Dion Bubblin' and Phil Bubb Apart from the possible introduction of video technology we all agree that football is pretty much best left alone. It is a beautiful game because it is beautifully simple, and all of the gimmicks merely threaten to get in the way of what makes the game so special. Or so [.

By Chris Wright

From the same folks (Norwegian TV show Golden Goal) that bought the world Electroshock Football comes 'Bubble Football', in which professional sides Sarpsborg and Fredrikstad square off inside huge plastic bubbles with as much physical contact as possible encouraged.

David Trezeguet (front) in training for new club River Plate

Argentinian giants River Plate, who are currently playing in their country's second division following last season's shock relegation, have showed their ambition to get back into the top flight by signing former France international David Trezeguet.

Vaya sádicos los del programa de Golden Goal europeo, mira que según ellos para hacer el fútbol mejor decidieron usar a unos futbolistas como conejillos de indias y con collares similares a los de perros de entrenamiento, los colocaron en las piernas de los jugadores para dar descargas eléctricas cada que el usuario lo desee y juzgue que el futbolista este mal o simplemente por gusto ; el arbitro tampoco se salva.

By JOHN BOSCHINI

Overtime was needed in both of Sunday's quarterfinals as unseeded Charlotte shocked No. 3 UConn and No. 2 Creighton overcame a hearty challenge from No. 7 South Florida.

Charlotte came from behind late in the game to knot the score at 1-1 and force a penalty kick shootout against the Huskies before advancing courtesy of a 4-2 victory.

Minnesota's Eric Miller and Brent Kallman will be making a trip the NCAA Men's D1 College Cup next weekend. The Bluejays shutout their opponent for the 18th time this season with a 1-0 overtime win over South Florida Sunday afternoon at Morrison Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska. The golden goal game in the 97th minute of [.

By JOHN BOSCHINI

There will be no repeat for Caleb Porter and the Akron Zips.

The defending champions were unceremoniously dumped out at the hands of unseeded Charlotte with a 1-0 defeat Sunday night. A first-half goal from A-10 rookie of the year Giuseppe Gentile proved to be the difference as Charlotte handed Akron its first regulation loss in NCAA play since 2008.

Going into OT! Golden goal.

Keep up the mojo!

Go Sodium!!!!

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By JOHN BOSCHINI

When Boston College was announced as the fourth seed in this year's NCAA Tournament, more than a few people raised their eyebrows in surprise. On Sunday, the rest of the college soccer world found out why.

The Eagles were shocked at home by unseeded Rutgers with a penalty kick shootout loss, dumping Boston College out in their first game of the tournament.

By JOHN BOSCHINI

One round down in the NCAA Tournament and most of the heavy hitters relegated to the first round are still alive, with one notable exception.

2009 champions Virginia were shocked 1-0 at home by Colonial Athletic Champions Delaware in an overtime upset.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - Brian Span (So., Somers, N.Y.) scored the golden goal with 20 seconds remaining in double overtime to propel the fourth-seeded Virginia men's soccer team to a 4-3 victory over fifth-seeded Wake Forest Tuesday night in the quarterfinals of the 2011 ACC Tournament at Klöckner Stadium.

If Tuesday's quarterfinals were any indication of how the rest of the ACC Tournament is going to play out, we are in for one wild tournament.

Defending champion Maryland saw its title defend end after one match as Boston College jumped out to an early two-goal lead before holding off a fierce comeback to post a 2-1 upset victory on Tuesday night.

We could say it was football,everyday, since Oct 26th to 0ct 31th in the Turkish Super League...
TFF,cremmed in, week 8 and 9, in between those days!
Prety much, every stadium was half emty through out theese matches....
In the week 8, Besiktas, Fenerbhace derby match was the best match!

Former New England Revolution midfielder and University of Rhode Island product Winston Griffiths passed away Sunday night at the University Hospital of the West Indies in Jamaica after reportedly being found in poor condition by friends on the side of the road on Saturday. He was 33 years old.

