One of the disadvantages of working a paying job whilst trying to build a readership on your own blog is that sometimes we get blindsided by events that need immediate reporting such as we saw today in London as England manager Fabio Capello resigned his position immediately following a meeting with FA Chairman David Bernstein.

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Henry Winter believes Kenny Dalglish's outburst following the Bolton defeat is "unprecedented" in the history of Liverpool Football Club.
The Reds boss publically criticized members of his squad following the 3-1 loss at the Reebok Stadium, accusing them of showing a lack of respect to their opponents and being distracted by Wednesday's Carling Cup semi-final second leg with Manchester City and next weekend's FA Cup clash with Manchester United.

Anfield Rd: Stop kicking start listening

THE BOSS of Kick It Out was quoted on the organisation's website a couple of days after Patrice Evra's allegations against Luis Suárez. At this point in time the word Suárez was accused of using was far stronger than the one Evra eventually settled on as the one he'd heard and if it could be proved it was going to be hefty punishment for the player.

Mail: Patrice Evra video of N-word outburst

Video showing Manchester United defender Patrice Evra using a similar n-word to the one at the centre of his racism case against Luis Suarez has emerged.

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Patrice Evra N-word video youtube

A clip is on YouTube showing Manchester United defender Patrice Evra making an obscene outburst using a similar n-word to the one at the centre of his racism case against Luis Suarez.

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One of the neat experiences I've had coaching youth soccer is having a player who can do a flip throw. We actually have two players on our 96 girls team that can do it, though one is a striker and only throws in on occasion. The other is one of our starting defenders and was a competitive gymnast before she started playing soccer.

2011 has been incredibly hectic in the world of football, and who better to tell you this than the personalities themselves?! From Zlatan Ibrahimovic's infamous autobiography outburst to Pele's never ending self-praises (groans all around), Ronaldo taking a jab back at opposition fans to the rise of women's football in Japan, there was really no shortage of entertaining quotes this year.

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Last four head-to-head:
3-0 Liverpool (h) 05.01.11
1-3 Newcastle (a) 12.11.10
3-0 Liverpool (h) 05.03.09
5-1 Liverpool (a) 12.28.08
Last three matches:
Liverpool: 0-0 Wigan (a); 2-0 Villa (a); 1-0 QPR (h)
Newcastle: 2-0 Bolton (a); 2-3 West Brom (h); 0-0 Swansea (h)
Goalscorers (league):
Liverpool: Suarez 5; Own Goal 3; Adam, Bellamy, Carroll, Maxi, Skrtel 2; Gerrard, Henderson, Johnson 1
Newcastle: Ba 14; Best 3; R Taylor 2; Sh Ameobi, Ben Arfa, Cabaye, Gosling, Jonas 1
Referee: Lee Probert
Terrified of jinxing it, but since I bash referees here all the time, unfairly or not, probably should mention that Probert is one of my favorites.

Liverpool players declare support for 'our friend' Luis Suárez

• Police will not act unless Patrice Evra makes a complaint • The Professional Footballers' Association backs FA stance Luis Suárez is unlikely to follow John Terry in facing a criminal investigation relating to alleged racist abuse unless Patrice Evra chooses to lodge a complaint against the Liverpool striker with Merseyside police.

By Amy Eustace

"People just don't know how good Lucas is," prophesised Rafael Benitez, three years ago to the month. It was December 2008, and Liverpool had found themselves in a somewhat unfamiliar position by recent standards. Top of the table, ahead of the pack and with just one defeat for the first half of the season away to Spurs, the only problem was a smattering of frustrating draws.

Facts fly in Rafael Benítez blitz on Liverpool grievances against FA

Rafael Benítez's exasperation at Liverpool's treatment by the authorities was fuelled by the actions of a certain Mr Ferguson Kenny Dalglish's outburst on Thursday was reminiscent of Rafael Benítez's rant about Sir Alex Ferguson in 2009.

