The most successful club in the history of soccer just got ridiculed by a 3rd division team!!!Real Madrid lost 0-4 to Alcorcon in last night's Copa del Rey (King's Cup) match. It's safe to say this club is getting by because of Kaka and Cristiano Ronaldo, who were both absent from yesterday's game. Ronaldo is still nursing an ankle injury while Kaka, Casillas, and Sergio Ramos were given some Click to continue reading...

The most successful club in the history of soccer just got ridiculed by a 3rd division team!!!Real Madrid lost 0-4 to Alcorcon in last night's Copa del Rey (King's Cup) match. It's safe to say this club is getting by because of Kaka and Cristiano Ronaldo, who were both absent from yesterday's game. Ronaldo is still nursing an ankle injury while Kaka, Casillas, and Sergio Ramos were given some

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I thought about just posting the screenshot of the match report with no commentary, under the theory that what you fill in with your own imagination would be more intense than anything I could describe. But that isn't really true, and besides, you don't need this one to be made more intense. Even buffered in prose, this one is intense enough.

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Photo courtesy German Alegria/Los Angeles Galaxy

Hans Stierle, a former Torrance resident regarded as the driving force behind the creation of the American Youth Soccer Association and the now national organization's first president, was honored before Saturday's Galaxy game. Stierle, who now lives in the Pacific Northwest, was presented with a Galaxy jersey by Tom Payne, president of business operations for the team.

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I think this is the first time ever in the history of soccer where every single pundit has the exact same opinion: it doesn't matter if it is Hull City, Jozy just needs to be playing. Click to continue reading...

In 2006, the MLS All Stars took down mighty but vacationing Chelsea 1-0 at Toyota Park. Here are my photos from the match. I also attended the 1998 MLS All Star Game in Orlando but do not have any photos from that games as I did not take my camera.

Related posts:

1. Photos from Chicago Fire v Celtic Friendly Courtesy of reader Dan Brennan, here are photos of this.

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I know it's only July... I know the first round proper is months away... But I've decided to give some extra love to The FA Cup this season.

Lately the top clubs have been treating the world's oldest football competition like the red-headed step-child of trophy runs. Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, and United refuse to devote themselves as fully to a domestic cup with League and continental priorities weighing heavily on their minds and competitive well-being.

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Review....
"Many people think that the history of soccer in the United States dates back to around the time that Pele arrived in New York in 1975. This magnificent book very firmly refutes that idea, giving a full account of the sport's history in this country dating back to its 19th-century origins".

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It's the perfect time of the year to catch up on reading, so what better choice is there to read than some of the greatest football books?

In conjunction with our sister site EPL Talk, we've put together a list of the top 18 recommended football books for this summer. Some of the highlights that US soccer fans will enjoy include:

• Soccer In A Football World by David Wangerin.

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Bow down and worship your Queen('s cute-as-pie Canadian
representative , Michaelle Jean)
Celebrating Canada in the only way I know how, I took two minutes to amalgamate the only thing this website was ever good for: my series on the history of soccer in Toronto. Click here and the link on the bottom right to relieve the glory of my insane daily post rate in July 2008, when having a life in the small window of tolerable Canadian weather was considered gauche. Click to continue reading...

We now know the finalists for the Confederations Cup taking place in South Africa. Our very own red, white and blue surprised the world and shocked #1 ranked Spain by 2-0 and will now meet Brazil who dispatched the hosts South Africa yesterday by 1-0.
South Florida Fans led by the Miami FC's official fan club the Miami Ultras will lead the festivities this Sunday June 28 at 2:30 pm at Fritz & Franz Bierhaus located at 60 Merrick Way, Coral Gables Fl. Click to continue reading...

What were UEFA hoping for when they awarded tomorrow's Champions League final to Rome?
Alfresco pasta and vino in the Italian sun, no doubt, as Puccini wafts through the ancient walls of the Centro Storico and evening strollers pause beside the Trevi Fountain to contemplate 'La Dolce Vita' over a gelato and espresso. Click to continue reading...

The history of soccer balls starting from 1963 when Adidas first thought it would be a good idea to make them and came up with something that looked like this... It was the first ball used in the World Cup that had 32 black and white panels.It was called "The TELSTAR " and was more visible on black and white televisions - (possibly because more people had black and white TV's than colour TV's in those days).

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By SEAN RUBIO

If you have ever been up late (or very early) and wished you had some quality soccer stories to read, your fix is on the way. We will be introducing SBI Late Night, a new feature in which we work to fill the overnight void with some interesting stories that you may have missed during the day.

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Here's a great article from the New York Times on the history of soccer games that were played at Yankee Stadium during the years, including a classic one between Santos and Benfica in 1968, which features 2 of the all-time greats in Pele and Eusebio. I did some digging and found some footage of a game between Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspurs from 1952. Click to continue reading...

Whilst thumbing through The Ball is Round: A Global History of Soccer in bed the other night, I wondered to myself "when is someone going to do the first book about Becks in America?". With Europe's bookshelves already rammed full of books about our David it was only a matter of time before someone got in the act over on this side of world. Click to continue reading...

First, an apology with not getting this out sooner; I have a great final week lined up to cap off A More Splendid Life's series on the history of soccer in Toronto. Today focuses on the historic Canadian Championship final game between Toronto FC and the Montreal Impact, and as readers of this series will know, it was a long time in the making. Click to continue reading...

It is a privilege for A More Splendid Life to able to present to you an interview with Colin Jose. If you've been following this series from the beginning, you'll already know how instrumental Colin has been in preserving the history of soccer on this continent. Colin Jose has been researching the history of soccer in both Canada and the United States for over 40 years, and is currently the Click to continue reading...

Part Three of A More Splendid Life's Month-Long series on the History of Soccer in Toronto. In typical Canadian fashion, the Globe and Mail referred to the preposterous on-field punch-ups and numerous pitch-invasions over the course of the troubling 1951 season as 'rhubarbs.' In fact, Toronto's top flight, the National Soccer League Western Division, in addition to its more local and ethnically Click to continue reading...

Part Two of A More Splendid Life's Month-Long Public Service Announcement on the History of Soccer in Toronto. In light of the ongoing and perhaps never-ending trade saga between Gareth Barry, Martin O'Neill, Rafael Benitez, the English Press, Pickles the Wonder Dog, some bits of cheese at the bottom of my desk here, and pure energy beings that cannot be directly perceived but are here among us Click to continue reading...

This is Part One of A More Splendid Life's series on the history of soccer in Toronto, continuing daily throughout the month of July. While history tends to remember the winners, it often behooves us to examine the lesser lights to learn more about a specific period of time in the life of a city. Pictured above is the Toronto Transit Commission football team, a solidly mid-table club which had Click to continue reading...

Well my tiny but much appreciated audience, does A More Splendid Life have a treat for you! Beginning tomorrow and continuing for the rest of the month, your temporarily-jobless but still-intrepid reporter will be bringing you stories daily (!) from the history of soccer in Hogtown. Yes, that's right! Click to continue reading...

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Soccer has become increasingly more popular in the United States in the last 30 years, with nearly 3 million children between the ages of 5-19 now playing in youth soccer leagues throughout the nation.
Soccer began in England in the mid-1800's, and was originally played by the higher, more aristocratic English classes in their boarding schools and private clubs. Click to continue reading...