There is a great community of soccer bloggers out there delivering soccer news and original content and one blog that is really doing it right is No Short Corners.

Greg Seltzer and Sean O'Connor run the blog and their resume in soccer journalism is very impressive.� Combined, the two have reported on soccer across the globe for over a decade, covering MLS, U.

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Jack Warner has returned a handbag given to him by the England World Cup bid because of "embarrassment", launching even by his absurd standards a bizarre rhetorical attack on the Football Association.

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1) I've updated the home/away records for each MLS team in each season through 2009:
Check them out here.
2) If Omar Gonzalez wins the Rookie of the Year award, he'll be the youngest winner ever. He was 20.72 years of age as of July 1st. The current record-holder is Carlos Bocanegra in 2000, at 21. Click to continue reading...

The Federación Mexicana de Futbol (FMF) has announced that it will officially present the adidas kits that the Mexico national football team will wear during next year's World Cup on Monday, November 9th, 2009. The kit launch will occur at the El Museo de Antropología in Mexico City. Members of El Tri, represenatives from adidas, FMF [. Click to continue reading...

Foi realizado em Paramaribo, capital do Suriname, um torneio envolvendo 4 seleções da Concacaf. Esse torneio foi denominado como Suriname Independence Cup 2009, em forma da comemoração dos 25 anos de Independência do Suriname frente � Holanda.
Esse torneio, foi composto de um grupo de 4 seleções, que jogaram entre si, sendo a com maior número de pontos a campeã do torneio. Click to continue reading...

The group phase of the U-17 World Cup is now over, and Mexico and the USA are the only two CONCACAF sides in the knockout stages. USA defeated UAE 1-0 on Sunday to finish second in their group, while Mexico beat Japan 2-0 on Friday to finish second in Group B. Now the Mexicans will face South Korea in their round of 16 match, and the Americans will play Italy. Click to continue reading...

Recognise these happy chaps, wallowing in the champagne lifestyle as they take a stretch limo to Stamford Bridge to watch Chelsea play Liverpool earlier this month..?They're none other than Daryll (r) and Daryan Warner, sons of CONCACAF Chief Jack.Daryan administered father Jack's elaborate ticket-scalping operation at the last World Cup, for which the FIFA Vice-President was found guilty of Click to continue reading...

This morning FIFA confirmed the match referees who will be in charge of the CONCACAF/CONMEBOL playoff. Alberto Undiano Mallenco, who is from Spain, will direct the first leg. He was the match referee for the 2007 U-20 World Cup final, the most recent Real Madrid-Barcelona match, and a number of UEFA Champions League matches. Click to continue reading...

I won't write what I wanted to write after watching the Kansas City game, because the more I kicked it around, it was a trite and cliche angle. The game was exciting, and the team fought as hard as they could (in the second half). Reckless desperation is always pretty fun to watch, but as DCUMD noted, a lack of defensive concentration (which is not a skill but an effort) ended our season.

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The U-17 World Cup kicked off in Nigeria yesterday, and while three of the four CONCACAF sides gave creditable performances, only Costa Rica managed to win points. (USA play tomorrow against Spain.) Honduras ceded most of the possession to Argentina, but they came close to scoring when Néstor Martínez struck the bar and crossbar on a free kick. Click to continue reading...

Tomorrow night the Wizards will end what's been a lackluster 2009 season when they take on DC United at Community America Ballpark. While this game means nothing for KC, it means everything for DC. DC needs a win and some help to get themselves one of the two remaining playoff spots. They're competing with 5 other teams for those 2 remaining spots. Click to continue reading...

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Better late then never, right? Enjoy some TV...Let's begin an overstuffed edition with Harkesy and JPD breaking down the MLS awards races. As usual, I skip all such clips and articles for several weeks ahead of the voting. Right or wrong, I'm gonna go with my brain's output on that ballot.Sticking with ESPN, Revs coach and Liverpool man Steve Nicol offers no quarter in laying the current "crisis" Click to continue reading...

