With the American team eliminated from the FIFA U-17 World Cup after a 2-1 loss to Italy, an
evaluation of the team's performance -- in their knockout round match Wednesday with Italy and in
the tournament in general -- is really a matter of recognizing that there are two sides to every
coin.
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Liverpool and Rangers are drinking in the last-chance saloon while Arsenal are hoping to toast
their progress into the knockout phase of the UEFA Champions League. Jose Mourinho's Inter Milan,
who have not won in the Champions League for over a year, must drop their reputation as draw
specialists when they face Dynamo Kiev in Ukraine where the former Chelsea boss will once again be
up against ex-Blues striker Andriy Shevchenko.
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United went into last night's Champions League tie with CSKA Moscow needing just a point to ensure
qualification to the knockout phase of the competition, it should have been a formality - in theory
at least anyway - but it wasn't. United have made a habit of doing it the hard way and last night's
performance was no different, after going 3-1 down it eventually finished up 3-3 on what was a
night
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A weakened Manchester United team came from two goals down to tie visitors CSKA Moscow 3-3 at Old
Trafford earlier today. Goals in the final six minutes from Paul Scholes and Antonio Valencia gave
Manchester United a well-earned draw and passage into the UEFA Champions League first knockout
round. Alan Dzagoev, Miloš Krasić and Vasili Berezutski had [.
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The Under-17 World Cup knockout round game between the United States and Italy is only available
online (10am - ESPN360.com). Champions League on Fox Soccer Channel: Rubin Kazan - Barcelona at
12:30pm, Lyon - Liverpool at 2:30pm, and Arsenal - Alkmaar at 5pm (2:30pm on Setanta). All Times
Eastern
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Former DC United Coach Tom Soehn
Earlier this morning came the news that DC United coach Tom Soehn would not seek to extend his
current contract with the team. Set to expire at the end of this year, Soehn will instead leave the
club he has been a part of for the past six seasons – three years as an assistant and three as
the head coach.
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"Rio Ferdinand has been in poor form this season by his standards and I think Sir Alex
Ferguson would be shrewd to cash in on the star in January."
Stan Collymore couldn't be a bigger prick if he tried.
"I don't want to play United in the knockout rounds they're a very strong team and I have
many friends there.
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Liverpool's second Carling Cup knockout in three seasons at the hands of Arsenal's army of
high-flying young Gunners cast uncomfortable light once...
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Manchester United will host CSKA Moscow today in their group B clash of the Champions League.
United had won the same fixture two weeks ago in Russian capital and will look to win this one too.
Currently, the Red Devils lead Group B and a victory at Old Trafford would send them progress into
the knockout round with two Group B matches to spare.
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Anfield Talk 02 November @ 01:07 PM EST
Liverpool skipper Steven Gerrard, midfielder Albert Riera and defenders Martin Kelly and Martin
Skrtel will all miss Wednesday's decisive Champions League match at Olympique Lyon, manager Rafa
Benitez said on Monday.
However, Benitez added that he was hoping Italian midfielder Alberto Aquilani would recover from a
virus that kept him out of Saturday's 3-1 defeat at Fulham for the Group E match.
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Yanks Abroad 30 October @ 09:43 AM EST
Following Thursday's narrow victory over Malawi, midfielder Luis Gil and his teammates find
themselves poised to break into the knockout round with a win on Sunday in their final group stage
game.
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From Goal.com Noah Davis breaks down the action for the U-17 USA team as the United States
enters the U-17 World Cup in Nigeria.
For Wilmer Cabrera's talented side, the tournament represents a chance to show the world how far
the Stars and Stripes have come as a soccer-playing nation.
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IT WAS bound to happen sooner or later. North Queensland Fury, with the wily Robbie Fowler, were
always going to get a win at home after weeks of impressive fighting football.
But without taking anything away from the Fury, Perth Glory will feel that they let a golden chance
for a win away from home went begging.
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SoccerLens 23 October @ 07:03 AM EST
Liverpool face Manchester United (home), Arsenal (away), Fulham (away) and Lyon (away) in their
next four games - and they need a special miracle to take win all four games.
It's not impossible though - United are not exactly the invincible beast of 07/08 and if Torres
is fit he should be able to give the United backline a good scare.
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LTLF 21 October @ 02:07 PM EST
Something strange is happening at the City Ground. Five wins in a row, a chest-puffing knockout on
live television, a last gasp winner on a damp Tuesday evening. Clean sheets. Clean sheets? I'm
fairly sure I wasn't the only person pinching myself when Guy Moussi dementedly volleyed in his
winner on Tuesday evening.
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A year after every MLS team failed to reach the knockout round of the CONCACAF Champions League,
the defending MLS champion Columbus Crew has stepped up to make sure Major League Soccer will be
represented in the current Champions League Tournament.
The Crew tied the Puerto Rico Islanders, 1-1, on Tuesday night to lock up a quarterfinal
berth.
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A year after all but one MLS team failed to reach the knockout round of the CONCACAF Champions
League, the defending MLS champion Columbus Crew has become the first Major League Soccer teamÂ
to earn a place in the quarterfinals.
