After an extended vacation, I am back writing the blog. The coming week could turn out to be the most important week for FC Barcelona this season. After achieving a historic treble, no team would like to be thrown out of UEFA Champions League in the group stage, but the chances are pretty high for that to happen. Click to continue reading...

After years of waiting for a promising young player to develop, Wales have perhaps discovered that young players, just like buses, often come all at once. Their 3-0 victory over Scotland was ample demonstration of the burgeoning potential of players coming through for the Welsh, and while there is a long way to go, as with any journey, the hope must be that Saturday can be a starting point for something special.

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Yes, despite cara's hectic schedule with the selecao late last week, Brazil's Felipe Melo found the time to answer Futbolita's questions. En realidad, we spent the whole day running in the airport and walking in the rain last Friday before the all-important call from Felipe's agent came through!

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For the second episode of my international radio broadcast Eat Soccer!, I had the wonderful opportunity to introduce the listeners to one of the most courageous, motivated athletes I know. Brandon Culpepper is an American football player, and he took time out of his busy NFL schedule to give soccer players tips on how they can develop the courage to pursue their dreams to play soccer. Click to continue reading...

Two home games, two home defeats, four goals conceded at home.
It's been a sorry start to the season for Persitara in their (latest) new home of Soemantri Brojonegoro Stadium. The heavens opened as the fans left the stadium and heaven might be an approriate place to start looking for inspiration as this current vintage seems to lack much of it on the field. Click to continue reading...

Lock up your daughters, board your windows residents of Jakarta, Indonesia's most infamous football fans the Bonek of Persebaya are about to hit the capital city for this afternoon's game with Persitara at the Soemanti Brojonegoro Stadium in Central Jakarta.
Hundreds of security personnel will be on duty at the stadium as officials hope the first high risk game goes off peacefully. Click to continue reading...

Guingamp make the short journey to Nantes tonight to face a team flying high in the league so far this season.

Guingamp currently sit 2nd from bottom in the L2 season, a win tonight can see them move out of the relegation zone. FC Nantes currently sit in 4th place in the in the L2 table, a win for them could see them move up to 2nd.

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Bath City beat Grimsby Town 2-0 yesterday. I still feel giddy typing that. Not a 1-0 victory thanks to a fluke goal against the run of play. Oh no! Bath City defeated Grimsby Town with a decisive goal in each half. It is one of those results you need to say out loud over and over again, just so that you can reassure yourself that it really happened. Click to continue reading...

The hard rock was world was saddened, though not surprised, as the news got out this weekend that Steven Tyler, longtime lead singer for Aerosmith, has left the band after 40 years, one previous break-up, a comeback, and more sex and drugs than all the collective readers of this blog can ever freakin' dream of.

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It has been almost a year since Jozy Altidore became the first American ever to score a goal in a Spanish La Liga match, but the journey for the young striker since then has been a series of peaks and valleys. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool managing director Christian Purslow has backed under-fire boss Rafael Benitez and insisted the Reds will not fire the Spaniard even if they fail to win the Premier League.
Benitez has come under pressure in recent weeks after the Merseysiders suffered four defeats in a row and face Manchester United at Anfield today in desperate need of a win to avoid slipping 10 points behind their bitter rivals. Click to continue reading...

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Qualifying for the 2010 World Cup was a two-year process that the U.S. men's national team capped with an unforgettable comeback victory in Honduras and a thrilling 2-2 tie vs. Costa Rica last week. Those results helped the Americans finish first in the CONCACAF Hexagonal.

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Qualifying for the 2010 World Cup was a two-year process that the U.S. men's national team capped with an unforgettable comeback victory in Honduras and a thrilling 2-2 tie vs. Costa Rica last week. Those results helped the Americans finish first in the CONCACAF Hexagonal.

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Even though the Red Bulls have been dreadful this year this whole Red Bull Arena thing really makes me believe they could turn it around next year. Ok, that may be a long way to go from where they are now but the more I see of Red Bull Arena with videos like this one below makes me think there is hope for this club after all and they didn't lose every single fan after this season.

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Here's a video of a couple of Brooklyn boys breaking one of my cardinal rules for New York area-living: never cross two rivers in one trip. If you have to go from the BK to The Dirty Jersey make a pit stop in the city for a drink, a meal or anything to break up the trip. I find that it makes the journey less epic. Click to continue reading...

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Official Club Statement
Club confirms departure of manager Gary Waddock and Coach Martin Kuhl
Aldershot Town Football Club announce that manager Gary Waddock has left the club and has agreed to take charge at Coca Cola League One side Wycombe Wanderers. Click to continue reading...

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Cody Arnoux has had a busy start to his life in England, but the former Wake Forest Deacon insists that he is only at the beginning of his journey. Click to continue reading...

