It's not strictly Arsenal-related, I know, but by now I'm sure you've all seen the controversial
goal which put France into the 2010 World Cup.
If you haven't: there was a cross into the box which fizzed past the far post, and looked like
it was headed over the touchline for a goal kick. But off one hop, it hit the arm of Thierry Henry,
and deflected back into play in a perfect spot for him to center it directly into the path of the
oncoming William Gallas, who headed home the winning goal.
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This week's Video Of The Week takes us back to the race for the Second Division title from the
1978/79 season and features three matches from an episode of London Weekend Television's "The Big
Match", presented as ever by Brian Moore. The first match is between from Selhurst Park and is
between Crystal Palace and Notts County, the second match is from The Goldstone Ground and is
between Brighton & Hove Albion and Blackburn Rovers (about whom Moore says, "they've already been
relegated to the Third Division, so at least they'll be relaxed) and the final match is from Roker
Park, and is between Sunderland and Cardiff City.
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What a game, what a night, what an occasion!
In front of a record crowd, our team ended their season in a heartbreaking way...it was suddenly
all over.
We played the semi final of the conference tournament seeded #2 against the #3 seed. Previous
encounters this season went to OT with us winning one and the other remaining a tie.
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Yesterday my players played away at a conference rival's and ended a 24 game losing streak.
During this time the team scored a total of 14 goals and conceded over 100 goals!
We played very well, we were disciplined, kept our shape and held the opposition to a 0-0 tie.
The game went into golden goal overtime and the game remained 0-0.
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PRESS RELEASE
Over the weekend of September 12-13 in Bentonville, Arkansas the Springfield Soccer Club sent
six teams to the Clorox Cup hosted by the Northwest Arkansas Lightning Soccer Club. Held at Sugar
Creek Park and Memorial Park the tournament annually brings in competition from Oklahoma, Kansas,
Missouri, Tennessee, and Arkansas.
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PRESS RELEASE
Over the weekend of September 12-13 in Bentonville, Arkansas the Springfield Soccer Club sent
six teams to the Clorox Cup hosted by the Northwest Arkansas Lightning Soccer Club. Held at Sugar
Creek Park and Memorial Park the tournament annually brings in competition from Oklahoma, Kansas,
Missouri, Tennessee, and Arkansas.
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Running around a bit today, so here's a feel-good story. I hadn't read this comment in full when I
posted my story about De Ro scoring the golden goal; amazing how resonant it was north of the
border. Here's Duane Rollins in his own words:
That game hooked me. I was writing for a B.
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Over the next couple of weeks, AMSL will be examining Major League Soccer through a series of
anecdotes, stories, and opinions, to help get a better sense of where the league could or should be
headed in future. Please see this post for an idea of what I'm after, and please do send in
something either to amoresplendidlife[at]gmail.
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The man you see down on the field turf is a hard nose player that gives his all to the club and
tries his best to be a strong and needed player for this squad. No he doesn't have the greatest of
abilities like Juan Pablo Angel, or Landon Donovan, not even the power shot from long distance like
Dwayne DeRosario, but the one thing you can always count on from this man is the size of his heart
and the willingness to perform on the field and working hard in practice to make sure he can bury
those chances when his number is called upon.
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Spain is on a record tying unbeaten run and faces a US team that suffered their worst ever
defeat to Brazil last week. But this match isn't as easy a call as many pundits would make it out
to be.
While the Spanish are a formidable side, perhaps the best in the world currently, they don't
have the traditional pedigree of Brazil or Italy two teams the US struggled against last week.
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Football is a funny game - this is the sport where anything, and I mean
anything, can happen completely out of the blue. For example, no one ever imagined
that Brazilian star Ronaldinho, who was literally unstoppable not too long ago, would suddenly
become as anonymous as he is nowadays.
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In 1998 the United States finished dead last in the World Cup. But truthfully that World Cup
showed itself better in France than the current US team has performed of late. Despite an inability
to finish chances in Steve Sampson's odd 3-6-1 formation, the US only conceded five goals in the
entire World Cup.
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Sono stati decisi i "Migliori", per quanto riguarda tre categorie del mondo del calcio: calciatore,
allenatore e presidente. I riconoscimenti internazionali sono assegnati dall'associazione "Le
Mani", e i vincitori dei cosiddetti Golden Goal 2009 sono Miccoli, attaccante del Palermo, come
"miglior giocatore", Gasperini, della rivelazione del campionato di quest'anno, il Genoa, per i
tecnici e il partenopeo De Laurentiis tra i presidenti.
