While looking for a video to accompany our post on Nile Ranger being banned from Newcastle's first-team until he turns up on time for six weeks we came across this and thought it deserved a post of its own. Alan Pardew might be questioning Ranger's commitment to being a footballer, but there's no questioning his [.
Not to be outdone by Mr. Diskerud, Rapid Vienna's Terrence Boyd nodded home a restart just after
the break to give the hosts their first aggregate lead against PAOK.You know the drill...- Greg
Seltzer
Yep, the AZ striker has applied a simple finish to a Roy Beerens set-up on 16 minutes to put the
hosts up 1-0 on Heracles. If you're keeping track at home, that's the second straight year that
Jozy Altidore has scored against the Almelo side at AFAS-Stadion (and the second straight winner if
AZ pitches a shutout today).
Great Britain's women fell at the first knockout hurdle at the City of Coventry stadium on
Friday night, losing to Canada in the quarter-finals.
The 2-0 scoreline was a fair reflection of a game in which the hosts struggled to replicate
their match-winning performance against Brazil just days before.
It was by no means a classic performance by Stuart Pearce's hotchpotch side, but Daniel
Sturridge's fist-half strike was enough to secure the victory for the hosts against a rather
disappointing Uruguay outfit, with Edinson Cavani failing in particular to live up to the hype.
Amidst a rather strange atmosphere at Old Trafford, where chants of "GB" peppered the
proceedings, Stuart Pearce's mixed-bag of players, minus Gareth Bale of course, played out a draw
against a decent Senegal side.
Craig Bellamy opened the scoring for the hosts in the first half although Senegal almost drew
level after 'keeper Jack Butland made a right balls of his distribution, only for Sadio Mane to
fire wide.
Going to a ground where the hosts have been undefeated in the last 31 games, winning 29 of those, is always a tough ask. Despite all the off-pitch debate, there's no doubt Mancini has assembled a stellar squad capable of providing multiple threats while keeping it solid at the back. Their performances and results on the pitch provide clearly visible proof.
Arsenal's visit to Liverpool this early in the season is a battle between two sides that are
undergoing another rebuilding process. Arsene Wenger is still waiting for his new signings to bed
in while trying to create a coping mechanism (tactical) to deal with the loss of two players who
took the top spots in last season's player of the year poll.
One point at Stoke is not a bad result on its own. Few visitors will return from the Britannia
with three points and that makes it tough to criticize the Arsenal performance. The irony here is
that this was probably the Gunners' best defensive display at Stoke but by the end the hosts,
having realized their single attacking tactic had failed to generate any threat, just wanted to
hang on for a point.
Arsenal start at home. Martin O'Neill's Sunderland provide the first hurdle. Big games are just
around the corner and the transfer scene is very much alive, but once again we're at the time where
the next game means more than anything else.
SUPERFLY 3-0 WIGSTON UNITED Sunday 9th September 2012 Alliance Football League Division 3 Bosworth
Academy, Leicester Lane, Desford
With it being another glorious sunny day and the wife at work this morning, I took advantage of
this to take in another game in the Alliance Football League.
Aged 16 years and 98 days, Málaga forward Fabrice Olinga became the youngest scorer in Liga
history as his late goal earned the Champions League play-off contenders a 1-0 victory at promoted
RCelta de Vigo.
The second-half substitute made an immediate impact, first hitting the woodwork with a stinging
effort and then bundling the ball in off his thigh for an 84th-minute winner, thereby eclipsing
Iker Muniain's 2009 record by 191 days.
The United States blanked New Zealand, Japan defeated Brazil, France edged Sweden, and Canada
knocked out Great Britain in the Women's Olympic Tournament on August 3, 2012.
Sweden 1-2 France
France recovered from an early 0-1 deficit behind goals from Laura Georges and Wendie Renard to
advance to the semifinals.
