Thierry Henry's legacy will never be the same. Like when Brett Favre started his rope-a-dope with retirement.
Both will forever be honored greats, but each will have a little negativity added to their reputations.
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The FA of Malaysia (FAM) ended up the bigger losers compared to Kelantan following the east coast side's fans' trail of destruction in the Malaysia Cup final against Negri Sembilan at the National Stadium in Bukit Jalil on Nov 7.
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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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And the first leg of the MLS Cup Playoffs tells us...

Not much.

Two one-goal winners. Two one-goal losers. And two games ending in draws. At this point it's still looking wide open.

This weekend's results:
Seattle 0-0 Houston
RSL 1-0 Columbus
NE 2-1 Chicago
Chivas 2-2 Galaxy

Who Will Win the 2009 MLS Cup?

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There are few better places to score a last minute goal than Cardiff. Fans from Yorkshire and Wales are graceless winners and volatile losers. They celebrate goals with a goading, Neanderthal insolence that has a tendency to leave visitors feeling three inches tall. By the same token they respond to misfortune with crimson-faced rage and [. Click to continue reading...

WINNERS! ROBBIE KEANE PLUS TOTTENHAM EQUAL LOSERS!!!

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Chivas USA (playing its third game in nine days) and the Houston Dynamo (eliminated from the CONCACAF Champions League Wednesday) stagger to the MLS finish line at noon at Home Depot Center with playoff seedings and pairings on the line for themselves and virtually every other club in MLS it seems.

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The Houston Dynamo may have failed in their bid to become the second MLS team to qualify for the CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinals but D.C. United still have a glimmer of hope left. After a rough start to the tournament that saw them drop their first two games, three consecutive wins and a draw have turned fortunes around.

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The Houston Dynamo may have failed in their bid to become the second MLS team to qualify for the CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinals but D.C. United still have a glimmer of hope left. After a rough start to the tournament that saw them drop their first two games, three consecutive wins and a draw have turned fortunes around.

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Losers of four of its last five regular-season matches and having struggled to beat rival Milwaukee...
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In a replay of a game canceled due to rain, the Frisco Tournament semi-final between Crocker and Laquey was played this afternoon.

Crocker Lions 4
Laquey Hornets 0

Teddy Ziegenbien continues his scoring prowess, getting 2 goals and 2 assists while Jessie Tart and Cody Williams also scored, with assists added by Cody Gibson and AJ Imilkowski.

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Blanco to the rescue again
Now that the Hex has drawn to a close, we know the three teams that are moving on to South Africa, and which one still has some work to do. CONCACAF always gets a bad rap, from within and without, in regard to its level of play. Regardless, this has been the most competitive hex since its inception in 1998: 5 teams were still alive with 2 matches to go. Click to continue reading...

FIFA's official ranking system for nations was officially introduced in 1992. Initially it was a rather simplistic system, in which a win gave a team 3 points whilst a draw gave the team 1 point. This created a number of problems, based mainly around the fact that it didn't take into account that some countries continually played weaker nations and as a result would constantly rank higher than more accomplished sides.

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First off, welcome to the party!
1) Germany, 2) Italy, 3) Mexico, 4) Ivory Coast, 5) Denmark, 6) Serbia, 7) Chile, 8) USA.
Each booked their trips to South Africa. And it's nice to see a mix of traditional powers with fresh faces.
In case you're curious, and some of you are, the other qualified teams are the hosts, Australia, Japan, both Koreas, the Netherlands, Brazil, Ghana, England, Spain and Paraguay. Click to continue reading...

In the opening minutes of Saturday's Ukraine v England match, England keeper Robert Green was forced to scurry out of his goal as the Ukrainian fans hurled flares onto the pitch. Once the threat of being pegged with a fireball and burning alive subsided, the unnerved goalkeeper promptly went on to earn the first red card for England since Wayne Rooney in the last World Cup.

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Maradona said his appointment a year ago had made him "the happiest guy in the world, but then things happened that I didn't like."

"If I carry on, it will be on my terms," Maradona told reporters after a squad practice, adding he would discuss the job with Argentine Football Association president Julio Grondona.

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"I had high hopes indeed of luring Ruud Van Nistelrooy away from the Bernabeu..."
Woke up early (5am: sleep is for losers, I believe), as usual. Showered, applied bronzing moisturiser, put on dressing gown Egyptian cotton, monogrammed with my initials and grabbed a power shake Big Sam got me into them before changing into my Ciro Citterio suit (those bloody Italians know how to dress! Click to continue reading...

Former Newcastle chairman Freddy Shepherd believes the club and the fans are the victims of the dispute between Keegan and Ashley, and we have to agree with Freddy for once. Freddy Shepherd - fans and club are the losers Shepherd said today: "There are no winners in this case. There are only losers the club and its [. Click to continue reading...

