Norfolk SharX Press Release:
Norfolk, Virginia – In a game that saw 23 fouls called and play stopped a dozen times for injuries, the Rochester Lancers literally outlasted the Norfolk SharX 17-8 at Norfolk Scope Arena Sunday afternoon. The SharX lost their third player for the season tonight when Brady Bryant was helped off the field with a torn ACL.

We've noticed before that on the Premier League telecasts they seem to look for bad fouls that were not given and keep showing the video again and again. Yohan Cabaye - Pardew defends his player That happened in the Manchester City vs Tottenham game, and it ended up with Balotelli getting a four match ban, [.

By Sharon Hom
In a rematch of their previous weekend's game, the Kansas Magic prevailed this time, scoring the final goal in a back-and forth game and winning 6-5 on their home floor on Saturday, January 22.
The Magic opened the scoring at 4:24 of the 1st quarter as Mirsad Dzilic scored on a nice pass from Chaz O'Dell, but the Kings responded at 5:46 with goal by Allen Eller, assisted by Drew Ducker.

The modern football fan has access to statistics that would have seemed unthinkable only five or six years ago. Sites such as the marvellous whoscored.com offer the casual fan a site from which they can drag figures to prove or disprove their assertions on their side. Are we missing a lot of chances?

The modern football fan has access to statistics that would have seemed unthinkable only five or six years ago. Sites such as the marvellous whoscored.com offer the casual fan a site from which they can drag figures to prove or disprove their assertions on their side. Are we missing a lot of chances?

Coventry City's Alex Nimely celebrates scoring their second goal of their terrific win against Middlesborough

Every week, my brother places an accumulator on various Football League results, only a few quid, but enough to make it fairly interesting. To this date, he has never won.

Another frustrating day out and about for the Chels, who, despite a heap of possession and a fair few scoring chances, failed to break down a resolute Norwich City side at Carrow Road. Good result for them; us, not so much. That, as we said in our innovative preview, is another golden opportunity wasted.

It's how he'd want to be rememberedThe man who filled the coveted "Supervillain" role after Maxim Usanov left town has been unceremoniously dispatched himself. Without having to sabotage a giant laser, use a submarine Lotus or rake any moons, TFC waived Mikael Yourassowsky from the roster.

The time has finally come to play out the reverse fixture of the 8-2 defeat that Arsenal suffered at the hands of Manchester United on that horrific August evening at Old Trafford. The memories of that mauling are fresh on the minds of not only the Gunners fans but also European bookies like Champions League betting, which is why Arsenal have been priced as the underdogs even though this Sunday's match is taking place in the North Londoners' own backyard.

The battle between the two GQs resumes

Transfer windows are always silly season but they pale in comparison to the sort of collective psychosis and paranoia engendered by El Clasico.

The hysteria before tomorrow's Copa De Rey semi-final first leg has gems like if Mourinho plays Pepe in the midfield then Real has a winning record in the Clasicos.

Kansas Magic @ Detroit Waza
Saturday, January 14 - 6:35 PM CST
Taylor SportsPlex – Taylor, MI
KANSAS MAGIC
Record: 4-2 (3rd place, Eastern Division). 2-1 @ Home, 2-1 Away
Goals For-Goals Against: 40-42
DETROIT WAZA
Record: 6-1 (1st place, Eastern Division).

I've written a number of times before about youth soccer referees not wanting to use their cards. Initially it seemed to be due to the age of players that I coached. But now that my older girls team is in high school, I haven't seen many more cards, even though I've seen plenty of fouls to warrant them from opponents AND my own players.

By Chris Wright

In which TYC Sports collate all of the Argentinian football's worst, most horrendous, shinbone-splintering, ankle-knackering, face-pummelling and crotch-bruising fouls from 2011 for us all to wince at in unison.

Note: the video starts with a highlight reel of a few nifty tricks and skills.

szólj hozzá: City v Liverpool 3:0 EXTENDED

Pepe Reina flubbed what should have been a fairly simple stop off a Sergio Aguero drive. Liverpool dominated possession thereafter but it was City once again going up through Yaya Toure's header at the half an hour mark.

Gerrard and Craig Bellamy were introduced by Kenny Dalglish after an hour and Liverpool looked more mobile going forward although they failed to look threatening in the final third once again.

