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If you' re any sort of women's soccer fan, you know about Alex Morgan.
The 22-year-old wunderkind, known as the "super sub" during the Women's World Cup last summer
and in the recent CONCACAF Olympic qualifying matches, has a nose for the goal. The former Cal
soccer star has also been noted for her amazing mix of strength and beauty which makes her the
epitome of Pretty Tough.
By Alan Duffy
Who would want to be the England manager? It seems far more trouble than it's worth. The Three
Lions' new caretaker boss, Stuart Pearce, is now feeling the heat from the nation's press, after
his brother's far-right views were once again highlighted by the newspapers.
By Alan Duffy
Who would want to be the England manager? It seems far more trouble than it's worth. The Three
Lions' new caretaker boss, Stuart Pearce, is now feeling the heat from the nation's press, after
his brother's far-right views were once again highlighted by the newspapers.
I'm under a directive to burn some vacation hours so will take an extended break through next
Tuesday. That means no column next week, but one of this country's best soccer writers has stepped
in with an apt Galaxy-centric column that breaks down the past and, hopefully, future sucess of
By Chris Wright
The following is copy-and-pasted verbatim from a Chelsea forum, in which
former former youth Chelsea player Sam Tillen who now plays his football in Iceland writes
candidly about his experiences as having John Terry as his club captain during his formative
years.
(This entry is formulated based on the transcript of the media release jointly issued by the
Football Association of Singapore, StarHub and ESPN STAR Sports with quotes extracted and pictures
credited accordingly)
The whole idea is actually simple when the new broadcast deal is inked today - to provide the
necessary catalyst to fuel the realization of the ambitious ASEAN Super League (ASL).
By Alan Duffy
Gary Lineker may himself exude a certain charm-free smugness but next to the high king of smug
gobshitery that is Piers Morgan, the Match Of The Day host is a crisp-promoting little sweetie
bum.
Morgan took on Lineker on Twitter today, as he continues to cultivate his contrived "Mr Nasty"
image.
By Chris Wright
Strange, I know, that something as anodyne as a cat should become an instant internet meme
(meow-eme?), but this isn't just any old flea-bitten feline; this is The Anfield Cat the cat that
put the 'feline' into 'I'm feline very ashamed of the entire world right now'.
By Chris Wright
Finishing up in little more than an unbuttoned shirt and a cheeky smile at a sub-freezing Loftus
Road, the bloody scamps over at Sky Sports News had Chris Kamara switch around an item of clothing
every time they cut from the Soccer Saturday studio to the QPR-Wolves game.
By Chris Wright
Much like the first-string's executive decision to stop playing after 45 minutes, it seems like
the Chelsea media bods also forgot to bring their 'A' game at the Bridge yesterday...
I distinctly hope that someone in the club's marketing department was flogged with barbed wire
until the first light of dawn for this grave dereliction of duty.
Chelsea-Manchester United is live on Fox at 7:30 a.m. A preview is here. The "game before the game"
marks the second live Barclays Premier League game in two weeks on Fox. On Jan. 22, Fox drew 1.3
million viewers nationwide for Arsenal's 1-2 loss to Manchester United, making it the
By Chris Wright
"ANTON!!! I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU THAT YOU HAVE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL NECK!!!"
It can't have escaped your attention that John Terry is due to stand trial on charges of racial
abuse for shouting 'you know what' at 'you know who' on July 9th, i.
By Chris Wright
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As we've gradually found out over the past week-and-a-half, Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp
takes his tax advice from a magical hobgoblin that lives in his biscuit tin. What we also now know
is that, instead of his labrynthine scouting network at Spurs, he seems to rely on Manchester
United's Rio Ferdinand when it comes to the final word on his signings.
By Chris Wright
Anyone who has ever watched Sky Sports News on either August 31st or January 30th will already
be well acquainted with Jim White; the insufferable, eardrum-rupturing Scotch twat that covers the
deadline day vinegar strokes, booming away like a foghorn as, say, Bradley Orr arrives at Blackburn
for a routine medical, etc, etc.
