Oh man, I twisted the holy hell out of my ankle last night. Came down from a jump halfway on someone else's foot in the last minute of the game. Suddenly, my four flights of stairs up aren't so charming...#1 - Landon Donovan is your MLS MVP. He also won Goal of the Year. Somehow, he was beaten out for Save of the Year by Pat Onstad. Click to continue reading...

With Uruguay seeing off Costa Rica, the field for World Cup 2010 has been completed.Africa - Algeria, Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, South AfricaAsia - Australia, Japan, North Korea, South KoreaEurope - Denmark, England, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, SwitzerlandNorth America - Honduras, Mexico, United StatesOceania - New Click to continue reading...

As you might expect, we have plenty of things going on today. Two or three plenties worth, actually...#1 - Let's begin with my double interview with Real Salt Lake strikers Robbie Findley and Yura Movsisyan.Other RSL tidbits:- Rogue Cavaliers Brigade blog Denz's Sopabox has interview videos- Have a ticket but no flight yet? Click to continue reading...

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In the modern world of football, Europe is the most powerful confederation in FIFA and its a shame that FIFA's most powerful confederation doesn't lead the way in how it runs its World Cup qualification.
When it comes to World Cup qualifying, Europe can look to other FIFA confederations on how it should be done. Click to continue reading...

New Zealand's qualification for the 2010 World Cup is the direct result of 2 actions by the FFA.
1. The move of the Socceroos from Oceania to Asia, thereby giving New Zealand its 5th spot. Also the '5th spot' moving from South America to Asia.
2. The A-League lifting the performance of players who otherwise would only have achieved local experience on the small NZ scene. Click to continue reading...

With five playoff first legs beginning, we now have 25 teams already qualified for next summer's World Cup in South Africa.Early today, New Zealand finished of Bahrain in the Oceania/Asia playoff. Rory Fallon became a household name in his land forever by nodding home the lone goal of the tie to send the Kiwis back to World Cup for the first time since 1982. Click to continue reading...

Going against what this writer wanted, New Zealand became the 24th nation with a ticket for South Africa by beating Bahrain at home. The only goal of the match was scored by Rory Fallon in the final moments of the first-half. The first-leg of this playoff ended 0-0, which gave Bahrain the chance of qualifying with a draw different from the nil one.

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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...

Something to read while you support your national team hanging out the window of a moving vehicle. On Friday 13th. FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP/Getty Images World Cup playoff previews here African qualifying preview Like ill-informed radio shows about Asian soccer? Then you'll love this... (Podcast Offside) Premier League legends to cherish right now (EPL Talk) A reminder that penalty kicks aren't [. Click to continue reading...

The final spots for the FIFA 2010 World Cup in South Africa will be determined within a few days. One of them includes the playoff between the AFC (Asia) and OFC (Oceanic) regions. The first leg was at Bahrain and ended in a 0-0 draw with New Zealand hosting the second leg on Saturday, November 14, 2009.

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The above strike from Al-Hilal midfielder Nawaf Al-Abid (or Alabed, you choose) is said to be the fastest goal in world football. It came just two seconds into Al-Hilal's Prince Faisal bin Fahd Cup (a U-23 tournament) game vs Al- Shoulain in Saudi Arabia this weekend. No doubting the fact that this goal was quick. Click to continue reading...

This is being billed as the fastest goal in history, and it's pretty hard to argue with that even without the statistics right in front of you. Unless the likes of John Arne Riise or Michel Bastos have unleashed one directly off the kickoff, chances are this is it. The fastest goal ever, via Al-Hilal's [. Click to continue reading...

Estamos ya a nada de iniciar el Mundial de clubes 2009 donde participarán los clubes campeones de cada confederación.
UEFA (Europa)
Barcelona
Campeón de la Liga de Campeones de la UEFA (2008-09) Conmebol (Sudamérica)
Estudiantes de La Plata
Campeón de la Copa Libertadores de América (2009) Concacaf (Norte, Centroamérica y Caribe)
Atlante
Campeón de la Concacaf Liga Campeones (2008-09) AFC (Asia)
Pohang Steelers
Campeón de la Liga de Campeones de la AFC (2009) CAF (África)
TP Mazembe
Campeón de la Liga de Campeones de la CAF (2009) OFC (Oceanía)
Auckland City
Campeón de la Liga de Campeones de la OFC (2009) Emiratos Árabes Unidos (AFC)
Al-Ahli Dubai
Campeón de la UAE League (2008-09)
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The World Cups have, especially in the start, been the complete dominance of South America and Europe. Therefore, throughout the 1950's and 1960's, the "rest of the world", that is, Asia, Africa and Australia had to play between them for one meager qualifying spot.For the 1966 World Cup in England, this "rest-of-the-world" spot went to the small and closed Communist dictatorship of North Corea. Click to continue reading...

The AFC Region (Asia) wraps up its 2009 season of the Champions League on Saturday, November 7, 2009. The final has Saudi Arabian side Al Ittihad facing South Korean side Pohang Steelers. Live coverage of the match will be provided at Free Live Sports TV. The link is below and the match is set to start at 05:00 EST, 10:00 GMT, or 19:00 JST.

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We start off this week's predictions with the Asian Champions League final as football increases in popularity in Asia this competition is going to get a bigger and bigger profile. Staying in Asia, we have a crunch game for the leaders of J-league, then some big games involving some the front runners in England, France and Spain, before we go south to a basement battle in Argentina.