Winners Bracket Games:

Bolivar Liberators -
Monett Cubs

Willard Tigers
Webb City/Rogersville winner -

Championship game will be played at 2:00 pm

Losers Bracket Games:

Cassville Wildcats
New Covenant Warriors -

Hillcrest Hornets
Webb City/Rogersville loser

Winners of those two games with play at 12:00 for 5th place

There is no 7th place game.

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The Willard Fall Classic opened last night with the host playing against Northside and District rival Hillcrest. This is a favorite tournament of mine because it's an excellent opportunity to see some excellent play and usually includes a significant Class 2 District 5 component. That allows me to see who's progressed the most during the season and is preparing for a late season run.

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Ted Harwood is a regular guest contributor to Arsenal Station. He lives in Chicago, IL, and has been an Arsenal supporter for the better part of a decade. Here, he follows-up on yesterday's Arsene Wenger-anniversary post. He also writes about movies, music, and other cultural artifacts on his blog, Running Downhill. Click to continue reading...

With yet another exciting Premier League weekend in the books it's time to review this weekend's winners and losers.

Winners Robbie Keane

Robbie Keane emerges from this weekend as the biggest winner. The Tottenham striker has had a relatively quiet start to the season, oftentimes playing second fiddle to the red hot Jermain Defoe.

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Tournament Champion

Winner's Bracket

Parkview Vikings -
Neosho Wildcats -

Carthage Tigers -
Fulton/Farmington winner -

2:30 pm 3rd Place game
Parkview/Neosho loser -
Carthage/Fulton/Farmington loser

4:30 pm Title game
Parkview/Neosho winner -
Carthage/Fulton/Farmington winner -

Losers Bracket

Lebanon Yellowjackets 2
West Plains Zizzers 0

Kearney -
Fulton/Farmington loser -

12:30 pm 7th place game
West Plains Zizzers
Kearney/Fulton/Farmington loser -

12:30 pm 5th place game
Lebanon Yellowjackets
Kearney/Fulton/Farmington winner -

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Tournament Champion Farmington Knights

photos of the champs can be found here or on Facebook (coming tonight)

Winner's Bracket

Parkview Vikings 2
Neosho Wildcats 3 (2nd ot)
The Wildcats get their biggest win of the season, so far, and move into the Title game against Farmington.

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Reset: Spring collapses into summer, and we're hanging on in Serie A, three points behind Inter and even with Milan but with two games in hand over both. We've just played our Champions League quarterfinal against Barcelona, a tie in which fully seven players three on their team, four on ours once played for the other team.

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The second week of La Liga football has wrapped up and let's take a look at the winner's and losers of Week Two of Spain's most coveted league.

Getafe, who was very impressive in their road debut match, would get the fun challenge of playing against treble winning Barca. Barca proved to be too much for the likes of Getafe winning 2-0.

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The United States managed a 2-1 win over El Salvador at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah after falling down 1-0 in the first half. Both of the U.S. goals came from assists by captain Landon Donovan who found the heads of teammates Jozy Altidore and Clint Dempsey. However, the El Salvador side put up a good fight and challenged the home team right up until the final whistle. Click to continue reading...

It is not often that the losers get to patronise the victors. Then again, Arsenal are a far from conventional club and the manager, Arsène Wenger, duly rummaged for some gracious words about Manchester United. "They have won a game today they should not have won, so that is a quality as well," he said. Click to continue reading...

When supporting the impending apocalypse theory of our 2009/10 start, people are saying that it's not the result, but the performances that worry them.

To this I have countered that we rarely look good losing (think about it; we're ugly losers).  But they do have a point. We haven't seemed to play particularly well.

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Benjie's dad scored a double yesterday to sink Gilberto Silva's Panathinaikos... and with that, Atletico have won the right to compete in the Champions League! Sadly for the Greeks, they will play in the "Europa Cup", formerly known as the UEFA Cup. Yeah.

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The twentieth round of Allsvenskan gives us two very interesting matches at the top of the table. Kalmar is up against the wall as they take on league leaders AIK. The reigning champions of Kalmar will need to come up with a good result in order to remain in a strong title contender. In the other notable match-up for the top, disease-ridden and injury-laden Elfsborg takes on Örebro only three days after their match against Lazio in the Europa League. Click to continue reading...

Calling all losers! Do you suck at fantasy football? Always lurking around the lower reaches of your fantasy football league like some sort of fictional Newcastle United? OTP has got the answer: Fantasy Football FAIL. This season we will be tipping the table on its head and celebrating mediocrity. And we will be doing from within the [. Click to continue reading...

In a thrilling match full of injuries, controversy and goals, the Fire came out losers Sunday night, falling to the MLS leading Houston Dynamo 3-2 at Robertson Stadium. The Fire - who saw their five game MLS unbeaten streak come to a close - couldn't catch a break all night long and fell victim to injuries and some questionable refereeing throughout the match.

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You may be wondering why we have chosen to give valuable COS real estate to this game, well if you play the video you will see the mother of all comebacks, one that goes one better than night in Istanbul in 2005!

• Revealed: How Barcelona Ace Leo Messi Managed to Score a Header Against Man Utd!

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