The weekend began Friday afternoon (for those of us on this side of the Atlantic it was Friday
night in France, where the match was played) with the UEFA Supercup between Chelsea and Atletico
Madrid.
By the time we tuned in to check the score, it was halftime, and the score already 3-0 via a
hat-trick for exactly who you would think would be lighting it up.
The long, drawn-out saga surrounding Clint Dempsey's club future has finally come to an end, and
it has ended with his long-sought move to a bigger club than Fulham.
Dempsey has completed a transfer deadline day move to Tottenham, FOX Soccer is reporting. No
details yet on the transfer fee, but Dempsey arrived at Spurs Lodge on Friday afternoon to undergo
his medical and has now completed the move.
A crowd of 329 people turned out at Treyew Road yesterday afternoon to see Truro City beat
Boreham Wood by two goals to nil in the Blue Square Bet South, but it seems unlikely that events on
the pitch made for too much of the discussion amongst the clubs supporters. As has seemed to
frequently been the case over the last year or so, goings-on in the boardroom have been hogging the
headlines at this particular club, with Fridays announcement that it is to enter into
administration throwing the future of Cornwalls most successful non-league club into doubt.
The news, such as it is, from Northwich Victoria continues to baffle and perplex. The last time
we heard from this particular club, it was starting to sound as if the proverbial fat lady was
starting to clear her voice. With crowds already having dropped following their eviction from the
Victoria Stadium in January, it was announced on Friday afternoon that, from the start of next
season, the Vics will be sharing the Martson Road home of Stafford Rangers, more than forty miles
from Northwich's base in Cheshire.
The Lions opened at UMSL on Friday afternoon and built upon the foundation laid in last year's
late season run to the MIAA Championship, earning a tie at under difficult conditions. Playing on a
rain-soaked pitch, in a game halted at one point due to tornado warnings, the team earned a point
on the road against a GLVC Tourney qualifier.
Women's Soccer Drops Preseason Opener at Notre Dame 2-0 Cavaliers host Georgetown in
preseason finale on Sunday
SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The Virginia women's soccer team opened its 2012 schedule with a 2-0
exhibition loss on a rainy, windy Friday afternoon at the Notre Dame Practice Field.
The flawless logic of Andres Villas-Boas: Announce Michael Dawson as your new club captain,
agree to sell him to QPR the very next day.
On Friday afternoon, when asked about who would be recovering the captain's armband from the
sparking heap of component parts which used to be Ledley King, AVB told a press conference:
"We have our point of reference this year, which is Dawson, and we hope to keep it that way
[.
The flawless logic of Andres Villas-Boas: Announce Michael Dawson as your new club captain,
agree to sell him to QPR the very next day.
On Friday afternoon, when asked about who would be recovering the captain's armband from the
sparking heap of component parts which used to be Ledley King, AVB told a press conference:
"We have our point of reference this year, which is Dawson, and we hope to keep it that way
[.
Manchester, here we come. On Friday afternoon at St. James' Park in Newcastle the U.S. Women's
National Team earned a spot in the Olympic semifinals with a 2-0 win over New Zealand. There were
some pretty great moments in the hard-fought game and full marks to the Kiwis for some excellent
play and their traditional fighting spirit.
Newcastle captain Fabricio Coloccini is back in the Newcastle starting line-up for the Premier
League clash against Bolton Wanderers this afternoon at St. James' Park. Fab coming in for
Coloccini is the only change to the side that won at Swansea on Friday afternoon. So it looks like
Fab will partner Mike Williamson at the back and [.
Newcastle gave another solid performance at Swansea on Friday afternoon, to come away with all 3
points and their third clean sheet in the last four straight victories. Newcastle's two top coaches
Carver and Pardew great job this season And if Newcastle are going to stretch that run to five
games, the defense [.
It's hardly surprising that Newcastle will be well-supported at the Liberty Stadium on Friday
afternoon. A terrific shot of Alan Pardew applauding Newcastle fans It's along journey down to
South Wales, all of 350 miles, but the Liberty Stadium is sold out for Friday's game, which will be
televised live around the world, and that means Newcastle [.
A confident but grounded Alan Pardew is looking for another good performance from his Newcastle
team at the Liberty Stadium in Swansea on Friday afternoon. Alan Pardew - will be trying for 4th
win on the trot But after three wins on the trot don't expect Newcastle  players to be
over-confident, as Alan has a way to keep [.
A very quick Saturday round-up for you on a rainy bank holiday Saturday.
There was an expectation that the club would announce the signing of Santi Cazorla yesterday but
it did not transpire. Those sitting F5ing the official site spent a fruitless day, but I wouldn't
worry about it too much.
A very quick Saturday round-up for you on a rainy bank holiday Saturday.
There was an expectation that the club would announce the signing of Santi Cazorla yesterday but
it did not transpire. Those sitting F5ing the official site spent a fruitless day, but I wouldn't
worry about it too much.
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By Walter Broeckx
Well we all know that feeling. You come home Friday afternoon from work. But you have a cold
feeling a bit shacking, a bit feverish. You then go to bed [.
