Following on from last month's design, Sir Alex's XXV, Bearded Genius' "Well Bred" is available to buy on Mancunia Merchandise with all profit from this design going to The Christie in February.

The t-shirts are available for £8.70 ($13.40) although because they have to be shipped from America, the p&p takes the overall price to around £17 for deliveries to Europe (more on p&p).

It didn't come as a surprise. Jeonbuk Motors led the K-league from early in the season and were the best team for most of it. Choi Kang-hee's men should have won the Asian title too but had to make do with the domestic title to add to the 2009 crown.
The inevitable came to pass on December 4 in the second leg of the Championship play-off final against Ulsan Horangi.

By Alan Duffy

Won Jae Yang wants to be Bath City manager, and he wants it bad. The 17-year-old Korean student has bombarded the Blue Square Premier League strugglers with in excess of 100 emails highlighting how the club can improve and how he's the man/boy to replace current manager Adie Britton and lead them to glory.

U.S. captain Carlos Bocanegra steps on the field for the 100th time today representing the United States, and the 54th time as captain. He becomes the 12th MNT player in history to achieve this milestone. It's truly a proud day for one of the best all-around guys ever to play for the USA.
In honor of the occasion, ussoccer.

This week - it's not all good for ACL finalists, Al Sadd: and, minnows on the brink and Leeds humbled at home.

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In this week's review section, minnows on the brink, how to reach a final and not make friends, and Leeds humbled at home. You can listen to these and other stories on our weekly podcast and can find explanations of key vocabulary in bold below, or highlighted in blue.

In his last three international appearances for Korea Chu Young Park has scored six times, but he still struggles to even get a place on the bench at Arsenal. Is now the time to unleash him on the Premier League? Yesterday he helped himself to two goals in the second half against Poland, two goals [.

In his last three international appearances for Korea Chu Young Park has scored six times, but he still struggles to even get a place on the bench at Arsenal. Is now the time to unleash him on the Premier League? Yesterday he helped himself to two goals in the second half against Poland, two goals [.

In this week's review section, we look at stories from the Asian Champions League, pressure at Sunderland and Carlos Tevez embroiled in more controversy.

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In this week's review section, we look at stories from the Asian Champions League, pressure at Sunderland and Carlos Tevez embroiled in more controversy. You can listen to these and other stories on our weekly podcast and can find explanations of key vocabulary in bold below, or highlighted in blue.

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On this week's predictions we feature some of the big games from the European Championship qualifiers teams are trying to reach the finals in Poland/Ukraine in 2012 as well as some games from the Asian qualifying section for the 2014 Brazil World Cup.

The United States plays Mexico on ESPN2 and Univision at 9pm. Germany - Brazil is on ESPN Deportes at 2:30pm. The England - Holland friendly has been postponed. Fox Soccer has Valerenga - Liverpool at 3pm. Under-20 World Cup on ESPNU: Spain - Korea at 6pm and Brazil - Saudi Arabia at 9pm. All Times Eastern

Park Ji-Sung (30) is set to sign a new 2 year deal with Manchester United. Park who was seen as a pawn in United's attempt to sell the Club's merchandise in Asia has benefited from retiring from the South Korean national team having been plagued by niggly injuries through his United career which could have been brought on by constant travel back and forth from Korea to Manchester.

Sangmu Phoenix, the South Korean military football club playing in the country's professional K-League, could be expelled or relegated to a proposed new second division because of the ongoing match-fixing scandal plaguing the the Korea Football Association. The team's coach was arrested this week for allegedly accepting money from the parents of a player to keep quiet about their son's role in

With the European sides playing in European Club Championships you can see the "professionalism" or cheating of the players beginning to rise. And of course their football nous, skills and fitness.
W-League is great - for ten games - but surely it's time for Japan, China, Korea to join with our top two W-League side in an East Asian Champions League.

On Manchester United's trophy tour of Asia, Patrice Evra has told CNN Go that he never gets bored of winning trophies.

"No, that is the curse of Manchester United. It is never enough to win the trophies," he said. "That's why Manchester United is a big club, and we want to stay on the top.

On Manchester United's trophy tour of Asia, Patrice Evra has told CNN Go that he never gets bored of winning trophies.

