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• Chelsea interested in Benfica trio.
  
• Buffon a target for United and Bayern.
  
• CSKA Moscow winger in high demand.
  
• Sol Campbell and Hertha Berlin?
  
• Arsenal youngster's stock is soaring.
  
• Blackburn resigned to losing McCarthy?

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"We have all got to question ourselves, me included. We have a week and we have got to try to get our self-confidence back by discussing things. Otherwise, there's no point even going to (Hertha) Berlin. We may as well stay here." "I can understand the fans' disappointment. We were weak and deserved to lose. Click to continue reading...

Friday 30th October
19:30 Dortmund v Hertha Berlin, Bundesliga, ESPN
Not a great offering from the Bundesliga this weekend. Hertha are awful and Dortmund got knocked out of the Cup in midweek. If you must get involved then have a butchers atBVB's Lucas Barrios who has scored four goals in four games. Click to continue reading...

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Liverpool's Andriy Voronin has held talks with manager Rafa Benitez over his lack of first-team football, according to the striker's agent.

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Hertha Berlin general manager Michael Preetz has refused to deny speculation linking them with a move for Andriy Voronin.
Reports in the German press have suggested that Hertha are eyeing a winter move for the Liverpool striker, who spent a spell on loan at the club last season, as well as Wolfsburg attacker Ashkan Dejagah. Click to continue reading...

The UEFA Europa League wrapped up its third set of group stage matches on Thursday, October 22, 2009. Overall, there were not too many upsets as many of the favorites in each group leading. Here's a recap, video highlights, and the latest group standings for the Europa League for the matches on Thursday.

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Nurnberg toppled Hertha Berlin in this basement battle.

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In Hamburg SV's 3-1 win over Hertha Berlin this past weekend, Croatia striker Malden Petrić was forced to leave the pitch in the second half with an injury worry. HSV's club doctor, Oliver Dierk, confirmed the injury and its extent early this week. Unfortunately, Petrić will be sidelined until no . Click to continue reading...

Bayer Leverkusen maintained their unbeaten record and moved to the top of the Bundesliga after an easy 4-0 victory over Nurnberg.
Saturday
Friedhelm Funkel was shown precisely how big a task he has on his hands as he witnessed his Hertha Berlin side collapse to Hamburg 3-1. Click to continue reading...

Saturday's Bundesliga action coincided with the 19th anniversary of Germany's reunification, which conveniently is also the country's national holiday albeit without lethal fireworks or military parades. To celebrate the event Berlin went all out artsy with some megalomaniac puppeteering, while the Bundesliga chose a more pragmatic approach, by retelling the the events through football over 90 minutes.

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O 30º jogo do Mundial Sub-20, foi realizado no Mubarak Stadium, em Suez-EGY, com uma temperatura de 28º C.
Jogaram as seleções da Coréia do Sul (49º do ranking da FIFA) e Estados Unidos (11º do ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
16/07/1987 - Coréia do Sul 4x2 Estados Unidos (Mundial Sub-17)
20/09/1988 - Coréia do Sul 0x0 Estados Unidos (Jogos Olímpicos)
11/03/1993 - Coréia do Sul 2x2 Estados Unidos (Mundial Sub-20)
12/03/1994 - Estados Unidos 1x1 Coréia do Sul (Amistoso)
09/12/2001 - Coréia do Sul 1x0 Estados Unidos
19/01/2002 - Estados Unidos 2x1 Coréia do Sul (Copa Ouro)
10/06/2002 - Coréia do Sul 1x1 Estados Unidos (Copa do Mundo)
14/08/2003 - Coréia do Sul 1x6 Estados Unidos (Mundial Sub-17)
05/12/2003 - Estados Unidos 2x0 Coréia do Sul (Mundial Sub-20)
30/06/2007 - Estados Unidos 1x1 Coréia do Sul (Mundial Sub-20)
O quarteto de arbitragem definido foi:
Árbitro: Roberto Rossetti-ITA
Primeiro Assistente: Paolo Calcagno-ITA
Segundo Assistente: Stefano Ayroldi-ITA
Quarto Árbitro: Hector Baldassi-ARG
Aos 23 minutos do primeiro tempo, o camisa 5, Kim Young Gwon, abriu o placar para a seleção da Coréia, ele que é jogador da Jeonju Univ. Click to continue reading...

