Lightning, it appears, does strike twice. Two years to the day after Fabio Capello stripped John Terry of the England captaincy, the FA through its chairman, David Bernstein, made the same decision in far more controversial and emotive circumstances...
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By Sharon Hom Racked with injuries and playing with 5 new players, the Kansas Magic couldn't win a game on the road at the Louisville Lightning and lost 10-6, allowing the Lightning to sweep...
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By Sharon Hom The Louisville Lightning scored the last 3 goals of the game, including the game-winner, to sneak by the Kansas Magic 7-6 and drop the Magic back to .500 (5-5). Louisville...
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Louisville Lightning @ Kansas Magic Sunday, January 29 - 4:35 PM CST
Epic Indoor Sports – Overland Park, KS
KANSAS MAGIC
Record: 5-3 (3rd place, Western Division). 3-1 @ Home, 2-2 AwayGoals For-Goals Against: 53-57
LOUISVILLE LIGHTNING
Record: 8-4 (2nd place, Eastern Division).

This is from the website of the Arena Soccer League's Louisville Lightning, with whom Houston Dynamo first round pick Colin Rolfe has been training since the end of the NCAA season. It's nice to see this from Rolfe, simply because there are many people in this market who have never even heard of the guy, even though his college accomplishments at Louisville are impressive to say the least.

Take a quick look at the scores from around the MISL this past weekend:
Silver Knights 6 - 21 Blast
Comets 7 - 11 Wave
Lancers 5 - 8 Blast
Comets 13 - 10 Wings
*Comets take home first annual Turnpike Trophy
Revolucion 14 - 13 Bolts

Bolts 6 - 13 Sockers

Piasa 5 - 15 Lightning
Piasa 3 - 12 Waza
Sockers 10 - 3 Monsoon

From the leadership of Arsenal's Robin van Persie to lightning fast Sergio Aguero Les Ferdinand picks his top five Premier League strikers

Former Tottenham and Newcastle striker also sings praises of Wayne Rooney, Jermain Defoe and Luis Suarez as 20,000th Barclays Premier League goal looms

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By Sharon Hom
Louisville Lightning @ Kansas MagicSaturday, December 3 - 7:35 PM CSTEPIC Indoor Sports – Overland Park, KS
LOUISVILLE LIGHTNING Record: 2-1 (3rd place, Eastern Division). 1-0 @ Home, 1-1 Away Goals For-Goals Against: 27-22
KANSAS MAGIC
Record: 3-0 (1st place, Eastern Division).

Mall of America Field (Metrodome) Eastview 2-0 Minneapolis South The second Boys 2A semifinal of the day looked to be a good one on paper. The Eastview Lightning (20-0-1) and who were the #1 seed in the tournament took on the #4 seeded Minneapolis Southwest Lakers (15-4-1). The match stated out brightly for Eastview.

In a game that had to be replayed after lightning brought a halt to events on Wednesday night, Dallas got the win on Thursday. Jack Stewart scored the game's only goal in the 45th minute with Kevin Hartman picking up the shutout. Dallas had failed to convert on an earlier penalty. Toronto's Richard Eckersley was sent off in stoppage time.

Lemme tell ya. This Carlos Bocanegra to Rangers move happened fast. And I mean lightning round fast. This is a strange hour for Scots to close a deal and it makes me think they think they can get 'Los registered before Thursday's Europa League trip to Maribor (fellow Wednesday mover Alejandro Bedoya is not available for selection, by the way).

The Swope Park Rangers, Sporting KC's reserve side, moved their record in the reserve league this year to 2-2-2 with a 1-0 win over the Colorado Rapids today at the Swope Park training complex. An early goal by Soony Saad was the lone tally in the game. Both teams had some good chances, in a game that was delayed for a period of time due to lightning.

Have you always dreamed of working for a professional soccer franchise? With the rise in popularity of professional indoor soccer and the addition of new franchises to the MISL for the upcoming 2011-2012 season you may be able to finally get your foot in the door with an internship or maybe even a job.

So remember that whole "We had a keeper and 4 starting defenders who were struck by lightning, so that's why we lost to the US"? Turns out, that after a random post game drug test, FIFA turned up positive steriods use results on two players and then subjected the rest of the team to testing, as they quickly left the country to return home.

Last night Peter Vermes selected a squad well capable of defeating the Richmond Kickers and advancing in the US Open Cup. The team's starting back line for the past few games was starting, the midfield had 3 players that have all gotten plenty of first team minutes in league play, and the forward line had 2 players that have represented their national team.

Nah, it's obviously not working. We can still see him... Image via footballkitnews.com.

Football kits aren't exactly our favourite thing in the world, Kickettes. They obfuscate bodies. As you know, anything that prevents us from enjoying our daily flesh fix makes us stabby, which is why we tend to avoid kit reviews like we do cheap shoes.

Liverpool will offer Alberto Aquilani as bait to tempt Totttenham into selling Aaron Lennon.
The Reds are keen to add to their wide options this summer in a bid to bring the best out of £35m striker Andy Carroll. Lennon has emerged as their number one target in this area with his phenomenal pace offering the mouth-watering prospect of lightning counter attacks in combination with crowd favourite Luis Suarez.

Sweden looks a little less dominating, but they take double the shots despite North Korea playing a more controlled possession game. Apparently, Kim Jong Il's telepathy is in more control and the effects of the lightning on the North Korean players is cured as Sweden comes out 1-0 winners. Dahlqvist is the lone scorer.

