7 games, 3 wins, 4 draws and 8 goals allowed. These were rookie Philadelphia Union goalkeeper Zac MacMath's numbers after filling in for an injured Faryd Mondragon late in the 2011 season. Pretty impressive for a twenty year old rookie backup goalkeeper who's only playing time before Faryd Mondragon's injury was a second half start in a friendly against EPL squad, Everton.

Carthage Tigers, 2010 Class 3 Sectional winners

Nice story about the Tigers who reached the Quarterfinals last year, losing to Rock Bridge at Columbia. Click on the link to be taken to the video.

Head Coach Jacob Osborne deserves a lot of credit for creating the environment the Tigers needed to re-establish the winning tradition at Carthage, with District titles the past three years.

Chelsea confirmed yesterday the signing of Barcelona's 19 year old defensive midfielder Orio Romeu for a fee of around £4.5m on a four year contract and immediately AVB was quick to point out that he WILL feature in games this season.
AVB said:

"It is a part of the squad where we are struggling with numbers because of Michael's injury.

U20s World Cup match report: Argentina 0-0 England Young Lions still yet to score in Columbia

Brian Eastick's side need to win in their final game to progress from Group F

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Pacheco stars in Spain win

Daniel Pacheco played as Spain beat Costa Rica 4-1 in the FIFA U20 World Cup in Columbia on Sunday night.

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Sweden went into the 2011 Women's World Cup as anything but favorites. We were thought of as some kind of unknowns. We hadn't done well at the last Euros and given a string of recent results, just advancing from the group stage would be a feat of its own. Plus we were in a group with two supposedly strong teams: North Korea and the United States.

England U20s greeted by dancing cops after landing in Columbia for World Cup video

"It was a good laugh especially when the females came up to us and offered us up to dance," said Liverpool striker Michael Ngoo

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While not quite the famous USA 1 - Columbia 0 from 1994, this was a good win by the USA women and showcased some spectacular goals. Special mention for Heather O'Reilly's screamer to open the match. Well worth a few minutes of your time.

The bodies have been piling up in Germany the last two days as Canada was crushed by France 4-0 yesterday and Japan destroyed USA Southern Mexico by the same scoreline. With the USA playing Columbia tomorrow, a team that copes with an aggressive cultural ignorance of its existence, we could yet see another lopsided scoreline.

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Though there is no football being played in Europe at the moment there is still lots of the beautiful game being played all over the world. The World Cup 2011 for women is taking place in Germany while the Copa America starts this weekend in Argentina.

Cheer on the US Women's National Team this weekend as they face Columbia in their second game of Women's World Cup 2011 in Germany. The San Diego Sealions Women's team... Read more »

I think the Swedish team needs to bring back the team-wide braided pigtails they sported to a third-place finish in 2003. They need the mojo.
They're scoreless against Columbia through the first half hour
30 - Rincon tries a free kick from way outside. Hmm. Colombia is scrappy, but they look exhausted already in the heat.

Editors's Note: The US Women are about to kickoff their World Cup, TSG guest columnist Maura Gladys reviews their group.

Group C Preview

Group C is one of the toughest of the tournament, featuring two veteran (re: aging?) squads, a mysterious team that even opposing coaches and players are struggling to get a read on, and a young, hungry South American squad ready to turn heads.

Cooper, Springfield SC 96/97

UPDATE All games Tuesday canceled due to rain and field conditions. Moved to same time Wednesday,

A pair of finals in U17 Girls and U19 Boys that each feature individual Springfield players (Molly Brewer and Skyler Russell) while Springfield SC has four teams (14, 15, 17, 18) in the Quarterfinals and one in a semifinal (16).

Another nice day on the pitch ahead of us as temps started out in the low 70′s and aren't supposed to exceed 79 later this afternoon. Slight cloud cover, it's pretty sweet compared to what we've experienced in the past.

Springfield SC
Four teams competing today, with Boys 13-16 games.

Mikaela Branson, Ozark Tigers (2012)

There are three Districts encompassing the Ozark and Central Ozark Conference in Class 3. The Sectional game on Tuesday May 24th will be hosted by the winner of District 12 while the District 10 winner would host the District 9 winner. This is based upon the Fall model where the Even district number winner was host, a model used for the first time last season.

Kristin Miller (Nixa 2011) punches the ball past Anna Alioto (RB 2012)

The Eagles head North today for a tournament weekend in Columbia, hosted by the Hickman Kewpies and Rock Bridge Bruins. They open with Class 1 Pembroke Hill, a team likely to represent KC in the Final 4 where they would meet Catholic.

Luis Moreno has struck again, and this time he chose an opponent. The Panamanian defender currently plying his trade in Columbia with Deportivo Pereira faced widespread condemnation back in February after fatally booting an injured owl off the field of play. The mascot of their opponents and hated rivals Junior Barranquilla, the owl had landed on the field and was struck by a pass.

Editor's note: MLS Talk blogger Kristan Heneage recently had the opportunity to interview U.S. international Alejandro Bedoya. The 23-year-old midfielder currently plays his soccer for Örebro in the top flight division of Sweden. Raised in South Florida, Bedoya represents another talented U.

This one is not really related to soccer. Sofia Vergara is an actress, currently playing the role of in Modern Family. She is originally from Columbia, and is without a doubt one of the hottest women on the planet right now mainly because of her comic ability, Latin looks and super sexy accent!

This superhattrick came just in the right time, few days after changing the name of my blog.
Brazil beat Paraguay 4-2 in South American Champion Chip under-20. The top 4 will play in Youth WC U20 that will be held in Columbia. The top 2 will also play in the summer Olympic Games.

Reports in Columbia are gathering pace that Porto striker Falcao is interesting Arsenal who may be set to launch a €30 million bid for the forward who has netted 53 goals in 64 games for the Portuguese side. FutbolRed.com suggest that Falcao will be brought in as a replacement for fellow South American Carlos Vela who [.