Albert Camus, the philosopher, author and football fanatic, was once asked that if he had to choose between football and the theatre, which he would choose. He replied "Football, without hesitation" And its little surprise, football has everything theatre has, and more. It has a story, but is unwritten. Click to continue reading...

While Maradona is busy making a shamockery of the Argentinean national side, the man who typically lurks behind Diego & Pele whether prudent or not in the discussion for the world's greatest ever player has returned to football. Johan Cruijff, arguably the greatest ever player/coach combination in football history, has returned to the bench Catalonia and don't you call it Spain.

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The NFL's Giants Stadium was once a famous venue of American soccer, a must-be-seen place with packed crowds and Pele in the 1970s.

Then the New York MetroStars, later rebranded to Red Bull New York, started playing there almost two decades later in Major League Soccer.

As the Red Bulls laid the final piece of sod today at their new, impressive Red Bull Arena in New Jersey, some current players took the chance to express their feelings about Giants Stadium and the support they (did not) receive there.

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Harkesy's putting his money on Seattle or LA to win the whole shebang-a-bang. I'm not sure that one of them will win it but I could definitely see one of them in the4 final; aside from last night's hiccup I think Columbus is still doing it big and no doubt have a shot at a championship double-dip. Click to continue reading...

Jack Bell creates a list of 10 most memorable games at Giants Stadium.

Some of the highlights.

Last summer's USA vs Mexico Gold Cup final turned out be an embarrassing 5-0 rout. David Beckham's New York introduction in 2007 resulted in a 5-4 pulsating shootout between the Galaxy and the Red Bulls.

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Hey guys, I'm back from the dead. Due to� commitments� with school I haven't had time to update. However, I'll be hard at work with a new format to the posts. That includes translating and posting articles from Globoesporte, Futebol Uol Esporte, and of course the club's official website. I think this would be the best way to keep others up to date on the workings of the club. Click to continue reading...

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After the World Cup qualifiers have finished and the dust has settled, languagecaster.com returns to it's World Cup Stars series. We've already talked about Pele and Maradona, this week it's the turn of a goalkeeper. Come along to the site at languagecaster.com to find out who we feauture and for lots more.

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So we all know that Rio will be hosting the 2016 Olympics... but the man of the moment has to be Felipe Andreoli, the host of CQC, a popular TV show in Latin America and parts of Europe (you may remember this Chilean tipo teasing players at the Bernabeu).

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PVC, the great football researcher, proves with numbers in his blog that Luis Fabiano is better than Ronaldo. When it comes to the national team, the Fabuloso has a better goal average than the Corinthians forward. More than that, he is already the 15th top scorer in the history of the national team (true that Ronaldo is the second, just behind Pele).

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It appears that Santos seems to have a larger army of female supporters as opposed to Palmeiras, but despite seeking divine intervention, they were still unable to pull off a home win against o poderoso! It must've been the tia's hat above.

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Parabens to Rio de Janeiro... hosts of the 2016 Olympic Games! Let's take a short break away from futbol, shall we, and celebrate... like the sexy pessoas did at Copacabana yesterday! Pele was in tears but they didn't bother to fly his best friend Romario to Copenhagen to hand him a tissue (they could've easily invited Ronaldo along too and played the 'we're a football crazy nation' card but alas, Lula knew the importance of being modest).

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Nos despertamos con la noticia ya esperada. "¡Hace 4 años, un día como hoy, México hizo historia!" El 2 de Octubre del 2005 se ganó un Mundial sub-17 y todos nos entusiasmamos. Como olvidar ese día, sentada en ante la tele viendo con escepticismo que México lograra ganar su primer mundial en cualquier categoría tras vencer a Brasil, eso no podía pasar, ¡pero un segundo lugar no era del todo malo!

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Here's Pele with Brazilian President Lula at the opening ceremony of the 121st IOC session and XIII Olympic Congress in the Opera house in Copenhagen on Thursday. Note that Lula is clearly wary of the easily excitable Pele. He tries not to look at him as the legendary footballer eyes him up while going in for a handshake with another man.

