The news that Chris Rolfe was leaving at the end of the season for Denmark came out a couple months ago, but Jack Bell over at the New York Times had a long article that touched on the topic yesterday:

Rolfe said that Aalborg, known as AaB, attempted to buy him from the league last summer, but M.

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For his potty mouthed outburst following Argentina's win over Uruguay. (translation)

Here is an even more graphic video.

Till three weeks ago, Maradona remained unrepentant.

"I was getting it off my chest, and I don't regret it," Maradona said. "I gave my mother a kiss on the forehead and told her: 'If I was wrong I ask your forgiveness, but nobody else'.

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Chris Hughton doesn't know how much money will be available in the transfer market in Jnauary, but he really doesn't need to. Chris Hughton cheer up Chris we're top of the league! We have a suspicion the amount available for transfers is actually zero, or very close to it. But that may not be all bad [. Click to continue reading...

Cheer Up Alan Shearer's Top 10 TV Football Moments
1. Goooooooooooooooooolllllllllllllllllll
It would be fair to say that Kelvin Koogan's 'love it!' rant on Sky was our nailed on Number One clip when we sat down to formulate this list. That was, however, until I was sent this cfootage. Click to continue reading...

Cheer Up Alan Shearer's Top 10 TV Football Moments
2. "You Can Tell Him Now - He'll Be Watching It....."
I doubt there's anyone outside the Newcastle United community who would deny that this now infamous television interview deserves its place in the annals of TV footballing folklore. Click to continue reading...

Francesco Capone (Torontor, Ontario)

I took some time to chat with Francesco after the Creighton game Wednesday evening. He's a freshman from Shattuck-St Mary, a high school in Minnesota that has been featured on national TV for their sports programs. Like my conversation with David Buckenheimer, I'm very impressed by the professional attitude these young men are taking about the game and the results. Click to continue reading...

Francesco Capone (Torontor, Ontario)

I took some time to chat with Francesco after the Creighton game Wednesday evening. He's a freshman from Shattuck-St Mary, a high school in Minnesota that has been featured on national TV for their sports programs. Like my conversation with David Buckenheimer, I'm very impressed by the professional attitude these young men are taking about the game and the results. Click to continue reading...

Cheer Up Alan Shearer's Top 10 TV Football Moments
3. Ilunga Mwepu
No disrespect to the intelligent, knowledgeable CUAS readership here, but I bet there's hardly any of you who know who Ilunga Mwepu is.
In the 1970s he played his club football for TP Mazembe and he now lives in Malta, where he is an assistant coach in the Adelaide Cini Championship with Girgenti Athletic. Click to continue reading...

The Los Angeles Galaxy are finally in playoff contention for the first time since signing English star David Beckham. The midfielder joined the team in the middle of the season after finishing his load with Serie A side AC Milan. The question is how has Beckham done with the LA Galaxy since returning and his effect on Major League Soccer.

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Cheer Up Alan Shearer's Top 10 TV Football Moments
4. All The Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay
John Motson is 64, you know. If you'd ask me, mind, I'd have said that due to his increasingly inconsistent commentary he was nearer 75. We love a bit of Motty, but he's been gradually losing the plot as he has aged, and his increasingly hyperbolic commentary has led me to race into my living room at many a time only for someone to have won a boring corner. Click to continue reading...

Cheer Up Alan Shearer's Top 10 TV Football Moments
6. Broken Nose
The football video industry has been a rich source of income over the years as "celebrities" from Nick Hancock to Gary Lineker host their stocking-filleresque "Football Gaffe" DVDs. These variations on a theme generally feature utterly hilarious moments of people standing on the ball and scoring own goals. Click to continue reading...

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Originally uploaded by Sasha's Pro Cheer Photos Ayer las chivas originales fueron a la casa de las Chiva USA para que en 5 minutos Omar Arellano anotara dos goles.
Pero es viernes y aquí esta una pequeña dosis de Área Chicas, las Chiva Girls en una sesión de fotos para el calendario del año pasado. Click to continue reading...

Cheer Up Alan Shearer's Top 10 TV Football Moments
6. "They've Never Heard Chris Rea."
I can almost see the pitch at Sky Sports HQ now.
"Yes, I know we haven't got any live football that we can show on Saturday afternoon. But, what we can do is ask four ex-professional footballers to watch the games for us, and explain to us what's happening. Click to continue reading...

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8. "A Match Already Being Described As 'On This Sunday'"
It would be fair to say that Sky Sports are prone to a little bit of over-enthusiasm about their range of live football. Their 'Grand Slam Sunday' was my particular favourite, considering football doesn't have a 'grand slam' and that whoever triumphed in such an event would have to presumably win four matches in different parts of the world at different times of the year. Click to continue reading...

Cheer Up Alan Shearer's Top 10 Football Moments
9. Schteeeeeeve McLaren talks jibberish
No-one really blamed Steve McLaren for moving abroad after the wally-brolly failure of England to qualify for Euro 2008. In a path trodden by his one of his predecessors, Bobby Robson, the ex-England boss ran to the relative safety of the Eredivisie after his international experiences to take charge of little known FC Twente. Click to continue reading...

MARKHAM - This story probably should've ran two weeks ago, but on the heels of his pending departure and absence over the next two games (yes he'll miss the semi's and the finals), it is only fitting that the club pay tribute to the new King at Pistolas FC: Steve Ward.
Almost as if in a coup d'etat fashion, Steve Ward took advantage of a crippled leader, Charles, and surpassed him for the All-Time Goalscoring Title, notching his 11th career goal in the final game of the season versus Inter Selects. Click to continue reading...

