Always expect the unexpected when it comes to the Superclasico. Only two goals were scored in the
three regular season meetings between Chivas USA and the Los Angeles Galaxy (both by the Galaxy),
but in the first leg of the first round playoff matchup between the two Home Depot Center tenants,
both teams found the back of the net twice on Sunday afternoon, albeit it on strange circumstances.
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The Offside 30 October @ 09:00 PM EST
Seven stories you may have missed this week on The Offside and World Cup Blog... Celebrating the
South African grannies team Adidas XI vs Nike XI in battle of the brands Nothing can stop Ivan
Klasnić, not even Lucas Neill Alacorn upset the Galacticos Guitar hero. With footballs. Some
pretty rank rankings Halloween special zombie football game Thanks to everyone who had read [.
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Avenell Road 30 October @ 02:29 AM EST
I am still smiling after the wonderful result we 'fought' for the other night. Many 'paps' said
we were lucky as Liverpool should have had a penalty in the last few seconds when Big Phil thought
he was playing netball, and maybe they are right, but I think we should have been awarded one too
when Watt was held back in the penalty area so justice done.
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The Offside 27 October @ 10:17 AM EST
Liverpool's win over Man Utd got all the Premier League attention this weekend, so Ivan Klasnić
giving us yet more proof of his indestructibility went a little more under the radar than perhaps
it deserved to. You probably remember Klasnić as the Croatian striker who suffered kidney failure
while playing for Werder Bremen in 2007, and [.
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Juande: Out of work again (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)Wigan and Jamaica striker Marlon King
apparently likes to chat up the ladies ala Craig Bellamy. His December fracas was heard in court
today. [BBC, Times]That David Beckham.&n...
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Juande: Out of work again (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)Wigan and Jamaica striker Marlon King
apparently likes to chat up the ladies ala Craig Bellamy. His December fracas was heard in court
today. [BBC, Times]That David Beckham.&n...
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goalpost.tv 26 October @ 04:50 AM EST
A thrilling encounter was witnessed at The Reebok Stadium as Bolton scored a late goal to defeat
Everton 3-2. The Premier League match had both sides matching the other in skill and speed. It was
Chung-Yong Lee's 16th minute goal that got the proceedings going for Bolton. A free kick from Matt
Taylor was scored [.
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Jogaram em Marijampole, no Marijampole Stadium para um público de 2.000 pessoas, as seleções da
Lituânia (59º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção da Sérvia (20º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
17-04-2002 - Iugoslávia 4x1 Lituânia (Amistoso)
03-09-2005 - Sérvia 2x0 Lituânia (Eliminatórias da Copa do Mundo)
08-10-2005 - Lituânia 0x2 Sérvia (Eliminatórias da Copa do Mundo)
11-10-2008 - Sérvia 3x0 Lituânia (Eliminatórias da Copa do Mundo).
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Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis is expected to detail the club's transfer policy at today's
AGM.
The Times says Arsenal made a £28 million profit on transfers in the summer, the third time in the
past five years that manager Arsene Wenger has generated a surplus.
Gazidis, the chief executive, will be asked to explain the reasons for the low level of spending on
players, compared with other top clubs, and why the board rejected a proposal to raise fresh
transfer funding through a rights issue in July.
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Jogaram em Sofia, no Vasilij Levski, para um público de 700 pessoas, as seleções da Bulgária
(23º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção da Géorgia (117º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
12-10-1994 - Bulgária 2x0 Geórgia (Eliminatórias da Eurocopa)
11-10-1995 - Geórgia 2x1 Bulgária (Eliminatórias da Eurocopa)
12-11-2005 - Bulgária 6x2 Geórgia (Amistoso)
15-10-2008 - Geórgia 0x0 Bulgária.
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Arseblog 23 October @ 02:19 AM EST
Well by all accounts the AGM was a fairly uneventful affair. Arsene got a big birthday book,
made a nice speech, Stan Kroenke was there and refused to talk and we got some little known facts
about Gunnersaurus.
Obviously a reflection of how things are at the club at the moment. On the pitch things are
looking good, off the pitch things are looking good and there's unlikely to be controversy or
difficulty in those circumstances.
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Raul
The forgotten man in Real Madrid's offensive rotation reminded La Liga fans that he is still
among the best goal scorers. With Cristiano Ronaldo out for a while it is Raul's time to shine
and prove once again in his career that he is as valuable as any player on the squad.
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Jogaram amistosamente no dia 10-10-2009, em Skopje, capital da Macedônia,no estádio Phillip II of
Macedon. as seleções da Macedônia (66º do ranking da FIFA) e a seleção do Qatar (94º no
ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções já haviam amistosamente jogado no dia 24-07-2001, com o placar
de Qatar 1x0 Macedônia.
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Arsenal has launched an App for the iPhone. The App costs £2.99 and provides the Arsenal fans
with the latest news from the club, a match report appeared within 45 minutes of the end of the
Birmingham City game. You will also find the usual fixtures, tables, player information, but also
included are match highlights.
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Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis declared waiting time for the Gunners should end this season
as the squad is strong enough to challenge for silverware. Gazidis, who accepted the post with
Arsenal in 2008, added that ...
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Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis declared waiting time for the Gunners should end this season
as the squad is strong enough to challenge for silverware. Gazidis, who accepted the post with
Arsenal in 2008, added that ...
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International week always feels a bit odd when the season has just got going. You've just
about got used to two games a week, Premier League, Champions League, Carling Cup plus whatever
else you can find to watch and then it all stops for the internationals.
Luckily for England it wasn't a crucial match over in the Ukraine and Rio Ferdinand has to count
himself lucky that yet another mistake was only seen by a few that bothered to pay £10 to watch
the game on the internet.