James Graf converted a penalty kick in the 56th minute and second-half sub
Leslie Fraser added an insurance goal in the 75th as FC Sonic knocked off the
Madison 56ers 2-0 in a National Premier Soccer League semifinal Friday afternoon at Del Norte High
School in San Diego.
The U.S. Men's National Team arrived in Jacksonville on Friday afternoon and got an outstanding
welcome for their public training session at EverBank Field. About 2,500 fans showed up to watch
the team train and see their favorite players up close and personal. The crowd was the highest ever
attend a Men's National Team public training session, and Jacksonville will set another record
tonight because the crowd will be the largest ever for U.
Seattle trades another DP to Chicago. (Getty Images)
It's Friday afternoon, and lately that has meant it's trading time.
The Chicago Fire announced Friday that the club has acquired Alvaro Fernandez from Seattle
Sounders FC in return for allocation money. Fernandez will occupy a Designated Player slot.
So, it's Friday afternoon, gorgeous outside. Since I put off writing a Western Conference Weekly
this week, because of the Timbers not playing this weekend, I'm doing it now, while the sun is out
and the sky is blue and it's absolutely perfect outside. Clearly Geoff didn't agree to let me write
for Stumptown Footy because of my abundant intelligence.
On Friday afternoon, the Montreal Impact selected United States International Eddie Johnson via
the allocation process. Per MLS rules, the Impact will now move to the back of the allocation order
for the next time a player enters this process.
After only an hour of being a member of the Impact, it was announced that he was traded to the
Seattle Sounders in exchange for Lamar Neagle and Mike Fucito.
United States National Team forward Eddie Johnson spent a short time as a member of the Montreal
Impact on Friday afternoon, before becoming a member of the Seattle Sounders. Johnson went through
the returning National Team player allocation process, with Montreal selecting him with their first
pick.
In what could be described as an early season three pointer, the Revs dropped a disappointing
decision to hated rivals D.C. United on Saturday afternoon 2-1. Rivalry matches seem to always
bring out higher scrutiny, bigger pressure, and heated debate, and this one is certainly no
different.
Once again the Revs had their hands a bit tied with injuries (Lozano, Feilhaber) and suspensions
(Shalrie), so it was up to coach Jay Heaps to get creative and try to put forth a game plan that
would garner three points at home.
The Philadelphia Union announced on Friday afternoon that Roger Torres underwent successful
surgery to repair injuries to his left knee sustained in Monday's Reserve League match against New
England.
The press release reads in part:
"Chester, PA (April 13, 2012) Philadelphia Union midfielder Roger Torres underwent successful
surgery on Friday morning after sustaining an MCL sprain and minor meniscus damage in a 4-2 reserve
league win against the New England Revolution on Monday.
Harking back to a previous dabble into the annals of football stickerdom in the
Pies archives, here's a little something we're thinking about running every Friday a batch of 20 of
Panini's finest selected at random and bought to you apropos of nothing in particular.
Reynolds' Late 2OT Score Lifts UMW Women's Soccer to 5-4 win in 2012 Opener Junior Erin Reynolds
scored her second goal of the day with just 36 seconds remaining in the second overtime to lift the
University of Mary Washington women's soccer team to a 5-4 win at Bridgewater College in both
teams' season opener on Friday afternoon.
Watching Brazil steamroll over Great Britain on ESPN3 Friday afternoon, it was all too apparent how
quiet Middlesbrough's Riverside Stadium was, but how detached the crowd – and probably TV viewers
– were from this Team GB. ESPN co/commentator Tommy...
Tosaint Ricketts (UW-Green Bay) started as 10-man Canada got past host Cuba 1-0 in an
opening match of CONCACAF third round World Cup qualifying Friday afternoon in Havana.
Ricketts played 65 minutes in his 12th cap, but was the field player sacrificed when the
Canadians had to bring on backup goalkeeper Milan Borjan after starter Lars
Hirschfeld was red carded for handling the ball outside the box.
TweetBarcelona assistant Tito Vilanova is set to replace outgoing Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola at
the end of the season the club have confirmed. Guardiola officially announced his decision to step
down as Barcelona first team coach on Friday afternoon after a trophy-glittered spell in charge.
And now Barcelona sporting director Andoni Zubizarreta has named Guardiola's [.
Skip back to Friday afternoon and Reading kept their timely streak going, beating Leeds 2-0 to
temporarily yomp to the top of the Championship thanks to Adam Le Fondre's late double.
As expected, there were a few choice tackles over the course of the game (Leeds' Zac Thompson
was sent-off after 13 minutes) with Reading's Jem Karacan finding himself on the receiving end of
several 'robust' tackles before Michael Brown's flying gooch-first lunge finally caused the
Turkish-ish midfielder to limp off with the 23-year old eventually leaving the Madjeski on
crutches.
By Ludovick Martin / Montreal
What would life be without passion?
Thereare many things that I'm really passionate about, writing, playing Legos with myson, good
beer, riding my bike for 100km on a sunny morning and watching myfavorite soccer team, the Montreal
Impact.
