Cunningham had a darn good year in 2009. Can he do it again in 2010? If not who in the heck is going to score some goals around here? Click to continue reading...

The derby win was a heck of a boost for players and fans.
It might not have been pretty out there but who cares? It's nothing new. And I for one loved it!
What mattered was that we never really allowed Everton to get close and threaten, even with 10 men.
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And so begins another year of the glory that is FC Dallas soccer. Ok, so maybe glory is a bit much, but it sure is heck a lot of fun having a top level professional soccer team to follow. I for one remember what it was like to live in the vacuum between the NASL and MLS. I'm thankful every year to have something like FCD to drive me crazy. Click to continue reading...

His name is Wayne Effing Rooney. And he can make 54,085 people at Old Trafford and about another million around the world do this.

If this was scripted by God, then it sure as heck couldn't have been scripted better. Just goes to show you can buy any devil with cash, but not a Red Devil.

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The Lion is not in its "winter"...

A group of "concerned citizens" have been meeting to discuss the Glazer family's financial dealings concerning Manchester United.� Well, now this group of "concerned citizens" have called on Sir Alex Ferguson to quit in protest of these "financial dealings" to make a statement to the Glazer family.

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Right, back to business.

If games were played on paper, environmentalists would argue that this one wasn't worth the bother. Just scrawl it on the back of a bus ticket and perhaps do some good in the world. Save a tree. Heck, why not give one a hug? Form and league standings suggest this ought to be a home banker for Tottenham.

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The Team: As soon as someone brings up the soccer team from Argentina, the conversation inevitably turns to Diego Maradona. How could it not? The man defines their style of play and is undoubtedly their greatest legend (and some say everyone's greatest legend).

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Sure, it's pretty and all ... but would you want to go see an MLS game in it? Break out the orange soccer balls?

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How would you like to be at a game in Chicago tonight?

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Nemanja Vidic has denied reports suggesting his bust-up with Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson. Vida claims he is facing a 10-day injury lay-off and will not be fit to play against Birmingham City on Saturday. I was shocked to read the news of Vida and Fergie involved in a bust-up. Telegraph reported that Vida has denied a row with his manager, but when the heck were they involved in Click to continue reading...

Yesterday, another January camp began, with 30 players summoned to Carson, California for a crack at a U.S. Men's National Team spot. For a number of them, it's not the first time that Bob Bradley has rung them up, as several of the players come in to camp with a handful of caps to their name.

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At 1-1 going into the 75th minute at the Kingston Communication Stadium in Hull on Sunday, it seemed like United's run of worst defensive leaks had proved their undoing yet again. Most cruelly, it seemed like their best attacking option and ever-relaible� frontman had handed Hull the lifeline back into the game.

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Don't fire me... fire Handsy
Stunning news out of his parents home today. GetsHandsy was sacked as manager of his fantasy team DoTheChrisSamba.
It comes after a nail biting win in his off-line Excel based H2H league (perhaps fueled by the postponed Bolton / Wigan match). The owners were probably disappointed at the throttling in the first round of the Fantasy Cup. Click to continue reading...

By Michael Lewis - NEW YORK, NY (Dec 22, 2009) USSoccerPlayers -- When you think about clubs that probably would have the greatest representation on World Cup-bound teams, the names of Arsenal, Liverpool, Real Mardrid, Barcelona and Bayern Munich certainly would come to mind. A team from Major League Soccer? Click to continue reading...

If you're from the South like I am a "switch" is something you get beat with because you acted like a crazy fool (Lyon might need one of those too) but I really mean something more like a light switch.

Well, Lyon isn't having the "best season ever" and that season cotinued with a tough draw to Monaco (a team that's 14 points out of 1st.

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The World Cup draw shocked some folks with the US's group. (Getty Images)

As the dust has started to settle the last two weeks, the build up will get ever more intense between now and June when the world's biggest sporting event kicks off in Soccer City, Johannesburg. While much analyzing of all the groups and match-ups will take place to the point where it may drive all of us insane the next few months and much will change between now and then, we can all at least give our first reactions to the draw itself.

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Group F at the World Cup 2010 features Italy, Paraguay, New Zealand, and Slovakia.� I just know I'm going to get this one wrong...I can feel it.

Ok, Italy disappoints.� That's what they do.� I know they won the last World Cup, but that's mostly because of a head-butt and some kindergarten antics over someone calling someone else's sister something or other.

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I did this last year, and have thought about not doing it this year on the network, but decided that it may engage enough readers, so I'm going to give it a go.

1- I want a CAM. I actually didn't see as many problems with converting scoring opportunities, but I certainly saw weaknesses at the team level in beating a defender with ball at feet.

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As expected Porto made Chelsea work hard for the win last night and yet again that arsey bastard Nicolas Anelka delivered the goods with the only goal of the game. Shiiit, I don't mind it when Chelsea win, heck I don't even mind when they play like a pack of ... Click to continue reading...

This past weekend the world tuned into the MLS Cup only to see David Beckham lose to small market team Real Salt Lake. Last year the Columbus Crew, another small market team, beat big boys Red Bull New York to take home the championship. The only difference was the Crew didn't need extra time to take down RBNY.

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Right about now is a probably good time to start another serious discussion of finding a better way to determine a winner in a soccer match of enormous magnitude besides the dreaded PK shootout.
Someplace else.
Not that I'm a fan of the thing - far from it. It's just that the gut punch delivered to the Fire and their fans last night after 120 minutes of emotion, drama and desire seems worthy of something more than just another tedious discussion of the rules of the game. Click to continue reading...

