Adidas Euro 2012 Tango 12 Official Match Ball

It's a customary thing now for a Major Championship Finals to have their own Official Match Ball, a thing which can sometimes disrupt a Major Finals, remember the 2010 World Cup Ball "The Jabulani"? Nevertheless the Euro 2012 Finals match ball should kick-off without a fuss.

Though the Premier League schedule denied a meeting between US National Team players Clint Dempsey and Landon Donovan, the FA Cup schedule has obliged. The two teams advanced over the weekend, and Sunday's draw means they'll meet in the Fourth Round at Goodison Park the weekend of January 28th. Dempsey scored a hat-trick in the Third Round, telling his club's official site: "I'll get the match ball signed by some of the boys and take.

Introducing the adidas ‘Comoequa‘, the Official Match Ball for the 2012 Orange African Cup of Nations.

Introducing the adidas 'Comoequa', the Official Match Ball for the 2012 Orange African Cup of Nations. The name takes its inspiration from the Como River which runs through both host...

Introducing the adidas 'Comoequa', the Official Match Ball for the 2012 Orange African Cup of Nations. The name takes its inspiration from the Como River which runs through both host...

El arte y el futbol van ligados, algunos hasta lo usan como sinonimo. En otros casos como el de Eugenio Merino un artista plastico que critica a medio mundo, ¿El futbol es sinonimo de muerte, tendra razón?

To commemorate the LA Galaxy's 2011 Championship season, adidas and Major League Soccer have released a special edition PRIME official match ball to be used exclusively by the Galaxy for all 2012 home games. It is now available at World Soccer Shop. Inspired by the Philip F. Anschutz trophy, the Championship edition PRIME is done [.

Na tactics can compensate for individual mistakes. Bayern's 3-0 win over Cologne was rich in absurdity. Ribery blew a fuse. The match ball blew out. Cologne blew a one man advantage. You could add Solbakken's one-off idea to bring back the five man backline to this list. Except, that it actually worked out pretty well to frustrate Bayern most of the time.

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Daniel van Buyten's 'Major Ball Blow-Out' wasn't actually quite as painful as it sounds, but the Argentinian centre-half gave the ball such a thunderous leathering from a set piece that he tore the fabric of the universe Adidas Torfabrik and the match ball's insides swiftly became it's 'outsides' during Bayern's 3-0 win over FC Köln last night.

LONDON, ENGLAND MARCH 03: Adidas present the Official Match Ball for the 2011 UEFA Champions League Final at Wembley Stadium on March 3, 2011 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Gary Prior/Getty Images for adidas)

EL sorteo de los octavos de final se realizo por la madrugada en Suiza y así salieron sorteados, los juegos de ida se realizarán el 14 y el 15 o el 21 y 22 de febrero mientras que los enfrentamientos de vuelta se jugarán el 6 y 7 o el 13 y 14 de marzo.

The munitions workers in the Woolwich Arsenal Armament Factory decided to form a football team in late 1886. They named it Dial Square FC. Fast forward 125 years. Arsenal is now a household name and one of the world's storied franchises.

At the match against Everton tomorrow, the club will commemorate this special occasion with many tributes.

Arsenal have announced the timetable for the events to mark the 125th anniversary celebrations at tomorrow's match against Everton. The club have sent out an email to fans saying you are encouraged to arrive early to experience a number of special moments to mark the celebration. See below.

Arsenal have announced the timetable for the events to mark the 125th anniversary celebrations at tomorrow's match against Everton. The club have sent out an email to fans saying you are encouraged to arrive early to experience a number of special moments to mark the celebration. See below.

Euro 2012 Gear - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

The 14th European Championship for teams sanctioned by the UEFA is scheduled to be played between 8th June and 1st July 2012 in Poland and Ukraine.

Spain are the current holders of the cup they defeated Germany in the final in Austria / Switzerland version of the tournament in 2008.

We wrote last week about Major League Soccer's efforts to keep the league relevant during the off season. The league is certainly making an effort in that regard with a couple of announcements today designed to keep fans interested and media reporting about the league. We'll start with big national broadcast news for the opening Major League Soccer weekend in 2012.

By its 17th year this really should have happened already. (If you didn't pick up on it... that was our "ball-dropping joke).
Major League Soccer released their new match ball for the 2012 season and despite it kinda looking like it's wearing a thong, we think it's pretty cool.
Sporting the league's colors and minimalist design the MLS ball is a close cousin to the new Tango 12 ball for this summer's European Championship.

The Vancouver Whitecaps added a veteran fullback with loads of World Cup experience to his name by signing South Korean defender Lee Young-Pyo.

According to reports, the 34-year-old Lee is joining the club on a one-year deal with an option for one more. It remains to be seen on which side of the field Lee will play for first-year manager Martin Rennie, with left backs Jordan Harvey and Alain Rochat already in the fold.

Sorry for the bad headline, I couldn't resist.

MLS and adidas released images on the new 2012 match ball. Gone is everyone's favorite Jubalani, replaced by Prime...looks facny. The ball of course has no relation to Optimus Prime...or Rodimus Prime...I'll just stop

Looks cool I suppose.

