In the search for its first coach for the new USL-1 Tampa Bay Rowdies, the ownership in Tampa dipped into one of the storied families in European football when they hired Paul Dalglish, the son of former Liverpool and Scotland great Kenny Dalglish.
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A couple of weeks ago at the MTV Europe Music awards, rockstar Katy Perry turned the West Ham United Umbro 2009/10 home kit into ultrasexy basque outfit to catch the eye of boyfriend Russell Brand. Now to cash in on the buzz created by Perry's Hammers attire, West ham United FC is launching a "limited run" [. Click to continue reading...

There is a buzz beginning to grow in Dublin and indeed across the whole country of Ireland in anticipation of the momentous game against France tonight in Croke Park tonight. The first leg of the play-off encounter which will ultimately see one of the teams reach the promised land of� qualification� for next . Click to continue reading...

Well, it's official the maddening buzz of the vuvuzela will be heard at the World Cup (assuming you don't gouge out your eardrums for fear of suffering through a month of aural torture before then). Says SABC News:

During the Confederations Cup earlier this year, players and the international media complained about the noise made by the vuvuzela.

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Much hype surrounded the talented U.S. U-17 national team during the Fifa World Cup in Nigeria. Ultimately, the team fell flat, losing in the round of 16 to a classier Italy side. And so the mumblings have started, gnawing into America's rotten system of developing professional players. "Is the Academy system the best way to develop players?

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If you ask Joan Seivold, she will tell you she never meant to break records and push limits. But that doesn't mean she's not competitive. She certainly is, and along with her experience and care for her players, she nearly got an unexpected Blake School back to the Minnesota State High School Tournament for a 3rd year in a row.

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If you ask Joan Seivold, she will tell you she never meant to break records and push limits.� That doesn't mean she's not competitive.� She unexpectedly nearly got Blake School back to the Minnesota State High School Tournament for the 3rd year in a row because of her experience, care for players and competitiveness.

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Nerves

There's no doubt, as a fan, you get a huge buzz from games like these.

Though whether I actually enjoy them at the time well that's a moot point. There's just so much tension, and unless the game is clearly won (and my mathematical equation for when that point is reached has had to be revised in light of what happened last year), then I tend to be too uptight.

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For the love of football!

This looks like too much fun. � What footballer wouldn't want to have a go at a game like this?

Play Guitar Hero by kicking soccer balls against a warehouse wall? � The scale of this takes video gaming to another level, and looks silly fun. � It would take a handful of good footballers and some practice to manage a decent score, but wouldn't it be a blast to try?

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You know, soccer, there are codes of conduct in this world. One of them is that if you want to end a relationship with someone you supposedly care about, you deal with them honestly. You don't promise excitement and entertainment only to bore the hell out of them. But of course, that's what you did with me, and I'm not real happy about it.

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The buzz of qualification is starting to wear off, and the overcast skies match my mood this morning. So with that cheery thought in mind, let's plunge into some of the stuff cluttering my desktop... Major League Soccer Clearly, Uncle Sepp's... Click to continue reading...

World Cup Buzz correspondent Daniel Feuerstein recently interviewed Andrew Boyens, the New York Red Bulls and New Zealand centre-half.

Feuerstein asked Boyens about the crucial World Cup playoff match against Bahrain. The first leg is scheduled in Bahrain on Saturday, October 10th with the return leg in New Zealand in a few days from now.

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Carragher has not been at his best so far this season.

Liverpool has lost back to back 2-0 games; one to Chelsea in the Premier League and the other loss in the Champions League to the Viola. Time to panic for Reds' fans? Not yet, but we will know better after October 25th, which ends the most important week of Liverpool's short season. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher is confident the Reds will be ready for a vital week that could turn their season around.
Sunday's 2-0 defeat at Chelsea was the Reds' third defeat of the season and the result leaves them six points adrift of Carlo Ancelotti's pacesetters. But Carragher refuses to be downcast and insists Liverpool will bounce back against Sunderland and Manchester United in the league and Lyon in Europe. Click to continue reading...

Saturday saw my college players win 7-0 against conference rivals. We made the decision over a week ago to devote at least half of each practice to finishing and set plays. As a result we have scored 12 goals and conceded 4 in our last three games.

I have a number of effective and demanding drills for shooting and finishing and the players really enjoy them.

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With the impending addition of franchises in Philly, Vancouver and Portland, I thought it would be interesting to see how much of a "sophomore slump" expansion franchises experienced in regards to attendance.
Here are the numbers for the recent expansion teams, as well as Houston who moved from San Jose in 2006. Click to continue reading...

Did you catch that phenomenal interview he did with FC Dallas Captain Pablo Ricchetti? So much is striking about the piece, from Carrick's non-intrusive, open-ended questions, the player's brutally honest and heartfelt answers, to Carrick's commentary at the end.

How are you feeling?

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The latest buzz circulating around our Blaugrana world is that four of Barcelona's vice-presidents were being spied upon by the club, or so they claim - they being Joan Boix, Joan Franquesa, Rafael Yuste and Jaume Ferrer.
The club's side of it - the club here being general director Joan Oliver - is that they were not spying on them, but providing them with protection. Click to continue reading...

