Charlie Davies and Randers fought to their fourth win in five games on a sunny Saturday afternoon
in Silkeborg, with a late goal by winger Alexander Fischer being the lone decider.
At 10:35 p.m. on Saturday, Colorado Rapids fans got a funny feeling. It's called satisfaction
and it came in the form of a 2-1 win over the stumbling San Jose Earthquakes.
It was satisfying because it was the sort of game the Rapids should win, but the team has
stumbled to get earlier this season and at many times in the past three or four years.
Kenny Dalglish hailed a Liverpool masterclass after they thumped Fulham 5-2 at Craven Cottage.
The Reds were rampant as a Maxi Rodriguez hat-trick set them on course for a fourth win in five
games, which took them above Tottenham into fifth place.
The visitors charged into a 3-0 lead inside 16 minutes, with Maxi scoring after just 32 seconds and
the Argentinian midfielder again in the seventh minute.
As we all know, the Houston Dynamo defeated Toronto FC 2-0 Saturday night at BMO Field, to notch
the Orange's fourth win in a row and pull them within a point of New York Red Bulls in the Eastern
Conference. The highlights above tell the tale, but also put on display both good and point points
to take from the win.
BERLIN, Germany — Bayern Munich's hopes of retaining their Bundesliga title suffered a major
setback on Saturday when a 2-0 defeat at rivals Schalke 04 left them 14 points behind leaders
Dortmund. Second-half goals by Spanish midfielder Jose Manuel Jurado and defender Benedikt Hoewdes
gave Schalke only their fourth win of the season, but left [.
Lee Nguyen certainly looked like a man playing with extra motivation Saturday night.
Nguyen torched the Vancouver Whitecaps, the team that cut him in the preseason after winning a
player lottery for his services, by scoring two goals and assisting on another in the New England
Revolution's 4-1 victory to earn SBI MLS Player of the Week honors.
Although it has been months since the Atlanta Railhawks were anywhere near the playoff picture, the
worst team in the NASL still has the power to stir the pot.
Two first-half goals stunned the visiting Puerto Rico Islanders and were enough to give the
Silverbacks their fourth win of the season.
Despite a bizarre series of decisions by referee Mark Geiger which led to the Philadelphia Union
going down to ten men, they were still able to collect a win over the San Jose Earthquakes Saturday
afternoon at PPL Park by the familiar scoreline of 1-0.
It was the Union's fourth win of the season, which all have finished at 1-0.
GELSENKIRCHEN, Germany — Germany goalkeeper Manuel Neuer was the hero for Champions League last
16 qualifiers Schalke on Sunday as his second-half penalty save sealed his side's 1-0 win at Mainz.
After striker Jefferson Farfan put Schalke ahead with a goal after 30 minutes, there was drama when
Neuer had a penalty awarded against him [.
You could say that Revolution fans got their money's worth on Saturday night.
In a display of firepower rarely seen in Foxboro during the last two years, the Revolution
racked up four goals including a SportsCenter Top 10 effort from Lee Nguyen to pound the hapless
Whitecaps 4-1 on Saturday.
The Charlotte Eagles were unsuccessful in picking up their first win of the season versus
Antigua Barracuda FC last week, but they learned their lesson and made sure that was not the case
in their rematch this past weekend.
Playing in their second game against the Barracudas in three days, the Eagles claimed their
first win of 2012 with a 2-0 result that was watched by 800 fans at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in
Antigua.
Although it doesn't count in the standings, the Philadelphia Union earned a quality win on
Wednesday night in front of a paltry crowd at PPL Park.
Rookie forward Chandler Hoffman scored in the 88th minute to give the Union a 2-1 win over U.S.
men's national team midfielder Jermaine Jones and German side Schalke 04.
Wednesday is most notable in U.S. Soccer circles because of the men's national team's friendly
in Italy, but teams on three of the federation's other levels will be in action as well.
The women's national team kicks off its quest for a third consecutive Algarve Cup championship
in Portugal, the U-23 men's team faces Mexico in the final friendly leading into next month's
CONCACAF Olympic qualifying and the U-20 men's team faces the Montreal Impact reserve as Tab Ramos
continues guiding his current camp down in Florida.
• Hit F5 for the latest or select our auto-refresh button below • Follow Spurs v WBA and
Wigan v Sunderland match centres • And email your thoughts to paul.doyle@guardian.co.uk Paul will
be here from around 7.15pm. In the meantime, here's Jonathan Wilson on why Liverpool have struggled
to score goals this season: Liverpool sit a reasonably contented sixth in the table.
The Question: why are Liverpool struggling to score at home? | Jonathan
Wilson
Liverpool's scoring record at Anfield has been poor but those who blame bad luck and Andy
Carroll may be missing the point Liverpool sit a reasonably contented sixth in the table . They
have conceded fewer goals than anybody else in the Premier League and, although a gap of 11 points
to the leaders is probably too much to make up, there is no reason why they shouldn't mount a
strong challenge to qualify for the Champions League.
Kenny Dalglish has claimed that he has not spoken to Liverpool's American owners about being given
the manager's job on a full-time basis.
Liverpool's caretaker boss said he would "not step in the way" of another candidate should the John
W Henry-led Fenway Sports Group consider that was the best way forward for the club.
Wales continued their recent run of impressive results with an emphatic four-one win over Norway
at the Cardiff City Stadium. Goals from Gareth Bale, Craig Bellamy and Sam Vokes earned Wales their
fourth win in five games. Whilst the team on the pitch overran their Scandinavian visitors, though,
the fans in the ground were largely otherwise occupied, trying to make a stand against Team GB.
Milan recorded their fourth win in a row in all competitions after demolishing Parma 4-1 at the San
Siro overnight. In a convincing display, Zlatan Ibrahimovic got back to scoring ways but was
overshadowed by Antonio Nocerino who claimed a hat-trick. It is interesting; for the second game
running we have had a most unlikely [.
And another international weekend comes and goes. While no Portland Timbers were involved, yet
again, I feel like I should update you guys a bit on the USMNT as well as how our guys did who were
with their national teams.
So first, before we get to the players, the US team!
The USMNT played twice this past weekend (and then some) first against Honduras and then against
Ecuador.
Speaking in a rare interview, Newcastle United manager, Alan Pardew, bemoaned the loss of
experienced players such as Kevin Nolan and Joey Barton from the side in games like yesterday's
against Wolves. He also added that Newcastle United still need to learn to see out games. Of
course, Newcastle chalked up their fourth win of [.
Every week the New England Soccer Today crew will look beyond the standings to rank each of
the 18 Major League Soccer (MLS) teams. This week Brian O'Connell and Sean Donahue contributed
rankings. Comments are followed by the ranker's name and the rank they gave that team.
Mikkel Diskerud and Stabaek will try to work past their recent disappointment while Molde's pair of
Americans will be absent as the team goes for their fourth win in five.
Besiktas 2-0 Rapid Vienna ( Ricardo Quaresma, Fabian Ernst) Goals from Ricardo Quaresma and Fabian
Ernst gave Besiktas a 2-0 won over Rapid Vienna in the Europa League on Wednesday, December 15,
2010. Besiktas' 2-0 win over Rapid Vienna was their fourth win in the group. Besiktas had beaten
Rapid 2-1 in Vienna when the [.
