Dynamo Press Release

CARSON, CA (Sunday, February 12, 2012) -- The Houston Dynamo lost their first match of the preseason, falling to the Portland Timbers 2-0 Sunday morning at The Home Depot Center, in Carson, Calif. Jack Jewsbury and James Marcelin provided the second-half goals for Portland.

Arsenal back-up goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski has expressed controversial views opposing the introduction of goal-line technology in football, insisting that officiating errors are part of the game.

A number of high-profile errors in recent years have prompted the International Football Association Board to hold a decisive meeting regarding the issue on July 2.

Ridge Mahoney of Soccer America writes of the legacy of US soccer pioneer Harry Keough, who passed away yesterday.
The first time I talked with Harry Keough about the 1950 World Cup defeat of England, three and a half decades had passed, yet the details still swirled in his mind. Sights and sounds and smells of the stadium in Belo Horizonte, Brazil; the numbing boredom of a long boat trip from New York to Brazil that took the team to the competition; the joking rivalry between the St.

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The NextGen Series was always more important for the experience it would provide to Liverpool's talented youngsters than for the chance to win a trophy, and so in the end one can only consider a run to the quarter-finals after a testing group stage to have been a success.

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.

Sometimes it is so, so nice to be so, so wrong. Spain's 4-3 win over Yugoslavia in Euro 2000 was memorably described at the time has "having everything except full-frontal nudity." Given Equatorial Guinea's celebration of their astounding 2-1 win over Senegal in the ACN last night, I expect we had that as well.

Messi scores another hat trick in victory over Malaga (Photo: Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images)

An inspired three-goal performance from Lionel Messi saw Barcelona defeat Malaga 4-1 at La Rosaleda, keeping the Catalans within striking distance of Real Madrid in the race for the La Liga title.

Lionel Messi scored his first away hat-trick of the season to give Barca a comfortable 4-1 victory over Malaga. The match wasn't as comfortable as the score-line suggest. In the first half Malaga had some serious chances and ended as 1-0. Rondon scored the consolation goal for Malaga.

Rockin' Robins Non-league Wrexham were a whisker away from pulling off an FA Cup shock after taking Championship side Brighton to a penalty shootout in their third round replay. Goalkeeper Joslain Mayebi did his best to put off the Seagulls' penalty takers with a bizarre goal-line dance. But it didn't have the desired effect as [.

Ep.21 Swan-upmanship by Off The Post on Mixcloud Much like Thierry Henry and Paul Scholes (and Jason Euell), the OTP Podcast is back in its rightful place – that place being, of course, one of ignorance, bias and second hand stats. This week the Pod are full of praise for Swansea's dismantling of Arsenal, Alex [.

This weekend saw lots of action in the Serie A: a furious downpour which forced the suspension of a game; a feisty, highly-anticipated derby; and some very decisive wins. The result? The Serie A standings have been, to borrow from the late, great Elvis Presley, "all shook up"!

On Saturday, Roma travelled South to Sicily to take on Catania.

by Ed Bishop
Just inches separated the Comets from a perfect night at the Sprint Center on Saturday. The stage had been set as with the National Soccer Coaches Association convention taking place in downtown Kansas City the Comets hosted Soccer Saturday at the palatial Sprint Center in front of a Thunderstix-waving, franchise record crowd of 8,276.

A frustrating day at the lane saw a hemmed in Spurs drop two points and miss the chance to go joint top. Wolves came out with the intention of pressuring us all over the pitch and maintained it for 90 minutes. A point well deserved for them but very disappointing for us considering how well we dominated Everton Wednesday night.

This week saw some serious Coppa Italia action as the Serie A was put on hold. On Tuesday, Lazio fielded a side culled from both their first team and reserves against Serie B side Hellas Verona – a gamble for which they almost paid dearly. After securing a 2-0 lead, Lazio seemingly fell asleep, and Hellas got back into the game with two goals in the second half.

By FRANCO PANIZO

The Seattle Sounders have acquired Danish midfielder Christian Sivebaek following his transfer from FC Midtjylland, the Sounders announced on Wednesday.