On Tuesday, adidas released the new match ball that will be used by Major League Soccer in 2012. According to the press release, the design is "inspired by the handles and shape of the Philip F. Anschutz trophy, awarded to the MLS Cup champion."

There are many cool things in the world, but I think it's safe to say that none are as cool as this graph of the Philadelphia Union's pass attempts and accuracy that the Tumblr blog Propagandarama put together from the stats PSP's Ed Farnsworth compiled. For those who like to analyze trends in graphs, here is some more info.

Images: Adidas Football UK.

Hallelujah, UEFA Euro 2012 has officially kicked off. Many games will be played, many fine men will wear shorts whilst running. Stamina and shorts on in the summer is always a good thing.With so many matches and players to choose, where should you focus your valuable time and attention?

Kiev / Herzogenaurach, December 2nd, 2011 – Today, adidas and UEFA presented the adidas "Tango 12", the Official Match Ball for the UEFA EURO 2012™. The ball was unveiled on stage during the UEFA EURO 2012™ finals draw by former Ukrainian Olympic pole vaulter Sergey Bubka. Based on the classic Tango design used during both [.

By Chris Wright

The interminable dancing and utterly pointless cavalcade of 'together as one' yadda yadda yadda-ing is finally over, the new Adidas Tango matchball has been rolled out and looks glorious (more on that later) and, as an aside to the entire carnival of shite, UEFA's all-important balls of destiny have been drawn from the hat of fate in Kiev.

Highlights from the U19s 3-0 romp over Ajax at Villa Park with the inimitable Gary Gardner grabbing all three goals and the match ball.

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Luis Suarez declared himself 'very happy' after scoring all four goals in a 4-0 win over Chile to help Uruguay stay top of the South American World Cup qualifying group.
Our No.7 became the first player to fire four in a CONMEBOL World Cup qualifier since Brazil's Romario in October 2000.
He hit two in three minutes just before the break, including a stunning low drill with his left foot from 25 yards.

Newcastle's new striker Demba Ba is certainly starting to make a name for himself on Tyneside. Demba Ba with the match ball on Wednesday The Senegal striker has scored an amazing 8 goals for Newcastle in his last 5 games, and in 2011 in the Premier League he has scored 15 goals in just 24 appearances for West Ham and Newcastle - not bad at all.

Since I started with Major League Soccer in the spring, we've been working to bring value to our fans, while shining a spotlight on the MLS fan experience, through our social media outlets Facebook.com/MLS, Twitter.com/MLS, YouTube.com/MLS and Foursquare.com/MLS. We also launched a new fans section on the league site at MLSsoccer.

Si el mejor toeno de clubes del mundo esta listo con los equipos que se enfrentaran en la fase de grupos El Barcelona comenzará la defensa de su título en el mismo grupo que el Milan, dos grandes europeos.
El Barça se reencuentra con Ibra y el Real Madrid repite con Lyon y Ajax de Holanda.

Wednesday night at Red Bull Arena for the 2011 MLS All-Star Game, the electricity was floating in the air and you could feel it, sense it and smell it.

Before the game, the streets near Red Bull Arena were filled with games. Hardest shot contest, Soccer tennis, playing X-Box with FIFA 2011, writing signs for your favorite players and of course a picture next to the Philip Anschutz trophy (MLS Cup) so you could have a keepsake.

Cockney rhyming slang flavour for London 2012 as name of official match ball revealed

Ball used at the London 2012 games to be called 'The Albert'

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With the Saturday's clash between FC Barcelona and Manchester United looming, here is a look at the adidas launch of the Official Match Ball (OMB) for the 2011 UEFA Champions League Final at Wembley Stadium. Jermain Defoe, Samir Nasri & Salomon Kalou were at Wembley for the ball launch on March 3rd to represent the English [.

Maxi Rodriguez may have walked away with the match ball last night, but it was...

There's a real optimism around the club at the moment and it's enjoyable being a Liverpudlian again. You can feel it around the ground and in the pubs. The mood has been transformed and it's amazing to think that only a few months ago it was all doom and gloom.
I share that excitement about the future.

A murmur went around Anfield as the team sheets were read out. Not content with arriving at the ground just an hour before kick-off, Manchester City surprised most when it was revealed they would play two strikers in a fairly standard 4-4-2.

Now Mancini has garnered himself quite a reputation since he came into English football, namely as a defensively minded worrier.

The new North American Soccer League has unveiled its new match ball (I presume they're going to use it in matches, they didn't specifically say), and it's an homage to the ball used in the original NASL back in the 60s through the mid-80s from 1976 to 1984.

At the end of 45 minutes I knew the way I should feel. Arsenal have just battered their opponents, created chance after chance, seen the keeper pull off a string of saves, yet go in just one goal up.

The way I'm supposed to think is 'Oh shit. Now what's going to happen is they're going to get a scabby goal from a corner or free kick, we'll dominate again but won't be able to score, we'll bring on Bendtner and Arshavin who will clash heads causing each other a massive subdural hematoma, then we'll miss a penalty, hit the post a few times and drop two points".