Some would call it robbery, a late Jordi Gomez goal denying Chelsea a fourth consecutive victory on Saturday at the DW Stadium. However, robbery would imply that the visitors actually deserved to win. That, my friends, was hardly the case.

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What is it with this team?

Stoke City ended Tottenham's six-match Premier League winning streak while Martin O'Neill's Sunderland left it late to heap more misery on Steve Kean and Blackburn Rovers.

Simon Vukčević's early goal seemed destined to give Blackburn their second consecutive victory and lift them out of the bottom three.

By Joel Greenwaldt
Each week during the season I'll post an updated MISL Power Ranking which will be based off the cumulative results and current strength of each team. Here's my rankings heading into Week 6.
#1 Milwaukee Wave (5-0, 1st Place MISL Central Division)
While the Baltimore Blast are making a compelling argument for why they should be ranked #1 in the power rankings, the Milwaukee Wave are still the top team in the league at this moment.

The conference tournaments are done and most teams have finished their seasons, but a select few now move on to the NCAA Tournament to take a shot at a national title. The bracket was announced this afternoon and it comes as no surprise that multiple Sounders Academy players will be on the field when the tournament kicks off this week.

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With the final half of the CONCACAF Champions League group stage set to kick off Tuesday night, Toronto FC is faced with an opportunity that it can not let slip through its fingers.

TFC host Tauro FC (8 p.m., Fox Soccer Channel) in a Group C match that carries plenty of significance in relation to Toronto's hopes of advancing to the knockout stage.

Floyd Mayweather takes a cheap shot on Ortiz after a headbutt incident and knocks him out for a controversial win and claiming his 42 consecutive victory and his 26th KO. Was he right to do what he did?

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John Stertzer got his second chance, and he took it well.

Stertzer made up for a missed penalty kick in the first overtime period by heading home the game-winner in the second overtime to lift No. 2 Maryland (Fox Soccer/SBI) to a thrilling 4-3 victory over UMBC Tuesday night.

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Bye weeks don't get much better than the one the Los Angeles Galaxy just had.

Despite not playing a minute, the Galaxy watched its three chief competitors fail to secure wins while adding Robbie Keane to the fold. Seattle and Dallas each played to draws, and Real Salt Lake fell to Toronto, allowing the Galaxy to fortify their stronghold on the top spot in both the race for the Supporters' Shield and the SBI MLS Power Rankings.

Multiple games in less than one week's time was commonplace in the old NASL. FireStingDoug reflects on a match with the Seattle Sounders on May 23, 1981.

"Seattle came to town and paid a visit to Comiskey Park where 10,929 fans saw the Sting emerge victorious 3-1. The Sounders led the league in total points in 1980 and were once again a solid playoff contender in 1981 but the Sting continued their high energy style and outhustled Seattle.

The Portland Timbers kept up the torrid scoring pace at JELD-WEN Field in putting up three goals versus FC Dallas in front of another packed house and improved weather from the April 14 opener. Unfortunately, some late defensive issues allowed FC Dallas to pull the match to within a goal at 3 to 2 with 5 mintues left.

Nowadays I am convinced that the most important man in any advanced team, is the coach. His role is far more important than any time in the past. Mourinho used Pepe as his weapon against Barcelona as a defending midfielder, and giving him all the freedom to practice his 'teasing' hobbies vs. Messi, Villa and Xavi.

With back to back United wins and two clean sheets in a row, Twiggs is a happy Leeds fan this week! Several promotion contenders are spluttering and Leeds are on a GREAT undefeated run, so this week's show is very hopeful for a third consecutive victory this weekend. Match report from a fan at the Bristol game plus the usual manager's views.

MADRID, Spain — Real Madrid responded in style to Barcelona's record breaking 16th consecutive victory with Cristiano Ronaldo leading the way in a 4-1 win over Real Sociedad on Sunday. Ronaldo was charged up for the game after receiving criticism for not scoring in four games and having seen Leo Messi hit a hat-trick in [.

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Arsenal travel to Newcastle on Saturday afternoon five points behind Premier League leaders Manchester United after beating Everton 2-1 on Tuesday night. Although the spot light for once won't be on the Gunners when the two teams kick off in Tyneside.

St James' Park hosts its first match since the controversial sale of local hero Andy Carroll, with Alan Pardew's Newcastle in desperate need of a result to lift the gloom on Tyneside.

FC Barcelona managed to extract a sweet revenge on Hercules CF with a 3-0 victory away from home. Yes, it was yet another record night. Now we have equalled the record for most consecutive wins in La Liga. A first half goal from Pedro and two late goals from Lionel Messi gave us the 15th consecutive victory of the season.

Just when things seems to start going well again for Chelsea, the London club once again left disappointed last weekend after dropping more points from the teams above them in the league after Carlo Ancelotti's boys failed to secure the three point against Aston Villa.

Despite getting a 3-2 lead with just a few minutes left in the clock, the Blues bottled their lead and gave away a late equalizer in injury time which left the Italian coach bitter, claiming the absentees in defense were one of the important aspect that cost the the three points.