Senegal jock Moussa Konate scored tardy in the second half to holding a 1-1 force with hostess
Britain in the Olympic football tourney Thursday. Craig Bellamy gave Team GB the take in
thetwentyth Min. More to ejaculate on goalpost.tv from Olympics 2012
South America surely has the most exciting qualifying. All against all, nine teams (this time
Brazil is not participating for being hosts) battle closely to get the 4 and a half spots for the
tournament. And all are good teams. Unlike Europe, there are no San Marino's or Andorra's here.
Just nine world class teams.
Sorry, nonsense headline but I wanted to get Cold and Turkey in the same sentence!
Anyway Galatasary have pulled out from the Java Cup which kicks off on Thursday. And, funnily
enough, it looks like they'll be replaced by another version of the Indonesian national team which
doubles the hosts chances of winning the trophy.
Defender Dylan Remick scored inside of 10 minutes to help lead No. 22 Brown (3-0-0) to a 2-0
win over Cleveland State (2-2-0)Â in the Brown Soccer Classic on Friday at Stevenson Field in
Providence, R.I.
Remick (10′) and fellow defender Eric Robertson (70′) collected their first goals of the
season while Bears keeper Sam Kernan-Schloss recorded a pair of saves and earned his
third-straight clean sheet of the young season.
Even though the Rhode Island Reds only grabbed a point from two games over the past weekend, it
was good enough to hold onto a share of the third spot (along with Mass United) in the NPSL
Northeast Atlantic Conference.
On Friday, the Reds fell to the John Wolyniec-led Red Bulls by the score of 5-0 at Cranston
Stadium.
The current U.S. squad had two players find the back of the net for their club teams this weekend,
bringing a little extra zip in their step heading into training camp.
Jermaine Jones scored the game-winner for Schalke when he finished off a mazy run with a rifle to
the far post, the hosts running out 3-1 winners against Augsburg.
Steve Cherundolo gets back in the swing of things today in Europa League
As the summer rolls and the Americans abroad continue to kick back into gear, two U.S.
internationals take their first step toward European competition this season with action in the
third round of qualifying for the Europa League.
GET OFF THE BENCH!
Off The Bench is the official podcast of MLSReserves.com. Your hosts, Luke Lohr and Pedro Gomes,
have been recording the podcast since late May and the listenership and listener interaction has
steadily increased. This increase in demand has prompted us to launch a new Twitter handle
(@OffTheBenchPod) for the podcast in order to interact more efficiently with the listener base.
Episode 7 of the du Nord Futbol Show podcast is now ready!
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We had a blast doing this show!
On this show we talk about the soccer news of the day, give our idiotic predictions for the top
leagues of Europe, and preview the USA friendly in Mexico City.
Led by former Galaxy goalkeeper Kevin Hartman (CSUDH, Penninsula High), FC Dallas comes in to Home
Depot Center at 4 p.m. (live on NBC Sports network) trailing the hosts by five points, but riding a
three-game winning streak. The Galaxy are in the midst of a stretch of three
Jack Jewsbury, Portland Timbers vs Chivas, Photo: Gary Sheldon | ProstAmerika.com
The battle between the two teams at the bottom of the Western Conference ended in a stalemate as
the Portland Timbers and FC Dallas played to a 1-1 draw on a hot, steamy Sunday afternoon at
JELD-WEN Field.
A goal by FCD forward Scott Sealy in the 51st minute – beautifully assisted by midfielders
Brek Shea and David Ferreira – had Dallas in line for their second consecutive victory over
Portland before a Zach Loyd red card and a late Jack Jewsbury golazo (below) brought the hosts
level.
Episode 4 of the du Nord Futbol Show podcast has been posted!
dN
On this show we discuss Zombie Peter Nowak, The MLS All-Hair Team, Terrence Boyd's Austrian debut,
Tim Cahill coming to America, plus other transfers, and a discussion of the MLS powerhouse teams.
