The Philadelphia Union are finalizing a deal with Panamanian international Gavilan Gabriel Gomez, according to a report by Presna.com. MLS Rumors first spotted the story earlier today and pointed out that Gomez has a history of success against Panamanian CONCACAF rivals.

The 27-year-old has spent much of his career with an inability to become settled in nearly every city Gomez has attempted to play.

The Scotland adidas 2011/13 home kit (now available at World Soccer Shop) was unveiled back in October and has since seen match action in matches against Spain and Cyprus. Recently, adidas launched the kit at a Glasgow mall using the latest in Augmented Reality technology that let Scotland fans pose next to lifelike computer-generated versions [.

Nicklas Bendtner will start against Finland this evening @ the Blue Water Arena in Esbjerg, Denmark. Its the last International game for a while before the EURO 2012′ in the summer, so players will be eager to put on a show. N.B-52 has been in world-class form for Denmark, fresh from their Qualification for EURO 2012′, he's scored 4 goals in as many games, against the likes of Portugal & Sweden and a brace against Norway, also grabbing an assist from D.

Liverpool are rumoured to be interested in Aston Villa midfielder Barry Bannan as they look to strengthen their team in order to pursue European football.
Fellow Scot Kenny Dalglish is thought to hold the 21-year-old in high regard and sees him as the future of the national side, and a bid could be made in January however Dalglish will need reassurances over Bannan's off field situation as he was recently arrested for drink driving.

Kenny Miller marks his 58th Scotland appearance with a wonder goal in last nights friendly in Cyprus which ended 2-1 to the Scots.

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Scotland laboured to a 2-1 win over Cyprus in Larnaca, but the goals oh, the goals. Kenny Miller got the ball rolling with a wonderful opener, plucking Christophe Berra's arching ball from the ether and letting rip with a looping 20-yard shot into the far corner in the same fell swoop.

By Chris Wright

Scotland laboured to a 2-1 win over Cyprus in Larnaca, but the goals oh, the goals. Kenny Miller got the ball rolling with a wonderful opener, plucking Christophe Berra's arching ball from the ether and letting rip with a looping 20-yard shot into the far corner in the same fell swoop.

Ah. The nerves are a-jangling.
Scotland on the road again. At stake a place in Euro 2012, a boozed up tour of Poland and Ukraine with all the fun and futile expectation that goes with a major championship.
And then we wake up.
Scotland aren't in the play offs.

The good people at Scottish Football Forums were kind enough to have me on their podcast this week.
A chance to focus on capital football: Hibs and the search for yet another manager and Hearts, Vladimir Romanov, stadiums, the City of Edinburgh Council and trams. Interesting times in Auld Reekie.

APOEL vs Porto 2-1 Highlights Video Goals Champions League 2011 is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter

APOEL vs Porto 2-1 Highlights Video Goals Champions League 2011 is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter APOEL vs Porto 2011 ( APOEL Nicosia v FC Porto) Final score and result:- APOEL vs Porto 2-1 ( Ailton, Manduca/ Hulk) NEO GSP Stadium, 1 November, 2011- Champions League Late drama in Cyprus [.

Cyprus' APOEL FC has caught the attention of soccer fans with a run in the UEFA Champions League that sees the club at the summit of tournament Group G. A win in either of the club's final two group stage matches will see it qualify for the Round of 16 of the competition. Here is [...]

Jordan Rhodes in Scotland squad to face Cyprus

Scotland manager Craig Levein has recalled Russell Martin and Jamie Mackie for this month's friendly against Cyprus. Huddersfield striker Jordan Rhodes earns his first call-up.

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Jonathan Spector and Birmingham snatched a late win in Brugge while Jermaine Jones and Schalke easily took all three points in Cyprus as the Europa League group stage reached its halfway point.

For the Euro 2012 qualifiers Denmark had to defeat Cyprus, and the match was virtually over after 25 minutes, with Denmark winning 4-0. It ended 4-1, but Denmark did what they had to do, and will now be looking towards a group final against Portugal in Copenhagen next Tuesday. Denmark needs to win to win the group though, after Portugal managed a too difficult 5-3 win over Iceland in Lisbon.

For the Euro 2012 qualifiers Denmark had to defeat Cyprus, and the match was virtually over after 25 minutes, with Denmark winning 4-0. It ended 4-1, but Denmark did what they had to do, and will now be looking towards a group final against Portugal in Copenhagen next Tuesday. Denmark needs to win to win the group though, after Portugal managed a too difficult 5-3 win over Iceland in Lisbon.

England became the seventh team to qualify for EURO 2012 on Friday on a night when Russia and Greece took huge steps towards joining them and the likes of Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina ensured top-two finishes.

Last month holders Spain and former European champions Italy, the Netherlands and Germany ensured their finals berths alongside co-hosts Poland and Ukraine, and to that number can be added England after their 2-2 draw in Montenegro settled Group G.

Liverpool's current problems have been compounded by the news Daniel Agger will be out for up to a month with a fractured rib.
The cultured defender was substituted before half-time in Sunday's 4-0 defeat against Tottenham following a heavy fall.
For all his talent, Agger seems to have been dogged by injuries during his time at Anfield, and now faces a fresh setback having earned a place in Kenny Dalglish's team.

Liverpool defender Daniel Agger 'out for a month' with fractured rib

• Agger sustained injury in 4-0 defeat at Tottenham • Agent Per Steffensen: 'It's the worst possible news' The Liverpool defender Daniel Agger could be out for up to four weeks after he fractured a rib in Sunday's 4-0 Premier League defeat at Tottenham.

