Just knowing your parents are on Facebook is cause for embarrassment for many and things can soon toboggan down to the realms of pure rage when an errant comment backfires. Spare a thought for Ashley Cole then (we know that's easier said than done). Keeping dopey social networking gaffes in the family, Mama Cole has [.
Radamel Falcao picked up where he left off in the Europa League last season to win and won the
UEFA Super Cup for Atletico Madrid, scoring a first-half hat trick in their 4-1 win over Chelsea.
It was an abysmal performance from the Champions League winners, but Falcao -- who has led the
Europa League in scoring the last two seasons in a row -- once again showed that he can beat any
team all by himself.
Geoff Cameron has not hid his desire of playing in Europe, and Stoke City is still in the
process of trying to make that dream become a reality.
Stoke are still in negotiations with MLS over possibly acquiring Cameron from the Houston Dynamo
during the current transfer window, but recent reports have claimed the two sides were far apart on
a transfer fee.
It is no secret that Radamel Falcao is one of the premier strikers in world soccer right now, so
it should come as no surprise that several inquiries were made for his services during this past
summer transfer window.
Atletico Madrid chief executive Miguel Angel Gil Marin revealed Wednesday he turned downed
Falcao interest from four clubs this past summer, including Chelsea and Manchester City.
The Herbalife World Football Challenge continues this week with a pair of Real Madrid matches.
The Champions League winners will face the LA Galaxy tonight on ESPN2 and then on Sunday face off
against the Mexican champions. US International Herculez Gomez is a member of Santos.
Chelsea's transfer window: Roman splurges in pursuit of Premier League title - originally posted
on Soccerlens.com
Chelsea are going through something of a transitional period, as a number of older heads have
left Stamford Bridge to be replaced by young pretenders. Roman Abramovich splurged in excess of
£80 million in revamping the Blues' squad this summer, with the Russian oil tycoon conducting all
his business before the panic of transfer deadline day.
Chelsea's transfer window: Roman splurges in pursuit of Premier League title - originally posted
on Soccerlens.com
Chelsea are going through something of a transitional period, as a number of older heads have
left Stamford Bridge to be replaced by young pretenders. Roman Abramovich splurged in excess of
£80 million in revamping the Blues' squad this summer, with the Russian oil tycoon conducting all
his business before the panic of transfer deadline day.
Europa League winners Atletico Madrid ran rampant in Monaco as they hammered Champions League
winners Chelsea 4-1 to lift the UEFA Super Cup.
A historic first-half hat-trick from Colombian Radamel Falco sent the Blues trailing 3-0 at the
interval.
Without the services of suspended skipper John Terry, the Chelsea defense had to then endure
more of the same in the opening exchanges of the second half.
Radamel Falcao struck a remarkable first-half hat-trick to stun Champions League winners Chelsea
at half-time of their UEFA Super Cup clash against Atletico Madrid in Monaco.
Falcao, who was billed to come face to face with former Atletico great Fernando Torres, outshone
the Blues striker in a 45-minute spell where he could have actually added even more.
The draw for the group stage of the 2012-13 UEFA Champions League has been made in Monaco, and
Manchester City has been dealt the toughest draw with a group of champions battling it out with the
Premier League winners. City ...
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QPR show extreme ambition with transer window activity - originally posted on Soccerlens.com
QPR escaped Premier League relegation by the skin of their teeth last season, securing their
top-flight status on the last day of the campaign despite losing 3-2 to Manchester City. The club's
owner Tony Fernandes is obviously keen to avoid such a nail-biting finale to 2012-13, with a very
busy transfer window heralding a number of new players for the Loftus Road outfit.
Chelsea manager Roberto Di Matteo has vowed to take the UEFA Super Cup seriously, stressing that
he'll be playing his big names in the pursuit of another trophy. Chelsea enter the competition as
defending Champions League winners, and will go up against Europa League victors Atletico
Madrid.
The match takes place on Friday in Monaco, and the Blues enter it in fine form after three
successive Premier League wins.
