Last week, I asked you to vote for you favourite 20 players of the decade, here in this very post, are the Top 100 players of the last 10 years, voted for by you, the readers and bloggers of the offside. First thing I want to say is thank you, everyone for the absolutely amazing response [...] Click to continue reading...

Elizabeth Lambert. Plays of the University of New Mexico.
She's brutal. Worse than Cantona or Gattuso or Materazzi or anyone you can think of.
Check out the highlights from SportsCenter.
Then check out some links:

• MLS Defender of the Year: Chad Marshall.

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Seven stories from The Offside and World Cup Blog this week: Nominate your player/manager football ubermen Gigi's Buffon's incredible Champions League save Ballon d'Or or FIFA World Player of the Year: Which is shinier? Norwegian homage to Brazilian airport ad The return of Johan Cruyff. To Catalonia. Click to continue reading...

Between The Lines is concerned with the club's handling of Darren Fletcher's injury.

The Times lets you pick a United/Chelsea XI

F365 talks tactics ahead of Sunday

Dirty Tackle looks at the random musings of Wayne Rooney

Soccerlens predicts which teams will make it in to the final 16 of the Champions League

Caught Offside reckons Nani is moving to La Liga

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Yeah, I know, we're late to the party. Would you believe me if I said we were just waiting to see if this whole Facebook thing was going to catch on? No, me neither. But yes, The Offside and WorldCupBlog now has a Facebook fan page, which you can find here.

Here's why our Facebook page might actually be quite good: We're not going to use our Facebook page just to promote our own content.

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Bulgaria's greatest, Georgi Asparuhov, life tragically cut at 28. Rooney misses a sitter. (Studs Up) The incredible new lows of Mike Ashley. (Three Match Ban) Stamford Bridge name TBA; football's name also TBA. (Futfanatico) John Barnes: Savior of Rwanda, not Don Cheadle. (Fisted Away) Adriano: The face of crack. Click to continue reading...

All the stuff being covered outside the unfriendly confines of the award winning Dirty Tackle...

Outrage over Wayne Rooney's use of wussy hand covers in the Champions League. [Channelbee]

Chelsea consider selling the naming rights to Stamford Bridge. And I consider crying.

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West Ham boss Gianfranco Zola was over the moon after Zavon Hines' last-gasp strike earned his Hammers their first win since the opening day of the season. England Under-21 striker Hines was the toast of Upton Park after he netted the winner in the fourth minute of injury time.

Zola said:

"This could be the turning point for us.

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Benayoun is the new gerrard (Never Captain Nicky Butt)

Rooney should of called his son Bruce (Studs Up)

Deniz Naki starts a riot (Caught offside)

Rwanda Believe its a tragedy to be linked with John Barnes (Fisted Away)

Barnsley fan lives the dream (3nil)

The 57 Varieties of Zavon Hines (Never Captain Nicky Butt)

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I have struggled with whether I want to continue writing for The Offside. My recent posts indicate my frustrations, which may appear to be a little acrimonious. The truth isn't as harsh as I make it out to be, honestly.

A few days ago I contacted the powers-that-be and proposed a new page for The Offside.

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I saw this clip when I was on vacation, The Offside helped me out by posting it recently.
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The U.S. Under-17 men's national team will look to extend its winning streak to three games today when it takes on Italy in the second round of the Under-17 World Cup in Nigeria (10pm, ESPN360.com).

The Americans defeated Malawi and United Arab Emirates to reach this stage, and now face a strong Italian team that rolled to the second round.

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Before yesterday's game, all Man United needed to do to qualify for the next stage of the Champions League was to win or draw. Last night there was a six-goal thriller at Old Trafford where things didn't go the way they were supposed to.
CSKA had got off to the better start but United were starting to control the game, when the visitors took the lead. Click to continue reading...

Kickette had this masterpiece last week and I just recently came across its glory. Word is this gal is an ex-WAG, so it's still semi-soccer relevant.
She must be desperate for attention.
Now some other links:

• Mancini a possible Rafa replacement? [Daily Mail]
  
• A new world's top 25.

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Something to read while you watch St Pauli's Deniz Naki rile up the Hansa Rostock fans. It all ended with water cannons... Did you renew your Ebbsfleet United subscription? (Pitch Invasion) Maicon's agent not a True Blue(Dirty Tackle) Who do you trust: Bloggers or lubricant salespeople? (France Offside) Cape Verde vs Portugal. Click to continue reading...

All the stuff being covered outside the unfriendly confines of the award winning Dirty Tackle...

The derby match between St. Pauli and Hansa Rostock once again brings fire and violence and police involvement, this time inflamed by St. Pauli's Deniz Naki. [101gg]

Every fan attending the Dynamo Kiev v Inter Champions League match will be given masks to protect against the terrifying dangers of swine flu.

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Greetings, Dynamo fans. I haven't written in awhile. It's partly because my internet closes out 90% of the time I try to access the site, but mostly because soccer (or MLS) hasn't held my interest.

I am fairly new to soccer so I was hoping this blog would chronicle my growing appreciation and understanding of the sport.

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Those nice guys at SEGA have given us a couple of copies of the fantastic new game Football Manager 2010 and whilst we would like to keep them all for ourselves we have been ordered to give them away to our adoring public.

Now in order to win copies of the game, PC Version, all you need to do is a) sign up to the Caught Offside Facebook Fan Page (CLICK HERE to do so) and at the end of the week there will be a ridiculously easy question for you guys to answer and hey presto two lucky people (who get said question correct) will win copies of the game.