While Chelsea-Liverpool will draw much of the attention from American soccer fans who love European soccer, today's schedule of matches also features Real Madrid's first true test of the season.

Cristiano Ronaldo and Co. take on Sevilla in a battle of top La Liga sides. Real Madrid is unbeaten and untested, but will have a chance to prove that it is ready to challenge Barcelona for the La Liga crown today.

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While Chelsea-Liverpool will draw much of the attention from American soccer fans who love European soccer, today's schedule of matches also features Real Madrid's first true test of the season.

Real Madrid� take on Sevilla in a battle of top La Liga sides. Real Madrid is unbeaten and untested this season, but will have a chance to prove that it is ready to challenge Barcelona for the La Liga crown today.

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There are several key matches in all of the top European leagues this weekend including the Spanish La Liga, Italian Serie A, German Bundesliga, and French Ligue 1. Here are full United States Television Listings for this Saturday, October 3, and Sunday, October 4.

Spanish La Liga (All matches on GolTV except for Racing v Valenica which is on ESPN2)

Saturday, October 3, 2009

4:00 PM Atletico Madrid v Zaragoza

Sunday, October 4, 2009

11:00 AM Sporting v Mallorca

1:00 PM Racing Santander v Valencia (on ESPN2, NOT on GolTV)

3:00 PM Sevilla v Real Madrid

German Bundesliga (All matches on GolTV)

Saturday, October 3, 2009

9:30 AM Bayer Leverkusen v Nurnberg (Nuremberg)

Sunday, October 4, 2009

1:00 PM Hertha Berlin v Hamburg

Italian Serie A (All matches on FOX Soccer Channel)

Saturday, October 3, 2009

2:30 PM Inter Milan (Internazionale) v Udinese

5:00 PM Bari v Catania

Sunday, October 4, 2009

9:00 AM Roma v Napoli

2:30 PM Palermo v Juventus

French Ligue 1 (All matches on Setanta Sports)

Saturday, October 3, 2009

12:55 PM St Etienne v Bordeaux

2:55 PM Lens v Lyon

Sunday, October 4, 2009

2:55 PM Marseille v Monaco

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The UEFA Europa League wrapped up its second day of group stage matches on Thursday, October 1, 2009. Both of the English clubs, Fulham and Everton, won on Thursday. Many of the favorites also won in matches. Here's a full list of video highlights for Thursday's matches.

UEFA Europa League Video Highlights Thursday, October 1, 2009

FC BATE Borisov (1) Everton (2) UEFA Europa League Thursday, October 1, 2009

FC Dinamo Bucuresti (0) Panathinaikos (1) UEFA Europa League Thursday, October 1, 2009

Sporting Lisbon (1) Hertha Berlin (0) UEFA Europa League Thursday, October 1, 2009

PFC Levski Sofia (0) Lazio (4) UEFA Europa League Thursday, October 1, 2009

Anderlecht (1) Ajax Amsterdam (1) UEFA Europa League Thursday, October 1, 2009

Werder Bremen (3) Athletic Bilbao (1) UEFA Europa League Thursday, October 1, 2009

FC Timisoara (0) Dinamo Zagreb (3) UEFA Europa League Thursday, October 1, 2009

Galatasaray (1) SK Sturm Graz (1) UEFA Europa League Thursday, October 1, 2009

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Dirty Tackle is trying to figure if that's what Ghana U-20 team was trying to pull off in this celebration.
I can see it. Except for the guy with heartburn.
Now the links:

• Former AEK Athens owner a fraud. [Yahoo!]
  
