22.01.2012 - Para la punta de los Citizen en la Premier League, Mario Balotelli hizo (en la hora ´95) el gol del triunfo del Manchester City sobre el Tottenham Hotspur (3-2). Pero antes (al estilo Pepe) hizo esto en la cabeza de Scott Parker.. caligula

By Chris Wright

He's already tried (and sadly failed) to bring about the demise of Western Capitalism by imploring people to protest the global financial crisis and boycott the banking sector by keeping all their money in biscuit tins under the bed, but now Eric Cantona has his hirsute, charismatically dishevelled sights set on total political reform in his native land announcing his decision to officially run for the French Presidency.

This is probably the best goal of the century, scored by Sun Hei's Festus Biase during his sides 3-2 win over Citizen aa in Hong Kong, watch how his attempted block turned into the greatest ever scorpion kick since Colombian keeper Rene Hiquita's Scorpion kick v England many moons ago.

Este año en el mundo del fútbol hemos visto goles de todo tipo,de medio campo , de chilenas,de larga distancia,grandes remates y un largo etcetera, pero también grandes fallas. El golazo que van a ver es propia puerta, una escorpiona con una parabola espectacular que termina besando las redes; el anotador fue Sun Hei en el partido vs Citizen AA de la primera división de Hong Kong.

Nigerian defender Festus Baise scored a scorpion kick and perhaps the greatest ever own goal during Sun Hei SC's 3-2 defeat to Citizen AA in the Hong Kong first division. Is this the finest ever goal you will see? That is, the finest ever OWN goal you will see? Poor Festus Baise. The nippy Nigerian's [.

This outrageous scorpion kick own goal comes from Hong Kong. Sun Hei's Nigerian defender Festus Baise attempts to deal with a ball into the box from opponents Citizen AA. It doesn't look like the most threatening cross in the world, but that's before Baise makes his intervention. With the ball cut back behind him, the [.

By Chris Wright

Forgive the hyperbole, but Sun Hei defender Festus Baise scored !!!THE GREATEST FUDGING OWN GOAL OF ALL FUDGING TIME!!! against Citizen AA in the Hong Kong Premier League this weekend.

Don't believe us? Heard it all before? Take a look at this little beauty.

photo courtesy of Jarred Donalson
Some national team news has come out today regarding two Sporting KC players. First, Teal Bunbury has been called up by Caleb Porter to the upcoming U-23 Olympic camp in Florida. The camp will take place December 15th through the 23rd. The camp is in preparation for the upcoming Olympic qualifying.

Es una de las sensaciones de la temporada en la Premier League y en la Liga de Campeones. El Manchester City lleva varias temporadas siguiendo una estricta política para llegar a codearse con los clubes más importantes del panorama inglés y europeo. El talonario ha sido clave en la espectacular trayectoria del conjunto 'citizen' y eso le ha permitido contar con varios de los mejores futbolistas del mundo.

Mario Balotelli is knuckling down to life in the Premier League. How else can you explain two accomplished performances in his two latest outings? Scoring goals has always been easy for the Italian, his attitude has always been questioned. This season, however, he has let his boots do the talking.

No longer a Citizen of Manchester...

For the second year in a row, take a bow Daniel Levy and Tottenham Hotspur.

Last year, it was procuring Rafael Van Der Vaart at a dirt cheap price when he was no longer needed at Real Madrid.

This year?

Emanuel Adebayor, precisely the striker that the Spurs needs (if he's motivated) up top is near completion on a one year loan from Oasis FC.

"What the hell do I do with that thing?!"The Dan Gargan mystery was put to rest this morning with the affable defender's trade to Chicago Fire. It was widely reported, and accepted, that Gargan had received an outright release by TFC earlier this week but the club never made an official announcement.

23.07.2011 - El Manchester City FC tiene el contrato más caro a nivel clubes de la marca Umbro (subsidiaria de Nike) y eso implica lanzamientos desiguales para los muchachos de marketing.
A la costumbre de relanzar una camiseta por temporada (anual) para el sólo hecho de ser consumida como novedad deberá aplicársele imaginación y dinero para llamar la atención del público.

The Dynamo announced today they have brought in Colombian midfielder Daniel Cruz on trial...not to be confused with American Danny Cruz. Cruz 2.0 joins training starting Thursday. [Houston Dynamo]

30-year-old Cruz is a native of Cali, Colombia, who has played in the Benelux countries since he was a teenager.

South Korean prosecutors have now charged 10 K-League players for allegedly fixing results in the country's top football league. According to BBC News, eight of the players play for the Daejeon Citizen club which lost a match to the Pohang Steelers on 6 April by a score of 0-3. Brokers and players from other teams have also been charged.

Autoridades sul-coreanas informaram neste domingo que três jogadores de futebol da primeira divisão do país foram presos, acusados de participar de um esquema de manipulação de resultados. Não foram divulgados os nomes dos atletas, que atuam no Daejeon Citizen.
Todos são acusado de receber dinheiro para facilitar a vitória do Pohang Steelers, em 6 de abril.

David Beckham's decision to attend the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton last month was controversial, but at least defensible. He was an invitee of the Royal Family, which is a huge honor, and Beckham is among other things a deeply loyal citizen to his country. Personally, I felt he should have declined so as not to put the Galaxy in a difficult situation, but I can understand his desire to attend the wedding.

Liverpool Reserves crashed out of the International Soccer Sevens tournament in Hong Kong at the semi-final stage on Sunday.
Pep Segura's side had topped their group to reach the knockout stage on Sunday and they started brightly with a 2-1 win over Citizen.
However, they lost in the semi-final 2-1 to local side Kitchee.

Liverpool Reserves have booked their place in the quarter-finals after comfortably topping Group A at the International Soccer Sevens tournament in Hong Kong.
The young Reds opened with a 1-0 success over the hosts' U18 side before firing three without reply at the expense of Yau Yee League Select.

Daejeon Citizen Football Club (Korean 대 시티즌 프로축구단) is a South Korean professional soccer team currently playing in the K-League. The club is known for being the first community-owned club in Korea and has been in the K-League since 1997. While its league finishes have been modest Daejeon Citizen did win the Korean FA Cup [.

As Liedson wraps up his playing career with Sporting we take a look at the Brazilian turned Portuguese, career in Portugal. Liedson arrived at Sporting from Corinthians in 2003 and has appeared in 214 league games and 311 in all competitions which include the Taca de Portugal, Champions League and Europa League all with Sporting.

At £27 million, he is not the most expensive player in the Premier League. However for Manchester City, Edin Dzeko can only be seen as the possible final piece of the Citizen's objective to dominate the Barclays Premier League. And why not, Dzeko is the complete forward that City lacked.

Manchester City set their foot in the top of the premier league for at least one day after the Eastlands side escaped a thrilling match at home against Wolves in a game that marked the debut of City's new striker, Edin Dzeko.

Although the night was set to see Dzeko's first impression, it was Carlos Tevez that once again become the star for the Citizen after the Argentinian striker strike two goals on the night that helped the team took a 4-1 lead midway in the second half before the away team put up a fight by adding two goals in the last ten minutes.

So earlier this week I posted some random questions that I had about SKC as we were at a slow point in the offseason. Well today, Thad over at The Back Post in an interview with Peter Vermes answered some of those questions at least in part for me.
First in regards to Luke Sassano, Vermes said that the team is very close to signing Sassano, saying it's "more just a formality of sending something to the league.