In anticipation of World Cup 2010, from time to time Premiership Talk will review some of the
interesting topics in international football. This week we'll start with the list of the ten best
players who have never appeared in the World Cup, courtesy of World Cup Odds. You can vote for your
choice at their website.
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Mexico - USA: I really want to believe, but I'm going to pick a narrow Mexico win. Honduras - Costa
Rica: Did you know there are six Liberia Mía players in the Costa Rican squad? I'm sure the crowd
in San Pedro Sula will remind them of last week. Honduras win. Trinidad & Tobago - El Salvador: I
see this ending in a goalless draw.
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I'm home way too late to give commentary on the early matches, but I should be able to comment on
the late game. Here we go: San Juan Jabloteh 1-0 San Francisco (1-2 agg.) Árabe Unido 1-0 Olimpia
(2-2 agg.) Real España - Liberia Mía 1900 Commentary after the jump. 1848: Here I am. Looking
around for updates, but the matches have to be close to finished by now.
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Herediano's humiliating 6-2 home defeat to Cruz Azul in the Champions League is the kind of result
that can end careers. Indeed, one hour after the match concluded, Herediano's directors moved to
fire manager Rónald Mora with immediate effect. Mora had been in charge of the team since March,
but he had been on thin ice since losing a winnable Verano final against Liberia Mía.
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The CONCACAF 2009 Champions League Qualifying continued on Wednesday with several matches.
Here's a full recap of all the matches.
Puerto Rico Islanders top Toronto FC 1-0 Video Highlights
Toronto FC lost their first match in the CONCACAF Champions League as Puerto Rico Islanders won
1-0.
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Time for Wednesday's matches in the Champions League: Toronto FC 0-1 Puerto Rico Islanders 90'+ San
Francisco - San Juan Jabloteh 1900 Liberia - Real España 1900 Commentary after the jump. 1856:
Free kick to Puerto Rico in midfield. Into the second minute of stoppage time. But why a long ball
to no one in particular?
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Just when I'm thinking it would be nice to write something noce about Malaysia they go and drop yet
more bollocks in the sporting world.
They stopped their athletes travelling to Singapore for the Asian Youth Games for fear of them
contracting H1N1. They cancelled their own Merdeka Cup for the same reason while at the same time
allowing Manchester United's high profile photo op to go ahead.
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Malaysia have cancelled their two friendlies against Liberia and in a surprise move they are not
blaming H1N1. Oh no. They are cancelling the warm ups because they feel the players Liberia were
sending were not their first choice.
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En Fechas pasadas, les llevamos la información de los grupos de la Liga de Campeones de
Concacaf, quedando pendiente el calendario de juegos de la ronda pre-clasificatoria, dato que la
Femexfut liberó y te lo traemos con gusto.
Para el martes 28 de Julio recibe el DC United al Chalatenango de El Salvador, y el Pachuca al
Jalapa de Guatemala.
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WVHooligan 23 June @ 03:10 PM EST
The preliminary schedule for three MLS clubs in the CONCACAF Champions League has been announced
today. DC, New York and Toronto all now know the times and places of their games.
The eight winners of the Preliminary Round will advance to the Group Stage, which will begin the
week of August 18-20.
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FIRST LEG Tuesday, July 28 DC United - Chalatenango (SLV), 8pm Pachuca - Jalapa (GUA), 10pm
Wednesday, July 29 Toronto FC - Puerto Rico Islanders, 8pm San Francisco (PAN) - San Juan Jabloteh
(TRI), 8pm Liberia (CRC) - Real Espana (HON), 10pm Thursday, July 30 W Connection (TRI) - Red Bull
NY, 8pm Herediano (CRC) - Cruz Azul, 10pm Olimpia (HON) vs.
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D.C. United will host its first CONCACAF Champions League match of the year on July 28 (vs.
Chalatenango of El Salvador) while the New York Red Bulls will host its first Champions League
match on Aug. 5. (vs. W Connection of Trinidad & Tobago), a week after traveling for its first
competitive international match on July 30.
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Ich weiß nicht, wann ich mich zum letzten Mal so für eine Cottbuser Mannschaft geschämt habe.
Wenn diese Truppe nur halb so sehr für den Klassenerhalt gebrannt hätte wie ihre Fans, dann
wären wir jetzt noch in der ersten Liga. Energie fand in dieser Relegation ja überhaupt nicht
statt! Am liebsten hätte ich Waltrauds Nagelschere gegriffen und einigen Spieler das
Energie-Emblem eigenhändig aus dem Trikot geschnitten.
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Liberia Mía have won their first Costa Rican league championship tonight after defeating Herediano
3-0 away for a 3-0 aggregate victory. Saprissa will enter the 2009-2010 CONCACAF Champions League
in the group stage; Liberia will go to the CCL preliminary round. More later.
