In case you missed it, the Chicago Fire defeated Real Espana 3-1 in Saturday night's international exhibition. Video highlights, goal scorers, and Fire starters are after the break. The team has a recap with some quotes from Klopas up on the website. The local paper, The Times-Picayune, had a good recap too.

SPANISH FOOTBALL tonight under very cold conditions, as in most Western Europe, with 5 matches scheduled as part of Round 22 of LA LIGA. Here are all the final results along with the goal scorers. Levante - Racing LEVANTE drew 1 - 1 with RACING DE SANTANDER in an interesting game of Football that saw the latter more determined to grab the points.

Clearly, every game is a very tough one for Arsenal on current form. Will the team get its first League win of 2012? Doesn't seem like it if we look at the manner in which Arsenal have dropped points in recent games, or the way Blackburn came from behind to win at home earlier this season, or the fact that Steve Kean is yet to lose against Wenger or Ferguson in the Premiership (2W, 2D)!

The beginning of the 2012 Major League Soccer season is right around the corner and the folks over at MLS Soccer have released their first preseason power rankings. As expected the LA Galaxy are on top, while the New England Revolution get no love, as MLS Soccer ranks them below the expansion side Montreal Impact.

Edson Buddle is back. (Getty Images)

Edson Buddle is back in a LA Galaxy uniform. The deal to bring back one of the league's all-time best goal-scorers happened today.

Buddle rejoins the Galaxy after being released from his contract with FC Ingolstadt 04 on Tuesday. Los Angeles maintained his MLS rights following his free transfer to Ingolstadt last January.

After sweeping through the qualifying for the Olympics 2012 in London like Charlie Sheen on Tiger Blood, the USWNT decided to put their emphatic stamp on the tourney and ensure a top seed. Wambach nets two to move her to 2nd all time in FIFA's top women goal scorers (131) and the US rolls to a 4-0 win that wasn't as close as the scoreline indicates.

After qualifying for the 2012 Olympics by defeating Costa Rica in the semifinal, the U.S. WNT has just one more task at hand and it won't be an easy one. The Americans will face Canada in the championship game of the tournament in front of a crowd expected to be more than 20,000 screaming Canadians at BC Place on Sunday evening.

Last game tonight of Round 1 of the SPANISH FOOTBALL LEAGUE with the following result & scorers. Both VILLAREAL & REAL SPORTING DE GIJON needed the points to keep contemplating surviving this season at the top level. However, only one got away with the objetive as Villareal won 3 - 0 Gijon. The goal scorers were MARCOS RUBEN in the 56th min, BORJA VALERO in the 58th min & BRUNO in the 90th

SPANISH FOOTBALL this afternoon-night with the continuation of Round 1 ( the retake of the "players strike" at the start of the season) with five matches scheduled. Here is a brief summary of all the main events, the final results & the goal scorers. Osasuna-Valencia CF OSASUNA drew 1 - 1 against VALENCIA CF in a very rough & aggressive match at Pamplona.

Since it'd been a few days without a post I figured I'd give you a second post today as well on stats. This time it's all competition goal scorers for Sporting KC in their history. First here are some previous years for you.
1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
On the list this year we add two new players to the list this season, other than that we see no movement on the list this year.

Good moment to give the current list of SPANISH FOOTBALL LEAGUE leading goal scorers. The widget on the side of the blog by our friends at "footbo.com" is obviously wrong & it looks like they are not getting their "shit" together. I am even contemplating removing the widget, I will allow a week more to see if they react.

With all three of Rangers' Americans starting against Inverness, it was the defender getting the goal. Carlos Bocanegra opened the scoring in the 55th minute from the run of play, with Inverness equalizing 12 minutes later. Kyle Lafferty broke that deadlock in the 83rd minute. Lafferty subbed on for Alejandro Bedoya in the 52nd minute.

The post from yesterday regarding the youngest and oldest players to ever appear for Sporting KC was spawned by the fact that earlier this year, Soony Saad, on his debut became the youngest goal scorer in the Wizards history when he scored against the Portland Timbers on his 19th birthday. With that in mind, here are the youngest and oldest goal scorers in KC's history.

Tukwila, Wash.-- Seattle SoundersFC U18 Academy team (6-4-3) overall and U16 Academy team (9-2-2) overall played Vancouver Whitecaps FC today in a northwest division showdown in United States Development Academy (USSDA) play.