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Chief Executive speaks out.
Arsene Wenger has been informed that the Arsenal hierarchy expect him to deliver a
long-awaited trophy this season.
The Gunners have failed to land a piece of silverware since tasting FA Cup glory in 2005.
There have been numerous near misses over the course of the past four years, but there is a
growing sense of frustration around Emirates Stadium at the lack of success.
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Croatia were without their injured starters, Luka Modrić, Eduardo da Silva, Mladen Petrić, Stipe
Pletikosa, Josip imunić, Ivan Jurić, and Hrvoje Vejić, but pulled out a 3-2 win over the
visitors in Rijeka. Their lineup was as expected and Bilić made at least seven changes throughout
the game.
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It has been four long years for the Los Angeles Galaxy, but they are one step closer to back where
they want to be.
Landon Donovan's goal just before halftime was all the LA Galaxy
needed to hold off the Chicago Fire 1-0 Friday night at the Home Depot Center. The victory puts the
Galaxy in first place in the Western Conference and all but wraps up the team's first playoff berth
since 2005--and first since a certain English midfielder joined its ranks two seasons ago.
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Two teams with a chance to clinch a berth in the MLS playoffs will square off at the Home Depot
Center.
For the Los Angeles Galaxy (10-6-11, 41 points), it is a chance to break a playoff drought that
has spanned since its unlikely run to the MLS Cup in 2005, for the Chicago Fire (10-6-11, 41
points), it is a small step towards getting back to the Eastern Conference final for a third
straight year and finally breaking through to the MLS Cup final.
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DPMM v Tampines Rovers 2-2 (Shahrezan Said, Ivan Jerkovic; Khairul Amri 2) 3,296
Gombak United v SAF 2-1 (Kingsley Njoku, Agu Casmir; Aleksander Duric) 1.806
Without Noh Alam Shah, Mustafic Fahruddin and Muhamed Riduan the Stags still showed there is life
in Tampines as they twice came from behind to earn a point in Brunei.
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Ancelotti s under pressure at Chelsea.
Apoel Nicosia vs Chelsea:
How fast things change. Ancelotti is learning this first hand after Chelsea's shock defeat to
Wigan this past weekend. He is under a obscene amount of pressure because of this loss and while he
says he is not feeling it I'm sure a win would do him good.
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I suggest Brisbane replace Malcolm with Ivan Franjic. It would be a shame for him to only play one
more game (as his injury cover ends). Bob, on the other hand, looks better suited to park football.
And it would free up another foreign spot. Another Henrique?
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So we didn't get the 12th licence purely it seems because we weren't called Western Sydney.
And the FFA has certainly angered many Canberrans with their process of selection. If indeed there
was ever a process.
But when the dust settles many will agree, the Canberra Bid Committee although failing in their aim
to get the 12th licence has moved Canberra back into the world of professional football.
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As you probably know, in recent years, Arsenal has dramatically strengthened its ties to the
United States. Arsenal hired Ivan Gazidis, who was born in South Africa, grew up in England, but
worked as an attorney in the United States before becoming deputy commissioner of MLS, as its chief
executive in 2008.
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One week after they completely fell apart in a 6-3 loss to FC Dallas, the Los Angeles Galaxy
successfully regrouped, as a couple changes to the lineup, coupled with goals from
David
Beckham and Edson Buddle allowed the Galaxy to bounce back from last week's brutal loss
with a 2-0 win over Toronto FC at the Home Depot Center.
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Abe Thompson was with the Wizards for a little less than a year before he was traded this past week
for Kei Kamara. Thompson was brought in last year by the Wizards to help with their scoring issues
down the stretch. He didn't find net, but his bigger presence in the forward position did allow the
Wizards to show something different on the field than they had been previously.
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The Galaxy (9-5-11, 38 points) are coming off the worst loss in franchise history a week ago,
when they were routed 6-2 by FC Dallas. This Saturday's match against Toronto FC is crucial for the
playoff chase.
Ivan Yeo previews the game from LA's viewpoint.
Mahmoud Shoblaq does likewise from Toronto.
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US AIK 16 September @ 10:05 AM EST
The Good:1. Extended records and league lead for AIK
2. Ivan Obolo's world class finish
3. Antonio Flavio's first goal
4. Solid performances from the entire team
The Bad:1. We won't get to play Häcken anymore this year
The Ugly:The stadium, Rambergsvallen, should be torn down.
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A chance to leap into the top of Major League Soccer and further solidify its playoff positioning
went down in spectacular fashion on Saturday night, as FC Dallas lit up the second half with four
goals, turning a 2-2 halftime draw into a 6-3 rout at the Home Depot Center. "A poor performance
and an embarrassing performance, but a fair result," Galaxy head coach
Bruce Arena
said.
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Brisbane are back. Reinaldo is better than ever and could be the best striker in the A-League. Too
fast, too strong, too clever. Great ball skills.
Newcastle, with the only defence to close out Gold Coast, had no answer to the Miller, Van Dijk,
Henique and Reinaldo combination. Even Mitch looked very composed in a defensive mid-field post.
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Czech coach Ivan Hasek revealed he had an agreement with Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger on how to
utilise midfielder Tomas Rosicky for the game against San Marino.
Speaking after the 7-0 win, Hasek said:
I'm happy above all that Tomas could play, that he was ready for the game.
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With Benny Dollo now installed as Technical Director with Persija and his contract with the
Indonesian FA set to expire at the end of January 2010 thoughts turn to who will succeed him. And
there will be a succession even though no one has discussed it openly yet.
The favourite is Rahmad Darmawan, the hugely successful Sriwijaya coach.
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