Vietnam is forever hosting age group competitions; so many I can't keep track of them all. However
Indonesia will be competing in one of them!
The Thanh Nien Tournament will be held in Gia Lai in October and according to ASEAN Football
Indonesia will compete alongside Malaysia, Singapore, Iraq and Syria.
There is a definite North v South feel to the ASEAN Football Federation Cup draw held earlier
today.
In one group, Thailand are hosts and they have been drawn with Philippines and Vietnam. Holders
Malaysia have been drawn with Indonesia and Singapore. (Sits back and waits for this group top be
called the obligatory Group Of Death).
If there is one thing that the U-20 WNT has learned in its short stay in Japan so far is that that
Japanese know how to do birthdays.
Forward Becca Wann, who turned 20 today, as well as forward Kelly Cobb, who turns 20 on the 26th,
were given gifts after training by the local organizers here in Hiroshima.
Like England, Great Britain disappointingly failed to advance past the quarterfinals of a major
international tournament on Saturday. And like England, they were eliminated on penalty kicks.
Great Britain felt the pain England have been feeling for so many decades, as they suffered a
5-4 penalty shootout loss to South Korea in the Olympic quarterfinals at Millennium Stadium.
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It says so right on the sign! The U.S. Men's National Team broke camp in Miami
this morning and boarded the 90-minute flight to Kingston. The hosts were incredibly gracious when
the team arrived, and after 20 minutes the team was on the bus for the scenic ride from the airport
to Kingston.
The Columbus Crew were minutes away from handing the Houston Dynamo their first MLS defeat
inside of BBVA Compass Stadium, but a late Adam Moffat goal made sure to keep the Dynamo unbeaten
at home.
Moffat scored in the 82nd minute to help the Dynamo pick up a 2-2 draw with the Columbus Crew on
Sunday, a result that ties Houston with the Chicago Fire for third place in the Eastern
Conference.
MELBOURNE DYNAMO RESERVES 4-0 MACKWORTH ST. FRANCIS RESERVES Friday 17th August 2012
Midlands Regional Alliance Division 2 Melbourne Recreation Ground, Cockshut Lane
Why would I attend a reserve team fixture you may ask? Surely a case of scrapping the bottom of the
barrel football wise?
The Portland Timbers may not have won their first road game of the season on Wednesday night,
but they did manage to get a result that surely felt like a victory.
The Timbers drew Toronto FC, 2-2, at BMO Field on Wednesday after a late headed goal from
Darlington Nagbe. The Timbers attacker took advantage of some poor defending by TFC to get open and
equalize in the 82nd minute after Portland had relinquished a 1-0 lead earlier.
Sunday's final regular season meeting between the two teams who've jockeyed for first place most
of the season ended with an away win for the Puerto Rico Islanders, 2-1, at the San Antonio
Scorpions' Heroes Field. Â Saturday in the NASL the Tampa Bay Rowdies staged a furious comeback to
earn a point against their hosts, [.
In the first of our summer Wikipedia Game specials, Taylor hosts as Daryl, Josh and Peyton
compete to prove they know the most. Categories include: naming team from major tournaments,
players who were free agents this summer and managers who Taylor "could think of this morning.
Katie Schoepfer's 13th minute goal gave the Breakers a lead it would not relinquish in
Saturday's 2-0 win over the Philadelphia Fever before a seventh straight sellout at Dilboy
Stadium.
Schoepfer's seventh goal of the season lifted the Breakers early while Courtney Jones added an
insurance goal in the 42nd minute to give the hosts a convincing win in their home finale.
The San Jose Earthquakes and FC Dallas played to an entertaining draw on Saturday night, but it
was a scoreless one due to both sides failing to put away chances.
The Earthquakes and FC Dallas played to a goal-less draw at FC Dallas Stadium, a result that
extended Dallas' winless streak to 13 games and gave Western Conference leaders San Jose its first
cleansheet since March.