Well maybe we are, and maybe we aren't. But this isn't actually about Newcastle fans, it's partly about football fans in general and specifically, following their unenviable and ultimately fruitless journey to the North East, Plymouth Argyle fans. After all, it's the longest trip that can be made in the English fixture list and it's a [. Click to continue reading...

Not the sort of first aid you want Universidad de Chile striker Juan Manuel Olivera was having one of those days on Thursday. He was knocked unconscious during the game against O'Higgins after a clash with opposition goalkeeper Jorge Rivera. The Uruguayan striker was taken to a nearby clinic and regained consciousness during the journey. Click to continue reading...

by CARL ELDRIDGE Arsene Wenger has condemned Arsenal's travelling fans for the abuse they hurled at Emmanuel Adebayor in the Manchester City game, screams this morning's Sun. Accept, er, he didn't condemn them at all.

Their preposterous reporter, the Liverpool-supporting Anthony Kastrinakis (BTW, the Arsenal head of communications is also a Liverpool fan), runs with the story despite AW stating he didn't hear it so can't comment on it.

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"The first objective is to arrive at the final."
-Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti on this season's Champions League

The journey begins Tuesday at Stamford Bridge. The Blues welcome FC Porto, a familiar opponent in this competition, to the Bridge for our Group D opener.

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As pointed out by CA, anything less than a spot in the final will be seen as a disappointment.

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The title of this post is somewhat misleading. After all, the thought of taking a Frank Lampard "masterclass" sends your imagination off on a journey of R-rated festivities. With room service.

But alas, it's just a Disney XD viral showing Frank Lampard at Wembley doing an interview and tutorial with a boy named Alfie.

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You look at a lot of sides or managers who are aiming for grander things in the long run, and it is often the Carling Cup that has been the first stepping stone on that journey.
Whilst the nature of cup competition are a little difficult to predict, this competition is the one that looks most likely to yield a trophy during 2009/10. Click to continue reading...

Benny Feilhaber and Jeremiah White should see action for Aarhus on their trip to Viborg while Michael Parkhurst is one of the few normal starters for Nordsjaelland's journey to Ringsted. Click to continue reading...

I'm back from my summer vacation!
We're a mere 289 days from the start of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
Not much time to get myself there.
I started this website about 2 and a half years ago with the idea of getting myself to the World Cup Final. That hasn't changed.
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March may not be the right word to describe how Sounders FC fans journey from Pioneer Square to Qwest Field on game day. March or no march, it's still a pretty darn impressive sight to behold.
After congregating to hear the Sound Wave play a few tunes and belt out the club's fight song, the Seattle diehards progress towards the stadium en masse at a pace even the Forecast could handle. Click to continue reading...

"The difference between this season and the last is the team spirit.

"From the moment we arrived back for pre-season the manager has been drumming it in to us about how we had to be better and mentally stronger this season.

"He said we had to have a better attitude and he was right.

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After many biddings and offers of the biggest European clubs, the guy Diego Maradona proclaimed the biggest hope of Argentinean football ended up in Fiorentina. The experts believe that this is a smart move as he will have enough space to play, which is the most important thing for him at this moment.

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Adam Spangler's in Mexico covering the US-Mexico game... here's a pic he just uploaded on Twitter. Doesn't it bring memories of 1986 flooding back?  Something about the colours, the contrast even... you can see Maradona slotting that through ball down the middle, and Burrachaga racing clear to decide the game once and for all.

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Just a few things before the "White Storm" engulfs us all this afternoon (I'll be safely spying upon the action from my mountain lair, so good luck to those of you who brave the journey)... Hmmm, so we're considering bringing in Shipalane on loan... Click to continue reading...

I was struggling to find something to write about today until I came across this.
Bolton Wanderers used Virgin Trains to take them to Edinburgh for their pre-season match against Scottish Premier side Hearts.
All was well - £4,000 was paid in June for the travel - the players and staff lined up at the station to board the train, only to discover some of their seats had been taken. Click to continue reading...

Xabi Alonso will become the latest big-money arrival at Real Madrid this summer after Liverpool agreed the sale of the Spain midfielder for an undisclosed fee, believed to be in the region of €35m.

Madrid's official website confirmed that Alonso would "undergo the required medical" in the Spanish capital on Wednesday before completing the transfer and securing a return to his home country five years after leaving Real Sociedad de Fútbol for Liverpool.

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The Inter squad completed their journey to Japan yesterday morning after a gruelling flight which took in São Paulo and New York.
The squad were given special instructions to adapt to the Japan's 12 hour time difference by the club's conditioning coach Fábio Mahseredjian. Click to continue reading...

My wife and I arrived back home here in Raleigh at 3:30 am this morning local time after a harrowing journey back from Paris. Sir Bobby Robson alongside his statue at St. James' Park And the very sad news we have just seen is the death of the great man, Bobby Robson. Born in Sacriston, County [.. Click to continue reading...