photo courtesy of Jarred Donalson
Some national team news has come out today regarding two Sporting KC players. First, Teal Bunbury has been called up by Caleb Porter to the upcoming U-23 Olympic camp in Florida. The camp will take place December 15th through the 23rd. The camp is in preparation for the upcoming Olympic qualifying.

photo courtesy of Jarred Donalson
Some national team news has come out today regarding two Sporting KC players. First, Teal Bunbury has been called up by Caleb Porter to the upcoming U-23 Olympic camp in Florida. The camp will take place December 15th through the 23rd. The camp is in preparation for the upcoming Olympic qualifying.

Lebanon achieve the impossible Lebanon Daily Star.

As a sidebar to all of the hype surrounding the Euro2012 play off qualifiers this past week, I noticed a great story emerging out of the Middle East which deserves more than a mention. Asian power South Korea were beaten 2-1 in Beirut by Lebanon who rank 112 places below them in the FIFA rankings which in any region is a huge accomplishment.

The District tournament will be held at Camdenton High School, with a play-in game on Saturday October 29th. The semifinal games are scheduled for October 31st followed by the Final on November 2nd.

Seed School Record
1 Waynesville (12-6)
2 Rolla (15-6)
3 Camdenton (6-14)
4 West Plains (9-11)
5 Lebanon (4-19)

Saturday October 29th at 1:00 PM
#4 West Plains Zizzers
#5 Lebanon Yellowjackets

Monday October 31st at 5:00 PM
#1 Waynesville Tigers -
#4 West Plains Zizzers/#5 Lebanon Yellowjackets winner -

Monday October 31st at 7:00 PM
#2 Rolla Bulldogs
# Camdenton Lakers

FINAL Wednesday November 2nd at 6:00 PM

MSHSAA link

Revealed: What Liverpool MD Ian Ayre's name means in Lebanon, plus Roy Hodgson's book club

Liverpool managing director Ian Ayre's suggestion that Premier League clubs should be allowed to sell their own overseas TV rights – thus benefitting established clubs while leaving the little guys to twist in the wind – will go down well in the Middle East.

RIP United Arab Emirates player Awana Diab (aka Theyab Awana) scorer of this summer's most famous penalty has died in a car crash. The 21-year-old star came to the attention of the world's media and won many plaudits with his cocky penalty against Lebanon in July, despite being substituted and given a public [.

By Alan Duffy

Theyab Awana, the UAE winger who became an internet sensation after netting a supremely cheeky back-heeled penalty kick in the UAE's 7-2 demolition of Lebanon in July, has been killed in a car crash.

The 21-year-old was driving back to Abu Dhabi on Sunday evening after taking part in a national team training session in Al Ain when his car collided with a truck.

International weeks are never welcome however, this international break has come at a rather helpful time for Arsenal. If Arsene can pull himself away from his commentary duties on French TV and get back on the training ground trying to sort out his new-look squad, we could emerge from an international break a much more formidable team for once.

Arsenal striker Chu Young Park believes that joining the Gunners means added responsibility as he celebrated his first hat-trick, for his National side, against Lebanon. Speaking to Arsenal Player on what it means to be part ...

Arsenal striker Chu Young Park is ready to use World Cup Qualifiers against Lebanon and Kuwait to reach a good fitness level in order to be ready to play for the Gunners. Speaking to Arsenal Player ...

21 year old Awana Diab should watch his back after his cheeky back-heel penalty in the United Arab Emirates 6-2 thrashing of Lebanon at the week-end, I'm sure there's many a defender and midfield hard man ready to snap him in half with a tackle after rubbing salt into the wounds of the Lebanese players.

This awkward looking back heel penalty (degree of grace -1.75) had the unfortunate effect of mesmerizing the goalie into thinking Awana was going to moon him when he turned around because his reactions were that of a man drugged on a cocktail of morphine, percocet, and trazodone topped off with 30 shots of moonshine.

Backheels! Backflips! Jacko spins! Endless retakes! Awana Diab and the weirdest penalties ever!

United Arab Emirates player Awana Diab is the talk of the interweb after taking this amazing penalty kick in their 6-2 friendly rout of Lebanon yesterday.

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Backheel spot-kick madness We have all seen how stupid a player can look by opting for a casually taken penalty, so fair play to the UAE's Awana Diab who successfully converted this backheeled penalty against Lebanon. Ever the pessimists, OTP can't help but wonder what his team-mates would have thought if he had scuffed this [.