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Every one is giving it a go to out do Bobby Zamora's miss from against Man City.

Arsenal were rampant against Spurs on Saturday, where do you think they will finish? Vote here (Never Captain Nicky Butt)

Adel Taarabt scores yet another cracking goal... Time for Spurs to bring him back?

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[Spotted on l'OM Offside] Fantastique blog fodder from Marseille's favorite bench-riding l'enfant terrible Hatem Ben Arfa, who had a slight wardrobe malfunction this weekend. Summoned to enter a losing cause, Hatem whipped off his tracksuit to unsuspectingly unveil a #11 Mamadou Niang kit adorning his back. Click to continue reading...

Saturday's snoozy session between Manchester United and Blackburn Rovers turned Old Trafford into a literal Theatre of Dreams. Even the linesman sailed off to the Land of Nod, for what other excuse could there be for deeming Rovers sub Nikola Kalinic offside when he banged in Edwin Van der Sar's deflection off a Benni McCarthy strike for a goal?

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Just some random odds and ends for you to read as you bide your time waiting for Lyon's Champions League clash with Liverpool.

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< Sid's Serious Captain-y Face.

If you're wondering why the captain's armband showed up on Cris last Saturday, despite Sidney Govou also being on the pitch, it's because our dear (former?

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A Halloween weekend for the 11th matchday saw tricks and treats for various clubs, players and managers. In honor of the holiday, we will take a look at those who got their candy this weekend and those who got toilet papered.

Treat: Inter Milan on Top

An expected win by Inter over Lavorno coupled with a Juventus loss to Napoli and Sampdoria tie with Bari has left the Nerazzurri seven points up on the top of the table.

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Hey all,

For those who care, I am doing weekend duties on the main Offside page. Started last week, and I will be sharing the load with a combo of theoffsides finest Rob, Jan and of course, Laurie. So check these installments out, shoot on by, and give your opinions outside of the Red Bulls sphere.

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After the 2-0 loss to Liverpool in the Premier League last weekend, Man United really needed a win against Blackburn Rovers. United were without the injured trio of Rio Ferdinand, Ryan Giggs and Nemanja Vidic.
The Man United starting XI was- Edwin Van Der Sar, John O'Shea, Wes Brown, Jonny Evans, Patrice Evra, Luis Nani, Anderson, Michael Carrick, Antonio Valencia, Wayne Rooney and Dimitar Berbatov. Click to continue reading...

A Much Improved Bolton Suffer Heavy Defeat

• Tuesday, Ocotber 31, 2009
• Venue: The Reebok Stadium
• Attendance: 22,680
• Referee: Peter Walton

• Jlloyd Samuel [45+1]
• Frank Lampard [45+2]
• Paul Robinson [57]
• Deco [61]
• Paulo Ferreira [80]
• Zat Knight (og) [82]
• Didier Drogba [90+1]

It was going so well until the stroke of half–time, a clipped heel took Drogba down, Chelsea ahead and The Wanderers down to 10 men.

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Manchester United looks to recover from last weekend's defeat to Liverpool as they face Blackburn Rovers. Were they able to win or did Blackburn get a result? Here's a recap of the match along with video highlights.

Manchester United beats Blackburn 2-0 Video Highlights

The match had a slow start as neither team really had any great chances in the first 20 minutes.

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Liverpool will appeal the red cards shown to Jamie Carragher and Philip Degen; Rafael Benitez has confirmed. Degen's challenge was more worthy of a yellow than a red; but it was still a bit wreckless, whereas Carragher's could be rescinded if the FA watch the replays and decide if firstly Zamora was offside; and the fact [. Click to continue reading...

Seven stories you may have missed this week on The Offside and World Cup Blog... Celebrating the South African grannies team Adidas XI vs Nike XI in battle of the brands Nothing can stop Ivan Klasnić, not even Lucas Neill Alacorn upset the Galacticos Guitar hero. With footballs. Some pretty rank rankings Halloween special zombie football game Thanks to everyone who had read [. Click to continue reading...

Something to read while you enjoy the Top 30 A-League Goals of All Time (so far)... English football 1991-92 season in review (EPL Talk) FM2010: Digital Sunderland is the new digital Newcastle (Football Manager Offside) End of an era at Pro Vercelli (Run of Play) Ten players who played into their 40s (Podcast Offside) An alternative take on the Ballon [. Click to continue reading...

Something to read while you enjoy the Top 30 A-League Goals of All Time (so far)... English football 1991-92 season in review (EPL Talk) FM2010: Digital Sunderland is the new digital Newcastle (Football Manager Offside) End of an era at Pro Vercelli (Run of Play) Ten players who played into their 40s (Podcast Offside) An alternative take on the Ballon [. Click to continue reading...

Halloween begins my Four-fecta of favorite holidays, as well as the beginning of my favorite season of the year. For those that would like to know, yes, I am getting dressed up for Halloween this year. My costume? Popeye. The biggest Popeye ever, but Popeye nonetheless.

Now, here is The Offside MVP John Wolyniec doing "THRILLER!

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Henrik Larsson and a teary-eyed farewell. Dinamo Zagreb get a heavy sentence from UEFA. (Dinamo Zagreb Offside) Where are the Carling Cup Cinderellas? (Fanhouse UK) The problems at Real start deep within. (SoccerLens) Sport.co.uk lists ten poor transfers. (Sport) UF gives their take demolishes that list. Click to continue reading...

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Sick of those damn strikers getting all the glory? Make like Chacarita defender Mariano Echeverria and steal a pass, sprint up the pitch, pass to yourself, then go top corner on the keeper.

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