The U18 team lost by a score of 1-3.

Goal Scorers: Ian Lange

The U16 team won by a score of 4-0.

With Liverpool currently sitting in 6th despite having one of the best defences in the Premier League, it is time to call on the club to buy a quality striker to aid Suarez upfront in the quest for a top-four finish this season.
Below is a table of our Premiership goal-scorers this season:
PREMIER LEAGUEGOALSSUAREZ5CARROLL2MAXI1ADAM2HENDERSON1GERRARD1BELLAMY1JOHNSON1SKRTEL1KELLY1
True, lots of Liverpool players have been finding the net, but it is simply not good enough for a club of our standards.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0bPoxFEPRU

Real Madrid against Barcelona on Saturday, December 10 will be the 163rd time these two clubs have played a league version of El Clasico. The highly-anticipated match will be seen by soccer fans from around the world, but where on U.S. television will you be able to watch it?

No stats? Good luck.

For those not aware, the Hermann Trophy is soccer's equivalent to the Heismann.

So I'm scanning the blogs out there, and I came across the following comments on this post concerning the 15 semifinalists for the award.

Mark said:

12 forwards and 2 mids in that list.

There are several candidates for the award this weekend including the goal scorers who sealed our 3-0 victory.
Of those, Gareth Bale and Aaron Lennon caused problems throughout the game, particularly after Bolton had gone down to ten men on the twenty minute mark.
Our defence were pretty quiet throughout the match so the main contenders can be found further up the pitch.

SPANISH FOOTBALL action tonight with four games of Round 15 from LA LIGA. Lets quickly race through with a summary of all events, the final results & the goal scorers. Racing de Santander celebrate their only goal RACING DE SANTANDER Coach Hector Cuper resigned mid-week & his team reacted with a 1 - 0 victory over VILLAREAL.

This is not entirely a post about Lucas. You'll find Lucas in the video, but that's mostly a result of the fact that he was healthy when Liverpool headed to Fulham in the spring, and I couldn't find a highlights package where he's been blurred out. But he does want you to know how much your support means to him.

Ivory Coast are the heavy favourites going into the African Cup of Nations in 2012 in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea next year.
The Elephants will be able to call upon on the service of a number of high profile European players such as the Toure brothers, Salomon Kalou, Gervinho and Didier Drogba.

Article by Nicholas Murray
Two undefeated teams fall, another rolls on, and a strong road weekend from one of the league's powers are the highlights of this weekend's action in the Major Indoor Soccer League.
WAVE CONTINUES TO ROLL
Picking up two wins in two cities in less than 24 hours is a tough task, but the defending MISL champion Milwaukee Wave were able to pull off the feat with victories at home against the Norfolk SharX and on the road against the Missouri Comets on Saturday night and Sunday evening.

Real Madrid remain three points clear at the top of La Liga after an impressive 3-2 win over Valencia at Mestalla.

Karim Benzema's brilliant strike gave the league leaders the advantage at half-time and when Sergio Ramos made it 2-0 most fans thought the match was over. But Valencia never rolled over and two goals from Roberto Soldado made sure that Madrid had to fight until the final whistle to wrap up all three points.

Tukwila, Wash.-- Seattle SoundersFC U18 Academy team (4-0-1) and U16 Academy team (3-1-1) played Santa Cruz Breakers today in a northwest division showdown in United States Development Academy (USSDA) play.

The U18 team won by a score of 5-0.

Goal Scorers: Miles Nilsen-Rodriguez, Michael Gallagher, Jordan Schweitzer (2), Dominique Dismuke

The U16 team won by a score of 4-2.

Tukwila, Wash.-- Seattle Sounders FC U18 Academy team (3-0-1) and U16 Academy team (2-1-1) played De Anza Force today in a northwest division showdown in United States Development Academy (USSDA) play.

The U18 team won by a score of 2-1.

Goal Scorers: Jim Oganga, Dominique Dismuke

The U16 team won by a score of 3-2.

SPANISH FOOTBALL action tonight with three great games as part of Round 13 of LA LIGA . Here is a quick summary of events, plus all the results & goal scorers. Valero scores for Villareal VILLAREAL managed to get three valuable points after defeating 1 - 0 REAL BETIS. The only & winning goal came in the 20th min thanks to BORJA VALERO.