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Costa Rica faces the United States on June 3rd in San Jose, Costa Rica. Costa Rican clubs Liberia
and Herediano are currently at odds with the Costa Rican Federation over whether or not their
players should be required to attend National Team camp. Those two clubs are set to play a two-game
series to decide the Costa Rican champion, scheduled for Sunday and Wednesday.
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Just as quickly as Costa Rica's league championship appeared to be in limbo, the issue has been
resolved -- for now. The Costa Rican federation brought together representatives from Saprissa,
Liberia Mía and Herediano, and after the three were unable to agree on a resolution for the final,
the federation decided that the final would be played between Liberia and Herediano on Sunday and
Tuesday.
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The Costa Rican football federation has ordered that the Verano final between Liberia Mía and
Herediano be postponed until further notice. Saprissa have filed a protest claiming that Liberia
played the second leg of their semifinal with three players who should have been suspended due to
yellow card accumulation -- Minor Díaz, Pedro Salazar, and Michael Umaña.
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WVHooligan 10 September @ 04:12 PM EST
DC United is going to Africa. Instead of their usual shopping in Latin America, the club has gone
in a different direction as of late. At the start of the season they signed Francis Doe (Libria)
and a month ago they signed keeper Louis Crayton (Liberia). Now they are set to bring on two more
Africans [.
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UEFA
Sweden 0-0 Albania; Portugal 4-0 Malta; Hungary 0-0 Denmark; Latvia 2-1 Moldova; Israel 2-2
Switzerland; Greece 3-0 Luxembourg; Poland 1-1 Slovenia; Slovakia 2-1 No. Ireland; Wales 1-0
Azerbaijan; Germany 6-0 Liechtenstein; Turkey 2-0 Armenia; Spain 1-0 Bosnia-Herzegovina; Belgium
3-2 Estonia; Ukraine 1-0 Belarus; Croatia 3-0 Kazakhstan; England 2-0 Andorra; Lithuania 3-0
Romania; Austria 3-1 France; Serbia 2-0 Faroe Islands; Ireland 2-1 Georgia; Italy 2-1 Cyprus;
Montenegro 2-2 Bulgaria; Macedonia 1-0 Scotland; Norway 2-2 Iceland.
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Via DIAaDIA - Vielka Cádiz Franco
Otro panameño ficha en el extranjero.
Ahora fue el delantero Edwin Aguilar, quien fue contratado por el club Herediano para jugar la
próxima temporada del Campeonato Nacional de Invierno del fútbol costarricense.
El estreno del nuevo equipo de Aguilar será el próximo lunes cuando enfrenten al Brujas
en la primera jornada.
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Sad news for a class player. Lilian Thuram was all set for a move from Barcelona to PSG, until he
took the physical. The news was not good. "I'm holding this press conference not to announce
my signing for PSG but to tell you that doctors have detected a heart defect,"
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Good morning everybody. I'm back from my weekend away and there is a bunch to discuss from the
soccer world this Monday morning.
Let's start with several surprising World Cup qualiying results throughout the world.
Brazil, Argentina struggle before big clash
Paraguay moved into first place in South American World Cup qualifying with its 2-0 win against
Brazil on Sunday.
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Senegal scratched to a disappointing 0-0 draw with Gambia at the weekend in their latest World Cup qualifying game and the Rapids'
Bouna Coundoul was nowhere to be seen. Nobody could have expected Bouna to walk into the national team this time around but what has made it worse is that veteran goalkeeper, Tony Sylva, has now been chosen to captain the side.
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Stadium issues have reared their ugly face in Africa again as at least eight Liberian football fans
died this weekend in Monrovia, Liberia during their country's opening World Cup qualifier against
Gambia.
A BBC correspondent in Monrovia says many fake tickets were in circulation, leading to overcrowding
at the 33,000 capacity Samuel K.
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How awful!
Those poor unlucky people killed in that disaster at a Liberian football match.
It is a humbling reminder that whatever our small moans and groans in life there is always someone
facing something far worse.
Not that I'm feeling particularly gloomy today.
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I saw a few Liberia stories pop up recently so I thought I would highlight them.
First, Voice of America has a story with video (also picked up by Chris Albon) about how the US
military, using private contractors, is helping rebuild Liberia's military. The UN does not want to
become Liberia's permanent police force, so the US is helping Liberia build an army that will
hopefully not partake in its past excesses.
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Much of the world played World Cup qualifying last night.
Others played friendlies in preparation for the 2010 World Cup.
Africa was no exception as the continent prepares itself for the much-anticipated 2008 Beijing
Olympics and the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
First up, African champions Egypt were beaten 2-0 by the world's top ranked side, Argentina.
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This story is just too good to pass up.
It's from the BBC and it concerns Liberian champions Mighty Barrolle. They've won the Liberian
championship twice in the last three years, but have found it difficult to reward their players for
their success and have watched as other clubs pinched their roster.
But not to fear. A branch of the club's supporters in New Jersey have stepped to bring a ray of
hope.
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