By L.E. Eisenmenger - BOSTON, MA (Nov 4, 2009) USSoccerPlayers -- Fenway Sports Group (FSG) recently penned a deal with Fulham to find a jersey sponsor for the London-based EPL team. Seeking an ambitious six million pounds annually, FSG intends to connect Fulham with a US-based corporation with global marketing needs in the United Kingdom, Europe, and particularly Asian markets, where the EPL recently experienced explosive growth. Click to continue reading...

Greetings, Dynamo fans. I haven't written in awhile. It's partly because my internet closes out 90% of the time I try to access the site, but mostly because soccer (or MLS) hasn't held my interest.

I am fairly new to soccer so I was hoping this blog would chronicle my growing appreciation and understanding of the sport.

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The weekend schedule attempted to match the excitement of Thursday's opener, and Columbus - Real Salt Lake failed miserably. The reigning champions did nothing to remind anybody that they're the team to beat. Instead, a game full of examples of dire soccer got capped with a late goal and a Columbus loss. Click to continue reading...

What a difference a week makes. After having romped to victory over bitterest rivals Man Utd at Anfield, somewhat taking the heat off "in-the-firing-line" manager Benitez, Liverpool have themselves imploded in dramatic fashion against a team in the Premier League which, it must be said, don't do much to speed up the process of the paint drying. Click to continue reading...

When it came close to championship (world cup) there are lat of scammers out there when we are talking about tickets. So, all tickets for the event will be sold by FIFA on their website. We expect further information in 2008 and the registration process to start sometime in 2009. As and when we have further information we will let you know. Click to continue reading...

We now know the last eight for the Carling Cup and my, how boring a line up is that? The Arsenal v Liverpool match the other night was of a high standard and quite entertaining, but in the end, the result just didn't matter a jot - as the game unfolded, I found myself adopting the dispassionate bearing of a student of the game rather than somebody caught up in the passion and excitement of it all Click to continue reading...

After losing 4-0 to Alcorcon midweek, Wedgiellas over here wants to pull a Saltimbanco and pretend that nothing's happening. Looks like Iker's bestie, Rafael Nadal, forgot to collect his equipment from the Bernabeu. He arrived at training yesterday in good spirits.

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Last week saw USA Under-17 coach Wilmer Cabrera release his final roster for the 2009 Under-17 World Cup in Nigeria and while it was arguably one of the strongest youth rosters ever assembled by the USA for a major competition, many USA fans have seen their excitement tempered by a few players that did not make the team. Click to continue reading...

It appears very likely that some or all of the FA Cup matches will be shown on Sky Sports television in the United Kingdom this season. Setanta Sports UK had the rights to the FA Cup last season until they closed its doors this past summer.

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To recap this weeks games I will..."yawn"...oh, sorry. I will have to say there wasn't a lot of excitement. Or better yet, all the excitement was stored up until the very last game!!
The Recap;
Saturday
EMFC 95 Magic 0 vs SSC 95 Hotspur 0
FC Portland 0 vs THUSC Sodium 0
Sherwood Force 0 vs USA Hotshots 3
Sunday
USA Hotshots 0 vs ESUFC Arsenal 0
OR Rush 95G Nike 1 vs SSC 95 Hotspur 2
Bracket Standings
OR Rush [13 pts]
THUSC Sodium [10 pts]
EMFC Magic [10 pts]
USA Hotshots [9 pts]
SSC Hotspur [9 pts]
LOSC Extreme [7 pts]
Sherwood Force [6 pts]
ESUFC Arsenal [5 pts]
FC Portland 4 pts]
Bracket Notes:
With so many games left it is still pretty up for grabs. Click to continue reading...

Harkesy's putting his money on Seattle or LA to win the whole shebang-a-bang. I'm not sure that one of them will win it but I could definitely see one of them in the4 final; aside from last night's hiccup I think Columbus is still doing it big and no doubt have a shot at a championship double-dip. Click to continue reading...

EFW Oktoberfest 2009 has arrived
"Sometimes I feel like throwing my hand up in the air" sang Candi Staton in her hit tune 'You Got The Love'. Well, we know just how the Statonmeister felt because we feel like doing the same right here, right now. Lord, we just don't care - owing to the fact that the EFW team are going on an EFW - just how we like it. Click to continue reading...

You know, soccer, there are codes of conduct in this world. One of them is that if you want to end a relationship with someone you supposedly care about, you deal with them honestly. You don't promise excitement and entertainment only to bore the hell out of them. But of course, that's what you did with me, and I'm not real happy about it.

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To add to the In-Play excitement, bet365 streams over 4,000 events live to your PC every year - so you can bet as the action unfolds. Highlights include 5 matches from Serie A every week along with Masters Series tennis.
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There is a lengthy article in the Mail today with Joleon Lescott in which he covers quite a wide number of topics. Of most interest perhaps, in discussing his move to the club he says:

‘Moving to City was one of the best days of my life because it was something I wanted,' he says.

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Yesterday's U20 final, Brazil vs. Ghana. So much potential for excitement. Ghana's Black Satellites (the baby version of the Black Stars) came into the final having scored 16 goals in the tournament. Brazil stood at 14. Surely a goal-fest was in order.

But no.