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Branson Pirates - 3
Carthage Tigers - 2
The Pirates got their first home victory!
Marshfield Blue Jays - 1 (2nd OT)
Logan Rogersville Wildcats - 0
A rematch from Tuesday when the Jays won 2-0 , this was a defensive contest that was finally
decided with less than one minute left in the second overtime.
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Neosho Wildcats - 2 (2nd OT)
Willard Tigers - 1
With a lineup loaded with seniors, including captain Shelby Murray (#4, pictured on the ball), the
Wildcats are off to their best start in recent memory winning their 3rd game in 4 days following a
2-0-1 weekend in Christian County.
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Greenwood Blue Jays - 1 (1st OT)
West Plains Zizzers - 0
Junior Maddie Esther puts her shot from outside the box over the keepers head and inside the back
post in the 7th minute of overtime for the 'golden goal'.
Parkview Vikings - 6
Logan-Rogersville Wildcats - 0
The Vikings got goals from Melanie Allen (2g 1a), Kelsey Loderhose (2g), Shelby Stewart (1g 1a) and
Jessica Maerz.
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Lee Young-pyo is one of football's true gentlemen. The versatile defender is leaving Tottenham
Hotspur for Bundesliga giants Borussia Dortmund after three good years at White Hart Lane and all
who knew him, as well as those who benefitted from some of his unreported good deeds he did off the
pitch in London, will wish him well at the former European champions.
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UCLA conceded an equalizing goal in the 90th minute and went on to lose 2-1 in overtime to
Maryland at Home Depot Center Friday before 3,214 fans, the third biggest crowd ever to see a
Bruins home game.
This was the first game of the season for both teams and it showed.
UCLA dominated the opening 45 minutes, scoring a 27th minute goal created by Palos Verdes
Estates' Kyle Nakazawa, who used his inside knowledge of his former roommate at the U.
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D.C. United 2 : 1 Chicago FireD.C. United advances to U.S. Open Cup Semi-Final against New England
Revolution.
Six Word Novel Recap
Doe, Namoff score. White meets Red.
Media, Traditional and OtherwiseThe Washington Times, Harlan Goode: "All D.C. United needed
Tuesday night was a little more Jaime Moreno.
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On October 20, 1996, Chris Armas scored what should have been the championship-clinching goal
for the Los Angeles Galaxy in MLS Cup. But DC United fought back, and in the 4th minute of
overtime, Eddie Pope headed in the golden goal, right over the head of the diminuitive midfielder,
who was stationed at the near post.
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On October 20, 1996, Chris Armas scored what should have been the championship-clinching goal
for the Los Angeles Galaxy in MLS Cup. But DC United fought back, and in the 4th minute of
overtime, Eddie Pope headed in the golden goal, right over the head of the diminuitive midfielder,
who was stationed at the near post.
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Arseblog 20 June @ 07:01 AM EST
Happy Friday to you all. I have just awoken from the weirdest of dreams in which I won the
Champions League for Arsenal by heading home a slice of onion from a corner. The ref looked, saw
the onion in the back of the net and blew up as it was a golden goal. Weird.
Quite a bit to get through so we'll just get going.
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Steve's Stats: Analysis of Goalkeeper Performance at Group C for 17 June 2008
by Steve Amoia for Keeper Skool
The Group of Death will say farewell to two teams today. Holland has already won the group playing
the best football at the Euro, and the fate of Italy and France is out of their hands.
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Right this is more like it, welcome to the first preview for Group C (aka 'the Group of Complete
and Utter Total Annihilation'). Every tournament throws up a 'Group of Death' and this is the big
one for EURO 2008 containing World Cup Finalists (but strangely Celto-phobic) France, World Champs,
Italy, eternal nearly men, Holland and the not-to-shabby Romania.
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Next we come to one of the genuine big guns of international football, the Germans, all of Europe's
favourite second team and one that I'm sure most England fans will be wishing well from the comfort
of their armchairs.
Germany
Official coach slogan - Germany - one team - one purpose
Unofficial coach slogan - Doing it for the Hoff!
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Ich bin immer noch ein wenig benebelt. Dieses UEFA-Cup-Viertelfinale war mit Abstand das
spannendste herzinfarkterhöhendste Spiel, seit ARG-BRD im Viertelfinale der WM 2006. Nicht
nur, weil die Dusel-Bayern (in diesem Fale stimmt es einmal wirklich - wenn man sich das 3-2 von
Toni mal betrachtet - ein Geschenk des Towarts von Getafe) zweimal in allerletzter [.
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