Amazing football by Arsenal at the Emirates once again. After scoring the first goal, it was complete domination over a Tottenham side missing three of their most explosive / creative players (Defoe, Lennon, and Modric).
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Ssshhh!
We need to keep our voices down.
My lover is not very happy.
4 losses on the bounce for his beloved Liverpool.
He has been out of love with Rafa for a while now.
Ever since the Robbie Keane debacle.
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Following Manchester United's 1-0 win over CSKA Moscow, Alex Ferguson took time to single out the opposition's goalkeeper; remarking that the 23 Russian shot stopper was ‘outstanding'.

I'm not sure if Ferguson saw something I didn't but over the course of the ninety minutes, it seems staggering that the young goalkeeper deserved such high praise.

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That was disappointing! Letting an inferior team equalize to force a draw at the dead brings back painful memory for a lot of Arsenal supporters.
Ronald Koeman did what he said to the press: his team maintained ball possession against Arsenal and actually had slightly more possession overall in the match. Click to continue reading...

That's my cue to leave... Paul Gascoigne headbutted a bouncer who ticked him off for smoking in a snooker club. The former England star was caught on CCTV thrusting his head towards bounce Paul Hindle. A row had started after Gazza was caught sparking up in the toilets after being told he couldn't smoke in the [. Click to continue reading...

It really pains me to write this, but it could soon be time for Rafa to step down as our manager. With every passing game this season (no pun intended) it is getting harder to defend him or to see where we as a team are making any progress at all.
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The English Premier League had a full weekend of matches including Aston Villa v Chelsea. Were Chelsea able to keep their lead in the league table or did Aston Villa get a result at home. Here's a recap of the Saturday, October 17, 2009 EPL match along with video highlights.

Aston Villa beats Chelsea 2-1 Video Highlights

1st Half

The match started out with good energy from both clubs and Villa trying to use width in the midfield against Chelsea.

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With the first quarter of football almost over in most leagues around Europe, now is a good time to measure the current progress of some of the giant clubs on the continent. Actually, analyzing the success or failure of clubs in general won't be nearly as exciting as identifying a more specific object of analysis.

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Peterborough United 1 Nottingham Forest 2 Happy memories continue to flow from London Road for Forest fans as the mighty Reds storm to three league wins on the bounce a first for Billy. Well, kinda. Billy presided over the last two games in our last three league game winning streak which was kicked off [. Click to continue reading...

Just a couple of things on my mind today, so... U-20's Bounce Back The USA U20's recovered from dropping their opener in the U-20 World Cup, a 3-0 loss to Germany, by routing Cameroon 4-1. Of course, the final score was terribly flattering to... Click to continue reading...

Mareval-ous strike French outfit Nantes took a very early lead in their clash with Nimes at the weekend. Remi Mareval struck after just nine seconds as an awkward bounce at the end of his punt caught both the goalkeeper and the cameraman napping. When the goal is scored, the television coverage hasn't even bothered to zoom [. Click to continue reading...

After experiencing a promising start in the top flight by defeating the current Premiership champions, Burnley's form went crashing down with two heavy road defeats at the hands of Chelsea and Liverpool, 3-0 and 4-0 respectively. Now, they have to defend their perfect record at home against Sunderland, who come pumped and ready after thrashing Hull City 4-1 at home.

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After experiencing a promising start in the top flight by defeating the current Premiership champions, Burnley's form went crashing down with two heavy road defeats at the hands of Chelsea and Liverpool, 3-0 and 4-0 respectively. Now, they have to defend their perfect record at home against Sunderland, who come pumped and ready after thrashing Hull City 4-1 at home.

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An undermanned Rapids squad traveled North of the border for the back end of the home-and-home series with Toronto. The Rapids were hurt by a ton of injuries, suspensions, and players unable to travel, taking only the minimum 18 players with them to Canada. The changes in the team showed as Toronto dominated much of the play. Click to continue reading...

Galaxy 1 Dallas 2

We've just had two goals in two minutes.

Dallas got their second goal in the 25th minute, Jeff Cunningham splitting A.J. DeLaGarza and Omar Gonzalez as he ran onto a long through ball by Atiba Harris and poked it home.

A.J. DeLaGarza pulled one back almost immediately for the Galaxy, getting behind the Dallas defense on a quickly taken free kick by David Beckham and getting a fortunate bounce off the goalkeeper that rebounded back to him and then into the net.

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This weekend's headlines were stolen by Emmauel Adebayor even before a ball was kicked. Saturday morning, Adebayor finally lashed out at his former club Arsenal, moments before the Gunners kicked-off a challenging visit to the Eastlands.

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So, coaches will always say that they never look ahead the current opponent and that's all they are focusing on. And USMNT coach Bob Bradley should be doing just that with the trip to Trinidad & Tobago coming up on Wednesday.
With the current mosh pit at the top of the group in the final round of CONCACAF World Cup qualifying, the US cannot afford to look past Wednesday's match. Click to continue reading...

Opps a dubious penalty to Perth that took 2 hits to go in and then Tando runs out and right to take a high ball bounce over his head and woops over he goes and swoosh CCM score. Click to continue reading...

