Catching up on the various Timbers news all up and down the West Coast, from the team securing their first victory of the 2012 season in their initial pre-season match versus Los Angeles to the status of Jose Adolfo Valencia's surgery to giving fans the chance to secure tickets to any of the 2012 Portland Timbers home matches

DaMarcus Beasley has picked up where he left off with Mexican side Puebla, continue his stellar form since moving South of the Border with his latest goal.

Beasley delivered the game-winning goal in Puebla's 1-0 victory against Jaguares on Saturday, scoring a right-footed finish after making a fast back-post run and latching onto a perfect pass before pulling off a perfect cut-back and finish.

Six of the seven matches to be played this MISL season between the Milwaukee Wave and the Wichita Wings are now done and dusted. The first five games were played with real fervor and desire to win from both clubs. It wasn't until game six this past Thursday, that both teams had seen enough of each other.

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A real 3 pointer today, what with Spurs and Liverpool dropping points at home.

We all know that Swansea are a very difficult side to beat at the Liberty Stadium, in fact only MU have won there this season. The Swans have conceded just 4 goals at home (compared to AFC's 6) and have drawn half their home games (5/10) Spurs gained a very squeaky point a couple of weeks ago and Swansea will go into the game full of confidence.

szólj hozzá: Fulham vs Arsenal 2:1 MOTD

Depressing. Very depressing. As bright and incandescent as Arsenal were the first half, the second half was an absolute blight. The Gunners looked drained, bereft of ideas, and they let Fulham walk all over them. It was an reversion to many a game last season where Arsenal showed distinctly no ambition other than to run out 90 minutes.

By Joel Greenwaldt
Baltimore Blast (6-3) vs. Norfolk SharX (0-7)
Game Time: 12/18/2011 4:30 PM
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What needs to go right for the Blast:

• Put the game away early: The Norfolk SharX have had a disastrous start to their first season in the MISL.

Antonio Nocerino and Zlatan Ibrahimović were on target as AC Milan went top of Serie A by beating Siena 2-0 at San Siro.

Nocerino drove the Rossoneri in front with a low shot through a crowded penalty area nine minutes into the second half. Ibrahimović confirmed victory with a powerfully-struck penalty, awarded after goalkeeper Željko Brkić brought down Kevin-Prince Boateng.

Notre Dame recruit Patrick Hodan (Milwaukee Marquette) and UW-Green Bay recruit Cheenuj Shong (Milwaukee Ronald Reagan) scored Tuesday as FC Milwaukee's Under-17/18 team closed the U.S. Soccer Development Academy Winter Showcase with its first victory of the 2011-12 season, a 2-1 win over New Jersey's NJSA 04 in Lakewood Ranch, Fla.

Article by Nicholas Murray
Baltimore continues to roll on, Wichita earns its first victory, and a look at how fast starts have proved crucial in finding success this season as the MISL finishes the fourth week of its season.
BLASTING ON
If you believe Facebook comments, there was some nervousness within the Baltimore Blast's fan-base after their season-opening defeat to the Syracuse Silver Knights.

By: Brandon Arendt
The Milwaukee Wave will look to remain undefeated when the Wichita Wings, fresh off of their first victory, invade the US Cellular Arena on Sunday November 27th at 3PM.
Wichita's confidence level should be at a season high after defeating the Norfolk SharX 16-11 in Wichita on Friday.

By: Brandon Arendt
The Milwaukee Wave will look to remain undefeated when the Wichita Wings, fresh off of their first victory, invade the US Cellular Arena on Sunday November 27th at 3PM.
Wichita's confidence level should be at a season high after defeating the Norfolk SharX 16-11 in Wichita on Friday.

Michael Bradley went the distance in midfield for Chievo Verona, who picked up their first victory away from home this year and handed Calcio Catania their first loss at home in over a year.

Goals by Thiago Motta and a superb strike by Coutinho helped Inter Milan bag a much needed 2-1 win over Cagliari. The win was the former champions' first victory in three matches and moves Claudio Ranieiri's men up to 16th in the Serie A table on 11 points; ten behind neighbours AC Milan (who were [.