Right, it's time to start making this place fun and interesting again *cough*. So, without further ado, a brand new CUAS series....
Cheer Up Alan Shearer's Top 10 TV Football Moments
10. Delia Has Too Many Gins
Ah, Delia Smith. She's the UK's best selling cookery author, you know, having shifted a whopping eighteen million units. Click to continue reading...

The Nehru Cup (International Football Tournament) is a tournament organized by the All India Football Federation. It was launched in 1982, but was not held between 1998 and 2007. After the trophy was won by the Iraq in 1997, it was reinstated only in 2007.
India -whose current FIFA ranking is 156 beat Syria who are ranked 95.

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Though Craig Bellamy only spent the second half of the 2005 season on loan with Celtic from Newcastle, his Old Firm ties are apparently still strong enough that he refused to sign a Rangers fan's shirt ahead of Manchester City friendly with the Scottish champions yesterday.

The lingering animosity is clearly still mutual, though, as Bellamy accused Rangers striker Lee McCulloch of fouling him to get a cheer from the home fans:

"I expected to get stick from the Rangers fans.

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I believe that noise your hearing is LA Galaxy fans beating there heads up against the walls while US soccer fans cheer. Yes it is said from various sources that newly promoted Serie A club Livorno is looking intensely serious about a bid for Landon Donovan of LA. Aldo Spinelli has also confirmed since the rumor that it is true and they will try very hard to sign him. Click to continue reading...

It has been a while since my last update on the PDL's Houston Leones. They have had several road games in recent weeks and it hasn't gone too well as they were outscored 13-0 in 4 games. After the match this Friday against the Austin Aztex U-23 club, they will finally return home for the final two contests of the season.

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Today was matchday 2 for our group. I had the day off while Jair and CJ refereed Jamaica vs Costa Rica. The game went well with one caution and one red card. I got to watch both games up in a box with the administrators, assessors and an instructor. It was nice to relax and watch the games and cheer for our referee team. Click to continue reading...

Be sure to check out the USA vs Brazil game on Univision and watch Republica Deportiva at 1 pm this upcoming Sunday the 28th. You will see some of the Miami Ultras on the show wearing USA and Miami FC colors as Univision will be airing the final of the Confederations Cup live from South Africa.
Selected Ultras are to appear at Univision's studio address:
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After unfortunate losses of quality players like Giuseppe Rossi, Neven Subotic, and Edgar Castillo to other countries Jermaine Jones decided he would apply to FIFA to play for the US national team due to few given chances by German head coach Joachim Low. Well, it looks like the United States could have another player to give a quick cheer about. Click to continue reading...

If this is true it will indeed be of great cheer for Red Jersey scousers. Real Madrid look set to chance their entire transfer kitty on Brazilian midfielder Kaka in a world record £56million deal from AC Milan, ending speculation that they are preparing a £20million bid for Liverpool's Xabi Alonso. Click to continue reading...

The Band of Brothers

The first part of the season offered little cheer. Apart from the signing of David Moyes to a new 5 year contract, overall, Everton appeared to be in decline. It was only the poor showing from the rest of the league that meant Everton were not already involved in a relegation battle.

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The Galaxy's Gregg Berhalter was sent off in the 58th minute for holding Claudio Lopez just outside the box. Berhalter, the last man back, was sent off in similar circumstances on his Galaxy debut against Chivas USA earlier this season.

Edson Buddle has come into the game in the 66th minute for Alan Gordon.

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Manchester United. � Barcelona. � Camp Nou.

You're a fan, you know the deal. � The two best football teams line up today to go mano-a-mano� � in the Champions League final� after winning their respective leagues. � Both teams, the one from Manchester and the one from Barcelona, have unfathomable footballing talent, not the least of which are probably the two best players in the world, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

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Manchester United vs FC Barcelona, live from Roma at 1:30 pm tomorrow (Wed) on ESPN.

Plan on joining us at Quincy Magoo's and cheer on your favorite amongst a like-minded group. We had 75 last year at Coester's, bolstered by a group of Cote de Ivory MSU students cheering on Drogba and Chelsea.

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Manchester United vs FC Barcelona, live from Roma at 1:30 pm tomorrow (Wed) on ESPN.

Plan on joining us at Quincy Magoo's and cheer on your favorite amongst a like-minded group. We had 75 last year at Coester's, bolstered by a group of Cote de Ivory MSU students cheering on Drogba and Chelsea.

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"Thank you for your fantastic support! Today's attendance is� the season highest!" it was announced over the speakers. The United fans let out an ironic cheer. Who would have thought eh? Manchester City getting their highest attendance when they played Manchester United? The 'only team from Manchester' only able to sell out their ground when United come to visit.

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It is Wednesday afternoon on an extremely slow news day in the soccer world (well, except for that big game in London in a few hours) and I'm trying to come up with topics as I await some interviews here at the New York Red Bulls practice facility.

This post is a bit more blog-ish than the standard SBI news� fare, which may become a new trend as we move forward.

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It is Wednesday afternoon on an extremely slow news day in the soccer world (well, except for that big game in London in a few hours) and I'm trying to come up with topics as I await some interviews here at the New York Red Bulls practice facility.

This post is a bit more blog-ish than the standard SBI news� fare, which may become a new trend as we move forward.

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Morning all. Well, it was pretty bloody awful wasn't it? This match is like Chlamydia, it's awful and disgusting and yet it just will not go away. While I'll admit to not being confident heading into yesterday, I was at least hopeful. I thought maybe we could at least get the first goal and give ourselves a chance to prove we could hold them off, but I was wrong. Click to continue reading...

This was to be the season that Sengkang Punggol would change once and for all the perceptions about them. No longer the whipping boys of the SLeague, the Dolphins hoped that by recruiting Jorg Steinebrunner as coach and investing big on new players the side from Hougang Stadium would climb the table. Click to continue reading...