The game-changing moment happens at about the 1:10 mark in the video, when Ghana's Daniel Addo is sent off in the 37th.

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Ghana have become the first ever African side to win the Under-20 World Cup after beating Brazil 4-3 on penalties. A 0-0 scoreline after 120 minutes did no justice to the excitement of a dramatic... Click to continue reading...

The Forest fixture against Newcastle United on Saturday brings to mind a bizarre group of matches between our two teams in 1974. Following success in the earlier rounds, Newcastle United found themselves at home in the quarter finals of the FA cup in front of a crowd of 54,500 facing second division Nottingham Forest. Click to continue reading...

Southend is putting together an ambitious bid to become the UK's first ever City of Culture.
The year long accolade - beginning on 1st January 2013 - would enable the winning location to host big ticket national cultural events, as well as putting on a year-long programme of their own. Click to continue reading...

As you know by know, with the US draw against Costa Rica and the Honduran win against Trinidad and Tobago, it put the Ticos and the Catrachos in a tie for 3rd place in CONCACAF. The tie breaker was goal differential and Honduras, who where clearly one of the best teams in the region, rightly earned a ticket to the World Cup in South Africa next summer.

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As you know by know, with the US draw against Costa Rica and the Honduran win against Trinidad and Tobago, it put the Ticos and the Catrachos in a tie for 3rd place in CONCACAF. The tie breaker was goal differential and Honduras finished above Costa Rica in those statistics. Honduras was clearly one of the best teams in the region and rightly earned a ticket to the World Cup in South Africa next summer.

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That was bizarre. But it ended up being bizarre with a good ending, so whatevs.

With a shocking last second goal from Jonathan Bornstein off a corner, the US came back to draw 2-2 with a time wastey Costa Rica and finish atop the CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying group. Atrocious defensive play marred the first half for the US and put them in that 2-0 hole, but their tenacity down the stretch was admirable and perhaps a credit to their desire to put a smile on Charlie Davies' face.

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It goes without saying that I'm a massive football supporter. But, I am honestly so sick and tired of the long, dragged out qualifying process for the 2010 World Cup. And it's not even over after today. Then we'll go into the playoff process.

It's scary to think that the first game of qualification for the 2010 World Cup kicked off on August 25, 2007 over two years ago.

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After yesterday's shocking discovery where it was revealed Bracelona ace Lionel Messi had Arsenal DNA flowing through his system, Barcelona's big guns are reported to be quite angry and have since hit back furiously at Arsenal. It is ‘understood' (via an ‘inside' source) that Laporta, in a fit of rage, smashed the trophy cabinets and cursed the ‘horrible' club that is Arsenal to hell.

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Now what? Well, first of course there is the matter of trying to win the group with a victory Wednesday at home over Costa Rica. The match, to be played at Washington's RFK Stadium, won't do much at all for the USA with regard to World Cup seeding I don't believe. And the US will be facing a team with everything to play for, as Costa Rica tries to avoid finishing fourth and having to face a South American club in a playoff (Uruguay sits in that 5th CONMEBOL spot right now, but hosts 4th-place Argentina in the finale Wednesday). Click to continue reading...

Some excitement at last. Damn this bloody International Break!

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We actually thought this was going to be one of those Marion Jones-Rio Ferdinand moments in football. Cannavaro failed a dope test yesterday for allegedly using the drug cortisone. Alas, it turned out that even a bee couldn't resist the sweet charms of Fabio Cannavaro.

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Hark back to 2006. It was the first season at The Grove and despite many more tickets being on sale on a match-by-match basis, many gooners couldn't get a ticket to watch their club in the plush new stadium. It was nigh on impossible for Red members to get a ticket.
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A few of you think that we need to stop bullying Luca Toni but we beg to differ! Zio's worst than Raul The Great at present... and his performance at the Confeds this year were laughable at best. The circus came to town and left an acrobat behind!

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International Week 0-0 Excitement

Interminable, isn't it? Though it's not like our players are all sitting at home twiddling on their Wiis we've got 20 away on international duty. Am I being a cynic to suggest that the chances of all 20 of those players coming back uninjured is practically nil?

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The first two things you notice when you arrive in San Pedro Sula are the oven-like and unrelenting heat, and the general lack of police or military presence, which is only surprising after weeks of hearing about the political conflict that had rattled an otherwise peaceful Central American nation.

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The first two things you notice when you arrive in San Pedro Sula are the oven-like and unrelenting heat, and the general lack of police or military presence, which is only surprising after weeks of hearing about the political conflict that had rattled an otherwise peaceful Central American nation.

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Ahh international breaks, when our boys in white don a variety of other colors depending on their nationality. I always love international breaks, while some people might find them boring, I think the interplay of country vs. club loyalties is fascinating and besides it allows me to calm my Bolton worries, if just for a little bit.

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I woke up early on Sunday morning with a mood of excitement and trepidation. Normally, I like to sleep in a bit on Sundays because they have a more relaxed feel, and because our cats give us the morning off and don't bang around our house that much to keep us awake. Click to continue reading...

Major League Soccer

I am an advocate of playoffs in American football. I do not believe the solutions often advocated by European oriented fans of balanced schedules, single table and no playoff competitions are practical or logical in North America.

Playoffs build a brand and build excitement.

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