Con 24 equipos de diez países, ya está en marcha la edición 2009/10 de la Champions League de la Concacaf. Aunque a los organizadores no le guste el apodo, ya toda Centroamérica la llama "la Concachamps".
RONDA PRELIMINARHerediano (Costa Rica) - Jalapa (Guatemala) - Liberia Mia (Costa Rica) - Luis Ángel Firpo (El Salvador)
New York Red Bull (Estados Unidos) - Olimpia (Honduras) - San Francisco (Panamá) - Toronto FC (Canadá)
28/7: DC United (EE. Click to continue reading...

Landon Donovan has claimed an unprecedented sixth Honda Player of the Year Award given annually to the U.S. national team's top player.

Donovan received 424 points in balloting by 221 media members, finishing ahead of two England-based teammates, goalkeeper Tim Howard (267 points), who plays for Everton FC, and 19-year-old forward Jozy Altidore (178), who is with Hull City on loan from Spanish power Villarreal.

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Jogaram em Washington DC, no Estádio RFK Stadium, para um público de 26.243 pessoas, as seleções dos Estados Unidos (11º no ranking da FIFA) e Costa Rica (43º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
Eliminatórias da Copa do Mundo: 16 jogos, 8 vitórias de Costa Rica, 3 empates, 5 vitórias dos Estados Unidos, 21 gols da Costa Rica, 16 gols dos Estados Unidos. Click to continue reading...

Jogaram em Port of Spain, no estádio Hasely Crawford Stadium, para um público de 2.000 pessoas, jogaram as seleções de Trinidad & Tobago (72º no ranking da FIFA) e México (18º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
Elimínatórias da Copa: 11 jogos, 6 vitórias do México, 2 empates, 3 vitórias de Trinidad, 24 gols do México e 12 gols de Trinidad. Click to continue reading...

Remember when Danny Cepero scored his "manifest destiny" goal from one side of Giants Stadium to the other? Everyone was like "whoa". With a little help from Brian Ching running interference, Houston's N°2 keeper Tally Hall pulled the same trick in CONCACAF Champions League play last night. Click to continue reading...

Y sigue la concachampions, y hoy le tocó al Pachuca. Hoy los tuzos terminan la fase de grupos con un triunfo (2 a 0) sobre el Deportivo Árabe Unido de Panamá en el Estadio Hidalgo.

El Pachuca sabiendose calificados a la siguiente ronda, salió a la cancha con muchos suplentes y terminó dominando todo el encuentro,� los goles fueron obra de Ulises Mendivil en dos ocasiones, al minuto 43 y al 54', colocándose en el liderato de goleo con nueve anotaciones.

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Major League Soccer's D.C. United earned a well-deserved draw at Toluca on Tuesday night in the group stage of the CONCACAF Champions League. However, they must now wait on the result of Thursday's match-up between CD Marathon of Honduras and winless San Juan Jabloteh in Trinidad to see if they advance to the quarterfinals of [. Click to continue reading...

In last Friday's Team Owners Association (TOA) update I reported that Selby Welman had told IMS some time ago, that this would be a decisive week for the collective of teams.

Kartik Krishnaiyer has been Inside Minnesota Soccer's reporting partner on the this breakaway group and this morning he is reporting that the dispute between the USL and the TOA will come to a head in the next 48 hours.

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In last Friday's Team Owners Association (TOA) update I reported that Selby Wellman had told IMS some time ago, that this would be a decisive week for the collective of teams.

Kartik Krishnaiyer has been Inside Minnesota Soccer's reporting partner on the this breakaway group and this morning he is reporting that the dispute between the USL and the TOA will come to a head in the next 48 hours.

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The CONCACAF Champions League began its final week of group stage matches on Tuesday, October 20, 2009. Toluca faced DC United, the Columbus Crew traveled to play the Puerto Rico Islanders, and Cruz Azul faced Saprissa. Here's a recap of these matches along with video highlights.

Toluca draws with DC United 1-1 Video Highlights

DC United took an early lead with a great shot from Christ Pontius in the 5th minute but conceded a penalty as the two teams played to a draw.

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Jogaram em San Salvador, no estádio Cuscatlan, para um público de 28.000 pessoas, as seleções de El Salvador (82º no ranking da FIFA) e Honduras (35º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
Eliminatórias Copa do Mundo: 14 jogos, 8 vitórias de Honduras, 2 empates e 4 vitórias de El Salvador, 23 gols de Honduras e 13 gols de El Salvador. Click to continue reading...