By Chris Wright

Not the first back-heeled penalty we've ever seen (that honour goes to Francesco Totti off the top of our heads), though it definitely took a sizeable set of swingers for the UAE's Awana Diab to step up and pull this off against Lebanon yesterday...

Malaysia's quest for Olympic glory is sure gonna be a tricky one. After overcoming Lebanon and Pakistan the heat is being turned up as they join 11 other Asian nations in the draw for the next qualifying round.
Malaysia have been drawn with Syria, Bahrain and Malaysia in Group C. The winners of that group will go through to the London Olympics while the runners up will go into a play off with the winner of that going into another play off.

A Lebanon Kuwait friendly ended up in a brawl after the game itself ended with the scoreline reading 6 - 0 in favour of Kuwait.

Video of the unfriendly ending here..

Nixa vs Pershing, Middle School Girls

The Nixa Middle School varsity squad held on for a 3-2 victory last Tuesday night at the Greenwood Stadium Field. A 3 goal lead almost didn't stand up as the Pershing Generals fought back with a pair of late goals to narrow the gap. It was the first goals the Eagles had given up this season.

The Camdenton Lakers, continuing their historic season, captured the top seed in the District for the first time ever. The Lakers will also host this years playoffs

Seed - School (Regular Season Record)
1 Camdenton (17-3)
2 Rolla (11-4)
3 Waynesville (11-8)
4 Lebanon (7-13)
5 West Plains (6-13)

May 14 @ 1:00 PM
#4 Lebanon vs #5 West Plains

May 17 @ 4:30 PM
#1 Camdenton vs #4 Lebanon/#5 West Plains winner

May 17 @6:30 PM
#2 Rolla vs #3 Waynesville

May 19 @ 5:00 PM FINAL

Large slate of Ozarks Conference games tonight with leader Glendale visiting Lebanon and challenger Camdenton hosting Joplin.

5:00 pm at Joplin
McAuley Warriors -
Carthage Tigers -

OZARKS CONFERENCE

4:00 pm at Parkview
Parkview Vikings -
Waynesville Tigers

5:00 pm at Lebanon
Lebanon Yellowjackets -
Glendale Falcons -

5:00 pm at Camdenton
Camdenton Lakers -
Joplin Eagles

5:00 pm at Kickapoo
Kickapoo Chiefs -
Hillcrest Hornest

The race for the Conference Title is quickly coming to a close. With #1 Glendale (5-0-0) hosting #2 Rolla (7-1-0) and #3 Camdenton (6-1-0) hosting #4 Kickapoo (4-2-0), we'll either see the a couple of teams separating themselves from the pack or a tightening. I'll be at Glendale to provide live reports.

JD Hunter, Camdenton Lakers (2010)

Congratulations (belated) to Head Coach JD Hunter, Camdenton Lakers, on the program reaching the 200 win level. Hunter, who started the Girls program in 1997, reached 200 last week when the team beat Lebanon 3-0. Add in 3 wins last weekend, along with the Trophy in the Lady Lakers Invitational, and the teams first ever win last night against Rolla and he's suddenly reached 204!

1st Place
Jacksonville -
Camdenton -

3rd Place
Warrensburg -
Mexico -

5th Place
Lebanon Yellowjackets 5
Osage Indians 0

7th Place
Boonville 4
Branson 0

Morning Consolation Round
Lebanon 4
Boonville 0

Osage 3 (PK's)
Branson 2

Morning Championship Round
Jacksonville 6
Warrensburg 0

Camdeton 5
Mexico 0

The 2011 edition of the 2011 Camdenton Lady Lakers Invitational Tournament will include Boonville, Branson, Jacksonville, Lebanon, Mexico, School of the Osage, and Warrensburg this year.

Friday Schedule & Results

3:30 p.m. School of the Osage vs Mexico
4:30 p.

5:30 pm at JFK Stadium note change
Hillcrest Hornets -
Glendale Falcons -

4:30 pm at Joplin
Joplin Eagles -
Waynesville Tigers -

3:00 pm start 5:00 pm at West Plains, Varsity 1st today
West Plains Zizzers
Kickapoo Chiefs -

5:00 pm at Camdenton
Camdenton Lakers -
Parkview Vikings -

5:00 pm Lebanon
Lebanon Yellowjackets -
Rolla Bulldog -

There are weather related schedule changes, check the individual games below!

The Rolla Bulldogs sit atop the Conference right now with a 4-0 record, visiting Waynesville. Glendale is 3-0 while Kickapoo, Camdenton and Lebanon are all 2-1 currently.

