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Darwin Jones was among the Seattle Sounders' recent cuts from preseason training camp, but that doesn't mean he'll be going very far. The 19-year-old has joined the University of Washington's 2012 recruiting class, giving the Huskies four Sounders Academy products in this class alone. Jones will be accompanied by Michael Gallagher, Ian Lange and Dominique Dismuke.

February kicks off for Liverpool on Monday, with Spurs set to visit Anfield in the first match of another important month. Liverpool will look to carry their momentum from the domestic cup triumphs and a comfortable 3-0 win at Wolves into the match, which hopefully signals a turnaround from a disappointing league stretch to open 2012 that had seen them winless until the final day of January.

Clint Dempsey and Fulham travel to play Manchester City, while Brad Friedel and Tottenham Hotspur hope to keep pace in the top half of the standings with a win over Liverpool.

Queens Park Rangers have completed the signing of French striker Djibril Cisse whose crazy hairstyles are set to liven up the Premier League once again. It is fair to say that Djibril Cisse does not do ordinary. He plays with a lightening pace (albeit with a lack of elegance and control), he celebrates wildly, has [.

Queens Park Rangers have completed the signing of French striker Djibril Cisse whose crazy hairstyles are set to liven up the Premier League once again. It is fair to say that Djibril Cisse does not do ordinary. He plays with a lightening pace (albeit with a lack of elegance and control), he celebrates wildly, has [.

I. Stoke @ Manchester United: Massive injury problems for Sir Alex's men as they look to keep pace with Manchester City at the top of the table. The latest is an injury to their new #1 goalkeeper Anders Lindegaard who ... Continue reading →

With the NBA schedule in fult tilt since Christmas, the season has never seemed this action-packed. The reason is because the games are coming closer together and delivered faster to consumers.
There is more back-to-back scheduling for teams than other years, meaning they play two nights in a row and some back-to-back-to-back, meaning they play three nights in a row at times throughout the season, as well.

Liverpool have been drawn to play Brighton at home in the FA Cup fifth round after their 2-1 victory over Manchester United. Championship side Brighton should not be taken lightly after they upset Newcastle United in the forth round.

Kenny Dalglish's side will be looking to go all the way in the FA Cup this year since they are not competing in Europe and are off the pace in the league this season.

Liverpool have been drawn to play Brighton at home in the FA Cup fifth round after their 2-1 victory over Manchester United. Championship side Brighton should not be taken lightly after they upset Newcastle United in the forth round.

Kenny Dalglish's side will be looking to go all the way in the FA Cup this year since they are not competing in Europe and are off the pace in the league this season.

Three goals in seven second half minutes that's all it took for Arsenal to win a game in which they were otherwise unimpressive. While the comeback was miraculous and the result crucial, many problems still remain.

As has been the case for the last month or so, Arsenal started at a pedestrian pace.

szólj hozzá: BRIGHTON v NEWCASTLE 1:0 GOAL

Gareth Bale, sorry, Will Buckley hares down the left showing gut busting pace and plenty of footy skills to elude Danny Simpson and Yoann Cabaye. He then unleashes a left footed shot which deflects of Mark Williamson and past Tim Krul for a famous Brighton and Hove Albion victory.

First week's training has finally concluded. It was a good week and I hope you guys enjoyed our coverage of it. We really tried to get to as many trainings as possible and, I believe, we only missed one so we were able to cover most bases. Heading into next week we'll try something similar, but I'm not sure if we'll be able to keep up the same pace.

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Baltimore Blast (11-4) vs. Norfolk SharX (3-13)
Game Time: 1/27/2012 7:35 PM
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Keys to victory for the Blast:

• Stick to the up-tempo pace: I think the Blast played one of their best games of the season last Friday in their 18-2 victory over the SharX.

Every person has a talent. Some have a talent with numbers; others are incredibly handy and can build whatever their hearts desire. Some people are intellectually gifted, while others are incredible athletes and invariably, the ones we love the most. It's easy to see why too, for an athlete's allure is a visual treat that invokes a sense of wonderment and a slight tinge of jealousy by the spectator.

Man City were 3-2 winners over Tottenham thanks to a late Mario Balotelli penalty that ensured the Citizens remain top of the Premier League with a 3 point advantage over their city rivals United.

But once again City striker Balotelli is making the news for all the wrong reasons. Despite netting the last minute winner, the 21 year old Italy international,was 'lucky' to be on the pitch after stumping on Scott Parker.

Arsenal fans who argue that Arsene Wenger should not be sacked can only come up with one reason "He's our most successful manager ever". Others might also point to his unearthing of talents like Thierry Henry and Patrick Vieira. The theme here? It's all stuff from an increasingly long time ago.

Liverpool have a whole host of promising young attacking players being developed at Anfield right now, but Kop legend Ian Rush believes one particular youngster stands out from all the rest. Rushie was recently asked who he felt would be the 'next Ian Rush' at Liverpool. The ever-modest Welshman argued that 'you have to be looking at someone with a better pace' than he had.

Ducky's Note: Ratna Prashanth analyzes Cahill's signing and what it means for Chelsea

Finally, after a loooooong discussion of personal terms, Chelsea announced the signing of Bolton Wanderers' English-born central defender Gary Cahill. This is a much needed signing at a low price in January market, considering the fact that Chelsea have been having a torrid time with their defence the whole season.