Bolt from the blue The coach of North Korea's women's football team says the team lost their opening World Cup match against the USA because their players were struck by lightning during training. The Koreans slipped to a 2-0 defeat, but coach Kim Kwang-min came armed with a fantastic excuse for the loss.

Editors's Note: The US Women are about to kickoff their World Cup, TSG guest columnist Maura Gladys reviews their group.

Group C Preview

Group C is one of the toughest of the tournament, featuring two veteran (re: aging?) squads, a mysterious team that even opposing coaches and players are struggling to get a read on, and a young, hungry South American squad ready to turn heads.

In the group stage, that is. Tonight's Group F match between Australia and Denmark was suspended due to heavy rains and lightning.
That means that there are still some teams waiting for their Round of 16 opponents. The match will be replayed in its entirety tomorrow morning at 10 a.m., and only then will Uzbekistan and France learn their first knock-out round opponents.

Creighton's Andrew Ribeiro (Green Bay Notre Dame) and Thierry Zahui scored in a three-minute span in the second half as the Chicago Fire PDL team knocked off the Madison 56ers 2-0 in a second-round match of the U.S. Open Cup on Wednesday at Breese Stevens Field.

It was a strange night of soccer Tuesday at Breese Stevens Field. And in the end, not very much soccer.

The Madison 56ers and the Chicago Fire's Premier Development League played just more than 17 minutes of their second-round U.S. Open Cup match before the game was halted by lightning with the Fire ahead 1-0.

The Tottenham home kit was leaked here a few short days ago, but it's now been officially released:
0/5 Stars
Oh how I rue shirt sponsorships. The plain-front version of this shirt was at least classy; the sponsored version looks flat out cheap. The lack of any secondary design or trim whatsoever draws unwanted attention (at least in the eyes of everyone outside of Autonomy - the parent of the Aurasma technology) towards the sponsor.

It was a surprise on Friday night when Newcastle seemed to move like greased lightning to bring Sylvain Marveaux to Newcastle, and not only give him a medical, but also sign the player on a five year deal around 2:00 am Saturday morning. Sylvain Marveaux in Newcastle dressing room It wasn't clear on Saturday morning [.

Barcelona have won their fourth Champions League. It's their second in the past three years, and it was won with an amazing display of dominance. While Manchester United offered some resistance in the first half, by the end of the match we saw why Barcelona's ideal style of playing is loved by so many around the world.

Puerto Rico Islander NOT in Sounders CCL Group

But do advance to the CFU Championship Final. One of Defence Force or Alpha United will be the CFU's 3rd team and be a potential opponent.

Canadian Championship still undecided after lightning and heavy rain canceled this week's 2nd leg.

Canadian Soccer Association officials have deemed the surface at BMO Field unplayable, and the second leg of the Canadian championship between Toronto FC and the Vancouver Whitecaps has been rescheduled for July 2.

Vancouver held a 1-0 lead in the 60th minute of Wednesday night's second leg, but torrential downpours and repeated lightning forced the game to be abandoned.

Amanda and Megan bring you this episode. In a follow-up to the girls' discussion last week about WPS and Dan Borislow, they revel in the drama that his latest antics have caused. They discuss the nature of the US-Mexico rivalry in the women's game, as the USWNT has an upcoming match against "El Tri" in June.

FC Dallas and Los Angeles looked to be playing out a 1-1 draw at Pizza Hut Park on Sunday night before nature intervened. The two teams traded goals early in the second-half. Fabian Castillo put FC Dallas up in the 47th minute, with that lead only lasting until the 51st when Landon Donovan scored. The game was suspended in the 83rd minute due to lightning.

Derrick Rose can do no wrong. He has lifted his Chicago Bulls to the top of the Eastern Conference. On a nightly basis, he cements his standing as the NBA's favorite to win the 2011 MVP award. On Saturday, Brandon Jennings of the Milwaukee Bucks got a front row view of what Derrick Rose could do and just how nasty he could be.

A new date for our away clash with Manchester City has finally been set and we will now travel to Eastlands on the 10th May.

Last season we travelled to Eastlands for our penultimate game of the campaign and won 1-0 to secure a top four finish. This season's fixture will see us play City with just two games to follow, against Liverpool and Birmingham.

Hot on the heels of ‘In Search of Alan Gilzean', comes another must read for any Spurs fan. The Ghost of White Hart Lane
is written by Rob White, son of John and tells the story of his quest to learn about the father that he never knew.

John White played his part in all the great triumphs of the early 1960's; the 60/61 double season, the 1962 FA Cup and the 1963 European Cup Winners Cup, where he scored in our famous win over Atletico Madrid.

Photo Gallery U12 Girls Final, Springfield SC vs NW AR Lightning

On 12 February 2011 La Equidad faced Atlético Nacional in the 2nd round of the Colombian Apertura 2011. The game had to be temporarily suspended after lightning hit the field. The game resumed and the final score was 1-1. For more crazy South American football check out the rest of the Cosas locas series.

Lightning has struck twice against this Newcastle United team in their last two games, because again today a win was turned into a draw when Aaron Lennon equalized for Tottenham in the first minute of injury time. On 51 minutes Fabricio Coloccini had put Newcastle ahead with a good goal when he rifled in his [.

Football in Belgium has been making a noise lately in Romelu Lukaku.

Lukaku has the quality of a future football superstar, making Brazil's Neymar look like a mere schoolboy.

This Belgian teenager is still 17 years old, lightning fast, stands 6′ 3″, top scorer in the Belgian First Division.