Kartik was right. � � There was a buzz about this game – two solid, mature teams with something to prove.� In the end, the Galaxy went out deserved winners.� Some thoughts...

Welcome back Sean Franklin. When 2008 Rookie of the Year Franklin tore his hamstring in mid May, Galaxy fans saw disaster.

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With super-secretive MLS contract terms making the research for this a real bastard, I finally am here to submit my picks for the players who look most set to head to Europe in the offseason.Yura Movsisyan and Chris Rolfe have already signed pre-deals to hop the pond, and they won't be alone in augmenting the MLS alum association. Click to continue reading...

Given - Solid presence once again and made a couple of important saves. No chance with either of the goals. 6.5
Richards - Impressive both in defence and going forward. Linked well with Wright-Phillips and a constant threat. Best game of the season. 8
Toure - Defence qualities are better than first thought. Click to continue reading...

A brilliant, innovative and genuinely exciting arts project has hit Southend.
The former water works building on North Road has been completely transformed into a huge space for emerging artists to work and display their talents.
CoExist Arts run by Emma Emmerton and Amy McKenny is a fairly new project, founded in 2008. Click to continue reading...

When Buzz asked me to drop him a few articles on the state of soccer, I couldn't decide what to name my articles and was stuck on "You can't handle the Truth," but thought it was to pretentious. As a professional coach you always find yourself being second-guessed. At the same time you usually surround yourself with people you trust for a second opinion. Click to continue reading...

For once the US Open Cup is getting it's just due for some hype going into tonight's final. It sure didn't hurt that two of the league's best PR teams are in the final. DC United has done it's best hyping the match against expansion side Seattle Sounders FC. Oh and there's been a fun back and forth thing between the club's front offices.

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Photographs of Germany's football kit for the 2010 World Cup have been leaked.

As is always the case with Germany, Adidas have designed a beautiful jersey for the German national team to wear when they play in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

The new Germany World Cup jersey is white with a black trim.

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Oguchi Onyewu out for sushi with the lads. I fully support his decision to get rid of the corn rows and go with a buzz cut. Muchos caliente! The boys from the USA keep fans up to date with their day to day activities via Twitter.� Today, Charlie Davies posted a few photos from the past few days [.. Click to continue reading...

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In a way I have to say I've been wanting FC Dallas to make this kind of move if it were to present itself. Once Dallas got the top allocation spot you had to think the club would either be dumb and sit on it to then lose it to next year's expansion club in Philadelphia. Or the club would make a blunder of a deal with the allocation.

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Even as the U.S. men's national team was creating all kinds of buzz this summer -- usually for all the right reasons -- one disturbing trend was the team's inability to finish off games. But the root cause of that weakness can be traced to the Americans' inability to keep the ball against the world's better teams, a tendency that has long plagued the U. Click to continue reading...

The first time I went into the clubhouse bar, Charlie's, I felt pretty intimidated. I don't drink, so anytime I'm in a bar ordering a coke I always feel slightly silly. It is sort of like hanging out in a steakhouse and asking for a veggieburger. Charlie's is also a very, very male environment that harks back to an era from before my arrival in the UK. Click to continue reading...

This makes little sense to me and I pray that it doesn't come to fruition.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has set a ‘48 hour' deadline for Fulham to clarify whether or not defender Brede Hangeland is Emirates-bound, according to reports in Norway.

Norwegian daily VG state that Wenger wants the situation to be resolved as soon as possible with the new Premier League season returning this weekend.

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Afternoon all,

as everything has gone a little quiet in the last couple of days I have compiled a few players that Arsene Wenger could look at to fill our defensive and defensive midfield vacancies.

First up a little round-up of the news: Andrey Arshavin has been bigging up Jack Wilshere and has even gone on to suggest that there are more players in the youth system as good as he is, if there are, this Arsenal team will be frightening in a few years.

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Arsenal opened their Emirates Cup participation with a last gasp win against Atletico, with 54, 224� in attendance. Both goals were scored in exquisite fashion, particularly the second, by our own Rusiian magician Andrei Arshavin. Arsena's Starting XI Mannone Sagna –� Gallas –� Djourou – Traore Eboue� –� Ramsey – Denilson – Bendtner Rosicky� – van Persie There was a lively buzz around the stadium before [. Click to continue reading...

Today's topic: �

Seattle - And the reaction of some MLS fans to the city's success

by Glenn Davis

I have gotten alot of feedback lately on the Seattle Sounders FC and most of it has been positive yet I am a little perplexed but some of the reaction that comes from fans who seem tired of the story in the Pacific Northwest.

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In a way I guess the writing has been on the wall for a while for this move (or any for that matter) for Kenny Cooper. Today we have learned that FC Dallas has sold the star striker to German side TSV 1860 Munich of the 2. Bundesliga pending a medical examination.

Not official word yet on how much the deal is for.

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