The new spaghetti legs This goalie thought he could give his side, Hartford, the edge in their penalty shootout against Stony Brook Sea Wolves by rolling out his party trick. The crazy keeper cartwheeled back and forth along his goal-line as the opposition prepared to take their spot-kicks. Unfortunately for him the antics had little effect, and [. Click to continue reading...

The UEFA 2010 World Cup Qualifying Playoffs had their second legs on Wednesday, November 18, 2009. One of the match-ups was the Republic of Ireland v France that was 0-1 after the first leg. The Irish were the clear underdog with a 0-1 deficit after the first leg and having to travel to France for the second leg.

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The UEFA 2010 World Cup Qualifying Playoff wraps up on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 with the second legs. Russia currently leads 2-1 on aggregate with Slovenia hosting the second leg. Who will advance to South Africa? Find out on our other site, Free Live Sports TV, which will be providing live coverage of the link below.

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The UEFA 2010 World Cup Qualifying Playoff wraps up on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 with the second legs. Portugal travels to Bosnia-Herzegovina for the second leg on Wednesday with a 1-0 aggregate lead. Who will advance to South Africa? Find out on our other site, Free Live Sports TV, which will be providing live coverage of the link below.

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The UEFA 2010 World Cup Qualifying Playoff wraps up on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 with the second legs. Ukraine and Greece played a scoreless draw in the first leg so it will come down to the second leg. Who will advance to South Africa? Find out on our other site, Free Live Sports TV, which will be providing live coverage of the link below.

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The UEFA 2010 World Cup Qualifying Playoffs wrap up on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 with the second legs. One of the matches included France v Republic of Ireland. France has a 1-0 lead after the first leg and will be the favorites with the second leg at home. Can the Irish get an upset and make it to South Africa or will France advance?

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England's second-string lost to Brazil on Saturday in Doha, an event that was expected but led to the expected round of national team bashing by the English press.

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With less than 20 hours before kickoff in Montevideo, Costa Rica and Uruguay are just about out of time to make modifications ahead of the decisive second leg. René Simões will be back on the touchline after his suspension in the first leg on Saturday and is looking for "fresh legs" for tomorrow's match. Click to continue reading...

There's very little in this rumor right now, so take that for what you will. In a post by Ives Galarcep earlier today about the MLS coaching carousel, he makes a passing mention of Octavio Zambrano, who used to coach in MLS but has most recently been coaching in Hungary. Ives mentions Zambrano as a potential new head coach for Chivas USA, but also mentions that Zambrano is "believed to be in the frame for an assistant coaching position within MLS (with Kansas City a possibility). Click to continue reading...

Welcome to the World Cup party New Zealand, Nigeria and Cameroon!
Egypt scored a goal in the 5th minute of extra time against Algeria to keep its W.C. dream alive, it needed a 2-0 result. The rematch between the two teams is Wednesday in Sudan.
Here are the results of the UEFA playoff first legs: Russia 2-1 Slovenia, Ireland 0-1 France, Portugal 1-0 Bosnia, Ukraine 0-0 Greece. Click to continue reading...

The playoff numbers look like this...

5 year comparison Conference Semifinals 1st Leg  Avg +/- Home Teams  2005  12,147 NA  Chicago  NY  Colorado  Los Angeles  2006  9,533  -21.52%  Chicago  NY  Colorado  Chivas USA  2007  14,245  49. Click to continue reading...

Man United defender Rio Ferdinand hasn't had the best start to the season. He has either been injured or he hasn't been in his best form.
Other rumours have been that one of Ferdinand's legs is shorter than the other, which is why he has been suffering from back problems. Click to continue reading...

New Zealand, Nigeria and Cameroon all joined the list of qualifiers today, whilst Russia, France and Portugal all won the first legs of their UEFA region playoff games. The only stalemate was the goalless draw in Athens between Greece and Ukraine; Costa Rica play Uruguay in the first leg of their playoff at 02:00 GMT on Sunday so we'll have news of what happened in that one bright and early tomorrow morning.

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France, Russia and Portugal posted crucial first-leg victories in their UEFA World Cup qualifying playoff matches, but all three still have plenty of work to do in the second legs to ensure qualifying for South Africa.

Nicolas Anelka scored in France's 1-0 win vs. Ireland in Dublin, giving the French the lead and an away goal in its match-up.

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France, Russia and Portugal posted crucial first-leg victories in their UEFA World Cup qualifying playoff matches, but all three still have plenty of work to do in the second legs to ensure qualifying for South Africa.

Nicolas Anelka scored in France's 1-0 win vs. Ireland in Dublin, giving the French the lead and an away goal in its match-up.

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With five playoff first legs beginning, we now have 25 teams already qualified for next summer's World Cup in South Africa.Early today, New Zealand finished of Bahrain in the Oceania/Asia playoff. Rory Fallon became a household name in his land forever by nodding home the lone goal of the tie to send the Kiwis back to World Cup for the first time since 1982. Click to continue reading...

The vast majority of Liverpool fans are still right behind Rafa Benitez and rightly so.
There is enough instability at the club with the owners and the debts, and the last thing we need is to be looking for a new manager.
One win in nine games isn't great but you don't turn into a bad manager overnight. Click to continue reading...

The UEFA 2010 World Cup Qualifying playoffs start with the first legs on Saturday, November 14, 2009. Free Live Sports TV will providing live coverage of the four matches at the following links below.

