Socawarriors.net is reporting that 22-year old Trinidad and Tobago striker Jamal Gay is close to a deal with the New England Revolution. The article states:

"Gay's agent Dion Sosa said the deal is expected to be for a year with the option of an extension.
According to Sosa the US club is eager to have the former El Dorado Secondary and National Under-23 forward under their fold as soon as next week when pre-season preparation kicks off.

North Carolina withstood a late-charge from Charlotte to hold onto a 1-0 win and capture its second College Cup in school history on Sunday afternoon at Regions Park in Hoover, Ala.

Ben Speas scored the decider in the 65th minute while the Tar Heel defenders barely kept the 49ers off the board in the waning minutes as the first-seeded squad ended the Cinderella run of their in-state opponent.

In English football history two teams have in the past gone unbeaten throughout a league season. The team in most recent memory is the Arsenal side of 2003/04.

That Arsenal side registered 26 wins and 12 draws for the campaign and played almost double the games the previous invincible side (Preston North End 1888/89) had played.

The Revolution Youth Academy rebounded from Sunday's disappointing defeats with a pair of wins against North Meck SC to close out the Winter Showcase on Tuesday.

The U-18s earned a 3-0 win while the U-16s grabbed a 3-2 victory as the both squads returned to their goalscoring ways two days after they were shutout at the hands of the Chicago Fire.

All the focus yesterday was on USA vs. Brazil. Understandably so, since that was the decider for the 2011 Nike International Friendlies. But if you only watched the second game on the bill, you missed an absolute thriller in the undercard: France vs. Turkey. This game had everything. From six goals, to great saves, a red card and a late, late equalizer, France vs.

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Man City ousted Arsenal from the Carling Cup last night and while the match itself may have been a bit naff, the goal that won it was anything but.

Everything about Sergio Aguero's 83rd-minute decider was exquisitely done; from Edin Dzeko's immaculate through-ball to Adam Johnson's reverse assist to Kun's cool finish.

Two opposite results occurred for London duo, Arsenal and Chelsea on their Champions League night as the former confirmed their passage into the next round while the Blues have to anxiously wait and battle hard until the final day of competition.

The Gunners picked up an important victory over Borussia Dortmund at home with Robin Van Persie once again act as the decider, while Andre Villas-Boas' team got pinned back by Bayer Leverkusen despite taking an early lead.

AC Milan host Barcelona in the best of the week's UEFA Champions League matches with memories of the pair's last few clashes at the San Siro flooding back. Almost 5,000 Barca fans have travelled to the world's fashion capital in eager anticipation as the two sides seek to play out a potential Group H decider [.

As expected the Supporters' Shield winner will host MLS Cup, a welcome and long overdue change.

But the top five in each conference - Montreal joins the now 10-team Eastern Conference while the nine-team Western Conference remains the same - will now qualify for the playoffs. The fourth and fifth place teams will play a single game to determine who advances to play the conference champion in the two-game aggregate score semifinals, while the second and third place teams faceoff in the other semi.

Image via WikipediaDavid Beckham has been named the MLS Comeback Player of the Year after helping the LA Galaxy into this weekend's title decider against the Houston Dynamos. He got 59.8 per cent of votes cast by media, players and club officials, and won over the other finalists, Charlie Davies (D.

Stephen Kelly is out of Ireland's Euro 2012 play-off decider against Estonia on Tuesday night at Landsowne Road.
The Fulham defender has been ruled out with a groin injury, although John O'Shea has recovered from a hamstring problem and is likely to slot into the right-back position.

Denmark and Sweden meet again on Friday night in an International Friendly Match, the two Scandinavian rivals met last time in late 09′ for the World Cup South Africa 10′ Qualifiers, in a decider to see who will qualify out of the group. Denmark came out victorious that night, with Bendtner squaring it to Jakob Poulsen, who hit a hard low powerful shot past the keeper from 20 yards, Which saw them qualify.