Debatable decisions from an otherwise horrible refereeing

In the two games that we've played Fulham this season, we've only managed to garner 1 point. For a club with ambitions of winning trophies and finishing as high up the league table as possible, that is simply not good enough. With Chelsea winning their match before the start of ours, it was imperative for us to match their result to maintain our 4th spot in the league.

Sorry I'm just reposting the press release today, not feeling the greatest this morning.
From the Comets.
(Syracuse, NY) The holiday season didn't start off the way the Comets hoped it would as they lose to the Syracuse Silver Knights tonight 18-8. Cory Elenio and Savisa Ubiparapovic each had a hat trick for the Knights while Lucas Rodriguez led the Comets with 4points on two goals.

Liverpool should take heed of the past and accept Luis Suárez verdict | Richard Williams

The Anfield club are not flattered by angry words which appear to contradict so much of the good work they have done in the fight against racism It is more than 30 years since Howard Gayle became Liverpool's first black player.

Luis Suárez given more time to respond to FA's improper-conduct charge

• Liverpool allowed extra time as player prepares his defence • Dalglish says club will use video footage from Fulham match Luis Suárez has been granted more time to respond to the improper‑conduct charge he received for allegedly making an offensive gesture to Fulham supporters at Craven Cottage last week.

Featured image: Earl Gardner

Editor's note: At the end of the 2010 season, we posted a series of season reviews of every Philadelphia Union player. Over the next several weeks PSP continues with a review of the 2011 season.

Some players get passed over because teams don't think they have the size or the speed to make it at the next level.

[Editor's note: Another look at the USMNT under-17 team]

This evening's game took place only 2 days after the American's 2-1 victory over Turkey. One of my players to watch, Herber Mejia-Flores had an assist and goal in that game. That same day Brazil drew with France 1-1. In this round robin tournament that meant that Brazil and the US each had 4 points going into this game.

The Bundesliga doesn't get the concept of extra time. On paper the Bundesliga referees get it. It's up to them to decide, how much time was wasted through substitutions, injury delays, time wasting or excessive goal celebrations. It's OK for them to routinely add only one or two minutes or call it quits after exactly 90 minutes.

By Sharon Hom
Louisville Lightning @ Kansas MagicSaturday, December 3 - 7:35 PM CSTEPIC Indoor Sports – Overland Park, KS
LOUISVILLE LIGHTNING Record: 2-1 (3rd place, Eastern Division). 1-0 @ Home, 1-1 Away Goals For-Goals Against: 27-22
KANSAS MAGIC
Record: 3-0 (1st place, Eastern Division).

Desperately sad news about Gary Speed - RIP

Within a day or two it will inevitably be swallowed within the black hole of wondrous statistics about just how darned good the current crop are (best start to a season since the '61 Double-winners, since you ask), but the win at West Brom has muscled its way into AANP's exalted list of Most Hard-Earned and Pleasing Little Gaggle of Wins This Season, or "MHEPLGWTS" as we like to call it for ease of reference.

By Sharon Hom
In their first game against a team not named Illinois Piasa, the Magic found themselves in another shootout, this time against the Detroit Waza and former Kansas City Comets MF Miki Djerisilo, a familiar face to long-time Kansas City indoor soccer fans.

By Sharon Hom
In their first game against a team not named Illinois Piasa, the Magic found themselves in another shootout, this time against the Detroit Waza and former Kansas City Comets MF Miki Djerisilo, a familiar face to long-time Kansas City indoor soccer fans.
442 fans at Epic Indoor Sports watched as the 2 teams contually fouled each other.

By Sharon Hom
The Kansas Magic started their season with an away-and-home series with the Illinois Piasa and emerged victorious in both games to begin the season on the top of the PASL-Pro's Eastern Division.
In front of 658 at Piasa's home The Sports Academy on Saturday November 5, the Magic scored the last 2 goals to squeak to an 11-9 win in their very first regular season game.

By Sharon Hom
The Kansas Magic started their season with an away-and-home series with the Illinois Piasa and emerged victorious in both games to begin the season on the top of the PASL-Pro's Eastern Division.
In front of 658 at Piasa's home The Sports Academy on Saturday November 5, the Magic scored the last 2 goals to squeak to an 11-9 win in their very first regular season game.

