On a beautiful Sunday evening, it was a raucous atmosphere at BMO Field in Toronto, Ontario.

As Euro 2012 approaches, Italian striker Mario Balotelli has made the news because of his reasonable response to the potential racist atmosphere in Poland and the Ukraine and now he's featured in the new Nike line of Football commercials - My Time is Now:

Megan Rapinoe knows how to celebrate goals...but we knew that
Special thanks to all the Philly-area fans who packed PPL Park (15,573 strong ) on May 27 for the USA's 4-1 victory over China and for creating a special atmosphere. Although the USA fell fell behind 1-0 (whoops) the home fans helped the Americans roar back to score four unanswered goals -- two from Baby Horse herself -- and capped it off with a spectacular finish from Abby Wambach (perhaps worth the price of admission, that goal was).

Cristian Brei knows that going to a Madison 56ers game won't ever be like attending a match back in his native Romania.

But he brings a passion for the game that developed in the stands during those days in the stands cheering on Politehnica Timişoara to his new role as general manager of the 56ers' National Premier Soccer League team.

Massive day in Indonesia today with leaders Sriwijaya hosting second place and title holders Persipura. Before that there is the small matter of Persija v Persib. Check out my preview in the Jakarta Globe.
If you've never experienced a Persija v Persib game check out the atmosphere on Jakarta Casual TV

The showdown in CowTown is tonight. No Fire fan should miss this game- for any reason. 600+ Fire fans are en route to Crew Stadium as the Firehouse East invasion is in full swing. The atmosphere is going to be tremendous, and I am very confident the Fire can bring home all 3 points. I can't wait to see a stand full of Fire red, flags waving and voices in full song.

FC BARCELONA has won this seasons SPANISH CUP FINAL ( Copa Del Rey ) with a 0 - 3 result over ATHLETIC CLUB BILBAO. FC Barcelona Coach Josep Guardiola leaves the Club in the very best manner possible with another title under his belt & adding more to his legend status at the Club.Excellent atmosphere tonight which bought the 2011-2012 Spanish Football season to an end.

"All together. Go for the Cup". That is the name - "war cry" - of ATHLETIC CLUB BILBAO in this video that the Club has just posted up on all the social media channels.The motive is to warm-up the Bilbao followers & build up the atmosphere for this Fridays SPANISH CUP FINAL ( Copa del Rey Final ) against FC BARCELONA at the Vicente Calderon Stadium in Madrid.

In the absence of any match report or tweets every few seconds from saturday's FA Cup Final between Kelantan and Sime Darby at the Bukit Jalil Stadium, here are the thoughts of Kelantan's coach Bojan Hodak.
'Great atmosphere, 2 hours before game was almost full stadium, in this atmosphere we couldnt lose
Today I read that Kelantan didnt play so well, problem is that everyone expect 3-0 4-0 but Sime Darby played 8-1-1, after they conceded the goal they changed to 8-0-2.

As well as their sub-Saharan trophy drought, Arsenal also face regular jibes about their notoriously mute stadium atmosphere. ‘Highbury library' and all that. Well, an OTP exclusive suggests the acoustic atrocity could be much worse than first feared. We took in a youth tournament at at the Emirates last week.

More than 14,000 tickets have been sold for the USA-China match at PPL Park in Chester, Pa. on May 27 (kickoff 7 p.m. ET) so if you haven't got your tickets yet, now might be a good time.
The home to the Philadelphia Union of Major League Soccer seats 18,500, so with a week to go until the match, the crowd should make for a fantastic atmosphere as the U.

Shortly after Chelsea lifted the Champions League Trophy, the Pubs and Bars around Fulham Broadway emptied as Chelsea fans took to the streets to celebrate the best night of our footballing lives together.
Unfortunately, I was only there till around midnight as I had to make sure I got the last train home and besides, I was there from midday!

Having watched a video of some spuds struggling to find a highlight to their ‘best ever team' season, I started to ponder which were the highlights of my Arsenal season. As I went back through the games, I realised that, even though this was a big dipper of a ride, with lurching troughs and exultant peaks, there were so many truly memorable moments this season I could have chosen.

Having watched a video of some spuds struggling to find a highlight to their ‘best ever team' season, I started to ponder which were the highlights of my Arsenal season. As I went back through the games, I realised that, even though this was a big dipper of a ride, with lurching troughs and exultant peaks, there were so many truly memorable moments this season I could have chosen.

The crowds are of course usually small at the CONCACAF qualifying events for youth women, but the parents of this current U.S. U-17 team deserve some kudos for making it not seem that way.
Although the majority of the parents didn't arrive until the USA's third group game, they brought with them American flags, horns, face paint, loud voices, tons of energy and some serious coordinated cheering.

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.

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. Manchester United have offered us the current away section at Old Trafford for use as a singing section next [.

As fellow Stumptown Footy Editor Will Conwell reported earlier this week, the 2012 Timbers U23 USL Premier Development League (PDL) season begins tomorrow, as they host the British Columbia-based Abbotsford Magnuson Ford Mariners at 7pm.

Then on Tuesday at 7:30 the U23s' open their US Open Cup run against PSA Elite, a California-based US Adult Soccer Association club.

After my rant at the performance last night and the way certain people played, we will now finish outside the top four for the first time in a decade and we now have to think the unthinkable.
The two defeats to Newcastle and Liverpool have hurt us with dropped points at Arsenal and Fulham.

Yesterday afternoon, a friend of mine texted me, saying he had tickets to tomorrow night's clash between the Union and German Bundesliga team FC Schalke 04. I considered for a minute before turning him down, and the only reason I took as long as I did to mull it over was because I hadn't seen this friend in a while, not because I had any interest whatsoever in the game.