5:00 pm at Waynesville
Waynesville Tigers -
Rolla Bulldogs

5:00 pm at Lake Country Soccer, Cooper #3
Glendale Falcons -
Parkview Vikings

5:00 pm at Joplin
Joplin Eagles -
Kickapoo Chiefs -

4:30 pm at Camdenton VARSITY FIRST
Camdenton Lakers
West Plains Zizzers -

5:00 pm at Lebanon
Lebanon Yellowjackets -
Hillcrest Hornets

The Ozark Lady Tiger Shootout for 2011 is a 10 team tournament that is bringing in a pair of Kansas City teams (no more Eureka or Nixa I'm sorry to say) along with Harrison (AR) for the two-day affair.

Red Pool Black Pool White Pool
Ozark Harrison Neosho
Kearney Lebanon Rogersville
Northwest Joplin Willard
Carl Junction

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Joplin Eagles -
Lebanon Yellowjackets -

Willard Tigers -
Rogersville Wildcats -

Kearney Bulldogs -
Harrison Goblins -

Carl Junction Bulldogs 3
Neosho Wildcats -
The Bulldogs travel to Ozark and face off against their large school Southern neighbors.

8 of the 10 programs have games today, with Camdenton visiting Glendale BUT playing at Kickapoo while Kickapoo heads East to Rolla. Lebanon seems to be finding their stride, could Parkview be in for some trouble today?

Parkview Vikings -
Lebanon Yellowjackets

Glendale Falcons -
Camdenton Lakers

Rolla Bulldogs 2
Kickapoo Chiefs 1

Waynesville Tigers
Hillcrest Hornets -

The first week of full games, Kickapoo is 1-0 in the Conference courtesy of a win over Lebanon in late March.

4:00 pm at Hillcrest
Hillcrest Hornets -
Camdenton Lakers -

5:00 pm at Joplin
Joplin Eagles -
Glendale Falcons

5:00 pm at Lebanon
Lebanon Yellowjackets -
West Plains Zizzers -

5:00 pm at Kickapoo
Kickapoo Chiefs -
Waynesville Tigers -

5:00 pm at Rolla
Rolla Bulldogs -
Parkview Vikings -

4:00 pm at Hillcrest
Hillcrest Hornets -
Republic Tigers

4:30 pm at Camdenton
Camdenton Lakers -
Nixa Eagles

4:30 pm at Catholic
Springfield Catholic -
Ozark Tigers -

5:00 pm at Joplin
McAuley Warriors -
Branson Pirates

5:00 pm at Harrison Stadium
Central Bulldogs -
Warrensburg Tigers

5:00 pm at Jeff City
Jeff City Jays -
Lebanon Yellowjackets

Malaysia face a few grueling few weeks in June and July with World Cup and Olympic qualifiers as well as ‘look at me' tours from English Premier League teams.

03/06 v Hong Kong (A)

07/06 v TBC

19/06 v Lebanon (A) Olympic Qualifier

23/06 v Lebanon (H) Olympic Qualifier

29/06 v Chinese Taipei (H) World Cup Qualifier

03/07 v Chinese Taipei (A) World Cup Qualifier

21/07 v Chelsea

23/07 v Singapore (A) World Cup Qualifier (if Taiwan defeated)

23/08 v Singapore (H)

Also on the drawing board are games against Turkey or Saudi Arabia for the Olympic side while Liverpool and Arsenal are rumoured to be considering a game in Malaysia.

5:00 pm
Harrison (AR) Goblins host, Varsity only
West Plains Zizzers

4:00 pm
Camdenton Lakers hosting
Marshfield Blue Jays -

4:30 pm
Lebanon Yellowjackets hosting
Nixa Eagles -

6:00 pm
Kickapoo Chiefs hosting, Varsity-only
Blue Springs South

6:00 pm
Ozark Tigers hosting, Varsity-only
Park Hill South

Megan Goetzinger, Springfield Catholic (2012)

The Class 1 State Champions opened their title defense with a shutout win at home over the Lebanon Yellowjackets Friday evening.

Springfield Catholic 5
Lebanon Yellowjackets 0

Freshman forward Nicole Ortega opened her high school career with a goal approximately 5 min into the game.

The Middle Eastern country of Qatar is still on a high following its successful bid to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup. This month the oil rich country has the opportunity to showcase itself to the world and prove that its victory was justified when it hosts the 15th edition of the AFC Asian Cup, the first time it has held this event since 1988.