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Ya inicio el año 2012, y todos estamos esperando que el evento deportivo del año inicie,como cada cuatro años, la pregunta obligada es ¿Cuantos dias/horas faltan para que inicie Londres 2012?
Pues aqui tienes el conteo oficial para la inauguración de los juegos olimpicos 2012 en Londres Inglaterra.

This year the greatest show on earth, the London 2012 Olympic Games, comes to the UK. If you are based in Manchester, you have a unique opportunity to watch a major Olympic sport right here! Old Trafford will be hosting nine Olympic football matches between 26th July and 7th August. The matches include a men's semi-final, a women's semi-final and the first appearance by the Great Britan men's

by Maura Gladys

Five games, nine days and 39 goals. That's what it took for the U.S. women's national team to win the CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying

One of the few negatives....

Tournament and book their ticket to this summer's London Olympic Games. The U.

Very sad news for the U.S. WNT today as it was confirmed via an MRI that defender Ali Krieger had in fact torn the MCL and ACL in her right night after being brutally tackled in the USA's opening match win over the Dominican Republic.
We are happy to report that she is handling the situation extremely well and is sincerely appreciative of the outpouring of support from fans across the world.

As usual, ussoccer.com provides with comprehensive news and notes to get you prepped for today's game. Here's five notes to get you started:

• The USA has a 2-0-1 record against Venezuela all-time. Since the opening draw, the U.S. has won back-to-back 2-0 decisions against Venezuela.
• Five players are in search of their first international cap with the U.

Qualifying starts. Maura Gladys has you covered.

Morgan looking to excel--in a new role?--as winter closes...

The last time the U.S. Women's National Team competed in a CONCACAF qualifying tournament, they almost missed the cut for the 2011 Women's World Cup.

Highly experienced referees Kari Seitz, Margaret Domka and Marlene Duffy were selected to officiate the CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying tournament being held from Jan. 20-29 in Vancouver, Canada.
Seitz and Duffy were selected to be officials at the tournament after a series of physical and technical tests at the CONCACAF Elite Referee Course.

...is another beginning. Sources close to the process have told ESPNLosAngeles.com that the Galaxy's willingness to accommodate Beckham if he were selected to play for Great Britain in the Olympic Games in London this summer was an important factor for the superstar, who was a key pitchman for Britain's bid.

With the excitement and craziness of the 2012 SuperDraft in the rearview, it's time for teams around MLS to get down to business. Camp opens tomorrow and the Revolution still have plenty of work to do. I figured that this frigid, lazy Sunday would be a good time to take a look at the Revs' off-season thus far and outline some of the storylines moving forward.

Newcastle center-back Steven Taylor wants to make the Great Britain team for the Olympic Games this summer. Steven Taylor shown with referee Mike Dean earlier this season Steven Taylor was wearing the surgical boot on his right foot yesterday, when he was photographed along with other Newcastle players with Richard Branson, the owner of Virgin and with one his companies Virgin Mooney [.

Newcastle center-back Steven Taylor wants to make the Great Britain team for the Olympic Games this summer. Steven Taylor shown with referee Mike Dean earlier this season Steven Taylor was wearing the surgical boot on his right foot yesterday, when he was photographed along with other Newcastle players with Richard Branson, the owner of Virgin and with one his companies Virgin Mooney [.

Moneyball! Coins of Bobby Charlton, Gordon Banks and the offside rule picture gallery

Giving a new meaning to the term 'moneyball' the Royal Mint has launched a special 50 pence piece which explains the offside law. The new coin is part of a range of new sporting currency designed to commemorate the London 2012 Olympic Games.

The U.S. Men's National Team has begun the annual gathering known as the January Camp, and with the start of World Cup qualifying now six months away, the next 22 days represent a huge opportunity for this group of largely untested internationals.
Jurgen Klinsmann has gathered his charges farther east than the usual starting point of the National Training Center in Carson, Calif.

Minnesotan's may want to take note that tickets for the 2012 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament semifinals and final that will be played at Livestrong Park in Kansas City, Kansas will go on sale next Wednesday, January, 11. The top two finishers will advance to the 2012 Olympic Games in London this coming summer.

This may seem a little preemptive, but the American Outlaws are selling tickets in the Supporters Section for the semifinals and finals of the Olympic qualifiers at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park on March 31st and April 2nd. The tickets are $30 for AO members and $35 for non-members. No word yet from Sporting KC on whether season ticket holders will get a chance at a presale for the game as well or not.

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By FRANCO PANIZO

LAKEWOOD RANCH, Fla. - Prior to November, the last time Jared Jeffrey suited up for a U.S. youth national team was in 2009, and much has changed for him since then.

Since representing the United States at the FIFA Under-20 World Cup three summers ago, Jeffrey has switched clubs, learned a new language and overcome the nagging hip injury that put him on the shelf for much of last season.

D.C. United goalkeeper Bill Hamid and former JMU standout and 2011 MLS Rookie of the Year C.J. Sapong have been called into the upcoming U.S. Men's National Team camp to prepare for matches against Venezuela and Panama.
Hamid spent time during the offseason training with EPL team West Bromwich Albion and is eligible to compete in 2012 Olympic Games qualifying.

Ives Galarcep gives a detailed look at Caleb Porter's pool for the US Under-23 team-
Caleb Porter's first camp as US Under-23 national team coach has been a competitive one - a productive one for the talented group under his command. There have been some impressive performances put in by some of the players you would expect, but also some pleasant surprises from players lower on the depth chart.

CONCACAF today unveiled the logo for the 2012 Men's Olympic Qualifying tournament. The event will take place from March 22-April 2, and the top two teams will represent the region in the 2012 Olympic Games in London. The U.S. was drawn into Group A and will face Cuba, Canada and El Salvador.