• Pep cleared in doping case. [SI]
  
• UEFA W.

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O 18º jogo do Mundial Sub-20, foi realizado na cidade de Suez, no Mubarak Stadium com temperatura de 26º C.
Jogaram as seleções dos Estados Unidos (11º no ranking da FIFA) e Camarões (29º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
11/04/1999 - Camarões 1x3 Estados Unidos (Mundial Sub-20)
16/09/2000 - Estados Unidos 1x1 Camarões (Jogos Olímpicos)
23/06/2003 - Estados Unidos 0x0 Camarões (Amistoso)
A seleção estadunidense, deu 15 chutes ao gol, com 46% da posse de bola, enquanto a seleção dos Camarões deu 14 chutes ao gol, com 54% de posse de bola. Click to continue reading...

Something to read while you enjoy Pablo Hernandez's juggletastic goal for Valencia vs Atletico Madrid this weekend: The Irish national team's new stadium. Eventually. (Pitch Invasion) Should MLS table-toppers be allowed to choose their playoff victims? (Prost Amerika Soccer) A Favre farewell (Hertha Berlin Offside) Football beats politics in Germany (BallSpiel) Brazil: The Next Generation (Brazil WCB) Is FIFA holding Africa [. Click to continue reading...

Talking with Josh over at thecup.us about the U-20 World Cup, and how many freaking college kids the US is fielding. Here's a comparison of club affiliations of a few teams in the tournament. Spoiler on today's game at the bottom.
GERMANY:
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You can remove Mexico from the list of nations opposing the United States in the race to host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. Mexico has pulled out of the running, leaving the United States as the lone CONCACAF nation bidding for the 2018 and 2018 World Cups.

The Mexican Soccer Federation stated that, after a careful review, it was determined that the country did not have the financial capacity to host the games, citing the country's need to renovate existing stadiums.

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Last season, Lucien Farve guided Hertha Berlin to fourth in the Bundesliga and into the Europa League. Monday, Farve was shown the door at after losing six on the trot, seeing Hertha Berlin at the foot of the Bundesliga table. Credit should be...
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The US Under-20 national team look to rebound from their opening game loss to Germany in the FIFA Under-20 World Championships.
Soccernet's Brent Latham looks at some of the potential changes in tactics in personnel in store for tomorrow's match versus Cameroon.
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Mladen Petric scored 17 minutes from time as Hamburg saw off Bayern Munich to keep their place at the top of the Bundesliga.
Saturday
A Vedad Ibisevic hat-trick inspired Hoffenheim to a 5-1 win over Hertha Berlin which took the side up to third in the table.
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As we head towards October, at the end of the week at hand, the weather in the northern hemisphere gets cooler but the coaching seats hotter. No longer can underperforming look to early season disconnects, jitters, weakened legs and evolving squads as substitutes for results. So while we head towards firing season, a look at [. Click to continue reading...

Hamburg stay top despite being held to a 1-1 draw at Eintracht Frankfurt. Hamburg are now only top on goal difference ahead of Bayern Leverkusen.

Hamburg took the lead in the game with Ze Roberto, in fantastic form, scoring his third goal of the season.

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Hamburg host Bayern, Koeln try to extend their winning streak to three against Leverkusen, and Hertha hope to put their woes behind against Hoffenheim. Clark Whitney previews all the weekend action.
Friday, September 25
Nuernberg - Bochum
Saturday, September 26
Dortmund - Schalke
Koeln - Leverkusen
Wolfsburg - Hannover
Bremen - Mainz
Frankfurt - Stuttgart
Hamburg - Bayern
Sunday, September 27
Freiburg - M'gladbach
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Sorry this took me so long, I've been battling my computer in the Thunderdome. I don't know why it even tries to blow up anymore... after a mere few hours of wanting to injure myself in the most horrid way I can think of, I always win. Yeaw.In any sad event, here is the suspiciously proficient from-the-crowd look at Kenny Cooper's strike for 1860 Munich in their German Cup upset of Hertha Berlin. Click to continue reading...

