Final Record: 11-7-12 (45 pts)
Goals:
10) Chris Rolfe
9) Marco Pappa
8) Cuauhtemoc Blanco
7) Chris Rolfe
6) Peter Lowry
5) Patrick Nyarko
4) Brian McBride
3) Peter Lowry
2) Chris Rolfe
1) Brian McBride
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This week's Video Of The Week takes us back to the race for the Second Division title from the 1978/79 season and features three matches from an episode of London Weekend Television's "The Big Match", presented as ever by Brian Moore. The first match is between from Selhurst Park and is between Crystal Palace and Notts County, the second match is from The Goldstone Ground and is between Brighton & Hove Albion and Blackburn Rovers (about whom Moore says, "they've already been relegated to the Third Division, so at least they'll be relaxed) and the final match is from Roker Park, and is between Sunderland and Cardiff City.

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I was in a pub in Ã…rhus, casually, and started watching the Premier League match between Sunderland and Liverpool. Not long into the match, saw one of the strangest goals I have seen: Glen Johnson shot on goal for Sunderland, and a beach ball that had been thrown onto the pitch got in the way of the ball, changing its trajectory into Liverpool's goal. Click to continue reading...

Dynamo, it's time to test your mettle. Your final two regular season opponents have also clinched invitations to the postseason. So, knowing that win or lose you'll still be in the dance, does that alter your mindset? Will you be reserved to rest or do you push for custody of the coveted home-field advantage?

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I will endevour to post some of the best goals both from the Champions League and the best domestic leagues in Europe. Enjoy!

Ronaldo's second goal against Marseille:

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So many optimism before the game, so many positive comments on our young players coming of age. But we had to wait for today to judge and unfortunately, many will be asking the same questions which were asked last season.

Until the 60th minute, you can say we didn't deserve to lose as we could have easily been 0-2 up, but if Almunia decides to kill all the good that was done since then, I'm afraid questions should be asked on our players and not on the referee or Rooney.

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Chicago Magic Soccer Club Technical Director Raul Diaz Arce, formerly of D.C. United, will be inducted to the MLS organization's Hall of Tradition on Sept. 12. The team made the announcement earlier this week.
Diaz Arce led D.C. to MLS Cup trophies in 1996 and '97, a U.S. Open Cup title in '96 and the Supporters' Shield trophy in '97. Click to continue reading...

Didier Drogba: Chelsea

Drogba was able to shake off an injury plagued 2008/2009 season with an excellent debut in the 2009/2010 season. Drogba (PLTO's Pick for Most Improved Player this season) started off the year with the dramatic extra time goal to put Chelsea over Hull City 2-1.

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Brought to you by the superb 101 Great Goals, CLICK HERE to see the best goals of the week. The goal below is just one of those that makes the list.

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Earlier we opened up the pregame analysis with a look at the defensive five in Bruce Arena's current 4-1-3-2 system. Those five have been quite effective defensively, limiting their opposition to the second fewest shots and second best goals against average in the league. But this match is a marquee crusher because of the Galaxy [. Click to continue reading...

With only days to go until the start of the Premier League, we take a whirlwind look through the division (no-one likes long, lengthy previews) - count yourself lucky if your side gets more than a couple of lines. We also have our final table prediction, which will no doubt come back to haunt us. That will come in Part Two - here is Part One.

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So this past week had a load of quality goals. I mean a load that were just great from top to bottom. A couple could really be classed as goal of the year quality too (Landon Donvoan's comes to mind). While I am sorting out the issues with the post I had for the weekend recap, here are the week's best goals to get us started this week.

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This is, plain and simple, one of the best goals you will ever see. Not that every own-half goal isn't brilliant, it's just the pace, accuracy and trajectory with which this ball left from the boot of Kazumasa Uesato is beyond perfect. Floating with such harmless intent until landing casually in the goal, almost as [. Click to continue reading...

It's hard to believe, but the new Bundesliga season is upon us. For those viewers in the United States and Canada, you can catch a selection of this weekend's opening games as well as most of the major games this season on GolTV.

Here's the TV schedule for this opening weekend:

Friday, Aug.

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He is one goal from tying the Red Bulls all time regular season scoring record. He is the owner of the best goals to games ratio of any long term player in franchise history. He practically took the team on his back last season and dragged them just shy of the finishing line in the MLS Cup. To say that Angel will rank as one of the greatest Metro Bulls ever is an understatement.

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by Matt Besler - Kansas City Wizards
Hello everyone! Back again this week from "Across the Midwest Pitch."
Just want to give a shout out to the US Men's National Team for their Gold Cup performance and silver medal. Obviously, the final wasn't the result we were looking for and not in the fashion we were hoping (especially to Mexico), but looking at the big picture, everyone on the squad deserves recognition for a successful tournament. Click to continue reading...

Abby Wambach

Abby Wambach scored her 100th career goal in her hometown to lead the U.S. Women's National Team to a 1-0 victory against Canada in front of 8,443 wildly appreciative fans at Marina Auto Stadium.

Wambach, who was a high school All-American at Our Lady of Mercy in Rochester, becomes the ninth woman in soccer history to score 100 career international goals, and the fifth American, joining Mia Hamm (158), Kristine Lilly (129), Michelle Akers (105) and Tiffeny Milbrett (100).

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Abby Wambach

Abby Wambach scored her 100th career goal in her hometown to lead the U.S. Women's National Team to a 1-0 victory against Canada in front of 8,443 wildly appreciative fans at Marina Auto Stadium.