Missouri's Largest Outburst of Season Includes Three 3-Pointers
By Ed Bishop
Byron Alvarez high fives Comets fans after scoring. The Missouri Comets snapped their brief two game losing streak on Saturday night as they blew out the expansion Norfolk Sharx 19 – 9 at the Independence Events Center.

Missouri's Largest Outburst of Season Includes Three 3-Pointers
By Ed Bishop
Byron Alvarez high fives Comets fans after scoring. The Missouri Comets snapped their brief two game losing streak on Saturday night as they blew out the expansion Norfolk Sharx 19 – 9 at the Independence Events Center.

Rio Ferdinand Twitter outburst at Liverpool fans

Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand has hit out at Liverpool supporters, calling them 'bitter'. Ferdinand has reminded the Merseysiders that United now have a record 19 league titles.

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Stoke chairman Coates defends manager Pulis over outburst

Stoke chairman Peter Coates has backed the comments of Tony Pulis which have landed the Potters manager in trouble with the Football Association.

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Footballing philosophers Twitter. As well as boring us with Jay Bothroyd's plans for the evening (‘Watching Spartacus in bed, gonna have an early night I think') or Robbie Savage's Come Dancing insights (‘The wonderful miss Sue Barker loves the waltz she said " elegant"! Ohhhhhh Miss Barker') and a sporadic outburst or two by Aston [.

Footballing philosophers Twitter. As well as boring us with Jay Bothroyd's plans for the evening (‘Watching Spartacus in bed, gonna have an early night I think') or Robbie Savage's Come Dancing insights (‘The wonderful miss Sue Barker loves the waltz she said " elegant"! Ohhhhhh Miss Barker') and a sporadic outburst or two by Aston [.

Ravel Morrison was left out of last night's Reserves game and voiced his frustration on Twitter, hinting he may leave the club at the end of the season.

After saying he couldn't wait for the season to end, Wayne Rooney replied to him, claiming his season might end sooner than he thought with that attitude!

Andre Villas-Boas lashes Chelsea flops and Kolo Toure heading for Manchester City showdown

Andre Villas-Boas accused his Chelsea flops of 'broken promises' in a furious training ground outburst yesterday. And Kolo Toure will today contest any decision by Manchester City to give him a substantial fine for his failed drugs test.

By Alan Duffy

Bruce Buck gives poor old John Terry a big hug

According to the Guardian, Blues bigwig Bruce Buck, in speaking about the club's failure in their bid to buy back the freehold of Stamford Bridge, went slightly off script in relation to the weekend's big London derby.

David Cameron regrets Hillsborough outburst

David Cameron 'regrets' any offence he caused to the families of the Hillsborough victims by comparing their search for closure to a 'blind man, in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn't there'.

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Wigan Chairman Dave Whelan has launched a vehement attack against Ian Ayre and Liverpool for proposing that top clubs should get a bigger piece of the overseas TV revenue pie; and to be honest, I can definitely see his point. Whelan's angry outburst came on the same day that Chelsea publicly reaffirmed its commitment to the current Premier League revenue model, thus distancing itself from

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After following up his breakout 2010 campaign with a surprisingly slow start from a goals standpoint, Sebastien Le Toux is finding his attacking form at the perfect time for the Philadelphia Union.

Le Toux scored seven goals in six matches in September, including two-goal efforts against New England and D.

Jose Mourinho prepares his side for a home tie Ajax on Wednesday night following a debate amongst Real Madrid's general assembly about the Portuguese manager. Some of the members were unhappy with the outspoken coach, and felt he has damaged the reputation of the club since his arrival.
Despite the heated debate, club president Florentino Perez did defend the 48-year old who moved to the Bernabeu in May 2010 from Italian side Inter Milan.

After giving up four goals in its first four matches of the season, the Edgewood College women's soccer team yielded three in the opening 10 minutes Sunday and lost to St. Norbert 3-1 in a non-conference game in De Pere.

Freshman Katie Vanden Avond (De Pere), who scored seven of the Green Knights' nine goals in their first two games, had two assists in St.

By AVI CREDITOR

BOYDS, Md. -- It took a half, but the Maryland men's soccer team put together a performance that merited the team's preseason No. 5 ranking in the SBI/Fox Soccer Top 25.