A big game for Kenny Cooper in Germany's DFB Pokal. Cooper had 1860 Munich's second goal in the 50th, doubling their lead over Hertha Berlin after Rasmus Bengtsson put the ball into the back of his own net in the 10th. Cooper left the game for Alexander Ludwig in the 68th minute. Hertha would come back, with Gustavo Ramos scoring in the 76th and Valeri Domovchiyski forcing overtime three minutes later. Click to continue reading...

by GIANFRANCO PANIZO

For the Americans Abroad, Wednesday was a decent day in terms of performance.

Kenny Cooper scored his third goal in European competition, netting in the 50th minute of 1860 Munich's match vs. Hertha Berlin.� Cooper's goal gave 1860 Munich a 2-0 lead at the time,� but Hertha Berlin would pull level and force penalties.

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God bless domestic cup competitions. The second round of the DFB Pokal (German Cup) has come to a conclusion and it produced plenty of shock results. The upsets started on Tuesday night as fourth tiered Eintracht Trier beat Arminia Bielefeld of the...
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• Hertha Berlin - where dreams metaphors become reality. (Ballspiel)
• Kicking you while you are down: Raphael Honigstein hands out some more Hertha bashing. (Guardian)
• Let Uli Hesse-Lichtenberger turn you into a VfL Bochum fan and then make our Bochum Offside your browser's new start page.

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Raphael Honigstein asks (and answers) the question of what's gone wrong for Hertha Berlin. Sure, you can read the article to find out more. But he's missing the most important (and irrelevant) part.The main reason is that I just started following Hertha. I have several good friends living in Germany, and one of them happens to live in Berlin. Click to continue reading...

Very few, if any football matches on the planet this weekend will feature the individual quality that tonight's LA Galaxy-TFC match will provide. Julian DeGuzman will make his MLS debut against David Beckham, Landon Donovan and the Galaxy. You'll also have the presence of Dwayne DeRossario arguably the most successful player in the history of MLS.

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Friday, September 18 (all times local)
20:30 Schalke - Wolfsburg
Saturday, September 19
15:30 Bayern Munich - Nuernberg
15:30 Bochum - Mainz
15:30 Stuttgart - Koeln
15:30 Hannover - Dortmund
15:30 M'gladbach - Hoffenheim
Sunday, September 20
15:30 Frankfurt - Hamburg
17:30 Hertha Berlin - Freiburg
17:30 Bayer Leverkusen - Werder Bremen
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Group A
Ajax Amsterdam 0-0 FC Timisoara; Dinamo Zagreb 0-2 Anderlecht
Group B
Genoa 2-0 Slavia Prague; Lille 1-1 Valencia
Group C
Hapoel Tel-Aviv 2-1 Celtic; Rapid Vienna 3-0 Hamburg SV
Group D
Heerenveen 2-3 Sporting Lisbon; Hertha Berlin 1-1 FK Ventspils
Group E
CSKA Sofia 1-1 Fulham; FC Basel 2-0 AS Roma
Group F
Panathinaikos 1-3 Galatasaray; SK Sturm Graz 0-1 Dinamo Bucuresti
Group G
Lazio 1-2 SV Salzburg; Villarreal 1-0 Levski Sofia
Group H
Fenerbahce 1-2 Twente Enschede; Steaua Bucuresti 0-0 Sheriff Tiraspol
Group I
Benfica 2-0 BATE Borisov; Everton 4-0 AEK Athens
Group J
Club Brugge 1-4 Shakhtar Donetsk; Partizan Belgrade 2-3 Toulouse
Group K
CFR Cluj-Napoca 2-0 FC Copenhagen; Sparta Prague 2-2 PSV Eindhoven
Group L
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