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Even in the cold light of a rather hungover day it's hard to put into words what we saw yesterday.

As others have suggested it rather summed up our season, we fought hard to get back into a good position, then let it slip through carelessness and over-complication.

The final home game for Villa this season sees their fans not exactly confident at picking up what would be only their fifth home win of the season. There are rumours of a protest before and after the game that may or may not have been cancelled, but it's definitely driving a wedge between the fans who would rather get behind the team at this late stage and those who want to make their feelings clear to the board.

There's no doubt that Newcastle goalkeeper Tim Krul is looking forward to the Manchester City game on Sunday. Tim Krul atmosphere will be electric And we think there will be lots and lots of Manchester United fans watching that game, as it seems the key to them potentially winning a 13th Premier League title, since its inception in the 1992-1993 season.

The New England Mutiny added six more players to its roster on Tuesday in preparation for its inaugural season.

Goalkeeper Vikki Alonzo, forward Kate Howarth, defender Zoe Lombard, defender Casey Morrison, defender/forward Toni Pressley and forward/midfielder Lauren Reilly were added to the Mutiny roster.

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After four years, three La Liga titles and two Champions League trophies, Pep Guardiola has decided to step down as Barcelona manager and take a break from the intensive atmosphere of leading "més que un club." Though Barcelona still have four league matches and the Copa del Rey final left to play, Guardiola announced his decision at a press conference on Friday (video below), which was attended by many of his frowny-faced players.

Manchester United's manager, Sir Alex Ferguson, doesn't seem to believe that Manchester Roberto Mancini already gave up on chasing the premier league title and isn't considering the upcoming derby as an important fixture.

Ferguson simply think that Mancini is just doing some mind game with the purpose to take the pressure away from City players and transferred them on United's shoulders, a very common thing that usually happen during direct title battles.

Midfielder Joe Cole could be on his way back to Liverpool in the summer as wages look set to derail a permanent move to Lille.

Lille chairman Michel Seydoux admitted that a permanent deal may be out of the question due to the extravagance of his current salary, understood to be £90,000 per week.

The Houston Dynamo U-17/18 and FC Dallas U-17/18 Development Academy teams will face the U.S. U-17 Men's National Team in May.

The Dynamo takes on the U-17s at 7:30 p.m. local (8:30 p.m. ET) on Thursday, May 10, at the newly built BBVA Compass Stadium in Houston. Then the U.S. U-17 squad faces FC Dallas' Academy team on Saturday, May 12, at Houston Amateur Sports Park (10 a.

Manchester United's 4-4 draw against Everton this weekend has simply set the title race back on again especially if Sir Alex Ferguson's team got beaten by Manchester City in the upcoming Manchester Derby.

This tricky situation is acknowledged by United's Portuguese winger, Nani, but he is confident that his side can provide a quality performance at the Derby, bouncing back from their disappointment against the Toffees along with sealing the premiership title.

Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini has been assured that he will not be replaced at the end of the season whether he leads his side to the Premier League title or not. City owner Sheikh Mansour said this during an interview with Abhu Dhabi TV.

"The difference is three points and we do have a chance [to win the title]," Mansour said.

Bas Rutten: "Knee to da groin" Game of the Week DC United 4, New York 1 In the Barra Brava, the atmosphere rained down richly, chants and middle fingers and lager-infused songs spilling down harder and faster than the rain pelting and deadening the RFK playing surface. But on the field, there was little evidence of this being the most heated, longest-running rivalry in the league — the

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Portland Timbers Quotes

Head coach John Spencer

On holding onto the lead late in the game:

"It's concentration. We know that. We did that earlier in the year last year, and I look at the game tonight and I think mostly their chances came from mistakes from us again.

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.

Joe Cole,a free transfer arrival at Anfield from Chelsea in July 2010, is set to leave Liverpool this summer with manager Kenny Dalglish expected to cut the wage bill and reduce the average age of his under-performing squad.

Cole, 30, has enjoyed an impressive debut campaign in Ligue 1, becoming an integral part of Rudi Garcia's side, who despite surrendering their league crown remain on course for Champions League football next season.

The wonder and appeal of the FA Cup got the help of derby crowds over the weekend. The luck of the draw had Liverpool-based teams playing each other on Saturday and London clubs facing off on Sunday. That guaranteed the kind of atmosphere associated with big clubs in big games. What the oldest knockout tournament in the world didn't get was the kind of quality expected at this stage of the tournament.

1. Another massive match and again all anybody is talking about is goalline technology. Time to sort this out once and for all. 2. A Harry Redknapp tactical change allowing the floodgates to open for a continental midfielder to tear his defence to shreds: it's like summer's come early. 3. Nobody will be happier that [.

So while Seattleites will continue to set the standard for MLS attendance and atmosphere, they will probably have to set aside their hopes of welcoming the U.S. national team

Seattle is a great soccer market. So why won't the U.S. national team play there? A search for answers - Soccer Insider - The Washington Post

Exceptions are made for LA, for Salt Lake, for Foxbourough, for Tampa, for New Jersey, but not for Seattle.

"It's a really picturesque area and it's alive with lots of bars and restaurants. It's a cool game-day atmosphere for people and for families," said Rowdies President, General Manager and co-owner Andrew Nestor speaking to IMS in an interview in mid-March. "People have been really happy with the fan experience at Al Lang.

Yes, our top Premier League players are skilled athletes but even they are susceptible to the odd mistake. Especially in those high-pressure training sessions. You know, the ones that take place in a cauldron of atmosphere with the defenders hounding you for possession. And you're desperately trying to get your shot away before somebody closes [.