The Crew tied the Puerto Rico Islanders, 1-1, on Tuesday night to lock up a quarterfinal
berth.
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United Mania 20 October @ 09:12 PM EST
D.C. United gained in improbable 1-1 draw in Toluca tonight to temporarily put the Black and Red
into second place in their CONCACAF Champions League final group stage match. Now they must wait
until Thursday where Marathon now needs a win to advance to the knockout phase next winter.
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Port 19 October @ 05:24 PM EST
PSNL Fans were hoping to face Slovenia before this mornings draw, as 40% of all votes turned in the
past few days here on P.S.N.L. supported this matchup for Portugal's knockout playoff game for a
World Cup spot. The Portuguese will be taking on Bosnia-Herzegovina which was the second most
popular choice from fans at 23%.
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The Twitterverse Players League has moved to the knockout rounds! Below are the eight Round of 16
matches. Only one player can advance to the quarterfinals from each head-to-head battle, so be
sure...
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It's just like one of those cheesy sports movies. The team seems unconquerable going into a
huge tournament. They suffer a few losses and realize they are human. Then they band together
and begin to turn it around and play together as a team.  But the conflict arises when the star
player goes down with a serious injury leaving him teammates devastated and feeling as if they are
against all odds.
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Jason and Zach review the group stages of the Twitterverse Players League and hold the draw for the
first knockout round of the Competition. DOWNLOAD THE DRAW HERE
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SoccerLens 15 October @ 09:40 PM EST
Brazil v. Ghana
2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup Final
Cairo International Stadium (Cairo, Egypt)
Friday, 16th October, 20:00 EET
After three exciting weeks of action in Egypt, the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup culminates tomorrow
in Cairo with what should be an exciting final between four-time champions Brazil and Ghana.
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The name Bosnia and Herzegovina may not have an extremely familiar ring to it, but perhaps you
know the squad by their previous title, Yugoslavia. In 1993 following the split of socialistÂ
Yugoslavia, a new team was born. Unfortunately, Bosnia and Herzegovina has yet to make a name for
themselves on the biggest and brightest stage (the World Cup), but the squad has proven to be a
contender for the tournament several times throughout their brief history.
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The second set of groups is headed to the vote; jump in now and assure your guy gets through to the
knockout round. Voting for these groups will run from today, Monday October 12th through Friday...
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Interesting link from reader Dan Loughlin.
Their approach is to think of a soccer game as an experiment to determine which of two teams is
the best. The question then is this: What is the probability that the outcome of the experiment
truly represents the relative abilities of the two teams?
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The first set of groups is headed to the vote; jump in now and assure your guy gets through to the
knockout round. Voting for these groups will run from today, Monday October 5th to Friday
October...
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I have a quick look at how my pre-tourney Under-20 World Cup predictions have done so far, plus my
second chance knockout predictions.If you recall, this is what I had for the round of 16 match-ups
(correct bracket slot = blue, correct knockout qualifier = green & big fat oops = red):Paraguay
over USA (extra time)Ghana over Costa RicaSpain over Korea RepublicCzech Republic over Hungary
(extra
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The first set of groups is headed to the vote; jump in now and assure your guy gets through to the
knockout round. Voting for these groups will run from today, Monday October 5th to Friday October
9th. Tweet the link to the voting page with the #TPL hashtag and you'll be entered into the prize
drawing to be held at the conclusion of the group stage.
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I sent out a tweet about the U-20 World Cup early last week, and had a post in the works, but I
never got around to finishing it until now. The group stage of the competition is over and the bare
facts tell the story: none of the CONCACAF qualifiers finished in the top two of their respective
groups, two finished in third place, and other other two bottom of their group.
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The Columbus Crew had a chance to become the first MLS team to reach the knockout rounds of the
CONCACAF Champions League, but fell short with just seconds remaining as a late equalizer forced
the Crew to settle for a 1-1 tie vs. Deportivo Saprissa at Crew Stadium on Tuesday night.
The Crew looked on its way to clinching a top-two spot in its group before Alexander Robinson
headed home an equalizer in the second minute of stoppage time to negate a first-half penalty kick
from Robbie Rogers.
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The Columbus Crew had a chance to become the first MLS team to reach the knockout rounds of the
CONCACAF Champions League, but fell short with just seconds remaining as a late equalizer forced
the Crew to settle for a 1-1 tie vs. Deportivo Saprissa at Crew Stadium on Tuesday night.
The Crew looked on its way to clinching a top-two spot in its group before Alexander Robinson
headed home an equalizer in the second minute of stoppage time to negate a first-half penalty kick
from Robbie Rogers.
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Tomorrow, Lyon will be taking on Hungarian side Debreceni VSC in their quest to qualify for the
knockout rounds. They are already off to a good start, having taken three points from Fiorentina,
but there are still five games to go, and anything can happen. It's important that Lyon get three
points tomorrow because they have a double-header with Liverpool (who, incidentally, have suddenly
regained an impressive amount of form in the last two weeks), as well as an away game at
Fiorentina.
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