Griffiths' short stint on the Revolution is most memorable for his near miss in the 2002 MLS Cup Final against the Lost Angeles Galaxy.

Watching Dwayne DeRosario show tremendous heart and incredible ability in trying to will D.C. United to a victory on Wednesday night against Portland, soomething came to mind that I had thought about a few times before. Something about DeRosario that is probably widely-accepted as fact, but never really discussed.

Cross defending national champion Akron off of the list of unbeaten teams in college soccer.

Luis Silva's golden goal not even a minute into overtime gave No. 15 UC Santa Barbara (Fox Soccer/SBI) a riveting 3-2 win over No. 5 Akron and handed the Gauchos a landmark victory Wednesday night.

Make that eight straight games without conceding a goal for the No. 1-ranked (Fox Soccer/SBI) Connecticut men's soccer team.

Carlos Alvarez scored in the fifth minute, and UConn's defense posted its eighth straight clean sheet to lift the Huskies to a 3-0 victory over Manhattan Tuesday night.

Photo by Stephen Brashear/ISIphotos.com

By DAVID GUBALA

It was almost the perfect redemption to an unaccomplished season for the Chicago Fire. Winning the U.S. Open Cup for the fifth time in club history would have overshadowed all of the losses, unnecessary draws, and most importantly, potentially missing out on the playoffs.

By JOHN BOSCHINI

The top-ranked Connecticut Huskies added another impressive win in their perfect start with a thrilling 1-0 double overtime victory against No. 8 Louisville.

Junior captain Stephane Diop pounced on a rebound created by Carlos Alvarez's shot and rocketed a shot home from the left side of the penalty box 1:02 into the second overtime.

I won't even ask if you remember Disaster South Korea in 2002. The ref, Byron Moreno, made ridiculous calls like gifting South Korea a penalty early on. Or Totti "diving" in the penalty area in extra time that saw him receive a second yellow instead of a penalty. Or Damiano Tomassi's golden goal that was "offside" (but not really, according to everyone else in the universe.

Interesting YouTube video showing all the tears and sad memories for the English team fans since the 1966 victory. It shows the critical moments of England last game, mondial after the other,
What was their best team since 1966? Not sure, could be the 1982 WC when they didn't lose a single game, and managed to beat (the wonderful) France 3-1, or the 1990 WC when they were very very close to qualifying to the final vs.

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CHICAGO -- Several of the youngest Eclipse Select Soccer Club alumni earned their first collegiate goals this past weekend, with two tallying game-winners.
Eclipse Select alumna and DePaul University freshman Sarah Gorden (Elk Grove, Ill.

Photo by Jeff Camarati/UNC Athletic Communications

After a few marquee matchups in the opening weeks of the college soccer season, a new team has emerged to claim the top spot in the Fox Soccer/SBI NCAA Top 25 rankings.

North Carolina is the new No. 1 team in the land after a victory over Louisville, the team that previously occupied the top spot.

RADFORD, Va. – Ramzi Dridi (Falls Church, Va. / JEB Stuart)' s golden-goal in the 95th minute lifted Radford to a 2-1 exhibition win over Lees McRae in men's soccer action Saturday afternoon at Cupp...
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Battling the rain and a determined opponent, the University of Denver finally found a winner against the University of Northern Colorado in the second period of extra time in the second game of the inaugural Colorado Cup late Friday.

DU prevailed in the opener for both teams at the Pioneers' CIBER Field when Nicholette DiGiacomo's flick was punched into the back of the net by Kristen Hamilton in the 109th minute.

This is the eleventh and penultimate post in a weekly series highlighting Italy's 4 World Cup wins from qualifications to the finals.
The knockout stages would feature a big change at this World Cup - the loss of the "Golden Goal." Instead, if the game was tied at the end of regulation, the teams would play two 15 minute overtime periods, regardless of any goals.