Sophomore Patrick Mullins and junior John Stertzer scored four minutes apart to snap Maryland out of a funk and break a scoreless deadlock early in the second half, and the Terrapins defeated St.

"Anything to declare?"... "Yes, we're not very good."When things go poorly for Toronto FC on the road, we often hear that "travel" has caught up with the team. It may seem like a handy excuse but any of us who have fought our way through airports know that it can be taxing at the best of times.

I fear for Newcastle, says new Liverpool left-back José Enrique

• Spaniard worried about former club's player exits • 'I think Joey Barton will leave soon' José Enrique, Liverpool's new £6m left-back, has said he fears for former club Newcastle United due to the lack of ambition that has precipitated a talent drain from St James' Park.

The emergence of Sanna Nyassi as a speedy striker has a been a big part of Colorado's 3-0-1 record since losing Conor Casey for the season to a ruptured Achilles tendon.

What should have felled a team that was struggling to score instead led to a four goal outburst from Nyassi and 10 points from four games.

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For the second week in a row, Dwayne De Rosario reminded MLS fans and opposition that he's still got what it takes, despite being traded twice in the opening months of the season.

With his team playing a man down, De Rosario netted a hat trick against his former club to carry D.

Arsenal will go up against Antonio Di Natale and Udinese

The playoff draw has been announced and for Arsenal it is not an easy one. They get Udinese who came fourth in the Serie and recently in the news for their sale of Alexis Sanchez to Barca. In fact, that transfer has a direct bearing to the Cesc Fabregas saga being played out between both clubs.

This is old news as we all know but there seems to have been an interesting development regarding this outburst by a certain Barry McIntosh. In a slightly amusing twist of fate, and if North East football correspondent for the Sun Steve Brenner is to be trusted, Mr. McIntosh doesn't even represent the player!

Video highlights and reaction

So we lost the Emirates Cup. On a scale of tragic events to have befallen this great club of ours, it's right up there with the worst of them. Losing cup finals to lower league opposition, blowing league titles, the lot. Oh, wait. No, it's not.

You would have thought it yesterday though when the final whistle went.

The NASL announced Thursday afternoon that Strikers midfielder Eduardo Coudet has been suspended by the NASL for 6-games following last nights league match against the Puerto Rico Islanders.

According to witnesses and visible from the Puerto Rico Islanders highlight video on Youtube, Coudet protested a penalty kick incorrectly given by the referee.

The NASL announced Thursday afternoon that Strikers midfielder Eduardo Coudet has been suspended by the NASL for 6-games following last nights league match against the Puerto Rico Islanders.

According to witnesses and visible from the Puerto Rico Islanders highlight video on Youtube, Coudet protested a penalty kick incorrectly given by the referee.

1) To me, the shots of Abby Wambach and Hope Solo hugging it out in triumph after the USA's legendary and improbable win over Brazil yesterday are the most poignant. The two were at odds in the last World Cup, with Wambach one of the harshest critics of Solo's outburst, ignoring the honesty of her statements to lash out at the breaking of the team code.

In a way we are at the midway point of the season. Most of the teams are at 17 games while a few others have played more or there are some that have played a few less. Still, it feels like halfway to me.

There weren't a lot of changes in the top half of the rankings this week. Only a slight flip-flop between a couple clubs.

The Philly Soccer Page " The Union, Jorge Gonzalez and Jean Alexandre...
Seriously. Let's maintain perspective here. We have the luxury of complaining about only drawing with Real Salt Lake. In the world of MLS soccer, that is a first-world problem.

The Article in Which We Compare Soccer Games to Mixtapes | Philly Union Talk

One of the golden rules of mixtape assemblage: make sure the first song after the flop is fresh, meaningful.

And we're back. After the much deserved day off here it's time to get back in the swing of things and take a quick look at what happened in week 11 in Major League Soccer. With so many games there was a good amount of movement in the rankings here.

Big moves this week were RSL moving down, Dallas moving up.