Disher Donovan: The Galaxy's Landon Donovan, seen here tackling Manchester City's Aleksandar
Kolarov, led Everton to another victory with yet another assist today against the Mancunians in
England (AP Photo). You remember that old "Seinfeld" episode about the proctologist with the
license plate that read "Assman"?
"Go on, touch it. I've put the safety on."Football on a Friday night? It's just not cricket.
Perhaps that was the reason for Tottenham's utterly distasteful performance at Vicarage Road as
they scraped past a plucky Watford. If you were to believe the general theme of the commentary and
post-match media reports, you'd be forgiven for thinking Spurs arrived in north west London, rudely
parked their giant team coach wherever they chose, shaped to headbutt anyone and everyone on their
way in and spend the entire game cheating and coercing the ref into allowing them victory.
By Chris Wright
Bayern Munich managed the remarkable feat of pissing off nigh-on their entire fanbase yesterday
when a ridiculously misguided attempt at social marketing blew up in their Bavarian faces.
Yesterday morning, Bayern started circulating rumours on various social media sites of a 'big
new signing' that was to be announced at 1pm that very afternoon on the club's official Facebook
site.
*Galaxy defender A.J. DeLaGarza and the U.S. plays Panama at 5:30 p.m. today live on Galavision.
*Mexico faces Chivas USA's Alejandro Moreno and Venezuela in Houston (live 6 p.m. KMEX). More here.
*FOX Soccer announced today it will air live the FA Cup showdown between Americans Landon Donovan,
Tim Howard
By Alan Duffy
#gobshite #withoutaclub #sixgrandoutofpocket
Once one of the country's most highly-rated young players, 32-year-old Michael Ball has been
punished by The FA for an offensive Tweet he sent to Coronation Street star Anthony Cotton.
By Chris Wright
"NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!"
Remember on Sunday afternoon? Against Manchester United? When Robin van Persie mouthed the words
'oh no' as Arsenal's most enterprising attacking threat was substituted off for Andrey Arshavin?
Apparently that was a thing.
A bloggers role, in football, is perhaps simply to call and comment on things as they see them.
Free of entrepreneur "vision" or the paymasters check I can call it as I see it. Simple as
that.
For too long Australian football media has produced unscintillating football reportage.
*UCLA product Sydney LeRoux and Hermosa Beach resident Abby Wambach were named by U.S. Soccer as
the Young Female Athlete of the Year and Female Athlete of the Year respectively. Brek Shea and
Clint Dempsey won the corresponding awards for male players. All the award winners were picked by
fans
By Alan Duffy
"Re-Tweet this son you're f****n' s**t"
Hell hath no fury than a spurned football manager, particularly if it's Neil Warnock. The ex-QPR
boss, who tends to divide opinion (people either strongly dislike him or hate him), has hit out at
the influence of critics and players on owner Tony Fernandes, claiming that his own reputation was
"slowly poisoned" by outside forces with Twitter playing a key role in his downfall.
By Chris Wright
What we have here is Arsenal trio Mikel Arteta, Laurent Koscielny and Robin van Persie posing
in a clutch of brilliant but slightly creepy 'moving photographs' (or 'cinemagraphs' to give them
their proper name) for Citroen.
The effect is really quite weird an otherwise static photo, just with the slightest hint of
movement here and there.
Almost five years into the existence of Pitch Invasion, you can now hear the dulcet tones of
Pitch Invasion editor Tom Dunmore and regular contributor Peter Wilt on a new monthly podcast,
featuring interviews with interesting people from the world of soccer.
It's available to stream or download below, and will show up on iTunes shortly.
By Chris Wright
God love GOL TV's excitable Geordie wordsmith...
A personal highlight: "Waaah! JUNGLE CAT!"
Video: Barca HD
*David Beckham has reportedly reached terms on a new contract with MLS and the Galaxy. It's
probably no coincidence the news comes ahead of Beckham's live interview on his YouTube channel at
9 a.m. Thursday, which also precedes his first Google+ "hangout." *Two suspects were arrested in
the murder of
By Alan Duffy
Now playing in his homeland for Yokoham F Marinos, midfielder Shunsuke Nakamura, formerly of
Celtic and Espanyol, has been showing off his famed dead-ball expertise on Japanese telly, by
directing a football through the window of a moving bus.
