It appears the Americans are beginning to get the hang of the game we like to call FOOTBALL and not SOCCER. Here are some of the goals of the season thus far, enjoy watching them whilst consuming an oversized meal and drink combo. But seriously it does seem that the US is producing some top talent of late with more than half of their last 18 man international squad plying their trade in top tier European Leagues no less.

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Manchester United survived a scare at Old Trafford and booked a place in the knockout stages of the Champions League, when they equalized in the final minutes against CSKA Moscow. A rejuvenated visiting side caught the defense of the Red Devils off-guard, as they took a lead in the first half with an excellent acute angle [. Click to continue reading...

Bolton managed well in their match against Chelsea, until the dying minutes of the first half but Jlloyd Samuels challenge earned him a red card and a penalty for Chelsea and Lampard made no mistake converting it before the break. The Blues dominance continued with an extra player and pure quality all over and goals [. Click to continue reading...

It was a busy day with nine Premier League matches taking place throughout Saturday. Manchester United won their 8th match in the season against Blackburn Rovers and is now at the second spot in the league table with 25 points. It was a good first half with Manchester United waving most of the attacks, but Rovers [. Click to continue reading...

Manchester United has reached the English League Cup quarterfinals defeating legend killers, Barnsley, who had defeated both Liverpool and Chelsea last season en route to the semifinals.� Red Devils� fielded a second string but included Michael Owen, who returned the favor with flying colors by scoring the second goal for United. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool made it 3-on-3, as they defeated Manchester United 2-0 at Anfield, their third consecutive victory over the Premiership Champions. This win allowed them not only to climb in the Premier League table, but also helped them stop their losing streak, worse in 2 decades. Fernando Torres gave the Reds the early lead and scored his [. Click to continue reading...

Chelsea continued to hammer their opponents. After a 4-0 triumph over Athletico Madrid, the Blues annihilated Blackburn Rovers 5-0 at Stamford Bridge. Things started on the wrong foot for the Rovers, as the home side went into the lead with an own goal from Gael Givet in the 19th minute. Ever since that, the game took [. Click to continue reading...

If you go by the experts, there are chances that Liverpool Boss, Rafael Benitez, may get sacked in case the Reds continue to perform the way they have been for the early part of the season. Recently, Liverpool has been on a losing streak of 4 games, their worst since 1987. What worse is that they [.. Click to continue reading...

Manchester United played magnificently in tough condition, as they came out as victorious side after a hard fought 0-1 victory over CSKA Moscow in the Luzhniki Stadium. With the home side having four-game streak over English opposition (including Arsenal) without a loss, it was almost certain that they would produce an upset over the Runners Up [. Click to continue reading...

Chelsea came out of a disappointing weekend in the Premier League at Villa Park with an emphatic 4-0 over Athletico Madrid at Stamford Bridge. The attack from the Londoners in their Group D encounter was relentless, as Ivory Coast International, Salomon Kalou scored in both the halves. Lampard scored one of the other goals, whereas Luis [. Click to continue reading...

Shay Given came to the rescue of a 10-man Manchester City and helped Mark Hughes' men to secure a point against Wigan at the DW Stadium. Final minutes of the game saw Given made an excellent save, as he didn't allow the home side to win the game, which they deserved from the Kick Off. Charles N'Zogbia [. Click to continue reading...

Following a 2-2 draw last week against Sunderland and a loss for Chelsea earlier in the day, the pressure was on Manchester United to perform well. And this is what they exactly did with a clinical performance against Bolton Wanderers at the Old Trafford. Even though the 2-1 score line had an own goal from Zak [. Click to continue reading...

Controversies played a major part in the game, as Sunderland came off strong at the Stadium of Lights against a Liverpool side, which was without the services of Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres. It took the Black Cats only 5 minutes to grab the lead, as Darren Bent got the back of the Reds net, as [. Click to continue reading...

Chelsea was shocked at the hands of Aston Villa, as Martin O'Neil's side came off as 2-1 victors at Villa Park. Former West Ham United Defender, James Collins, scored his first goal for Aston Villa and handed Chelsea their second successive away defeat in the Premier League Championship. It did start well for the Blues, as star [. Click to continue reading...

.Old Trafford is all set for another rollicking encounter on this Saturday, as Manchester United will lock horns with Gary Megson's Bolton on what would be a tough weekend for some of the top sides in the league. Red Devils would be playing without their star striker, Wayne Rooney. However, the team will have the services [. Click to continue reading...

.Real Madrid felt the absence of Christiano Ronaldo, as they suffered a comprehensive 2-1 defeat at the hands of rivals Sevilla at the Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan. Sevilla lived up to the expectation of the players in Los Galácticos and completely outplayed the touring side. This loss not only took apart the 100 percent win record [. Click to continue reading...

.Manchester United continued to get results in the final moments of the game, as they overcame an inspired Sunderland unit to end the game 2-2 at Old Trafford. After a flawless game for Anton Ferdinand, the Black Cat Man was involved in an own goal when he deflected Patrice Evra's off-target shot into his own net. Click to continue reading...