Russia v Slovenia LIVE UEFA 2010 World Cup Qualifying Playoff Saturday, November 14, 2009 16:00 GMT, 11:00 EST

Greece v Ukraine LIVE UEFA 2010 World Cup Qualifying Playoff Saturday, November 14, 2009 18:00 GMT, 13:00 EST

Portugal v Bosnia-Herzegovina LIVE UEFA 2010 World Cup Qualifying Playoff Saturday, November 14, 2009 20:30 GMT, 15:30 EST

Republic of Ireland v France LIVE UEFA 2010 World Cup Qualifying Playoff Saturday, November 14, 2009 20:00 GMT, 15:00 EST

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WEST -- L.A. Galaxy v. Houston Dynamo
This is a quality matchup -- one better than the MLS Cup will be, sadly. These are the two best teams left in the field and I think both legs of this pairing will show it. I expect this to be a showcase of how good the league can be.
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Two Manchester United stewards are set to appear in court next week after allegedly throwing a City fan down the stairs during the match derby which finished 4-3 to us.

Peter Sweeney admits to being caught smoking inside the ground twice before being lobbed down the stairs, breaking both his legs.

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Beginning Saturday, eight nations in Europe will compete for the last four remaining UEFA spots in the 2010 World Cup. Winners of the two leg playoffs will secure a spot in the World Cup draw on December 4, and the losers endure the pain of watching next summer's tournament from home.

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Beginning Saturday, eight nations in Europe will compete for the last four remaining UEFA spots in the 2010 World Cup. Winners of the two leg playoffs will secure a spot in the World Cup draw on December 4, and the losers endure the pain of watching next summer's tournament from home.

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This seems almost impossibly unimportant following the sad news of Robert Enke's passing, but Cristiano Ronaldo will now definitely miss both legs of Portugal's World Cup 2010 playoff vs Bosnia-Herzegovina (November 14th and 18th). The story had been steadily building into the club vs country smackdown to end all club vs country smackdowns, with Real Madrid insisting their player was injured and unavailable (and doubly so since said ankle injury is a direct result of C-Ron playing for Portugal last month when not fully fit) and Portugal maintaining it was there right to call up whoever they want.

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I think these are our most covered topics. We've discussed it here, here, and here, and provided material for Patrick Barclay. If you read those articles (which I don't suspect for a second you will) you'll see our position is abundantly clear. There were two incidents this weekend that fulled the debate one in the United/Chelsea game, and one in the Liverpool/Birmingham game.

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The Spanish Copa del Rey has several matches on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 including Valencia v Alcoyana and Atletico Madrid v Marbella. Atletico is currently up 2-0 on aggregate heading into the second leg while Valencia leads Alcoyana 1-0 after the first leg. The matches are the second legs of the fourth round (round of 32) with the round of 16 taking place in January 2010.

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The Spanish Copa del Rey continues on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 with the second legs of the fourth round. Real Madrid is in a 0-4 deficit to Alcorcon as the two meet on Tuesday. The first leg was a complete disaster for Madrid as Alcorcon scored a huge upset and now has a realistic chance to advance.

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Everyone's sure to be happy with last night's result – we know we are. The boys came out to win and they did it, attacking well from the very beginning, with Pedro being surprisingly awesome. Pep was resting several starters for this match, with Xavi, Messi, Dani, Iniesta, Bojan, and Pinto on the bench. Click to continue reading...

The Major League Soccer Playoffs will finish up the second legs of the Western Conference semifinals with two matches on Sunday, November 8, 2009. The derby match of the Los Angeles Galaxy and Chivas USA finishes with the two teams tied at 2-2 on aggregate. In Houston, the Dynamo host Seattle with the score 0-0 on aggregate after one leg.

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The Forecast discusses Real Salt Lake's upset victory in Columbus on Thursday night before it reviews the decisive second legs ahead in the three remaining conference semifinal series. Click to continue reading...

Apple Valley is the Boys 2A Minnesota State High School Soccer Champion winning 4-0 tonight over Wayzata who had previously gone 9 games without a loss.

Apple Valley was threatening from the get-go of this contest with the Eagles getting 11 shots off in the first half but only forcing 3 saves from Wayzata goalkeeper Grant Larson.

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The Major League Soccer Playoffs continue on Thursday, November 5, 2009 with the second legs of the Conference Semifinals. The one match scheduled for Thursday if the Columbus Crew v Real Salt Lake. Free Live Sports TV will be providing live coverage at the following link. Kickoff is scheduled for 20:00 EST or 01:00 GMT.

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NE Revs, Taylor Twellman vs Chicago Fire

On Thursday, MLS Playoffs continue with defending champs, Columbus Crew, looking to rebound from a 1-0 loss to Real Salt Lake. The second legs of the other three conference semifinals are on Saturday (Chicago-New England) and Sunday (Los Angeles-Chivas USA, Houston-Seattle). Click to continue reading...

NE Revs, Taylor Twellman vs Chicago Fire

On Thursday, MLS Playoffs continue with defending champs, Columbus Crew, looking to rebound from a 1-0 loss to Real Salt Lake. The second legs of the other three conference semifinals are on Saturday (Chicago-New England) and Sunday (Los Angeles-Chivas USA, Houston-Seattle). Click to continue reading...

Happy Monday to you. It's always good starting a new week when Arsenal won. It's even better when that happens against Tottenham. After 2 consecutive draws, Arsenal maintains their 100% winning record at Ashburton Grove with a comprehensive victory against a side who started the week mouthing off about how great their team are, but has now gone home with their heads firmly between their legs.

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Home teams went unbeaten on the first weekend of the MLS Playoffs, setting up a quartet of nail-biters for the second legs of all four series.

The New England Revolution and Real Salt Lake held serve at home, posting key victories, while the Houston Dynamo and Los Angeles Galaxy were able to take draws in their visits to Seattle and, well, Los Angeles.

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