Hassan Sunny was the first player to come out for his warming up
The Lions kept their composure well in the first half (save for that slip when they allowed the Indonesians to level shortly after they took the lead in the 10th minute) to restrict their guests from prowling deep into their half to maintain their 2-1 lead. Click to continue reading...

If you are a connoisseur of Twitter like me, then you've already stumbled upon the terms "twiggers" and "twitches" numerous times and you've undoubtedly already figured out what they really mean. So to pacify the Decency and Morals Subcommittee of World Cup Blog, I will be using those terms (well, actually only one of those terms) liberally during this post in order to avoid getting into twouble.

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Here are the facts (or as many facts as I can remember): The #1 and #2 ranked teams in the world are about to play a friendly in the future location of the 2011 Women's World Cup. Germany recently won the Euros by destroying England 6-2 and if you caught that one on the internets, I don't use the term "destroying" lightly.

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US Soccer has been a little slow to update news-starved fans on whereabouts of the USWNT. And almost as if Abby Wambach knew a few tweeters were loudly voicing their complaints (in 140 characters or less), on Oct 20th she updated her twitter: leaving for germany tonight. i will keep you more up to date while i'm there.

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For the last time, it's pronounced HUE-clees!

The Boston Breakers site just announced Angela Hucles is retiring from professional soccer. She says:

I always wanted to involve myself in things I was passionate about and give 110 percent.

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The U-17s shaking hands with the Wizards prior to today's match.
Scoring Summary:
KC – Roger Espinoza (unassisted) 32'
KC – Herculez Gomez (unassisted) 47'
KC – Kevin Souter (unassisted) 88'
(October 13, 2009) – The Kansas City Wizards topped the United States Under-17 Men's National Team 3-0 Tuesday night in rainy weather at Kansas City's Swope Park Training Center. Click to continue reading...

If you can't make it out to Swope Park tonight (or aren't going to due to the weather), check out our official Twitter page for in-game updates. Visit www.twitter.com/hillcrest_road for more information.
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We've now received the roster for tomorrow's friendly with the U.S. U-17s. It looks like most of the big names from this age group will be here:
GOALKEEPERS (2): Keith Cardona (NY Red Bulls; Glen Rock, N.J.), Earl Edwards (La Jolla Nomads; San Diego, Calif.)
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We told you this last Friday, but we wanted to remind you today so you can make plans to attend tomorrow night's friendly between our reserves (and potentially a couple of first 11 guys) at the U.S. U-17 Men's National Team. The game starts at 7, with a talk from Peter Vermes to area youth soccer coaches at 6:30 p. Click to continue reading...

Uefa World Cup 2010 Qualifying Armenia vs Spain : Live Stream here Armenia - Spain : Highlights here Pre-register at the NEW football site 11×2 today Click to continue reading...

Next Tuesday night at 7 p.m. CT, the U.S. U-17 National Team will take on our KCW Reserves (Swope Park Rangers) on Field 3 (the turf field) at our Swope Park Training Center. The general public is welcome to attend, and Peter Vermes will be speaking to area soccer coaches before the match starts at 6:30 p. Click to continue reading...

While most countries were busy preparing for World Cup Qualifying matches on Wednesday, the Republic of Ireland hosted South Africa in an international friendly. As host of the FIFA 2010 World Cup, South Africa is guaranteed a spot next summer while the Republic of Ireland is in good position to be there as well.

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England faced Slovenia on Saturday September 5, 2009 ahead of their UEFA World Cup Qualifier on Wednesday against Croatia. The match was a warm-up for both sides and took place in front of over 70,000 at Wembley Stadium.

England beats Slovenia 2-1 in friendly Video Highlights

England won 2-1 against Slovenia on Saturday but should have converted more chances.

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While most teams were busy with 2010 World Cup Qualification on Saturday, there were a few friendlies as well. Most noticably were South Korea v Australia and Netherlands v Japan. Here's a recap of the both matches along with video highlights.

South Korea beats Australia 3-1 Video Highlights

South Korea cruised past Australia behind goals from Seol Ki-hyeon, Park Chu-young, and Lee Jang-soo were the difference.

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This entire summer there have been big name clubs from around the world playing in the United States as part of their preseason. Unfortunately none of those games have been in KC. That looks like it will be changing in September. Rumor had been around that there would be a friendly at Arrowhead between Club America and Chivas de Guadalajara in September. Click to continue reading...

Jermain Defoe was England's savior last night as the 'Three Lions' met the 'Oranje' of Holland for a friendly in the Amsterdam Arena. Defoe came on during the second half to score 2 goals after England were being led 2-0 at half time, courtesy of Kuyt and Van der Vaart for the Dutch, and also [...] Click to continue reading...

While several regions had World Cup Qualifying, there were also many international friendlies. Some of the top countries playing in matches were France, England, Netherlands, Italy, and Brazil. Here's a recap of some of the top matches along with video highlights.

England and Netherlands draw 2-2 Video Highlights

The Netherlands took an early 2-0 lead only to see two second half goals from Jermain Defoe to make it 2-2 at full time.

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Before the KICK-OFF
Spoke to some of the crowds at the stadium before the kick-off.

• "I first came to know this game from a China-based website and after verified it with local sources, I gathered some of my classmates here to watch the game" said 19 year-old Hu Qiang, a NUS student who was at the match with some of his classmates (above).