CONCACAF Champions League Previews, Predictions, and USA TV Listings for Oct 20, 21, and 22-1.052009-10-19 18:42:57Jonathon Feyerherm

The CONCACAF Champions League wraps up its group stage with matches on Tuesday, October 20, 2009, Wednesday, October 21, 2009, and Thursday, October 22, 2009. There are several places in the knockout stage up for grabs.

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So ESPN's gone out and signed Martin Tyler to be its no. 1 commentator for the 2010 World Cup.
Good. He's a very good, if slightly ubiquitous, commentator. He won't embarrass ESPN like Jack Edwards, Dave O'Brien or Marcello Balboa and he'll make a lot of US World Cup viewers very happy. Click to continue reading...

Oh how I love the smell of crackpot ethnographic posturing in the morning.
Today, it's none other than Kartik Krishnaiyer playing the part of soccer's Bernard Lewis with his post, entitled, "Mexican Qualification for South Africa Borders on Illegitimate."
Quote: Few will recall that Mexico's passage to the Hexagonal and success in the Hex owed itself largely to unsporting play, and the failure of CONCACAF's officials to fairly referee games in the qualifying cycle. Click to continue reading...

Jogaram pelas eliminatórias da Copa do Mundo, em San Pedro Sula, no Estádio Olimpico, para um público de 37.000 pessoas, as seleções de Honduras (35º no Mundial Sub-20) e Estados Unidos (11º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
Eliminatórias Copa do Mundo: 6 jogos, 1 vitória de Honduras, 1 empate, 4 vitórias dos Estados Unidos, 8 gols de Honduras e 11 gols dos Estados Unidos. Click to continue reading...

Jogaram em San Jose, no estádio Ricardo Saprissa, para um público de 10.000 pessoas, as seleções da Costa Rica (43º no ranking da FIFA) e Trinidad & Tobago (72º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
Eliminatórias da Copa: 14 jogos, 11 vitórias da Costa Rica, 3 empates, 28 gols da Costa Rica, 5 gols de TTO. Click to continue reading...

No le damos tanta importancia, no los volteamos a ver con la seriedad debida, muchas veces los minimizamos y en más de una ocasión nos han dado lecciones de humildad que no terminamos de aprender. Por eso, la condecoración que recibirá Carlos de los Cobos en El Salvador es digna de ser comentada.

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Joigaram pelas eliminatórias da Concacaf, na Cidade do México, no estádio Azteca, para um público de 104.000 pessoas, as seleções do México (18º no ranking da FIFA) e El Salvador (82º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
Copas do Mundo: 07-06-1970 - México 4x0 El Salvador
Eliminatórias Copa do Mundo: 8 jogos, 5 vitórias México, 0 empates, 3 vitórias El Salvador, 18 gols México e 8 gols El Salvador
Copa Ouro: 2 vitórias México - 3 gols do México
Amistosos: 15 jogos, 13 vitórias México, 1 empate, 1 vitória El Salvador, 48 gols México, 8 gols El Salvador. Click to continue reading...

Congratulations to Ghana for getting to spot kicks after going down a man late in the first half and rallying there to defeat Brazil for the 2009 FIFA Under-20 World Cup title.I have to admit, Black Satellites, you fooled me. I didn't think you could lock it down, I thought you'd resort to a toe-to-toe slugfest. Click to continue reading...

Well, the long winding MLS season has come down to this: needing 6 points from 2 games and needing a host of other things to go our way in MLS play for the chance to advance into the playoffs. Last year around this time, Columbus was eliminating us at Crew Stadium, and I was happy that the elimination might lead to sweeping changes in the team.

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After a long qualifying phase in North and South America, Uruguay and Costa Rica will have to deal with replacing suspended players for the first leg of the CONMEBOL/CONCACAF playoff. Uruguay will have to go without Andrés Scotti, Diego Pérez, Maximiliano Pereyra, Martín Cáceres, and Cristian Rodríguez. Click to continue reading...

The USA finished their World Cup qualifying on Wednesday with a 2-2 draw against Costa Rica. With the entire qualifying campaign in the books, it makes me wonder why there was so much complaining during this cycle. From internet complaining you would think that this was the worst US team in a while, but the stats tell a different story. Click to continue reading...