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Almost eleven months ago, during a sunny week in South Florida, you could tell the 2009 MLS Draft Class had the potential to be special.

During the rough days of the MLS Combine, even as player struggled with fitness and playing with their new teammates, there was a sense that this year's crop of talent had the potential to provide MLS with a serious infusion of talent.

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Almost eleven months ago, during a sunny week in South Florida, you could tell the 2009 MLS Draft Class had the potential to be special.

During the rough days of the MLS Combine, even as player struggled with fitness and playing with their new teammates, there was a sense that this year's crop of talent had the potential to provide MLS with a serious infusion of talent.

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Yes, that is a serious question. Two players who 'offer more than just goals' as strikers. But how much more? Who would you rather have? Fortunately a member of the Football365 Forum (lol tb x) has done the analysis for us. Read on to see who comes out on top...

A comparison of their goals and assists since Tevez came here:

This is obviously an area where Tevez should win by a margin having played with some of the best players in the world.

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The Chicago Fire and Real Salt Lake are probably not the teams most observers would have pegged to be playing for the Eastern Conference title and berth in MLS Cup, but these two teams earned their places in the Final Four by virtue of strong first-round performances that should lead into a memorable East Final on Saturday night (8pm, FSC).

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The Chicago Fire and Real Salt Lake are probably not the teams most observers would have pegged to be playing for the Eastern Conference title and berth in MLS Cup, but these two teams earned their places in the Final Four by virtue of strong first-round performances that should lead into a memorable East Final on Saturday night (8pm, FSC).

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The Americans Abroad must have known this was the final weekend before the U.S. national team's two European friendlies, because there was a plethora of positive performances and five different goal scorers in one of the most successful weekends in recent memory.

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After last night's rout against AZ Alkmaar in the Champion's League Group stage, Arsene Wenger said that he does not need to buy new players when the transfer window re-open again in January.
Arsenal boast abundance of attacking options at their disposal, with the likes of Van Persie, Bendtner, Eduardo, Walcott, Vela, Rosicky, Nasri, Arshavin, Denilson, etc. Click to continue reading...

Southwest Baptist Bearcats 1
Central Missouri Jennies 2

The Jennies are riding a five-game winning streak now, and just have one loss over their last tenmatches. Cara Hennahane and Melanie Hall have carried the offense for UCM each scoring three goals over the last four matches.

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Carlo Ancelotti's side's current form is nothing short of amazing, having amassed 13 goals from their last three games. Chelsea will join Arsenal and Manchester United in the quarter-finals of the Carling Cup after their clinical demolition of Bolton Wanderers at the Stamford Bridge. Deco, Malouda, Drogba and Salomon Kalou were the goal scorers for Chelsea. Click to continue reading...

It isn't my intention to steal the MMM's thunder but I figured I'd throw out a few observations from my weekend of watching a pretty crazy amount of footie... 1. This is definitely the year where forwards are re-establishing themselves as the league's goal-getters. In recent seasons we've seen the ascent of CRon, Lamps, Gerrard, Ashley Young, and others among the league's top goal scorers. Click to continue reading...

Raul

The forgotten man in Real Madrid's offensive rotation reminded La Liga fans that he is still among the best goal scorers. With Cristiano Ronaldo out for a while it is Raul's time to shine and prove once again in his career that he is as valuable as any player on the squad.

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Last week I went on and on about how Sevilla is the most overlooked club in all of La Liga. They have beaten among the best (Real Madrid) and going into last weekend they were among the hottest clubs in all of the world. Well you can say that I gave Sevilla the dreaded curse as well. The club's winning ways would come to an end last weekend with a loss to Deportivo La Coruna.

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Euan Purcell's treble and Byron Cephers' brace led the Fort Lewis College men's soccer team as it recorded an 11-0 victory against Colorado Christian University on Sunday in Lakewood.

Fort Lewis, ranked No. 6 in the nation, recorded 49 shots in the victory to improve to 13-1 overall, 10-0 in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.

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Forwards are goal scorers. Forwards are our front line of attack, our main offensive players. If the ball is between a forward and the goal or the goal line, forwards must be running to the ball - all the way to the goal or to the goalkeeper. Forwards have to follow all shots. If another forward has the ball, the first forward must move without the ball, along with the other forwards, to stay one. Click to continue reading...

Peter Lovenkrands thinks that Newcastle have plenty of strikers who can put the ball in the net in the Championship. Peter Lovenkrands - plenty of goal-scorers up front The Danish International said today: "We look very strong up front. We have a lot of good strikers to chose from, and all of us are capable of [. Click to continue reading...

An injury time winner by veteran Martin Palermo kept Argentina's qualification hopes well and truly alive. Argentina was cruising to a victory courtesy of a strike from Higuain but was stunned when Peru equalised in the 89th minute but was saved by a goal from Palermo deep into injury time. Click to continue reading...

A great piece of Argentine football history was published by Clarin today.

Even though there have been countless numbers of Argentine players that have been goal scorers in Europe, only one Argentine player has actually won the European Golden Boot.