Manchester City close to making sensible winger swap - originally posted on Soccerlens.com
Manchester City's lack of activity in the transfer window this summer has largely been down to
the club having to tighten the purse strings due to the upcoming Fifa Financial Fairplay
regulations, with the Premier League winners needing to sell before they can splurge.
Hail Cesar: Azpilicueta joins rampant Chelsea from Marseille - originally posted on
Soccerlens.com
Chelsea have continued their summer spending spree by announcing the signature of Spanish
right-back Cesar Azpilicueta from Marseille. A fee reported to be in the region of £7 million has
been enough to convince the Ligue 1 side to part with the starlet, with the news confirmed on the
Stade Velodrome side's official website.
Arsenal midfielder Mikel Arteta has rubbished suggestions that his side starts the Premier
League campaign this weekend in a weaker position than major rivals such as Manchester City,
Manchester United, and Chelsea.
The Gunners looked far from title contenders last season but hammered European champions Blues
5-3 at Stamford Bridge and Arteta scored a sublime goal when they defeated Premier League winners
City 1-0 at the Emirates.
Chelsea Have Grounds For Optimism - originally posted on Soccerlens.com
Chelsea have had a summer almost as extraordinary as their amazing Champions League triumph in
May. It's been an extraordinary summer because they have spent upwards of £63m, revolutionised
their squad, signed two of the hottest young talents in world football yet managed to do this
completely under the radar.
2011/12 UEFA Champions League winners Chelsea Football Club are currently on a summer pre-season
tour of the United States. Dubbed the Chelsea USA Tour 2012 and using the theme "Here...
Chelsea, the reigning UEFA Champions League winners, have announced a 25-man squad for their
2012 USA Pre-season tour. The EPL side will participate in the World Football Challenge which
features clubs from MLS, Mexico, and Europe. They will play the Seattle Sounders, Paris St-Germain,
MLS All-Stars, and wrap up their tour against AC Milan.
Waylaying some fears, it appears that Chelsea has brought what amounts to a first team on their
summer friendly tour, which kicks off on Wednesday against the Seattle Sounders. Chelsea will
arrive in Seattle on Saturday, but has not yet formalized an intinerary.
Among the players that will be making the trip are nine players that started in either the UEFA
Champions League title game or semifinal.
Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure has backed manager Roberto Mancini to continue building a
winning formula at Eastlands, much like Sir Alex Ferguson has done over a very long period of time
at cross-town rivals United.
Toure has expressed his delight at Mancini's decision to sign a new five-year deal with last
season's Premier League winners and hopes that the foundation has been laid for further success
under the Italian.
Chelsea boss Roberto Di Matteo was disappointed to see his native Italy lose to Spain in
Sunday's Euro 2012 final but has expressed his excitement about the form of Chelsea duo Fernando
Torres and Juan Mata.
Torres came off the bench to score Spain's third goal and provide an assist for Mata to make it
4-0, which stood as the emphatic final score line in favor of the reigning world and European
champions.
John Terry is once again back in the headlines, but this time it comes with good news for the
Chelsea captain.
Terry's ban for his violent actions in the UEFA Champions League semifinals against Barcelona
have been reduced on appeal, meaning the centerback will be able to play from the start of their
title defense this upcoming season.
The first episode of NBC Sports Network's MLS36 series will air Sunday night at 9:30 p.m.,
featuring San Jose Earthquakes forward Chris Wondolowski. NBCSN's cameras followed Wondolowski for
36 hours at the MLS All-Star break in Philadelphia, and even managed to catch a memorable moment
between Wondolowski and Chelsea captain John Terry following the final whistle of MLS' 3-2 triumph
over the UEFA Champions League winners.
The MLS All Stars seem to have Chelsea's number and just like he did six years ago, Dwayne De
Rosario proved to be a pivotal player in this years win too. The DC United midfielder set up Chris
Pontius for the equalizer.
Before that two Chelsea veterans had sent their side ahead as John Terry scored from a header
and then Frank Lampard batted the ball with his leg past Dan Kennedy after the goalie completely
missed collecting a cross.