I've watched Diego Maradona's final World Cup match (a 2-1 victory over Nigeria played in Boston) at least ten times. Nigeria pushed Argentina back early with plundering counter-attacks, one of which led to the match's first goal a sumptuous chip that had more than a whiff of offside to it. Maradona was imperious that day though, Napoleonically strutting around the confetti-flaked pitch, drawing fouls, and making key passes for both of Argentina's goals free kicks finished by Claudio Canigga.

The Los Angeles Galaxy beat the Houston Dynamo 1-0 to win the 2011 MLS Cup. In a match touted as David Beckham's final MLS match, neither side made a terribly compelling case for a title match victory during a mostly dull 90 minutes, the hyperbolic ESPN commentary notwithstanding. In the end the match was won on a single goal from Landon Donovan late in the second half, securing the final result nearly everyone expected.

Lee Dixon take a bow. The former Gunner made four predictions for the game in his betting preview and got them all right. Over 2.5 goals, Morrison to score, RvP to get a brace, and Arsenal to win.

As with most games there can be arguments that the end was nervy and it could have been another disappointing draw.

Don't say the Portland Timbers never won anything in their first year as it looks like they're taking home the trophy for "most polite."

Well, not really. In actuality, the award is for the team that committed the fewest fouls over the entire season. The Timbers came in a low 347 fouls with the Colorado Rapids coming in next at 374 fouls.

On Monday, the Revolution's Darrius Barnes and Zak Boggs were named as finalists for year-end MLS awards for their efforts on and off the field in 2011.

Barnes is a finalist for the XBOX 360 Fair Play Award, which is given to the MLS player who exemplifies the meaning of sportsmanship. In 2011, the versatile defender, who split time across the backline in 28 games, committed only 14 fouls on the season and was cautioned just once.

Lucas Leiva was the most accurate passer on the pitch during Liverpool's goalless draw with Swansea at the weekend.
Liverpool had 25 shots, five of which were on target. Swansea directed three of their 12 efforts between the sticks.
Ten of Liverpool's hits were from outside of the 18-yard box - Swansea tried from distance nine times.

Liverpool, Swansea, Man United Man City: which team leads our fair play league so far?

Click the arrows to see which teams have committed the least fouls so far this season

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Sporting Kansas City hosted the Colorado Rapids on a rain-soaked pitch the second leg in the Eastern Conference Semifinals. The home team did exactly what they needed to do in order to preserve their 2-0 lead from the first leg and added two insurance goals on set pieces. Colorado had a few promising moments but were unable to put any kind of sustained pressure on their opponents.

So as not to be an over-complainer (the world has enough of those, no?), I'm trying hard to find things I like about Major League Soccer's new playoff structure.

Well, here's one:

I haven't seen a bunch of talk about how an extra playoff game for the wild-card qualifiers would affect discipline matters.

(Photo: Nicolae Stoian)

Our break down of the Philadelphia Union/Houston Dynamo playoff matchup continues. PSP's roving correspondent Adam Cann lays out the big questions and Eli Pearlman-Storch answers them. Today's topic, the Dynamo offense versus the Union defense.

Not there to finish

The Dynamo strike force accounted for only 17 of the team's 45 goals in 2011, and no forward had more than five.

Tiote and van der Vaart were convinced that, despite their differences, they could dance their troubles away.League wins at St James Park are as rare for Spurs as days where Harry Redknapp doesn't provide the press with a story-leading quote. If you remove the great Timothee Atouba's fantastic winner from the 1-0 steal back in 2004, our away record against Toon would look fairly terrible.

Charlie Adam | The story so far

AnfieldIndex Liverpool FC Stats | Liverpool FC Blog | Liverpool FC Forum Charlie Adam There was no doubt this summer that Liverpool wanted Charlie Adam. They had tried desperately throughout January to prise him from Karl Oyston's grasp at Blackpool, and had almost lost him to Spurs in the dying embers of the window.

We've already had a look at how things stand going into the final round of qualifying for the 2012 European Championships now lets have a look at the top five important stats so far in the qualifying stages so far.

Top Fives:

Goals Scored:
Holland... 35
Germany...