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I think headaches should be outlawed on Wednesdays. I mean, you are as far removed from the most recent weekend as you are from getting to the next one. That's enough misery. A headache on Wednesday is overkill. I vote "no" on Wednesday headaches. What say you?#1 - Chivas USA netminding monster Zach Thornton was tabbed as the MLS Goalkeeper of the Year for a second time today. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool, the English soccer club which signed a record shirt sponsorship deal with Standard Chartered earlier this year, has agreed another lucrative partnership.
The club will be backed by 188Bet, the online betting company which already has partnerships in place with Aston Villa, Chelsea, Bolton and Wigan. Click to continue reading...

Thanks to Jack McInerney's second goal of the tournament and a second consecutive shutout, the U.S. Under-17 National Team has topped the UAE 1-0 to finish second in group play.Provided Italy gain at least in draw in their ongoing match with Uruguay, they will be the Americans' World Cup round of 16 opponent. Click to continue reading...

Which national FA does the best job of keeping fans and media informed?
SLeague
Singapore FA
Indonesia FA
Indonesia Super League
Thailand FA
Malaysia FA
Vietnam FA
V League
And the winner is...a bit of a no brainer really. Click to continue reading...

Singapore takes on Thailand in the AFC Asian Cup Qualifying Group E match at the Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok on 18 November. p>
In conjunction with the match, flight packages are available for fans to travel to Bangkok to watch the Lions battle it out with Bryan Robson's Thai in the Crucial AFC Asian Cup match. Click to continue reading...

They Think It's All Over... presents a WDKF Wednesday column which looks at the sinister motives behind FIFA's peculiar decision to change the workings of the away goals rule for the upcoming Asia/Oceania World Cup Playoff. Click to continue reading...

After the first leg of the World Cup Qualifying Playoff between New Zealand and Bahrain ended in a 0-0 stalemate in Manama, the New Zealand media all but hapless when it comes to the rules of the beautiful game have ben struggling to come to terms with the workings of the actually-quite-simple away [. Click to continue reading...

In dress shoes, even. With a wet ball.- Greg Seltzer Click to continue reading...

Foreign fans rejoice! The 2009 leg of the Bucks for Becks World Tour™ is on. Having already run through Australia, Asia and Canada in off-seasons past, the Galaxy are spending this Thanksgiving in Europe...kind of like that rich kid you went to school with who always rocked Lacoste and had cool parents who would let him have wine at dinner. Click to continue reading...

‘If they (New Zealand) can come back from Asia (Bahrain) with anything better than a two goal deficit then they can sneak a victory on home soil' is what I wrote in my first article. Over the weekend, New Zealand duly obliged. As with some good goalkeeping, solid defence and ... Click to continue reading...

SOME very interesting news from The West Australian in today's paper - Tony 'James Bond' Sage has revealed that the three Socceroo hopefulls, Chris Coyne, Jacob Burns and Mile Sterjovski, would be let go on loan BEFORE the A-League finals if it helps them get a ticket to the World Cup.
Now this isn't actually new, we heard about this when the trio we snapped up on free transfers back in August. Click to continue reading...

[Photo: Reuter] Our scheduled Cardinals boasting has been postponed until Game 2. They don't really drop playoff openers, so it's very weird for me. I'm not sure what to do. Never mind, I'm confident Adam will set things Wainwright...#1 - I had no idea someone did an MLS computer ranking! Why didn't someone tell me? Click to continue reading...

Again, pardon my sudden departure. We had something of a "broken glass oops" here which required attention. Everything is fine, though, and thanks for the concern notes. Didn't mean to frighten anyone. Since you all were still chatting on the comments, I'll leave that post up and get by to answer your questions when I get a chance. Click to continue reading...

South Korea, that is.Coach Thomas Rongen runs the same eleven:Perk; Williams, Opara, Agbossoumonde, Flores, Arguez, Jeffrey, Duka, Cruz, Shea, TaylorWe're under an hour from kickoff, back in a spell...--- Greg Seltzer Click to continue reading...

Sadly, I am beyond swamped with work, so I won't go into great detail explaining my prediction for today's game. I will keep it simple.The Baby 'Nats will win a tough scrap and finish second in the group. Bam.The reading room awaits:- U.S. U-20 match notes- FIFA match preview- FIFA profiles So. Korea F Cho Young Cheol- Cameroon v Germany match preview- U. Click to continue reading...

No es precisamente el de los Super campeones. El partido tuvo el siguiente marcador Nagoya Grampus Eight 0 - Kashima Antlers 3 .
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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger expressed his disappointment about a possible Under-18 transfer regulation rule to be imposed by FIFA and UEFA, with the Frenchman adding this could damage the image of the English Premiership, already missing something after the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo.

On his youth policy, the Frenchman said:

It will make that policy virtually impossible.

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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger expressed his disappointment about a possible Under-18 transfer regulation rule to be imposed by FIFA and UEFA, with the Frenchman adding this could damage the image of the English Premiership, already missing something after the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo.

On his youth policy, the Frenchman said:

It will make that policy virtually impossible.

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Never, ever forget: it's always about the money. When doctoring up a schedule for the week's domestic games, what should be taken into consideration? Other games, such as the European variety, and the effects of travel should be paramount, and often they are. Then there are the wants and desires of the broadcast companies who pay [. Click to continue reading...