Welcome from Land Shark Stadium in Miami. Honduras, a World Cup qualifier from CONCACAF takes on Peru here. Down in Montevideo, Costa Rica is taking on Uruguay for the final spot in South Africa. Earlier today, a US side made up largely of reserves was beaten by a Danish side made up almost completely of reserves 3-1.

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AFC Wimbledon supporters tuck in.

Photo credit: mattcr on Flickr, via the Pitch Invasion Photo Pool.

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1. Photo Daily July 28 AFC Wimbledon Fan Takes a Stand Photo credit: szczels on Flickr, via the Pitch Invasion photo pool.

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The Wizards season is over and it's time to take a look at how the Wizards players stacked up this season grade wise. It wasn't a good season and many of the players grades reflect that. Some fan favorites suffered for the way the team had played this season as well. You can check out the midseason grades here. Click to continue reading...

Iriam jogar hoje, amistosamente, as seleções do RD COngo e do Haiti. Mas, devido a seleção do Haiti não conseguir visto para fazer escala na França e passagem para a RD COngo, o jogo foi adiado.
Segue nota oficial da federação haitiana de futebol em francês.
Port au Prince, le 13 novembre 2009
La Fédération Haïtienne de Football a le regret d'annoncer l'annulation du match international amical Haïti Vs RD Congo prévu pour se jouer à Kinshasa le 14 Novembre prochain. Click to continue reading...

The 2009 MLS regular season saw overall average attendance drop to an average of 16,037. Down from last years 16,459. It did, though, see a new record for attendance set by the expansion Seattle Sounders FC, who averaged 30,897 over the course of the season. Here are the averages of all the teams in the league this year. Click to continue reading...

We've covered the forwards, and we've covered the front office. Heck, our front office results actually have been 100% correct so far, with Tom Soehn leaving the team and Kasper and Payne set to return. We'll have to wait a while to find out if our forward results are correct, but in the meantime, let's see what everyone has to say about our attacking midfielders. Click to continue reading...

For the second straight season, the Columbus Crew's Chad Marshall was selected as the league's best defender. Marshall was named as the MLS 2009 Defender of the Year Thursday, joining Carlos Bocanegra and Robin Fraser as the award's only two-time winners.

2009 has been a tremendous success for Marshall, named in July as an All-Star, and earning five caps with the U.

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For the second straight season, the Columbus Crew's Chad Marshall was selected as the league's best defender. Marshall was named as the MLS 2009 Defender of the Year Thursday, joining Carlos Bocanegra and Robin Fraser as the award's only two-time winners.

2009 has been a tremendous success for Marshall, named in July as an All-Star, and earning five caps with the U.

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We are less than a month away from a pair of U.S. men's national team friendlies against fellow World Cup participants Slovakia and Denmark and it is growing increasingly difficult to project just who will be playing in central defense for the United States when those matches take place.

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We are less than a month away from a pair of U.S. men's national team friendlies against fellow World Cup participants Slovakia and Denmark and it is growing increasingly difficult to project just who will be playing in central defense for the United States when those matches take place.

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First things first, the US MNT has added another friendly to the November schedule by announcing their stop in Slovakia four days before playing Denmark, which will make for a good pair of measuring stick matches against a couple of fellow World Cup qualifiers on European soil. Both Slavakia and Denmark finished atop their UEFA qualifying groups, so these matches should provide a good show of where we stand against quality competition several months removed from the Confederations Cup.

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Jack Bell creates a list of 10 most memorable games at Giants Stadium.

Some of the highlights.

Last summer's USA vs Mexico Gold Cup final turned out be an embarrassing 5-0 rout. David Beckham's New York introduction in 2007 resulted in a 5-4 pulsating shootout between the Galaxy and the Red Bulls.

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Read the column here.

There were a couple of Aguirre quotes left over that didn't get into the column for space reasons.

The first concerns the infamous incident against Panama in the Gold Cup where Aguirre actually enters the field of play in an effort to influence the game.

The incident is here if you haven't seen it:

And here's Aguirre's rationale for his actions:

"When I lifted up my foot it was just an impulse.

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Oh how I love the smell of crackpot ethnographic posturing in the morning.
Today, it's none other than Kartik Krishnaiyer playing the part of soccer's Bernard Lewis with his post, entitled, "Mexican Qualification for South Africa Borders on Illegitimate."
Quote: Few will recall that Mexico's passage to the Hexagonal and success in the Hex owed itself largely to unsporting play, and the failure of CONCACAF's officials to fairly referee games in the qualifying cycle. Click to continue reading...

A couple of days ago we heard about the tragic one car accident involving Charlie Davies and his two friends, sadly one of them died. You think to yourself how could these men go out on the field and try to play a match that honestly didn't mean anything, since they already qualified in Honduras for the World Cup.

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I had written a post match story about how terrible it was for CONCACAF to have Costa Rica representing the region instead of Honduras. Scratch that- new post match story coming soon- leave your comments here in the mean time.

Related posts:

1. CONCACAF Gold Cup Semifinals: US 2-0 Honduras, Mexico 1-1 (5-3PKS) Costa Rica AET Join us beginning at 6:15pm ET for live commentary.