The Pot 4 Club APOEL FC is a post from: Just Football

We all know everything about the major clubs that play Champions League football year-in, year-out, right? Pot 1 with its Chelseas, Arsenals and Real Madrids is old news. Pot 4 is where the fun's at. Introducing a new feature on Just Football: The Pot 4 Club.

Portugal beat Cyprus 4 - 0 in their Euro 2012 qualifier on Friday night. C Ron had to put up with some heckling from Cyprus fans.To his credit he scored two goals.On the other hand to his discredit he went down in the penalty area with minimal contact.

I didn't know what to expect after the build up to this CRUCIAL Euro 2012 Qualifier against Cyprus. I also can't remember a more distracting week for the Sellecao. Meireles' injury doubts and transfer bonanza, Postiga's sudden transfer, and of course the Carvalho drama. Who knows where the [read more]

Real Madrid defender Ricardo Carvalho has walked out on Portugal and announced his retirement from international football after being made feel inadequate at the teams training base in Portugal ahead of their 2012 Euro qualifier against Cyprus tomorrow night. It's believed Carvalho was to be dropped for the clash however before losing his dignity the 75 capped Portuguese international quit with immediate effect.

The squad has been named by Paulo Bento for the upcoming Euro 2012 against Cyprus.

Ricardo Carvalho has called it quits on his international duty. This is extremely hard to swallow. He is one of my favorite defenders to ever grace the field and it is a shame things [read more]

Paulo Bento has announced the Portugal squad for September 2nd, 2011 Euro 2012 qualifier in Cyprus. Portugal will be looking for revenge after a 4-4 draw in Portugal to open the Euro campaign. Squad: Goalies- Eduardo (Benfica), Rui Patricio (Sporting), Quim (Braga) Defense- Fabio Coentrao (Real Madrid), Pepe (Real Madrid), Silvio (Atletico Madrid), Joao Pereira (Sporting), Ricardo

Craig Baillie and Damian Petrou, partners of Brave New Media which is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and who also have offices in Los Angeles, California and Cyprus, Greece, committed to the NSC Minnesota Stars this past winter to help promote team this season. In doing so they are hoping to help to find new owners for Minnesota which is currently owned and run the North American Soccer League.

Mario exacts his revenge.

• It'll never end. (Studs Up)
• Sweden and Cyprus. (The Best Eleven)
• Those sneaky Spanish ballboys. (ESPN)
• EPL Blog awards. (EPL Talk)
• People are mean, dgibbo28 edition. (Guardian)
• Relegation is childish. (Umbro Twitter)
• What can you do for me.

Mario exacts his revenge.

• It'll never end. (Studs Up)
• Sweden and Cyprus. (The Best Eleven)
• Those sneaky Spanish ballboys. (ESPN)
• EPL Blog awards. (EPL Talk)
• People are mean, dgibbo28 edition. (Guardian)
• Relegation is childish. (Umbro Twitter)
• What can you do for me.

A final do Cyprus International Tournament 2011, foi realizado no dia 09/02/2011, na cidade de Nicosia-CYP, no Neo GSP Stadium, onde jogaram as seleções da Suécia (29º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção da Ucrânia (34º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
Amistoso
2008Solna 01/06/2008 SWE0:1 (0:0)UKR
O árbitro desse jogo, foi: Leontios Trattou-CYP
O primeiro gol do jogo, foi de Johan Elmander, aos 7 minutos do primeiro tempo, ele que é jogador do Bolton-ENG, que marcou seu 14º gol pela seleção nacional.

Official - Chicago Fire sign Pari Pantazopoulos

Open tryout winner from Prospect High makes his dream come true.

"Pari came in to camp eager to learn and be a part of this team," said Fire Technical Director Frank Klopas. "Over the course of the last couple of months Pari worked tirelessly to earn his spot.

The final day of group play was played in both the Algarve Cup and Cyprus Cup on March 7 and placements matches were set. The USA and Iceland will play for the title on March 9 at 12 pm ET.

In Group A, Norway defeated Japan with a score of 1-0, while the US dominated Finland and winning 4-0.

The Algarve Cup continued today with the second day of group play. Six matches were played across the southern region of Portugal and we learned a little bit about what the championship match will look like.

Day 2 of the Algarve Cup started off with Japan crushing Finland with 5 goals. Shinobu Ohno kicked things for Japan with her goal in the 16th minute of the match.

I didn´t get a chance to see this game because I had to work (some of us have to do that kind of thing), but I thought I would give it a quick once over so that we can all move on. It was the second game of the glorious 2011 Cyprus Cup and the final as well.

Our starting line-up was as follows:

Isaksson,

Lustig, Granqvist, Majstorovic, Safari

A.

Sweden took part in the 2011 Cyprus Cup. Never heard of it before? Not many had. In any case the somewhat odd and demanding tournament format meant that national coach Erik Hamren had to take out a squad with 33 players (should have been 34 but Albin Ekdal from Bologna had to withdraw because of injury).

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Much has been said and written about the relative merits of the front lines of the inaugural MLS rosters for the Portland Timbers and Vancouver Whitecaps.

The U.S. team will return to the southern coast of Portugal once again for the Algarve Cup and U.S. WNT head coach Pia Sundhage has selected 24 players for one of the best trips the team makes. Why is it a great trip? Great training, great games, great food, great country, great area...and if they're lucky, great weather.

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Conor Doyle was born and raised in Texas, and just finished a training camp with the U.S. Under-20 national team, but that hasn't stopped Ireland from courting him and leaving him with a decision to make over which country he will represent.

"A new study of European club football shows stars are playing on in top-flight leagues for longer and that the average height and speed of players has increased, reports the Sun.

The survey of more than 13,000 players at 534 clubs across 36 leagues by the Swiss-based Professional Football Players Observatory also shows nearly half of players have played outside their home nation in their career.