The FIFA backed "International Federation of Football History & Statistics" (IFFHS) has named Ducth & MALAGA FC player RUUD VAN NISTELROOY the "Highest Goalscorer of the Decade" ( 2001-2010) with 86 goals. The IFFHS took into account all the goals scorered in International matches, Olympic Games, World Cup Championships, Intercontinental SuperCup games in all Confederations etc.

How the Daily Mirror and Premier League stars have given hope to this boy from the slums of Brazil

No one needs much of an excuse to make an excursion to Rio de Janeiro – so when I was in Brazil a few years ago for the Grand Prix, I took a trip to see a friend of mine who lives there.

FIFA President Sepp Blatter is facing what could be the toughest phase of his career as football head in the more than 10 years since he took over from Joao Havelange.

The president recently came out to say that England are still bitter at him for their failed attempt to land the hosting rights to the 2018 tournament.

Awww, hasn't David Beckham always been one of those decent men you'd like to invite over for a plate of bangers and mash?! He's probably one of the kindest men in football, if it wasn't for all that Loos drama that shan't be mentioned here.

Anyway, Becks has done it again this time with his latest mission as ambassador of next year's Olympic games.

Mehdi Abeid is off to play for Algeria, as they attempt to qualify for next summer's Olympic Games to be held in the UK. Mehdi Abeid - to play for Algeria U23 side Mehdi will now be unavailable for Newcastle until he comes back in on mid-December, but manager Alan Pardew has decided it will be good for the youngster to get [.

The 2011 Malaysian season kicked off back in January and for the members of the victorious Under 23 team that won the SEA Games on penalties in Jakarta last night they must wait a bit longer for their season to end.
They flew back to KL today after their 120 minute and penalty slog against Indonesia and tomorrow night they play Syria at the Bukit Jalil Stadium in KL in the Olympics Qualifiers.

Liverpool midfielder Jordan Henderson says he wants to captain Team GB at the Olympic Games after manager Stuart Pearce handed him the armband for the England Under-21s.
Henderson made a big money move from Sunderland to Liverpool during this summer and is so far yet to produce his best form for his new club, but has received a welcome boost from Pearce, who will also manage the British Olympic side.

I decided to make part2 just entertaining, only interesting goals of the magical kid (not sure how you see him, but for me, till he retired, he always looked like a kid).
I like more to focus on his old goals, where many of people forgot them or never seen them, especially the non famous ones:
I will start with this one: I still remember that day, I was watching the sport news in 1994, and heard the reporter saying, a new skillful Brazilian player scored a great goal.

Two members of D.C. United, Ethan White and Perry Kitchen, have been named to the roster for the U.S. Under-23 camp.

Men's National Team head coach Caleb Porter has named 31 players to the roster for the upcoming training camp in Duisburg, Germany, which also features several players who are age-eligible for the U.

In 1996 Olympic Games, Italy played its second game against Ghana. Both lost their first game 0-1: Ghana lost to South Korea and Italy to Mexico. It will be a definite disaster for the team that will lose this game. Italy had some great names like Gianluca Pagliuca, Alessandro Nesta, Fabio Cannavaro.

Football politics is likely to be amongst the headlines over the next few months following Stuart Pearce's appointment as manager of the Team GB football team for the 2012 London Olympics. It is the first time since the Rome Olympics of 1960 that a team representing GB will be participate.

U.S. Soccer has picked Caleb Porter to coach the under-23 men's national team that will try to qualify for the 2012 London Olympics.
Porter currently is head coach at college powerhouse Akron, and will continue in that role while coaching the U.S. team.
"I am honored and feel extremely privileged to be given this once in a lifetime opportunity," Porter said.

U.S. Soccer has named Caleb Porter the head coach of the U.S. Under-23 Men's National Team, effective immediately. Porter will lead the U-23 team in its quest to qualify for the 2012 Olympic Games when they compete in CONCACAF qualifying in March next year.
In addition to Porter, U.S. Soccer has hired former U.

Ferguson: Players should play in the Euros or the Olympics, but not both

Sir Alex Ferguson says players shouldn't play in both the European Championships and the Olympic Games

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U.S. Soccer Names Caleb Porter Head Coach of U.S. Under-23 MNT

U.S. Soccer has named Caleb Porter the head coach of the U.S. Under-23 Men's National Team, effective immediately. Porter will lead the U-23 team in its quest to qualify for the 2012 Olympic Games when they compete in CONCACAF qualifying in March next year.

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U.S. Soccer has named Caleb Porter and Tab Ramos as head coaches of its U-23 and U-20 men's national teams.

Porter will coach the U-23 team and lead it through qualifying for the the 2012 Olympic games in London. Porter is to remain as head coach of Akron University, and will coach both the Zips and U.

Caleb Porter will now lead the U-23 National team. (Photo via Akron Athletic Department)

A bit of news we heard about yesterday over on Twitter. University of Akron head coach Caleb Porter has been officially named the US U-23 head coach more importantly the Olympics head coach for the US.

By Chris Wright

"Err, Stuart...you've got a bit of a 'tuft' situation going on up top pal"

It's been announced this morning that England U21 coach Stuart Pearce and England Women's manager Hope Powell will be jointly charged with leading the Great British football team (should it ever actually come into existence) at the London 2012 Olympic games.

If football has changed almost over the last twenty or thirty years or so, one of the more comforting ways to reach back into the past is to delve into the all too rare BBC radio commentaries of matches from days gone by, and in particular to locate the lush, almost melodic vocal range of Peter Jones.

Better candidates than Beckam for Olympic captaincy - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

Understandably, European nations often decline to participate in Olympic football competition. The alignment of their respective four year rotations means that UEFA's European Championships coincide with the Olympic Games.