England Triumphant as Spain's Weakness is Revealed - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

England's victory over World Champions Spain at Wembley, doesn't signify and end of an era, but it does give hope to the rest of Europe. Having collected the two biggest trophies on offer in International football, many were backing the Spanish to dominate again in 2012, but perhaps England has shown us where Spain's weakness is.

Another convincing victory for the team that can't seem to do anything wrong.Yaya Toure and Balotelli gave Manchester City their first victory on Spanish soil.
szólj hozzá: Vilarreal v City 0:3 GOALS

Liverpool Reserves secured their first victory of the season with a 3-1 success over Chelsea at the Academy on Wednesday afternoon.
An impressive first-half performance from the Reds saw Raheem Sterling give them a deserved lead when his shot from distance was deflected into the back of the net.

Pics: Morgan on the mark

Liverpool Reserves secured their first victory of the season with a 3-1 success over Chelsea at the Academy on Wednesday afternoon.

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Morgan on the mark in reserves win

Liverpool Reserves secured their first victory of the season with a 3-1 success over Chelsea at the Academy on Wednesday afternoon.

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This was a tough week for a lot of the clubs at the top of last week's rankings. Needless to say (thought that won't stop me), the toughest week was had by Manchester United, whose 1-6 loss to intercity rivals Manchester City was its worst home loss since the 1930-31 season. That wasn't the only slip near the top, though.

The cartoon featured today on Sport.es right expresses the anxiety we Barca fans have about International breaks. It's not like we lost so much after International breaks, but there is no denial that a number of our lackluster performance came following the break. But this time around we shouldn't have such thoughts crossing our mind as the cartoon say "We got Andres Iniesta - The Anti FIFA Virus Guys".

Here is all the news and notes to get you ready for USA-Ecuador. Allow us to select some highlights ...

• Tim Howard and Carlos Bocanegra are the only two players to have started all four matches since head coach Jurgen Klinsmann began. Brek Shea has started three and entered as a sub once (against Mexico), while Agudelo has come on as a substitute in all four.

Tim Howard steered the United States to their first victory under Jurgen Klinsmann on Saturday night as they defeated Honduras 1-0.

In the wake of the first victory of the Jurgen Klinsmann era, Zach is joined by Murph from the YSA Report to offer our reactions to the US Men's 1-0 defeat of Honduras in Miami over the weekend. We discuss the match, heap praise on some and hope that one player in particular is shown the door. We also discuss Omar Gonzalez's comments and offer our theory on why he and George John haven't gotten the call from Klinsmann yet.

For the second straight Sunday, the University of Wisconsin men's soccer team earned a milestone victory.

Junior Tomislav Zadro scored the Badgers' opener and set up senior Josh Thiermann (Stoughton) for what proved to be the difference in a 2-1 victory over Michigan in a Big Ten Conference match.

By FRANCO PANIZO

Miami Gardens, Fla. - The U.S. men's national team is full of new faces now a days, but Jurgen Klinsmann can thank the familiar ones for his first victory as U.S. head coach.

The Americans won their first game in the Klinsmann era on Saturday night, beating Honduras 1-0 in front of 21,170 fans at Sun Life Stadium.

The U.S. men's national team will play its fourth match under new head coach Jurgen Klinsmann and will be looking for its first victory under the German manager as the Americans take on Honduras at Sun Life Stadium (6pm, Fox Soccer Channel/Univision).

The Americans are 0-2-1 under Klinsmann, but the United States will look to break through offensively after some struggles to score in recent matches.

By ADAM SERRANO

Hector Jimenez has been living life under the radar in his rookie season, but when the midfielder from the University of California has had his chance to see action, he's grabbed a hold of it.

Jimenez was instrumental in the Galaxy's 2-1 victory over Morelia in the CONCACAF Champions League, helping to create the winning goal.

By FRANCO PANIZO

FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. - The U.S. men's national team isn't quite thinking about Honduras just yet.