LA Lads: Former local Fox Sports commentator Max Bretos, former Galaxy GM Alexi Lalas and Chivas USA's Alejandro Moreno are the in-studio team for the 7 p.m. Seattle Sounders-Real Salt Lake match as the MLS Playoffs resume on ESPN tonight.

It appears fans are responding to the MLS playoffs this year, games that have traditionally struggled to draw decent crowds on relatively short notice.

Back to Southern California: David Beckham and the Galaxy and Thierry Henry and the New York Red Bulls play the second leg of their Western Conference Semifinal Thursday in Carson (AP Photo).

Landon Donovan has never been afraid to criticize anyone, even David Beckham (who incidentally is listed as questionable for Thursday's game in Carson with back spasms).

Max Allegri has said that this game is a title decider. While I do not subscribe to the belief that Roma are contenders for the Scudetto this is still, undoubtedly, an important match. This not to say Roma will not be difficult opposition because they always are especially at the Stadio Olimpico. This is highlighted [.

The Manchester derby is here, the second one this season after the community shield clash between the two teams in which De Gea made his debut and Nani foiled the alien in the blue kit Vincent Kompany's plans to take over the world by running rings around him ,finishing beautifully and winning it for the reds.

AC Milan's Ghanaian midfielder Kevin Prince Boateng scored his first European goal for the club in their 2-0 home win over BATE Borisov last night to make the Italian giants top leaders in Group H alongside defending champions Barcelona.

Boateng needed this all important goal to clear any doubts about his commitment to Milan.

AC Milan's Ghanaian midfielder Kevin Prince Boateng scored his first European goal for the club in their 2-0 home win over BATE Borisov last night to make the Italian giants top leaders in Group H alongside defending champions Barcelona.

Boateng needed this all important goal to clear any doubts about his commitment to Milan.

I'm not ashamed to admit it. But for now, the more important topic is Sigma Olomouc forward Stefan Jerome opening his first team account with the 1-0 winner in a Czech Republic Football Cup round of 16 decider against Seziomovo Ústí (his side having taken the first leg 4-1).I thiiiiink he scored on a header, but I'm not 100% certain.

Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo faces a nervous two-legged play-off tie in order to seal his countries place in Euro 2012 after Portugal lost 2-1 to Denmark in their Group H decider. An early goal by midfielder Michael Krohn-Dehli and a strike by Sunderland striker Nicklas Bendtner just past the hour proved decisive as Morten Olsen's [.

Here's UEFA.com on France's Group D:

"Group D: France remain a point ahead of Bosnia and Herzegovina following Friday victories, with the pair meeting in Paris to decide the group. Romania have now been eliminated so whoever misses out in the decider will be in the play-offs."

So it could be worse.

Fabio set for fitness tour to check on stars ahead of Euro 2012 decider

Fabio Capello will check on Steven Gerrard and assess the fitness of Wayne Rooney and Rio Ferdinand before naming his squad for the European Championship tie in Montenegro next Friday.

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Gotta love that look on Greaseano's face right there "Got the memo guys, Messi wins by default!" (while the Argentinean peered on). Whatever the case, he only secured 3 votes from UEFA'S Media panel for the inaugural UEFA Best Player Award while Messi secured the majority (39).

Six of the best Arsenal v Liverpool games excluding that title decider in 1989

Six classic clashes between two Premier League titans

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A: A winner winner winner chicken dinner. Duh. I'm still hunting for the elusive clip, but Chris Rolfe did in fact fire Aalborg up to second place with a 2-1 decider against Odense BK. The guy I hope to see in Brussels next month capped off a counter attack 11 minutes from time to put his side up two, rendering OB's late strike as mere consolation.

A: A winner winner winner chicken dinner. Duh. I'm still hunting for the elusive clip, but Chris Rolfe did in fact fire Aalborg up to second place with a 2-1 decider against Odense BK. The guy I hope to see in Brussels next month capped off a counter attack 11 minutes from time to put his side up two, rendering OB's late strike as mere consolation.