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Sounders thoughts and prayers out to Charlie Davies, US MNT Forward. Charlie granted me a few moments of his time back when the National Team was training at Starfire prior to the Gold Cup. Last night he was in a car accident, and today in surgery. ESPN has more information. Here I will just [...] Click to continue reading...

National Team Current FIFA Rank:39Highest FIFA Rank:17Average FIFA Rank:48World Cup Appearances:3 (1990, 2002, 2006)Last Costa Rica Result in US:0-0 (July 12, 2005 Gold Cup)Head Coach:René...

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DC United forward Santino Quaranta will miss several months recuperating from surgery on his left foot. Quaranta ruptured his plantar plate during practice on Friday. Quaranta had a strong Gold Cup for the United States over the summer, scoring his first international goal. He had two goals in 22 appearances for DC this season. Click to continue reading...

Tomorrow night in LA the Wizards will be facing a must win as they take on Chivas USA at the Home Depot Center. Should the Wizards lose, their playoff chances go to almost none existent (and will be completely gone if New England beats Columbus. Basically, there are two ways the Wizards can be eliminated from the playoffs this weekend. Click to continue reading...

by FRANCO PANIZO

It has been more than two years since the signature moment of Benny Feilhaber's career, his game-winning Gold Cup Final blast vs. Mexico, and few players have endured more of a roller-coaster ride in the time since.

After a breakout year in 2007, in which he became a fixture in the U.

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by FRANCO PANIZO

It has been more than two years since the signature moment of Benny Feilhaber's career, his game-winning Gold Cup Final blast vs. Mexico, and few players have endured more of a roller-coaster ride in the time since.

After a breakout year in 2007, in which he became a fixture in the U.

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by FRANCO PANIZO

From Olympic standout to orchestrator of the potent Houston Dynamo offense, to U.

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by FRANCO PANIZO

From Olympic standout to orchestrator of the potent Houston Dynamo offense, to U.

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Dos Santos and Blanco have been instrumental in Mexico's resurgence
Sven Goran Ericksson left Mexico in worse shape than he found it after a 3-1 defeat to Honduras earlier this year. The coach that Chivas owner, Jorge Vergara, brought in amidst a flurry of fanfare didn't even get a ride to the airport on his way out of town, albeit with a hefty little buyout in his bank account. Click to continue reading...

Wizards captain Jimmy Conrad has been called back up to the US Men's National team for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Honduras and Costa Rica. The US play in Honduras on the 10th of October and then on the 14th in DC against Costa Rica. With the call up, Conrad appears set to miss the league match against Chivas USA. Click to continue reading...

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From the "Not that guy again" department comes word that the referee for the U.S. Under-20 national team's crucial Under-20 World Cup match against Cameroon on Tuesday (12:40pm, ESPN2)Â will be none other than Jorge Larrionda.

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From the "Not that guy again" department comes word that the referee for the U.S. Under-20 national team's crucial Under-20 World Cup match against Cameroon on Tuesday (12:40pm, ESPN2)Â will be none other than Jorge Larrionda.

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Welcome to a brand new feature on Carlos Vela News, a monthly podcast called 'Vela Interactive'. The aim of the chat is to catch up with fellow bloggers and fans to discuss the latest news and views on all things Carlos Vela related.

This week we catch up with Jamie Sanderson, owner of Arseshirts and talk-show co-host.

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The Wizards have a chance tomorrow to make up more ground on the pack ahead of them and get even closer to the MLS playoffs this year. Tomorrow, the Wizards take on the Colorado Rapids, who are currently 8 points ahead of the Wizards and currently in the playoffs. Colorado comes into the game on the backs of 2 1-1 draws with San Jose, both on late penalty kick goals by the leagues leading scorer, Conor Casey. Click to continue reading...

Poor guy. When was the last time this guy saw the field in a competitive match?
The Gold Cup?
Anyways, reports are he'll probably make his debut for Belenenses later today as the Portuguese club has a league cup match.
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5 games into the hex, Costa Rica were in perfect position. They were on top of the group with 12 points, winning all three of their home fixtures, and were the only team in the hex to win a game on the road. This, along with their undefeated record in the previous stage had Ticos the world over dreaming of success in the hex and in South Africa. Click to continue reading...

The Game

It's the first game of Arsenal's Carling Cup campaign. As always, Arsene Wenger opts to start with a young side although Philippe Senderos and Mikael Silvestre will provide experience at the back. Although on the bench, Carlos Vela makes his first appearance of the season after the Gold Cup injury and it's great news for the Gunners to have him back.

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The Game

It's the first game of Arsenal's Carling Cup campaign. As always, Arsene Wenger opts to start with a young side although Philippe Senderos and Mikael Silvestre will provide experience at the back. Although on the bench, Carlos Vela makes his first appearance of the season after the Gold Cup injury and it's great news for the Gunners to have him back.

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Confirming a report made by the Wasington Post's Steven Goff on Wednesday, Philadelphia Union president Tom Veit acknowledged this morning that the club may end up playing their first-ever league game in a venue other than the 18,500-seat stadium that is currently being built for them in Chester. Instead, there is a possibility that the team will kick off their first season in the league at 68,000-seat Lincoln Financial Field, home of the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles. Click to continue reading...