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...and then he made one mistake and we sold him to Everton for 30 cents on the dollar... or pound... or whatever? That was good planning, seeing as United now have three... no two.... okay, one and a half fit and capable goalkeepers to start the season off.

Following a performance that would have made Massimo Taibi proud, 26 year old Ben Foster was pulled out of the England squad that will face Holland this week.

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If people purchased commemorative scarves for the Toronto FC./Real Madrid friendly they might have noticed that they misspelled Toronto, Toronoto. Thus proving it is not just bloggers who misspell words. Click to continue reading...

This is part two from Christiano Ronaldo's Toronto travel blog.
Wake up in Metzelder's strong arms. They are like oak branches. I feel so safe. At least at first, before I remember what happened the night before. We were so giddy from our training session, we all piled in to what we were told was Toronto's best nightclub: the Comfort Zone on College and Spadina. Click to continue reading...

This was supposed to be a friendly between Penarol (of Uruguay, yellow and black) and Newell's Old Boys (of Argentina, red and black). But the game was abandoned with 40 minutes on the clock, when a punch-up between Penarol midfielder Julio Mozzo (#7) and Newell's defender Diego Mateo (#5) turned into a mass brawl between the [. Click to continue reading...

FC Barcelona wrapped up their preseason tour of the United States with a match against Mexican club Chivas de Guadalajara. The tour has been highly successful as they've sold out each match they've been apart of including over 90,000 against the Galaxy and over 60,000 against the Sounders. Here's a recap of the match along with video highlights.

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The European preseason is wrapping up for the Premier League, La Liga, and Serie A as teams played their final warm-ups on the weekend. In England, Napoli faced West Ham United and Atletico Madrid visited Liverpool. Here's a recap of both matches along with video highlights.

Atletico Madrid tops Liverpool 2-1 Video Highlights

Atletico took an early lead and held on against Liverpool for a 2-1 victory at Anfield on Saturday afternoon.

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Today's friendly against Valencia (8:30 PM local, 3:30 PM EST) should be an interesting one. There's plenty of news as we get closer and closer to this season's kickoff. Make this your destination for comments before, during, and after the game. I'll try and post lineups and streams here as well.

Enjoy the match.

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Excerpts from Christiano Ronaldo's Toronto travel blog.

We arrive at Pearson International. Xabi A. says my transfer fee cost the same as the Terminal 3 extension. My press agent says she'll get back to me on that. Call Paris. Line busy.

Karim, the little scamp, decides we should forgo the limos and instead take Toronto Transit Commission's Aiport Rocket express bus to Kipling station (see above).

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Tomorrow brings our final friendly match of the summer, away to Valencia. The Spanish club has fallen on hard financial times recently, but despite all the speculation, didn't sell David Villa or David Silva, so still have a lot of firepower. Wenger has said he will be fielding a side that is as close as possible to the side which will line up against Everton next weekend, so this match will tell us who is in the club's first-choice 11.

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Manchester United v Chelsea Live Streaming & Match Preview
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Saturday, 8th August 2009
Kick Off : 14:00 GMT
Venue : Wembley, London

Chelsea will be hoping to begin the new season where they left off, lifting a trophy at Wembley when they face Manchester United in the Community Shield.

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I didn't expect to write anything from the Barcelona match. It was a friendly, which to me screams exhibition with a bigger price tag. But I think we actually learned a little bit about the Sounders and Sigi last night. Sure the crowd set a record, sure we saw Lionel Messi work his magic, [...] Click to continue reading...

FC Barcelona continued their preseason tour of the United States with a match against the Seattle Sounders FC on Wednesday night in front of capacity crowd at Qwest Field. Here's a recap of the match along with video highlights.

FC Barcelona beats the Seattle Sounders FC 4-0 Video Highlights

Two goals from Lionel Messi in the first half were the difference as the beat the Seattle Sounders 2-0 in a friendly on Wednesday night.

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Manchester United traveled to take on Spanish club Valencia on Wednesday as the two teams are just a week or two away from the start of their domestic leagues. Here's a recap of the friendly match along with video highlights.

Manchester United beats Valencia 2-0 Video Highlights

The two teams met at Old Trafford as Michael Owen started up top with Wayne Rooney.

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This coming Saturday is set to be best pre-season friendly (and fun day) ever, in my opinion. Not only do Bolton Wanderers take on Scottish Premier League side Hibernian Football Club at The Reebok Stadium but there is a 'Legends Match' too.

Bolton Wanderers verses Hibernian is being billed as Jussi Jaaskelainen's testimonial.

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Liverpool continued their preseason tour with a trip to Barcelona to take on La Liga side Espanyol. The match was in front of a sold out crowd and felt more like a Champions League atmosphere rather than a friendly. Here's a recap of the match along with video highlights.

Espanyol beats Liverpool 3-0 Video Highlights

Espanyol grabbed the first half lead with some inspired play behind a strong home crowd.

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The Los Angeles Galaxy hosted Spanish club FC Barcelona in Saturday night at the Rose Bowl in a friendly. The match drew over 90,000 fans was nationally televised. Here's a full recap and video highlights of the match.

FC Barcelona beats Los Angeles Galaxy 2-1 Â - Video Highlights

Spanish club Barcelona edged the Galaxy 2-1 after a 2nd half goal from Suarez at the Rose Bowl on Saturday night.

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