I'll be taking in Livestrong Sporting Park on Tuesday for the US Open Cup match between Sporting KC and the Chicago Fire PDL squad. Look for photos and a game story on Wednesday. Sporting KC offers these notes on the match...

Fresh off a win in MLS play over the weekend, Sporting Kansas City faces a quick turnaround as they host Chicago Fire PDL of the USL Premier Development League Tuesday at 7:30 p.

Well, not exactly a 'golden goal' but it is a helluva goal & it put Mexico in the semi final of the CONCACAF Gold Cup. So, that sounds like a golden goal to me. And who other than Chicharito could be the goalscorer with a sneaky back-heel, golaso!! Way to go mr. Hernández!

Springfield SC 95/96 vs Lou Fusz Poupard, Quarterfinals

U14 Boys Semifinals 1:30 pm, SLYSA #11
Springfield SC
Tony Glavin Celtic
SSC faces the #8 ranked team in the State but also a team that lost to Lou Fusz Kargacin in group play, the same team SSC defeated 2-0 on Wednesday.

Imagine one of the key stone players for a club becoming its General Manager. He would be a decent to good player in the League, and acquire talent that many others would not recognize over a decade after his retirement. Then while the Chicago Fire are in a deep funk with only 4 points in last five and win-less since match day two, he fires the head coach and takes over the coaching reigns?

The Class 3 games will begin at 5:00 pm Friday on Field 1. Twitter user can follow the #MO4soc hashtag for updates from SGFsoccer.com and other users.

Ursuline Bears 2 (1st OT)
Incarnate Word Red Knights 1
Molly Hubers puts her shot from the top of the box off the underside of the crossbar for the golden goal 10 min into the 1st OT

7:00 pm, Field 1
Glendale Falcons -
Liberty Jays

The Championship game between the Ursuline Bears/Incarnate Word Red Knights and the Glendale Falcons/Liberty Jays will kick off at 6:00 pm on Saturday evening on Field 1.

After a return of his earlier heart troubles kept him sidelined for the final two months of the season, Gerard Houllier has now officially stepped down as manager of Aston Villa Football Club. With this latest health concern coming towards the end of a season that had already been trying at times for the former Liverpool boss, everybody expected that it was only a matter of time.

There hasn't been too many so far this year, did you notice? It's only happened five times in 86 games.
PCT GPG 1996 18.1% 3.37 1997 24.4% 3.26 1998 21.9% 3.57 1999 12.5% 2.86 2000 17.2% 3.19 2001 19.6% 3.28 2002 18.6% 3.01 2003 19.3% 2.89 2004 16.

Liverpool Reserves crashed out of the International Soccer Sevens tournament in Hong Kong at the semi-final stage on Sunday.
Pep Segura's side had topped their group to reach the knockout stage on Sunday and they started brightly with a 2-1 win over Citizen.
However, they lost in the semi-final 2-1 to local side Kitchee.

The 2011 edition of the 2011 Camdenton Lady Lakers Invitational Tournament will include Boonville, Branson, Jacksonville, Lebanon, Mexico, School of the Osage, and Warrensburg this year.

Friday Schedule & Results

3:30 p.m. School of the Osage vs Mexico
4:30 p.

I continue posting some of historical goals in previous Asian Cups. I decided that I will write about the games after I see few games. Usually, Asian Cups are difficult to predict. Not all teams take it with same seriousness. In general, I think it should go to the FarEast or Australia.
Anyhow, from the memory of great goals, I start with the last goal scored in 1984 Asian Cup, by the Saudi legendary player, Majed Abdullah.

Without changing a thing, the face of the World Cup has already changed greatly for the near future. The award of Brazil is about as traditional as it can get, but Qatar in 2022 will see the first World Cup in the Middle East, in an Arab nation. So that's a large change.

The rumblings of a potential winter World Cup would give it an odd feel.