PORTLAND, Ore. – The Portland Timbers and Vancouver Whitecaps FC announced today that their regular-season matchup on Oct. 20, at BC Place in Vancouver, B.C., has been changed to Sunday, Oct. 21, at 4 p.m. (Pacific) due to a conflict with the Canadian Football League (CFL) schedule.

The Portland Timbers announced one change to their 2012 schedule because of a scheduling conflict at Vancouver, Canada's B.C. Place. To accomodate a CFL game for the B.C. Lions, the Timbers - Whitecaps match originally scheduled for Saturday, October 20 has been moved to Sunday, October 21.

By Chris Wright

"NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!"

Remember on Sunday afternoon? Against Manchester United? When Robin van Persie mouthed the words 'oh no' as Arsenal's most enterprising attacking threat was substituted off for Andrey Arshavin? Apparently that was a thing.

Usually, after a defeat like the one we experienced against United, and one in which the main talking point wasn't the football itself, there's a tendency for the club to go into lock-down mode.

Not this time though. We've got a reaction from various players to what's gone on, not least of which is Robin van Persie's exclusive in The Sun (why there and not the official site?

Several of the top TV markets in the United States won't be showing the first Premier League match live on their local FOX affiliate due to a conflict with other programming scheduled for Sunday morning. UPDATE: The number of FOX ...
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Their Words "I like to be around the ball. Whatever gets me close to the ball, that would work." 2012 SuperDraft #1 pick Andrew Wenger. Other Sources Tottenham can keep Premier League leaders looking over their shoulders - from The Guardian's Kevin McCarra: The Everton game highlighted another trait expected of those with true aspirations.

Wayne Rooney was left out of the squad for our 3-2 defeat to Blackburn. Had we won that game we would now be on the same points as City at the top of the table.

Reports quickly emerged claiming that Rooney had been dropped from the squad after being deemed unfit to train following an evening out with some team mates and their wives and girlfriends.

Well the first 24 hours after the Smith announcement has brought some interesting fall out.

• Nick Thomas tweeted that Paul Bravo is not a candidate for the job.
• The Rapids asked for, and were denied, permission from the Portland Timbers to speak to John Spencer about the job.
• ESPN's Jeff Carlisle dug into the story a bit to find out what the real issues were.

Why Churchill just about summed the FA up as they stumble into another problem

Never was so much owed by so many to so few. No, I'm not talking about FIFA's custodianship of our game for the greater good but taking a line from a speech made by Winston Churchill in 1940.

Why arguing about England shirts may gloss over the true meaning of the poppy

Never was so much owed by so many to so few. No, I'm not talking about FIFA's custodianship of our game for the greater good but taking a line from a speech made by Winston Churchill in 1940.

I was just going to do a recap of my All-Time Team tonight but the Denver Post had an interesting article about tension in the Rapids Front Office this afternoon. It seems that Gary Smith is happy to sign a new contract for next year, but not if he has to continue to work with Technical Director Paul Bravo.

The Railway Children FK Željezničar 4-0 Sloboda Tuzla (02:10:11) Bosnia isn't a country which has much positive associated with it – war, tragedy and death seem to be the ideas most people seem to associate it with, writes James Doe. The conflict which wreaked havoc in the country between 1992-95 was an awful chapter in the region's history and should never be forgotten but it ended 16 years

Stoke sign two 'immature underachievers' plus why Hutton and O'Hara aren't missing Spurs

Until recently, Stoke City's dressing room wall featured a poster with the headline ‘On 29th June 2010 Two Planes Landed In England', complete with contrasting photos of England's failed World Cup squad returning to Heathrow and the coffins of British soldiers from the Afghanistan conflict being repatriated.

Alex Livesey/Getty Images(Bleacher Report)Bolton Wanderers defender Gary Cahill has been a highly tracked transfer target all around the league from Liverpool interest to Manchester United. However, their is yet to be a truly official bid for the player according to any source.
The English defender would be a perfect recruit for Arsene Wenger who has been without a solid and reliable central defensive player for quite some time.