PHILADELPHIA -- It may have come in part because of a fortuitous deflection, but the MLS
All-Stars pulled out a win for the first time in four years.
With penalty kicks looming, the MLS All-Stars grabbed a 3-2 victory over UEFA Champions League
winners Chelsea thanks to a stoppage time finish from substitute Eddie Johnson.
UEFA Champions League winners Chelsea take on the MLS All-Stars tonight at the 2012 MLS All-Star
Game (8:30pm, ESPN2).
The MLS All-Stars will be trotting out a star-studded lineup featuring Thierry Henry, David
Beckham and Landon Donovan, while Chelsea's starting lineup for the match will feature standouts
such as Frank Lampard, Ashley Cole and John Terry.
Chelsea 1-1 Paris Saint-Germain: Soccer Comes to Yankee Stadium - originally posted on
Soccerlens.com
On a picture perfect summer night in The Bronx, two of the world's bigger football clubs met at
Yankee Stadium as part of this year's edition of the World Football Challenge. In the first soccer
match played at the ‘House That Steinbrenner Built,' Chelsea FC and Paris Saint-German battled to
a 1-1 draw before 38,000 spectators, of which about 90 percent were cheering for Chelsea.
NEW YORK -- Yankee Stadium looked more like Stamford Bridge on Sunday, but even that could not
help lift Chelsea to victory.
The Champions League winners settled for a 1-1 draw with Paris Saint-Germain in their 2012 World
Football Challenge match on Sunday, and they needed a late goal from Lucas Piazon to make that
happen.
The MLS All Stars put on a nice show last night and proved that if you put the UEFA Champions
League winners on enough planes in a short enough span of time, even a bunch of loosely assembled
MLS players can emerge victorious. None of this changes the fact that MLS is far from the best
soccer on the planet.
PHILADELPHIA -- The last time Dwayne De Rosario took the field against Chelsea, he was an MVP.
It's only fitting that the D.C. United star captains the MLS side going up against the Blues in
Wednesday night's MLS All-Star Game.
De Rosario was given captain's honors by MLS and D.
What has been expected for years was confirmed on Wednesday.
After a Swiss court ordered that FIFA could make the documents detailing business with
marketing partner ISL public, the world's governing body of soccer did so, outing some of the
biggest names in the organization for taking kickbacks.
The 2012 edition of the Major League Soccer (MLS) All-Star game takes place on Wednesday, July 25th
with some of the league's best players meeting 2011/12 UEFA Champions League winners...
Does that sound absurd? Yes. Is this what people are directly saying? No.
In the past I've pointed out the success of the Sounders in the US Open Cup and CONCACAF Champions League. These have been laughed off as mere auxiliary tournaments; that wins there have no relationship to the mental strength needed in the MLS Cup Playoffs.
Yep, Hugo Lloris has left for Tottenham. I couldn't help going back three years in time when a
friend said Lyon is better than Tottenham. "Tottenham?!", I cried, "Why would you even mention the
two teams in the same sentence?
It really would be hard to turn down the chance to join Manchester City right now. Premier
League winners, a star-studded squad and a very real chance of Champions' League glory.
Yet, it is also hard to see why a player like Scott Sinclair could possibly want to go
there.
Let's just make this clear; this is not me casting doubt over his abilities as a footballer,
there is no doubt there.
The Wilmington Hammerheads took a giant step towards assuring themselves of being in the
postseason this past weekend, and they did so by grabbing a pair of results against a team that was
expected to beat them.
The Hammerheads went 1-0-1 in their two games in two days against the Charleston Battery, first
grabbing a late 2-2 draw on the road on Friday before picking up a 2-1 win at home on Saturday.
Today marks an important day in the Olympics Women's Football competition as the semi-finals are
slated to be played out between the USA and Canada (what a
rivalry!) and France and Japan. In a recent interview
Canada's Sophie Schmidt admitted she knew deep down that they would beat Great
Britain to advance to the semis of the tournament.