The United States returned to the practice field on a cloudy Wednesday morning in South Florida, but rather than turn their attention towards their soon-to-be opponents, the Americans used the session to focus on themselves.

Clive Mason/Getty Images (Bleacher Report) Arsene Wenger can finally breath at least a small sigh of relief as his club pulled of a narrow 1-0 victory over Swansea City thanks to Andrei Arshavin.
The Russian scored thanks to an error by Swansea keeper Michel Vorm, who has been sensational since his arrival from the Eredivisie up until that one moment.

Friday and Saturday only saw three top flight matches in Argentina, but they were significant all the same. On Friday night, Argentinos Juniors claimed their first victory of the season, at the tenth attempt, beating Belgrano 2-1 away from home ... Continue reading →

No doubt, the goal of the week was Real Madrid great counter attack vs. Ajax scored by Cristiano Ronaldo, I read some opinions that says it was best ever counter attack in history. Well, I don't like super-relatives, but I cannot recall a better counter attack from my memory,
Next is something very stunning from Argentina, reminds us of Hugo Sanchez days
Then, to their neighbor rivals, Brasil, another stunning bicycle kick
Today, I was watching a game in Egyptian cup and I was impressed by the quality of football they got, and mostly from local players.

Colorado nearly got its first Pac-12 Conference victory and nearly gave Arizona its first win of the season in an entertaining match at Prentup Field before 1,284 fans that ended in a 2-2 tie after two overtime periods.

Anne Stuller led the way for the Buffs with two goals as Colorado (3-5-2, 0-1-1 Pac-12) narrowly avoided giving the Wildcats (0-8-2, 0-2-1 Pac-12) their first victory of the season.

By Chris Wright

An early first-half double from Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and fellow summer-signing Andre Santos was enough to earn Arsenal a win over Olympiakos at the Emirates last night and subsequently pick up the first victory of their Group F campaign.

Oxlade-Chamberlian opened the scoring in the 8th-minute, playing a slick one-two off a defender's knees before cutting a low shot back across goal through his marker's legs and into the far corner - thus becoming the youngest ever English Champions League goalscorer in the process.

Real Betis perfect start in La Liga was brought to an end tonight after going down to a narrow 1-0 defeat at struggling Getafe, although the promoted outfit remained top of the standings.

Diego Castro's 31st-minute goal decided the match in Getafe's favour at the Coliseum Alfonso Perez as Betis were brought crashing back to earth after winning their opening four games since returning to the top flight.

Levante maintained their unbeaten start to the season and picked up a third consecutive win against nine-man Espanyol to move level on points with second-placed Barcelona and one point adrift of Real Betis Balompié at the summit.

Levante's Rubén Suárez opened the scoring via a penalty (14) and added a second from the spot (58) after Jordi Amat was dismissed for the visitors.

Probable Formations Round 4 Italian Serie A Big Name Update No Alex Pato for AC Milan, their Brazilian striker is to be sidelined for about four weeks with a muscular injury out for 4 weeks as is Fiorentina striker Alberto Gilardino out with a knee from 5-6 weeks. Inter Milan under new manager Claudio Ranieri still looking to claim first victory.

By Chris Wright

In which, shortly before securing his first victory as Al Wasl coach (a 3-0 victory over Emirates), Diego Maradona clambers over the hoardings for a quick photo with a banner draped over the fencing only to be rudely and repeatedly interrupted by a grabby Al Wasl fan, an unfortunate individual whom El Diego duly dispatches with minimum fuss.

The Metro State Roadrunners and Regis Rangers met in two games on Wednesday, with the underdog prevailing in both matches at Regis.

In the end, it was the unranked Roadrunner men delivering a 4-0 thrashing of No. 16-ranked Regis, while the No.6-ranked Roadrunner women fell to the Rangers for their first loss of the season.

Week 5 took off on Friday with Gil Vicente scoring a late marker to draw against Olhanense, Nacional then earned their first victory of the season with a 1-0 win over Pacos Ferreira moving them out of the basement in Portugal. Sunday had Maritimo jump into fourth spot in the Portuguese League with their 3-1 win over Leiria.