The 23-year-old midfielder arrives in Seattle after playing for Midtjylland since 2006.

The New York Red Bull's Thierry Henry came on as a second half substitute to a rapturous reception from the Arsenal fans, and then in pure Hollywood style, scored the winner against Leeds United tonight.

It took Henry less than 10 minutes to show the ineffective Marouane Chamakh how it is done as he took one touch to control Alex Song's clever pass in his favourite inside left position and, before the Leeds defenders could react, he had planted the ball beyond keeper Andy Lonergan and into the far corner.

Thierry Henry came on as a second half substitute to a rapturous reception from the Arsenal fans, and then in pure Hollywood style, scored the winner against Leeds United tonight.

It took Henry less than 10 minutes to show the ineffective Marouane Chamakh how it is done as he took one touch to control Alex Song's clever pass in his favourite inside left position and, before the Leeds defenders could react, he had planted the ball beyond keeper Andy Lonergan and into the far corner.

FC Barcelona dropped two precious points in their pursuit of league leaders Real Madrid with a disappointing 1-1 draw against Espanyol. In teh 200-07 season, it was against Espanyol we lost the league title. There is still 21 games to be played yet, but maybe at the ned of the season we would be considering this match as a turning point.

The full FA report from the Luis Suárez Patrice Evra racism case

The FA's report into the Suárez case gives a detailed insight into the events that led up to and followed the striker's insults In the 58th minute of the game, Mr Suárez fouled Mr Evra between the edge of the Manchester United penalty area and the corner flag at the Kop end.

Martin Skrtel Goal-Line Clearance vs Newcastle Utd Video 2011 Liverpool is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter

Martin Skrtel Goal-Line Clearance vs Newcastle Utd Video 2011 Liverpool is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter This Martin Skrtel clearance vs Newcastle ( see video below) was a pivotal point in Liverpool's 3-1 win over the Magpies on 30 December, 2011.

Liverpool were desperate for a win after drawing 5 of their last 6 home games.

To make matters worse they had to lineup without top goal scorer Luis Suarez, after the striker received a one match ban from his finger gesture to Fulham fans. This could be a sign of things to come in the new year as his 8 match ban for racism is still under appeal.

Liverpool were desperate for a win after drawing 5 of their last 6 home games.

To make matters worse they had to lineup without top goal scorer Luis Suarez, after the striker received a one match ban from his finger gesture to Fulham fans. This could be a sign of things to come in the new year as his 8 match ban for racism is still under appeal.

Everything was set up for another Anfield disappointment. Liverpool had drawn 6 of their 9 home games so far this season, stumbling against the likes of Sunderland, Blackburn and Swansea, but on Friday night Liverpool went against their home form and produced a convincing display. Newcastle took the lead but Liverpool stormed back and equalised a couple of minutes later.

Goals:
Agger (og) 25'
Bellamy 29' 67'
Gerrard 78'
Another tepid, frustrating, harsh 1-1 at Anfield. Until Gerrard came on at the hour mark.
As usual, Liverpool were the better side from the start, but neither keeper had a save to make in the first half. More often than not, Liverpool's possession ended at the edge of the final third, mainly with shots from distance charged down by Newcastle defenders or crosses just too high/far for Carroll.

The Old Firm derby didn't go the way of the Americans on Wednesday, with Celtic taking the lead in the Scottish Premier League. Joe Ledley was the goal scorer, converting in the 52nd minute at Celtic Park. Frasier Foster got the shutout in a game where Rangers only put two shots on target. However, replays showed that a sixth minute header from Lee Wallace crossed the goal line and should've counted.

It's been scintillating six months of English football. We've had blow outs (8-2, 5-3, and 6-1 between some big guns) and some stunning individual performances (numerous hat-tricks and goal line saves). With half a season to go, it's time to ...
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""Yo... mothe#*$%in n*ggas!"

- Patrice Evra berating Hasseilbank , truestory

It's a world that knighted Sir Ryan of Giggshire for being the role model for modern footballers. A world where an English footballer(who could it be?) talks about a foreigner diving, headed by an organisation which probes itself for bribing.