.AC Milan's woes continued, as they suffered yet another defeat at San Siro in the Group stages of the Champions League. Even though the Italian Club had the better of the possession and looked the stronger side on show, FC Zurich edged past them through a back-heeled goal from Finnish Defender, Hannu Tihinen. Click to continue reading...

.Manchester United came from the behind and showed tremendous resilience to defeat Wolfsburg 2-1 at Old Trafford. Ryan Giggs displayed yet another stunning show at the Theater of Dreams, as Sir Alex Ferguson's men overcame a stiff hurdle from the German Champions. Red Devils had a slow start and things got worse for them, as Owen had [. Click to continue reading...

This post gives explanations of two more footballing clichés. You can find many more examples by going to our football cliché page here.

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This cliché is a classic example of stating the complete obvious to make a point.

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We all know that bad refereeing in Brazil has no limits. Last weekend, the match between Corinthians and Botafogo added another example to the pile. Now, Blog do Birner started to compile that data proves that Brazilian football has a thing for yellow cards.

The blog is comparing the amount of cards given in Brazil and in the main European leagues.

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Starting today and running all this week, Just-Football will be taking a look back around the top European leagues and assessing the winners and losers from the 2008/2009 season. Who impressed? Who... Click to continue reading...

Click to see comic strip With the European leagues winding down and yielding to the summer, we at Snippet Soccer� are doing our part to liven up your off-season.� We are proud to announce Snippet Soccer's very own weekly comic strip, "Diamonds and Pyramids".� We love to speak out on the nuances of the game and what [. Click to continue reading...

As the Cut of the Day says, season change. And with most of the European leagues closing down for summer, obviously NSC will shift focus a bit. We will stay on the MLS case, keep tabs on all the transfer dealings, break out some new Top 5 Lists and follow the USMNT (and the junior editions) through a very busy middle of the year. Click to continue reading...

It was a busy Saturday with all the top European leagues having matches. In the Premier League, Manchester United clinched the league trophy while Wolfsburg took sole possesion of first in the Bundesliga, Bordeaux went to the top of the table in Ligue 1, and Udinese beat AC Milan in Serie A. For full video highlights of all these matches and more check out http://www.

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What would the USL standings look like if the USL had a "normal" schedule like the European leagues, and most other leagues around the world?

Each team in the league would play a single game per week, with two games against each other team (home and away) in the season.

But since the USL has 11 teams, an odd number of teams, it's impossible for each team to play only one game every single week.

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Like most of the other major European leagues, the Spanish La Liga is heading into the homestretch. The Catalans and company of FC Barcelona seem to have one hand on the La Liga 2008/09 trophy and are expected by many to add it to their trophy room. Here's a look at some great quality extended [...] Click to continue reading...

The "Golden Boot" is the prize (award) given to the player who scores the most goals from the Top European Leagues during the season. It is weighted so as to take into account that not all Football...
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Well that was a pretty eventful international week wouldn't you say? Sven sacked, Argentina pummelled and the unveiling of England's new Real Madridesque kit were just some of the headlines that dominated the football world over the past seven days.This weekend sees club football return though. With many European leagues now at a key stage of their respective domestic seasons, here are our 'Three Click to continue reading...

The new season is now a few weeks old in Europe, so I thought it was about time we had a look at the contributions of some of Argentina's foreign legion in the European leagues. So far Sergio Agüero and Gonzalo Higuaín have enjoyed great starts for the two Madrid sides in Spain, whilst in [...] Click to continue reading...

You know the Rugby Six nations Championship? The one involving the England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales rugby national teams and taking place every year? Well, the French Football Federation (FFF) and Club France 2010 (the management company taking care of all things Les Bleus till the 2010 World Cup) have had this crazy [. Click to continue reading...

The group stages are under way already in the Champions league. Barely have the seasons started in the European leagues and the big money competition is underway. In this show Damon and damian reflect on the Spanish and English team's start to the campaign. We also: Review the news in the Good, the Bad and the Ugly Introduce [. Click to continue reading...

How does the Premier League model for nurturing young talent compare with other European leagues? Click here (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/premierleague/2663630/Fame-Academy-How-the-UK-compares-to-Europe-when-nurturing-football-talent---Football.html) to read... Click to continue reading...

And so, after a year-long absence from a soccer stadium (the last live match I watched was Chile vs. Nigeria, FIFA U-20 World Cup Quarter-Finals, and only because the tournament took place in Canada), I courageously donned my "soccer fanatic" shirt and went to see Paris Saint Germain vs. Bordeaux Saturday, Day 2 of the [. Click to continue reading...

English league football returned in glorious fashion last weekend and was swiftly followed by the Premier League, note FA lawyers - I did not say Premiership, on Saturday just gone. It's that exciting part of August as all major European leagues are resuming after the winter break.  Pre-season tournaments such as Feynoord, Ajax and Arsenal ones [. Click to continue reading...