So, who is the only Argentine player to win the European Golden Boot as top goal scorer in all of Europe?

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After such an emphatic attacking display against Blackburn, the question has come around, are we REAL title contenders? Many people will suddenly sit up and take notice after another Premier League victory in which we scored 6. However, are they getting ahead of themselves? I will look at what we have put right from last season, what attributes might make us plausible title contenders, and what still needs putting right.

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After such an emphatic attacking display against Blackburn, the question has come around, are we REAL title contenders? Many people will suddenly sit up and take notice after another Premier League victory in which we scored 6. However, are they getting ahead of themselves?

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Facing Chelsea at Stamford Bridge is never easy. But with Petr Cech suspended and with Liverpool's knack for playing well against the London giants, I felt optimistic going into yesterday's match. And with Liverpool dominating the first stretch of play, I felt a goal was inevitable and a win was feasible. Click to continue reading...

Jonjon's view on Yesterday's game.

I had to talk about the game as I was about to burst inside..

That was magnificent, that performance showed many aspects of the new improved 2009-10 team...

A while ago, I think it was Ave and me that talked about the fact that if we learned to finish off our chances we dont need to worry about defending.

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There have been more goals than ever before in the Premier League. And despite the relative glut this weekend, many less draws. Plus, more players than usual are getting on the scoresheet. We look at these anomalies and the possible reasons why...

1. More goals than ever before

There have been 2.

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Yesterday's game gave Arsenal fans and the world an indication of what Arshavin and Rosicky playing in tandem can do.

Both players are skilful, have plenty of tricks, great vision, an array of passing, are always on the move and can shoot. It is a luxury to have one player like that, but to be fortunate to have two is amazing.

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Parkview Vikings 1
Jackson 2
Vikings get an early goal from Tanner Bennett but were unable to hold it

Glendale Falcons 2 (PKs)
Cape Central 1
Glendale goes to PKs for the 3rd straight day. Leading 1-0 for about 70 minutes, the Falcon's gave up a late goal and the teams battled to a 1-1 tie through 2 overtimes.

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Lionel Messi

It has been claimed many times by many different people, Messi is quite simply "the man" as we say here in the states. Messi continues to fuel Barca's ridiculous offense and who knows maybe the club can potentially win the treble two straight seasons even though it had never been done by any La Liga squad ever before last season.

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Real Madrid striker Ruud van Nistelrooy returned after a long spell on the sidelines to provide an assist and score another in his side's emphatic 5-0 victory over La Liga minnows Xerez. While the focus of the game initially remained on another former Manchester United star, Cristiano Ronaldo who scored twice to make it six goals in his four appearances it was his Dutch teammate who eventually created most of the headlines.

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This is my take on Football365.com weekly winners and losers column after week five in the Premier League.

Winners

Manchester City
While the actions of Emmanuel Adebayor' got all the attention this weekend, this was a huge statement win for Manchester City.

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This is my take on Football365.com weekly winners and losers column after week five in the Premier League.

Winners

Manchester City
While the actions of Emmanuel Adebayor' got all the attention this weekend, this was a huge statement win for Manchester City.

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Random notes from the world of soccer in Colorado:

TIGER TOURNAMENT: The Colorado College women's soccer team hosts the University of Denver, Kansas and Texas Christian on Friday and Sunday. CC faces TCU at 4 p.m. Friday and Kansas at 2:30 p.m. Sunday. The Pioneers meet the Jayhawks at 1:30 Friday and Texas Christian at noon Sunday.

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Funny how when you score all these stats come up. Anyways, TONS of stats from last night's game, plenty of them have to do with Josh Wolff and his performance.
Josh Wolff's second goal last night, was the Wizards 600th in league play. KC is the 7th MLS team to hit that mark. Wolff also scored the team's 400th goal back in 2005 against Colorado. Click to continue reading...

The Hull City Tigers have all the odds against them. This off-season they discovered that most players with the talent to play for the club would prefer to be role players for more historically successful clubs. Take Michael Owen for example. He spurned the Tigers for a sub spot on Manchester United.

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Roberto Soldado

Soldado had a dream start to his 2009/10 season. The forward would lead Getafe to a 4-1 victory over Racing Santander. Soldado achieved the rare hat trick in the match and helped put Getafe on the right track with an away victory to start off the year.

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I am happy to say that we are only one week away from the start of Spain's La Liga Primera Division season. And let's be honest. We have all been anxiously awaiting the start of La Liga this season a little more then the usual calender year. And surprisingly it isn't because of the rapidly approaching World Cup.

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Briefly we hear at SATO would like to take you through the Segunda Division of La Liga. We are aware that the second tier is not always as exciting as the moves that clubs like Real Madrid and Barcelona are making, but keep in mind that many of the stars of tomorrow are possibly playing in the secondary league today.

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Argentina's record against Russia (most games where with USSR)
Won 3
Lost 2
Tied 6
Total games played = 11
Go to AFA's website for a detailed description of all the games Argentina & Russia have played through out history. It includes all the players names and goal scorers. Click to continue reading...