Seattle Sounders goalkeeper Kasey Keller was voted an MLS All-Star by the fans, but was left off the game-day All-Star roster because of what appeared to be a conflict with Seattle's schedule and next week's All-Star Game. Nobody told Keller, who had already received permission from the Sounders to attend the match.

Tomorrow a high-ranking delegation of FIFA, CONCACAF, and UNCAF officials will arrive in Belize to mediate the ongoing conflict between the national government and the Football Federation of Belize. The delegation is composed on officials from Central America but wearing different hats. Rafael Salguero of Guatemala is on the FIFA Executive Committee, Ariel Alvarado of Guatemala represents the CONCACAF ExCo, and Rafael Tinoco is the UNCAF president.

Back on the 3rd of July Spanish Football Sports posted the situation on young U-21 Spanish Football sensation ADRIAN & his conflict with his current Club DEPORTIVO who was halting his desire to move to ATLETICO DE MADRID. Adrian Today the Courts , via judge Cardenal, has given the reason to Adrian over his Club Deportivo after the latter unilaterally extended his contract without the consent

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"There was an overwhelming desire to follow and be led. There was a real desire among the members for someone to take the game by the scruff of the neck and say 'let's change'.
"There was a recognition that we needed to do things differently and there was a real frustration and dissatisfaction with how we were.

A few summers ago, at the height of Florentino Perez's powers, I wrote a few posts about the excitement of a new era. However, I also saw the signs of treadmill wear & tear the looming"bust" after the bubble burst. Sticker shock therapy loomed.

Then came Mou, but I also saw some conflict.

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Andy Najar will play for Honduras someday. It just doesn't appear that day will be during this summer's CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Sources tell SBI that Najar was originally called up by Honduras manager Luis Fernando Suarez for the Gold Cup, but the 18-year-old midfielder will not be joining his country for the tournament.

After a couple days of speculation -- and a confirmation on the Philadelphia Union's side on Wednesday -- the Seattle Sounders officially announced that their July 23 game has been moved to Oct. 8. The move was made to accomodate the Union's desire to host a friendly against Real Madrid at Lincoln Financial Field as part of the World Football Challenge.

Definition of War: A state of open, usually armed, and prolonged conflict between two parties, nations or states over a controlling interest. This Saturday, Manchester United take on Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park. With a win or a draw, United will claim their 12th Premier League title and their 19th overall English First Division title.

Below is a poll to gauge the interest of our readers in both scarves that we will be selling, and a viewing party for an away game. July 17 and Aug 20 are the possible dates for the viewing party. Both of the games are away games that are at night and do not conflict with a Philadelphia Phillies home game.

As Sons of Ben member Jeremy Sharpe discusses in his newest post at 137 Zomieside, the Sons of Ben are attempting to persuade Questlove of The Roots to come to a Philadelphia Union game.

Summary of the situation: After seeing Questlove tweet, I jokingly sent a tweet out late one night about how it'd be nice to have Philly's own Questlove come out to a game and watch it with the Sons of Ben.

Up to now we've tried to keep our references to Justin Bieber to a minimum. This has been difficult, what with the pesky lad's insistence on dominating popular culture with his brand of catchy rap pop and causing unnerving hormonal conflict in women over twenty-five.

Now though, the little tyke has finally infiltrated our perfumed airspace by appearing in public wearing a Barcelona kit, during a kickabout with some local kids on a break from his world tour.

Pjanjic at the BiH FA Bosnia & Herzegovina 2-1 Romania (26:03:11)Celik Zenica 1-0 Olimpik Sarajevo (30:03:11) Possibly not for the first time, the wishes of UEFA and FIFA differ to that of another organising body. Nick Ames explains why they're in conflict with some Bosnia & Herzegovina FA delegates, and enjoys a couple of football matches into the bargain.

From a U.S. Soccer Federation press release:

The U.S. Soccer Federation has announced that the match between the U.S. Men's National Team and Egypt has been canceled due to the current conditions in the country. The teams were scheduled to meet on Feb. 9 in Cairo. After exploring other options, the U.