Why? I'm not exactly sure.
By Chris Wright
Those of you who watched Match of the Day last night will be well aware that, while introducing
West Brom vs Norwich, something 'went wrong' with Gary Lineker's autocue that caused him to freeze
up live on air for what seemed like an age at the time.
By Chris Wright
Ex-Premier League referee and Rangers supporter Jeff Winter has had his personal website
suspended after several of his blogs (posted during a Christmas trip to Australia and New Zealand)
containing incredibly offensive anti-Catholic jibes were circulated by journalists including Gab
Marcotti on Twitter yesterday.
By Chris Wright
"Here love, put down the ironing for a minute, my car bonnet needs a good
waxing..."
Ipswich lost again last night; 2-1 to Birmingham, Nikola Zigic nabbing the winner in stoppage
time, their 11th defeat in 14 matches.
Manager Paul Jewell was also left fuming over an incident in which Ipswich winger Lee Martin was
fouled in the box by Brum's Stephen Caldwell and no penalty was given on the insistence of the
referee's assistant a lady human with a vulva and everything by the name of Amy Fearn.
By Alan Duffy
They may only be a Southern Football Premier League side, but the decision by Oxford City to
sack player Lee Steele over homophobic Twitter comments he made will have a significant influence
on the game in general.
In refering to the out-gay Welsh rugby player, Gareth Thomas, and his appearance on Celebrity
Big Brother, Steele Tweeted: "I wouldnt fancy the bed next to Gareth Thomas
#padlockeda**ehole".
By Alan Duffy
Arsenal's gifted young goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny has made the latest in a long line of
footballing Twitter boo-boos. Indeed, it's not even his first offence.
On responding to a photo team-mate Aaron Ramsey has posted of himself at a golf event, the
Polish international Tweeted: "I don't wanna be rude mate but you look like a rapist on that
picture.
Es inicio de año, uno que sera netamente deportivo y por petición popular aqui esta el conteo de
los blogs mas visitados en Latinoamérica .
Las redes sociales nacieron para ayudar a conectarnos, en nuestro caso a tener nuestro propio
medio de comunicación sin cortapisas y crean hemos hecho bastante en México, pero ¿Qué sucede
con los demás paÃses del continente?
Google and Apple may not exactly be the first names that spring to mind when looking for
alternatives to challenge Sky's dominance of sports broadcasting in Britain, but it should be no
surprise that two of the giants of the tech and online world are eyeing up sport as a way to lure
consumers into their new offerings.
By Chris Wright
It seems that, with the recession still biting and Robbie Earle no longer around to 'sort
everybody out', the money men over at the ITV Football department have been reduced to extreme
bouts of penny-pinching when it comes to providing match tickets for their pundits.
By Alan Duffy
"They say I score once every 275 minutes... on average"
Following in the orange, manicured footsteps of Robbie Savage, former Italian international
striker Christian "Bobo" Vieri is taking part in the Italian version of Strictly Come Dancing.
Clearing up a few odds and ends before the weekend (that would have posted hours sooner had our
soon-to-be-replaced blogging software not freaked out): *Galaxy midfielder Michael Stephens, Chivas
USA's Jorge Villafaña (formerly Flores) and UCLA midfielder Kelyn Rowe were named today to the
U-23 camp set for Sunday through
By Alan Duffy
With all those cheeky photos of glamorous WAGs peppering the Pies' website, we thought it only
fair to give our female and gay male readers something to ogle, in the bright orange, bouffanted
shape of professional pundit and amateur ballroom dancer, Robbie Savage.
Veteran ESPN soccer commentator Rob Stone has jumped to Los Angeles-based Fox Soccer, the latest
switch in what has become something of a soccer media merry-go-round this offseason. Already, Brit
Arlo "the voice of the Seattle Sounders" White has joined new MLS home NBC Sports Network (formerly
Verses) and