England fear Gerrard will miss Euro 2012 deciders

Capello is not expecting to have Liverpool star fit for Bulgaria and Wales games and is concerned he might miss potential group decider in Montenegro too

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On Thurday, the Boston Aztec took one more step toward a return to the WPSL title game with a 4-0 win over the similarly-monikered Boston Aztec U-23 squad in the WPSL regional playoffs. The win delivers the Aztec to the WPSL semifinals for the second year in a row, as the 2010 WPSL champions will face off against the Orange County Waves in Chicago on Saturday, July 30th.

The United States Women's National Soccer Team qualified for its first FIFA Women's World Cup Final since it won the title in 1999 with a 3-1 semi-final win over France on Wednesday. The two-time world champions will now meet Japan for the tournament decider in Frankfurt, Germany on Sunday. Lauren Cheney put the USA up 1-0 [.

SOURCE: REPUBLICAKATHMANDU, June 23: Santosh Sahukhala scored the all-important goal in Laxmi Hyundai Manang Marshyangdi Club (MMC)´s 1-0 win over Samsung Jawalakhel Youth Club at the Halchowk Ground on Thursday which kept the former neck to neck with leader Nepal Police Club in the Martyrs Memorial Red Bull A Division Football League.

Reading's comprehensive 3-0 victory at the Cardiff City Stadium last night left the home side's supporters with a distinct feeling of deja vu. Even if last season's play-off defeat in a spanking brand new stadium came in the final at Wembley, the pain of missing out on a promotion decider with arch rivals Swansea City in a fortnight's time will be felt just as intensely in the Welsh capital.

This weekend was truly Championship Weekend throughout Central America's football leagues. Four champions were crowned on Saturday and Sunday, and the final series of another league championship kicked off. Here is a roundup: BELIZE COSTA RICA Alajuelense completed a short tournament double last night as they defeated San Carlos 1-0 in the second leg of the Verano final, thus winning the finals series 2-0 on aggregate.

Liverpool Reserves have booked their place in the quarter-finals after comfortably topping Group A at the International Soccer Sevens tournament in Hong Kong.
The young Reds opened with a 1-0 success over the hosts' U18 side before firing three without reply at the expense of Yau Yee League Select.

FC Twente keeper Nikolay Mihaylov has admitted that he would consider a return to Liverpool, or another Premier League club, despite a disappointing tenure at Anfield.
The Bulgarian joined Twente from Liverpool in the summer of 2007 and has since developed into a key player at the reigning Dutch champions.

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In the FA Cup Final it's the Big Spenders of the Premier League and the first-time finalists Manchester City vs Stoke City. Staying in England, we also have the high-flying Reds vs an out-of-sorts Spurs and another North West vs London game, but this time a basement battle with Wigan v the Hammers.

It seems like forever ago now, but only a little over two months ago, Manchester United held a 15-point lead over Chelsea in the Premier League table.

Mathematically, Arsenal were United's closest competition at the time, but even though they were fresh off of the most horrendous run of form in the Roman Abramovich era, many in these parts and elsewhere considered only Chelsea as a threat to United's title hopes.

With little other than a couple of play-off spots still to be settled in the Scottish Football League, keep an eye out this afternoon for the big game of the day on this side of the border the Buckie Thistle v Deveronvale title decider in the Highland League. It's come down to top v second in the final game, with two points separating them.

After Wednesday's defeat of Schalke, there was this amazing feeling that everybody within the ground and even those watching on television could all sense together. It wasn't elation at making a final four tie so one-sided, there was tension, apprehension, nerves, anxiousness, whatever you would like to call it.

This Sunday represents a difficult challenge for many soccer fans in the United States who are looking forward to watching the title decider between Manchester United against Chelsea. On one hand there is the biggest game of the season. But on the...
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Howard Webb will take charge of Sunday's potential title decider at Old Trafford. Now, before you sink your pain into some unlucky bloke's face, do we as Chelsea supporters even have reason to be upset?

Cordial debate

Webb is known for a pro-United bias.