Week 15 saw Benfica maintain their two point lead over Porto as the season hit the midway point. Benfica earned a convincing 4-1 win over Setubal while Porto stayed pace with a 2-0 win over Rio Ave. In what amounted to the game of the week, Braga defeated Sporting 2-1 to move into sole spot of third place in the Portuguese league as Sporting drop to fourth.

Nico Anelka, speaking ahead of his "new adventure" in China has taken the time out to release a statement thanking the Chelsea fans for their support in "four wonderful years" at the club. The statement in full says:

"I want to thank you all for the support you have always provided.

Fantastic the football on the weekend.
Tucked into two games. Victory and Adelaide and Brisbane v Sydney.
What treats.
Harry Kewell turned back the clock with a wonderful performance, again. If Archie or Danny could have finished one or two of their Harry inspired chances Victory would have won.

Right then,

Swansea away today and a chance to keep pace/claw back some points on those above us in the table. The importance of the game can't be understated. The FA Cup game against Leeds provided us a fantastic moment and a talking point/feel-good factor that lasted all week, but at the same time seemed a bit surreal.

It's a story that has dominated the club over the past 10 days or so. Rumours began flying round that Preston were interested in Graham Westley just a couple of days before the 3rd round FA Cup tie against Reading. At first it just seemed to be rumours. But the rumours didn't stop. Instead, they just gathered pace and it became clear at the beginning of the week that Preston were not only interested in Westley, but that Westley was interested in Preston.

Oh dear.

Yakubu sent off in the first half, Samba missing. What more could we ask for?

Made a right horlicks of this one. Blackburn are a half-decent side in the middle of a horrible season but we're good enough to win in these circumstances. Should have done, comfortably.

Blackburn scored the first with a Pedersen free-kick just on half-time, then the second from Dunn just after the break.

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With neither of Seattle Sounders FC's MLS SuperDraft picks being from Generation Adidas nor pre-signed seniors or internationals the two players are going to have to fight to make the tight roster. A roster than may get even tighter before they report as General Manager Adrian Hanauer said during today's conference call there are "other deals that are possibly pending or getting close.

At White Hart Lane last night, Tottenham Hotspur beat Everton by two goals to nil. There was nothing particularly unusual about this result apart from the fact that Spurs have occasionally struggled to break Everton down in recent years but this was a result that may just prove to be one of the most important of manager Harry Redknapp's season.

Tottenham Hotspurs are continuing their pressure on the Manchester Duo in the top of premier league table after Harry Redknapp's side successfully defeated Everton 2-0 on Wednesday.

The victory excites Redknapp as with all three points, his team are now level on points with second place, Manchester United, and only three points shy of the leader, Man City.

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Let's go to Matt Good with the call:

Henry's return yesterday wasn't that of a play maker, but of a striker whose pace is nowhere near what it was, a fact that has been amply displayed during his time playing in New York. But coming on with just over ten minutes to play, invigorated by what can only be described as near the religious fanaticism of the Arsenal faithful, the club's greatest goal scorer did what he always has – scored with what seemed like complete effortlessness.

I wrote in the blog just before Christmas that I was broadly in favour of Thierry's return when it was just a rumour. If all he does is score one goal, then it's been worth it for a number of reasons.
Firstly, despite returning with Barca and NY, Thierry never really got the send off he deserved.

Browsing through the Everton forums finds a lot of uneasy fans worried about thier injury hit side up against us on Wednesday night. Jagielka, Cahill, Osman, Rodwell, Hibbert and Coleman are all doubts, but Fellaini and Drenthe both came through their previous match unscathed and should feature.
They point out that the key to them winning this fixture will be controlling our midfield, a task that is made infinitely easier if Parker and Sandro are both out.

After reading (and posting) that Gary Cahill is about to sign for Chelsea and is rumoured to have asked for assurances of first team football at Chelsea ahead of Euro 2012, I just wonder what it means for David Luiz.
The more I think about it, the more I can see Luiz being asked to step sideways and play at RB for the remainder of the season to accommodate Cahill in the middle next to JT.

As you have been reading, the team has been gathering every morning for a 30-minute run before breafkast. When you add up players, coaches and staff, the number totals about 30 people running. As a result, they have to be divided into two groups.
One of the groups Friday morning was led by Ivan Pierra, the head ATC for the National Team, and the other by Andreas Herzog.

We need more potency in the final third, that much was clearly on show on Monday against Fulham.

We dominated and played some of the best football this season, but we could not finish.... second half we took off pace and just got straight out pummeled for 30 minutes.

Say what you want about the ref, red cards, penalties etc.

After watching Fernando Torres' performance yesterday for Chelsea I thought to myself "He's had a good game today". Then I saw the report of Ex-Liverpool Phil Thompson on Skysports "Soccer Saturday" and couldn't believe what I was reading!. Thompson is quoted soon after the game saying:

"He's not anywhere near.

With just a little over half the season already gone, and 20 league matches played, it's time to assess the individuals that make up the glorious institution that is Arsenal FC. Some you know have had great years; others, not so much. We begin this player review by looking at some of the under-performing players of this season's team so far.

This right here is a shocker. Eh, not really.

The club today confirmed that it had agreed a fee with Bolton for Gary Cahill. It's not a done deal yet, though, with personal terms still far off between the two parties.

Moving in

Andre Villas-Boas spoke of Cahill at his pre-match presser for Aston Villa.