"No, that is the curse of Manchester United. It is never enough to win the trophies," he said. "That's why Manchester United is a big club, and we want to stay on the top.

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Though there is no football being played in Europe at the moment there is still lots of the beautiful game being played all over the world. The World Cup 2011 for women is taking place in Germany while the Copa America starts this weekend in Argentina.

Predictions? Give them in the comments. I saw this has been a low-scoring World Cup so far - 2-0 USA.
Lineups: USA - Solo; Le Peilbet, Buehler, Rampone, Krieger; Cheney, Boxx, Lloyd, O'Reilly; Rodriguez, Wambach
North Korea - Hong; Jong, Ri Un Hyang, Ho, Song; Ri Ye Gyong, Jo, Jon, Kim; Yun, Ra

As usual, not much goes on during game day except meals, rest and focus, but the U.S. team is healthy, excited and highly motivated to get this World Cup underway. The team held one allowed practice at the game venue yesterday at Rudolf-Harbig Stadium and here are some pics. As a reminder, you can watch USA vs.

Pressure is a privelege. That's the perspective of our Women's USA squad this World Cup. Ranked #1 according to FIFA world rankings, the United States Women's National Soccer Team are the team at the top. We are team to defeat. This, however, is a new era. An era that follows the staunch legacy of 1999's Michelle Akers, Mia Hamm, and Brandy Chastain when the USA hosted and won the World Cup claiming World Dominance in women's football.

Japan, China and Korea were the top three viewership markets with Japan capturing 43.2 percent of the total AFC Asian Cup 2011 audience, according to CSM Media Research released by the Asian Football Confederation

Singapore Reds can look forward to another memorable summer as Liverpool Football Club are returning to the country which gave us so many happy memories two years ago.
With the planned visit to Korea having been cancelled earlier this month, the Reds have taken the exciting opportunity to return to Singapore for a special training session on the third leg of their Standard Chartered sponsored pre-season tour of Asia.

If there was any doubt that some of the stars of tomorrow will be found on the fields in Mexico during the next three weeks, this article from FIFA.com will remove it.
Focusing especially on Landon Donovan - who, of course, was one of the stars of the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Cup - the story takes a glimpse at some of today's stand out players who got their first taste of the world stage at this event.

Get your t-shirts from Mancunia Merchandise from as little as £9.90. There's the 19 tally and the 19 names, which lists every player who has contributed to those 19 titles.

We have a greater range of shirts on the US based shop, simply because of copyright reasons. This unfortunately bumps up shipping costs to Europe, although you can still get shirts including p+p for £17, due to the low cost of the t-shirts.

Spanish 4th. Nonetheless...

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• Liechtenstein logos. (The Best Eleven)
• France & Korea, bestest friends. (IBWM)
• An interview with Jacques Lacan. (Futfanaico)
• A rollercoaster ride. (Jonathan Wilson)
• Summer cheat sheet. (SB Nation)
• The vultures are circling.

Spanish 4th. Nonetheless...

[101gg]

• Liechtenstein logos. (The Best Eleven)
• France & Korea, bestest friends. (IBWM)
• An interview with Jacques Lacan. (Futfanaico)
• A rollercoaster ride. (Jonathan Wilson)
• Summer cheat sheet. (SB Nation)
• The vultures are circling.

FIFA U-17 World Cups
U.S. Group Placement and Finish
(Note: The tournament moved from 16 to 24 teams in 2007)

Year

Group

Teams (in order U.S. played)