By Alan Duffy

Liverpool 1-1 Blackburn Rovers Premier League 26th December 2011

You know things are bad when even your local bishop is telling fans to lay off the abuse, but for Blackburn's under-fire boss Steve Kean, Boxing Day brought a bit of Christmas cheer (excuse the cliché) in a hard-fought draw at Anfield.

Goals:
Adam (og) 45'
Maxi 53'
Liverpool have been massively unlucky in an awful lot of matches, but this one's going to take some beating. Another terrible, horrible, no good, very bad home draw in a season already chock-full of them.
Blackburn had exactly one chance, from Dunn in the 79th, on the break and spoiled by his own teammate.

Hi everyone,
As most of you have seen the game between Stoke and Tottenham there were a few questionable decisions made by the referee Chris Foy.
First I think its right to talk about Peter Crouch's handling of the ball before setting up the goal. It could be said that the referee did not have a clear view of the incident, however the fact that the assistant referee could have signaled should not be ignored.

By Chris Wright

You may be aware that, in glorious 20-20 retrospect, Tottenham were fairly hard done to against Stoke yesterday. The Potters ran out as 2-1 winners, but it turns out that Spurs were denied by a couple of goal-line handballs, had a man sent off rather softly and saw an Emmanuel Adebayor goal disallowed for offside despite Marc Wilson playing him on by a couple of feet.

North Carolina withstood a late-charge from Charlotte to hold onto a 1-0 win and capture its second College Cup in school history on Sunday afternoon at Regions Park in Hoover, Ala.

Ben Speas scored the decider in the 65th minute while the Tar Heel defenders barely kept the 49ers off the board in the waning minutes as the first-seeded squad ended the Cinderella run of their in-state opponent.

Hi everyone,
I has been widely talked that Sepp Blatter (FIFA's President) is planning to introduce goal line technology as of next season.
At the moment, the system with ''additional assistants'' is being tested, where there are two more referees added to the field of play. Each additional assistant stands next to the goal post, right on the goal line, in order to see wheather the ball has crossed the line or not, instead of using technology.

So FIFA refuse to bring in goal-line technology in fear it would slow the game, well here's an alternative tested by former Norwegian internationals Lars Bohinen, Jan Age Fjortoft and Tomas Myre, on Live TV. Click the cc button for English subtitles, then let us know who you would like to use the shock treatment on, me personally it would have to be Joey Barton.

About time, in my book, but then I'm an embittered Englishman (you'll recall the robbery that happened to the nation at the last World Cup): BERLIN (MCT) -- World soccer chief Sepp Blatter expects goal-line technology to be introduced next season, and it also should be featured at the next

The Los Angeles Galaxy made it 3-for-3 on their Asia Pacific tour, defeating the Melbourne Victory in a penalty shootout, 4-3, after the teams played to a 2-2 draw in regulation.

The Galaxy trailed, 2-0, but Robbie Keane twice converted penalty kicks to pull the MLS Cup champions level.

Blatter: We're on track for goal-line technology for 2012-13 season

Decision will be taken at the IFAB vote in March 2012

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Goal-line technology will be ready for 2014 World Cup Sepp Blatter

Goal-line technology is one step closer to finally be given the green light as FIFA president Sepp Blatter revealed it could be implemented for next season. Blatter was opposed to the new technology.

FIFA President Sepp Blatter is facing what could be the toughest phase of his career as football head in the more than 10 years since he took over from Joao Havelange.

The president recently came out to say that England are still bitter at him for their failed attempt to land the hosting rights to the 2018 tournament.

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Teresa Noyola scored from point-blank range Sunday to help top-ranked Stanford beat No. 3 Duke 1-0 and give the Cardinal their first NCAA women's soccer title after three consecutive attempts. It was the perfect finish to Stanford's unbeaten season.

Stanford seniors Noyola, Camille Levin, Kristy Zuhmehlen and Lindsay Taylor finished their college careers with a record of 95-4-4.