Sure, it was a loss. It doesn't feel good. About 100 people traveled, and they are hurt just a bit more maybe. It was a performance that could not be called a good loss. Seattle Sounders FC was outplayed in nearly every aspect of the match. If not for Leo Gonzalez and Kasey Keller this could have been a 5 to nil thrashing.

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I guess I could also have named this "My obligatory Elizabeth Lambert post, and why I have no respect for US college soccer." By now I'm sure everyone has seen the video of Elizabeth Lambert's antics during the Mountain West Conference tournament game between New Mexico and Brigham Young. Heck, I've seen it on sports websites in the UK, Spain, Italy, and Argentina. 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...

Arsenal have a bad habit of taking an unassailable lead and then switching into cruise control to see the match out and recently it's backfired on them here and here. Heck, even when it hasn't, they've still managed to leak more than an old person lying in bed without diapers. ... Click to continue reading...

The Beauty: JoJo (who was born� Joanna Noëlle Blagden Levesque) is an American pop star. She rose to� fame in the music biz� at� a very young age, and she parlayed her perfect pipes into a successful acting career. Now, the sky is the limit for the young starlet.

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This week in the U14 Gold bracket we found a a little more action. More goals and a couple surprises.
Recap;
Saturday
LOSC Extreme 2 vs. FC Portland 1
SSC 95 Hotspur 1 vs. OR Rush 1
Sunday
ESUFC Arsenal 0 vs. OR Rush 1
Sherwood Force 0 vs. THUSC Sodium 4
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Morning All – I did a little bit of multi-tasking yesterday, using my vast experience and skill around the keyboard; I typed while watching our wonderful team put in a lunchtime shift at the Emirates!
Ok, I am fibbing, I just typed as I watched and corrected a huge amount of spelling mistakes afterwards, it took an age!

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So let's start the discussion. Here are some of my initial thoughts from tonight:
1. The Onstad Bump: After the game, Alexi Lalas showed the smarts that made him the GM he was when he said that Onstad should have gotten a red card for that contact. "99 times out of 100, that's a straight red," ranted his Gingerness. Click to continue reading...

Thursday night the Sounders launch the league's second season as the Playoffs in many sports are called, but in this case it might be particularly important. Though Houston and Seattle faced off twice in League play and once in the late rounds of the US Open Cup, the teams have changed quite a bit from where they were in previous meetings.

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- Chygrynskiy is back from his injury, more cause to rejoice! He's greenlighted for this Sunday's Liga meet with Zaragoza, wonderful news especially now that Dani's out. Medics are saying that Titi could be returning as well, things really seem to be picking up now don't they?
- People call Pep harsh for fining the players when they're naughty, but who would have guessed that the club's donating the money for great causes? Click to continue reading...

This week Pepsi introduced an iPhone application called "Amp Up Before You Score" to promote its competitor to the slew of energy drinks. Its purpose? To give you alleged insider information to boost you powers of seduction, as well as give you a platform to brag about which women you managed to get naked. Click to continue reading...

Background: Blanco is like Neil Diamond. You either love him or you hate him. Either way, you can't deny that he is one heck of a soccer player. The man was born to play the game. He even has a juke move named after him ("the Cuautemiña"), which� makes him a living legend.

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Think Seattle is killing it in attendance this season?
Next season could be better, as one report says the club might open up the north-end bleachers (often referred to as the Hawk's Nest, where that Xbox banner is) for games next year.
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Why won't you score?!

Okay, so we are pretty settled into the 2009-2010 season and I am, yet again, having major issues with my fantasy team. What's going on? How can I have 14 points in one weekend? How can Michael Turner do so well for Hull and not for Sunderland? How, in the name of all that is holy, can my captain, Frank Lampard, not have scored a single goal this season?

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I talk soccer a lot online. On forums, through facebook, through twitter, via email. Heck, I do it at work, on my cell, on the streets of LA at a music festival Recently I was talking to Jason D. over at MatchFitUSA.com about how some soccer fans like to promote themselves as exclusive and [...] Click to continue reading...

A battle of the titans took place over the weekend, and Columbus prevailed over Houston 2-1. Remember when we were laughing at the Crew's early-season struggles?
Especially us up in Seattle after stealing Sigi?
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What is it with these two teams? The strangest crap happens when these two face off, and not just this year. The latest 6-3 games isn't even in the top four as the history of this series is nuts. Heck the series opened back in 1996 with a 5-2 Dallas win at the Cotton Bowl. Click to continue reading...

Or maybe they can just plead ignorance? Perhaps they'll have changed it by now, so I grabbed a screenshot from Grant Wahl's recap just in case. Quick! What's wrong with this picture? Or rather, the caption... Whoops! Heck, the .jpg is even named... Click to continue reading...

World Cup qualifying is getting real and some serious games are at the ready for this weekend.

Grant Wahl has writtenabout how Argentina and Portugal are both on the precipice of World Cup qualifying failure, which could deny fans of two of the best players in the world, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

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As the STO Commish once noted, tying is Un-American and should be avoided when possible. We Yanks� like clearly defined winners and losers, so tying in the NFL (aka "the Not� Football League")� is highly� improbable. Heck, tying in baseball and� basketball is impossible (except in a MLB� All-Star Game when Selig got sleepy).

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