In SB Nation's Mock Montreal Impact Expansion Draft I was asked to predict what the Seattle Sounders would do. My thoughts change on a daily basis, but of the main questions I had them protecting both Brad Evans and Erik Friberg. Which leaves two of the three young goal scorers available. The mock GM picked Mike Fucito.

Big night for U.S. soccer and the men's national team won in Europe for the first time in 3 1/2 years, beating Slovenia 3-2. Yes that is not a misprint. The U.Sc. scored three goals tonight, more than doubling the number of goals that they had scored in the previous six games under Jurgen Klinsmann.

By Tony Edwards - San Jose, CA (Nov 15, 2011) US Soccer Players -- Five for Tuesday, where Tony looks ahead to a busy 2012 for the Galaxy, looks back at record goal scorers in MLS, and ponders the 34-game schedule. Which player in MLS history has scored the most goals at home? Surprisingly, not Jeff Cunningham, who leads in away goals and game-winning goals.

Months after leaving Arsenal (for understandable reasons), Cesc Fabregas has for the first time spoken out on the club's disastrous start to the season and their recent improved form.

The Spanish midfielder who has suddenly become one of Barca's key goal scorers is now warning Arsenal against letting their top player Robin Van Persie go.

Tukwila, Wash.-- Seattle Sounders FC U18 Academy team (2-0-1) and U16 Academy team (1-1-1) played Victoria Highlanders today in exhibition play, in preparation for USSDA Northwest Division play next weekend.

The U18 team won by a score of 3-2.

Goal Scorers: Dominique Dismuke (2), Jordan Schweitzer

The U16 team won by a score of 6-0.

Patrick Hodan was among the state's top goal scorers this season, finding the back of the net 45 times.

But the Milwaukee Marquette senior forward was at his best in the biggest games.

Hodan finished his career with 14 goals in seven WIAA state tournament matches, including eight last weekend at Milwaukee's Uihlein Soccer Park as the Hilltoppers (24-0-1) won their eighth Division 1 title in the past 12 years.

Van Persie, Suarez, Ronaldo, Messi and players with more goals than games

Some of football's best ever goal scorers with video highlights

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Arsene Wenger admits that he is in awe of the terrific form of his captain Robin van Persie and believes that the Dutchman is finally using his class to distinguish himself as one of the finest in the league.

Van Persie's proneness to injuries has prevented him from reaching his highest potential in recent years but after inheriting the armband, he has been simply unstoppable.

Colorado's journey into the 2011 playoff starts at Dick's Sporting Goods Park at 8 Thursday night against the same foe the team edged on a successful run to the 2010 MLS Cup.

The Columbus Crew meet the Rapids in a one-shot wild card match the night after FC Dallas and the New York Red Bulls tangle in the other wild card match.

MISL Press Release:
October 24, 2011 – (Milwaukee, WI) - The Milwaukee Wave has announced the team has re-signed six more players from last season's championship winning squad, on top of the three already signed.
The returning players are: defensemen Jonathan Santos, Joe Hammes, Jonathan Greenfield and J.

MISL Press Release:
October 24, 2011 – (Milwaukee, WI) - The Milwaukee Wave has announced the team has re-signed six more players from last season's championship winning squad, on top of the three already signed.
The returning players are: defensemen Jonathan Santos, Joe Hammes, Jonathan Greenfield and J.

Is this week's man of the match a formality or does someone other than Rafael van der Vaart deserve the champagne after his double strike in yesterday's 2-1 win at Blackburn?

The Dutchman is in a rich vein of striking form with five golas in his last four games and was singled out for praise by manager Harry Redknapp after the match.

SPANISH FOOTBALL via its LEAGUE celebrated four games this afternoon/evening as part of Round 9 of LA LIGA. Below is a brief summary of the matches, the final results & all the goal scorers. Andre Castro for Gijon REAL SPORTING DE GIJON needed a win like water & they managed to get some pressure off themselves, & give a joy to their fans, after defeated GRANADA 2 - 0.

Arsene Wenger may rest Robin van Persie for the Premier League clash at the Emirates against Stoke tomorrow.

The Daily Mail this morning claims that even if AW decides to play the skipper it is only a matter of time before he is benched. The papwewr reports that Van Persie is in the midst of an amazing goal-scoring streak after hitting 27 goals in 35 games.