were not any less entertaining then them at a moment like that.

If the Kitsap Pumas beat the Real Colorado Foxes in tonight's U.S. Open Cup second in Bremerton, they would play the Seattle Sounders at Starfire on June 28. As you may have noticed, the Sounders play the New England Revolution on June 26. You don't have to be a math wiz to see that the Sounders would have to play that match on just one day's rest.

Not a lot of stats from this Wednesday's game in Philadelphia, but here are your stats.
Michael Harrington made his 142nd appearance in all competitions for KC, breaking his tie with Francisco Gomez for 14th place on that list.
It was also Harrington's 125th league appearance, tying him with Tony Meola for 11th on that list.

Copa America 2011: Paraguay and an inspirational secret weapon is a post from: Just Football

Favourites they may not be, but if it's a dark horse you're looking for at this year's Copa America then Paraguay motivated by special and heartwarming circumstances might be the one. Ralph Hannah reports from Asunción:

Paraguay will kick off their 2011 Copa America campaign in Argentina on Sunday afternoon against Ecuador in Santa Fe.

ESPN is reporting a 2.6 overnight rating for yesterday's come-from-behind-advance-in-penalties FIFA Women's World Cup quarterfinal against Brazil, and even those who didn't watch yesterday have certainly seen media coverage of the team today.
This morning the U.S. Women were represented on Good Morning America on ABC, First Take on ESPN and Morning Joe on MSNBC.

Destined for fame Ahead of Uruguay's appearance in the Copa America final tomorrow evening, star striker Luis Suarez's first venture into the South American country's national consciousness has come to light. The Liverpool man made a childhood appearance on a Uruguayan kids' television show not dissimilar to our very own 'Fun House'.

Armeio Neto, the Marketing Director for Santos FC, has pitched the idea of Pelé making an appearance in the FIFA Club World Cup this December in a potential final versus Barcelona. Pelé, who netted over 600 goals for his former club, will be a sprightly 71 years old when the tournament begins.

'I lost my shirt on a dream debut'

In our latest column from Kirkby, defender Stephen Sama recalls the week that saw him make his first ever appearance for Liverpool's first-team.

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Big publicity win for the Philadelphia Union who today introduced their new signing Freddy Adu from Sporting Lisbon on a free transfer

Hopefully the hype will not once overshadow what Adu does on the pitch. It is hard to believe that he is only 22, as it does not seem that long ago that he signed a professional contract at the age of 14 and was selected by D.

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The goal-scoring bug that's been going around plenty of Americans abroad caught up with another U.S. national team player.

Eric Lichaj scored his first goal for Aston Villa in Carling Cup second-round play on Tuesday, netting the eventual game-winner in the 80th minute of a 2-0 victory over Hereford.

'What? Nothing to see here folks. Please keep it moving.'

Joining our ever-growing roster of 'Drunk Off Their Ass' listees is Miss Kimberley Mills, girlfriend of Tottenham's David Bentley. Welcome hon!

Mills (plus her beau and Gareth Barry) were just three of the numerous patrons who had to flee London's Whiskey Mist night club Sunday night after a bloody brawl broke out.