U.S. Group Finish

U.S. Overall Finish

2009 ESpain, Malawi, United Arab Emirates2nd 12th

2007

E

Tajikistan, Tunisia, Belgium

2nd

16th

2005

C

Korea Republic, Italy, Cote d'Ivoire

1st

5th

2003

D

Korea DPR, Sierra Leone, Spain

2nd

5th

2001

A

Japan, France, Nigeria

4th

15th

1999

A

New Zealand, Poland, Uruguay

2nd

4th

1997

C

Oman, Brazil, Austria

3rd

11th

1995

A

Ecuador, Japan, Ghana

4th

15th

1993

C

Colombia, Czechoslovakia, Qatar

2nd

7th

1991

A

Italy, Argentina, China PR

1st

5th

1989

B

Brazil, Germany DR, Australia

3rd

10th

1987

B

Ecuador, Ivory Coast, Korea Republic

3rd

14th

1985

A

Guinea, Bolivia, China PR

3rd

12th

FIFA U-17 World Cups
U.S. Group Placement and Finish
YearGroupTeams (in order U.S. played)U.S. Group FinishU.S. Overall Finish2009
2007D
ESpain, Malawi, United Arab Emirates
Tajikistan, Tunisia, Belgium2nd
2nd12th
16th2005CKorea Republic, Italy, Cote d'Ivoire1st5th2003DKorea DPR, Sierra Leone, Spain2nd5th2001AJapan, France, Nigeria4th15th1999ANew Zealand, Poland, Uruguay2nd4th1997COman, Brazil, Austria3rd11th1995AEcuador, Japan, Ghana4th15th1993CColombia, Czechoslovakia, Qatar2nd7th1991AItaly, Argentina, China PR1st5th1989BBrazil, Germany DR, Australia3rd10th1987BEcuador, Ivory Coast, Korea Republic3rd14th1985AGuinea, Bolivia, China PR3rd12th

After clinching the title today, we can now offer you our Mr Chico design at Mancunia Merchandise. Unfortunately, it's only available on the US shop which ups the p&p but it works out at: t-shirt + p&p = $27.90/£17.

Shipping to: UK, USA, Canada, Mexico, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Austria, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxemburg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, China, Australia, New Zealand, Korea and Japan.

T-shirts from £8.90. Order quickly to ensure they arrive in time for the final.

Take a look at the other designs on Mancunia Merchandise.

Use this shop for shipping to: USA, Canada, Mexico, China, Australia, New Zealand, Korea and Japan.

Design by @thedevilstweets

"T-SHIRT: May 28th Catalan Giants vs Red Army" was originally published at The Republik of Mancunia.

This fantastic article was on the front of ESPN Soccernet today. The title, "Liverpool hoping for Asian tonic", is supremely underwhelming, as it attempts to tie in Liverpool's current form, Manchester United and the Big Four, Asian academies, sponsorship, Barcelona's visit, and selling shirts.
To be honest, the opportunities and current situation of Asian football do encompass all those things, and many more.

Liverpool FC is delighted to announce the Club will be travelling to Asia this summer for a pre-season tour sponsored by Standard Chartered that will include games in China, Malaysia and Korea.
The Reds enjoy fantastic support in Asia and this summer's visit follows the hugely successful 10-day pre-season tour of Thailand and Singapore in 2009.

... what? Fucking what?

Let the siege mentality take shape.

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£8.90 for European destinations and $12.40 for USA, Canada, Mexico, China, Australia, New Zealand, Korea and Japan.

"We're Man United..." was originally published at The Republik of Mancunia.

Incheon United FC is a professional Korean football team currently playing in the K-League. The team's home town is Incheon, the third biggest city in the country, and the team's home stadium is the Incheon Munhak Stadium, one of the ten venues built in Korea for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Incheon United finished last season's [.

Daejeon Citizen Football Club (Korean 대 시티즌 프로축구단) is a South Korean professional soccer team currently playing in the K-League. The club is known for being the first community-owned club in Korea and has been in the K-League since 1997. While its league finishes have been modest Daejeon Citizen did win the Korean FA Cup [.

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Good and bad news from the Asia Cup in Qatar, while in the UK a storm over sexist remarks by TV a pundit and anchor. You can listen to these and other stories on our weekly podcast.

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Good and bad news from the Asia Cup in Qatar, while in the UK a storm over sexist remarks by TV a pundit and anchor. You can listen to these and other stories on our weekly podcast.

The Aussies thumped Uzbekistan 6 - 0 to power their way into the finals.
Japan on the other hand had to fight off a very determined S Korea in their semifinal before finally getting through on penalties.

These moments aren't in any order but a logo of how they enhanced the attractive game.

1. Togo's players celebrating their first aim in the world cup towards South Korea in their opening match. No one can guess that they don't seem to be being paid for playing on the planet cup.

2. Philip Lahm excellent goal against Costa Rica within the 6th minute led strategy to a high scoring World Cup.