Wambach, who was a high school All-American at Our Lady of Mercy in Rochester, becomes the ninth woman in soccer history to score 100 career international goals, and the fifth American, joining Mia Hamm (158), Kristine Lilly (129), Michelle Akers (105) and Tiffeny Milbrett (100).

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One year and three days after breaking her leg in the final U.S. tuneup game before the Olympics, Abby Wambach scored her 100th international goal in the 1-0 U.S. win over Canada Sunday in Rochester, N.Y.

It was Wambach's first U.S. goal since the injury. Forward Lauren Cheney, 21, who replaced Wambach on the Olympic roster, came into the game in the 63rd minute and set up the historic goal 15 minutes later.

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Inter got back to winning ways last night in an eventful 4-2 win over Fluminense at a cold, wet Beira-Rio.
In a much improved attacking performance, a spectacular strike from Andrezinho had put ten men Inter 2-0 up with the match appearing to be beyond Fluminense's reach. Click to continue reading...

Time once again for the best goals of the week. Only a few to discuss this time out.

Order of video: Edson Buddle, Chad Barrett, Darren Huckerby, Kosuke Kimura, Brad Davis, Patrick Ianni

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The goal is scored by Falcao for Brazil against Romania in the 2009 Grand Prix de Futsal.Romania lost 12-0 in their last match and this has to be one of the best goals ever scored in this version of the game.Brazil won the 16 nation tournament eventually and Falcao was named the player of the tournament.

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The new season is quickly approaching (many teams have started pre-season training) and I realized that I never put up a best goals post for last season. So I searched the internet for videos of that showed the "top 10 goals" but I realized that I didn't agree with any of the videos because I felt that so many good goals were being left out.

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This goal never gets old. Will Zlatan ply his trade in the Premier League next season? Click to continue reading...

Something to read while you watch Jose Bosingwa learn not to hog the FA Cup celebrations... World Cup Qualifying LiveBlog on (USA WCB)* The 101 best goals of the season, according to (101GG) Cheats! (SoccerLens) Michael Owen will sue you if you say he's finished (WAAtP?) Interview with Jhon Kennedy Hurtado (Seattle Offside) Alan Shearer's £1 shop (The Spoiler) Players with more [. Click to continue reading...

Chicago at Los Angeles, of course.
Well, it was bigger before the Red Stars put their freaking mouths on the curb the past three games. They have two games in hand, so it's not like they're out of a playoff spot, but now, like every other team in the league, they'll need the Sol to start churning out some losses. Click to continue reading...

Supporters of Premier League clubs in the United States have plenty to look forward to in the next several days and weeks starting with two special new shows from Fox Soccer Channel. Here's more information:

• Fox Soccer Channel will broadcast two special programs on Tuesday, June 2, 2009.

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PGL: Good morning Insiders and welcome to the TGIF Season Awards as voted by you, our readers! (How cheesy an intro was that? I should be wearing a Tux.) FTK and myself thought this would be a nice touch to bring the curtain down on a long season; it's always good to finish on a positive.

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The season is roughly 33% done, so I figured I'd go through and give out some awards from the first bit of the 2009 season. Remember, these are based on form to date, not overall historic ability. It's all for fun, so here we go...
33% MVP: Kasey Keller
Honourable Mention: Landon Donovan, Amado Guevara, Brian McBride
Is it any coincidence that both of Seattle's losses came in matches without Kasey Keller (well, he was sent off about 25 minutes into their first loss). Click to continue reading...

There's not much to be said about last night's match itself... it was another annoying loss resulting from the crap playing style of get-the-ball-to-Eto'o which simply does not work in any way or form. It holds the team back, so they don't do well, and Eto'o doesn't even take advantage of the chances given him. Click to continue reading...

Michael Owen injured, unfortunately a familiar scenario.

With his international career apparently over and his club's Premier League status under major threat it begs the question, 'What will happen to Micheal Owen'?

On 30 June 1998, 18 year-old Michael Owen's name resonated around the football world after scoring THAT goal for England against Argentina.

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Last year, it was hard to argue against Cristiano Ronaldo as the best player in the world, but this season many have given that award to Lionel Messi. In the knockout stage of the UEFA Champions League, Ronaldo has picked up his form and shown why he's still arguably the best footballer in the world.

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Usually I just include the goals of the week into the Serie A weekend round-up but as Roberto stated in the comments this week there were just too many nice goals to only choose the 4 best goals. So after the jump enjoy the beauties that were on display this weekend.

Simone Perrotta vs.

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The Campeonato Brasileiro 2009 got underway this weekend.

League champions São Paulo lost 1-0 away to Fluminense thanks to an early strike from Mauricio. Â

But there were wins for title contenders Cruzeiro, who saw off Flamengo 2-0 in Belo Horizonte with goals from Kléber and Ramires, and Palmeiras who had to come from behind to beat Coritiba 2-1 in the Palestra Itália with strikes from Willians and Keirrison (his 20th goal in 27 outings this year).

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After falling behind a goal in the 1st half, the Wizards fought back to earn a 1-1 tie Wednesday night. Striker Josh Wolff converted his 3rd goal of the season, 33rd in a Wizards uniform and 65th of his MLS career in the 52nd minute. That puts Wolff into a tie for the team lead this year, into 4th place on Kansas City's all-time goals list and 16th place on the MLS all-time goals list. Click to continue reading...