Another week of Premiership action is now in the books, and Thursday means one thing: it's time for the Thursday Throwdown from A to Z. Here we go...

AÂ is for Anelka. Chelsea fans should be counting their lucky stars that both Nicolas Anelka and Didier Drogba are in spectacular form.

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At the excellent Chivas USA team blog at http://dentrodelrebano.com, they have posted the following recap video with highlights from the game and player interviews including Preki saying that when Kljestan is on his game, he is one of the better players in the league and Kljestan saying that his confidence is coming back and that he enjoys playing with newcomer Maicon. Click to continue reading...

Hull City manager had to wait three weeks to get young American striker Jozy Altidore into the lineup. Once he did, Tigers supporters had to wait only 28 seconds for him to have an impact.

With his first touch in the 61st minute, Altidore posted up in front of Bolton Wanderers defender Gary Cahill and lobbed the ball backwards over his head into an open area in front of goal, allowing Kamel Ghilas to run in and score the game-winning goal against the run of play.

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United take on Wigan tomorrow at the DW Stadium, a defeat will send the tabloids into overdrive because the champions surely cannot afford to lose two very winnable looking games on the bounce.Earlier this week United were humbled by Premier League newcomers Burnley; it was arguably one of the most embarrassing results in Ferguson's reign as United manager. Click to continue reading...

The Minnesota Thunder gained another road point on Sunday evening drawing the game with Austin in the 89th minute with a goal by Melvin Tarley. The tie means the Thunder have earned 4 points in two away games, a success by any standard.

The Thunder had to come from behind twice in the game.

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The US Men's National Team once again bowed to the Azteca god in Mexico City, losing 2-1. The US who are now 0-23-1 in Mexico, were still in the game until the 82nd-minute when a cross from close range was blocked by Jay DeMerit. But the ball fell to the feet of an unmarked Miguel Sabah who fired a shot from 6 yards out that US goalkeeper Tim Howard could do nothing about.

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The US Men's National Team once again bowed to the Azteca god in Mexico City, losing 2-1. The US who are now 0-23-1 in Mexico, were still in the game until the 82nd minute when a cross from close range was blocked by Jay DeMerit. But the ball fell to the feet of an unmarked Miguel Sabah who fired a shot from 6 yards out that US goalkeeper Tim Howard could do nothing about.

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So many of the United States' players played so poorly, it's somewhat amazing the U.S. was less than 10 minutes away from leaving Azteca with a draw.

But, predictably, the U.S. ran out of gas (altitude matters) to lose the Concacaf World Cup qualifier, 2-1, against Mexico. A draw would have been a fantastic result and would have kept Mexico's World Cup chances in serious jeopardy.

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Chicago Fire midfielder Cuauhtemoc Blanco and US National Team and Chivas USA midfielder Sacha Kljestan join Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard on the cover of EA Sports FIFA Soccer 10 in North America. The game will be available on multiple platforms on October 20th, 2009. Blanco will have a signature move "the Blanco bounce" as part of the game. Click to continue reading...

So, it's official, Kolo Toure is now a Manchester City player and we, like him, must move on. We'll miss you.

And thank you.

It had to be said.

We had a match last night which started off quite dull but saw us put in our best display of the pre-season.

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Yes the singing is very bad. But the Liverpool fans are very passionate fans. And for a moment, National stadium felt like Anfield. 5000 Singapore fans came to watch their heroes train. 'You'll Never Walk Alone', 'Torres Bounce' and the 'Kallang Wave'. It was loud, it was boisterous and it was all happening right at Singapore National Stadium! Click to continue reading...

Galaxy 0 AC Milan 1

AC Milan take the leak through a freakish free kick from 35 yards out when Davide Di Gennaro's ball bounced through the Galaxy penalty area and then appeared to just brush an on-rushing Thiago Silva's head and bounce past a stunned Donovan Rickets into the goal.

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Think this one has to go down as a goalkeeping error Sometimes goals are scored from 40 yards and the keeper can do absolutely nothing about them. This is not one of those instances. The Odd Grenland keeper isn't victim to a top corner thunderbolt, nor an awkward bounce. He simply stands rooted to the spot [. Click to continue reading...

South Africa came oh-so-close to advancing to the Confederations Cup final against the United States this Sunday. For now, they'll have to settle for a third-place match against Spain.
Still, the host nation's performance against Brazil in a 1-0 loss in the semi final has made believers of Bafana Bafana's supporters. Click to continue reading...

Football is a funny game - this is the sport where anything, and I mean anything, can happen completely out of the blue. For example, no one ever imagined that Brazilian star Ronaldinho, who was literally unstoppable not too long ago, would suddenly become as anonymous as he is nowadays.

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African Champions Egypt bounce back from their dramatic opening defeat against Brazil, in unseating...
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Cinderella stories happen everyday, everywhere in this world. In particular, when it comes to the world of football, we have seen quite a few of them. After all, who would have thought that Senegal would knock France out of the World Cup in 2002? Or who would have picked Greece to win it all in the European Cup of 2004?

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