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Edson Arantes do Nascimento, mas conocido como Pelé es el embajador de Río de Janeiro en su candidatura para quedarse con la sede de los juegos Olímpicos de 2016.
Esto no es noticia y es de publico conocimiento, lo que es particular y muy llamativo son las declaraciones del segundo mejor jugador de la historia cuando le consultaron por la ausencia de Michael Jordan para defender la posición de la ciudad que lo vio brillar deportivamente. Click to continue reading...

This is a tough question, and it requires a few generalizations. But here we go: There is a top tier of soccer players. No one's 100% sure on exactly who's in there or where the cutoff is. But it features the likes of Pelé, Diego Maradona, Johann Cruyff, George Best, Ferenc Puskás, Eusébio, Garrincha (pictured), Alfredo [. Click to continue reading...

The Blog Memoria E. C. has a entertaining series that features fans that collect jerseys of their clubs> There's a lot of nice material.

The collector of Santos (click here to see pictures) has about 170 jerseys 155 used by the players.
Highlight: Jerseys signed by Pele and the powerful sqaud from the 60's.

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Even putting troubles related for his failures as Argentina's coach aside, Maradona really isn't doing so great at the moment. For one, he's checked himself into a clinic in order to lose weight (this, of course, after he's already had gastric bypass surgery). And as if that weren't demoralizing enough, for some reason he did so in Northern Italy where the finance police eagerly await his return like your dog waits for you to come home.

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If you had a German name and researched it, you'd probably end up learning that 800 years ago a poor pig farmer built his hut right beside a hole in the ground and so your family was subsequently named after this hole. A Portuguese or Brazilian name on the other hand is more like a soap opera and includes the names of your father, mother, first girlfriend, your father's mistress, your mother's gardener etc.

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La mano de Dios
Originally uploaded by mallo25 Frases futboleras Pelé: "El único gol de cabeza importante que marcó Maradona fue con la mano"
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La mano de Dios
Ilustración que hace referencia a Maradona tomando las riendas de la selección de argentina. Click to continue reading...

Remember how Maradona crowed he was chosen the best player over Pele in an internet poll.

"What matters is that when the people voted, he came second behind me. Nobody can take that away from me. And there was another vote in Brazil in which he came second behind Ayrton Senna. He needs to stop coming second.

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It never ends does it? Maradona VS Pele Round 11024 has officially commenced! Fortunately this time, King Pele picked his battles well and chose the perfect moment to take a dig at The Dona - when the Argentineans are struggling to accept his failures as national coach.

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Photo: VictoriaHighlandersFC.comThe Aztex finish their trip to the northwest still winless against all Canadian opponents. The Victoria Highlanders PDL side is either tougher than one would expect, or the Aztex were showing the effects of 4 games in 8 days and a less-than-stellar conclusion to the 2009 season. Click to continue reading...

Marta was introduced to Santos fans today. She will be the main name of the side in the women's version of Copa do Brasil and Copa Libertadores. She will be on loan for 3 months from Los Angeles Sol. The Copa Libertadores will be from the 4th to the 18th of October. The Copa do Brasil will run from September 15th to December 15th.

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World Cups are remembered for their star players as much as the winning team. Roberto Baggio in 1994, Maradona in 1986, Pele in 1958 and Niall Quinn in 1990 (just kidding) all gave their tournaments...

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Football is a cruel mistress. After City's 5-1 victory away to Bishop's Stortford I was really not in the mood to watch City lose to Eastleigh 0-2 last night. Before the match it looked so easy - Eastleigh have so far lost to Braintree, St. Albans, Thurrock and Dover. Not exactly the form of a team you would expect to be making another playoff run. Click to continue reading...

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Ok, Marta throwing a baseball at a LA Dodgers game is pretty random. They should've included a bonus round with Mickey Mouse Beckham as he elegantly manhandles a Javelin. What a spectacle that would've been.

On a more serious note, Pele will officially announce Marta as a Santos player in the squad's attempt to win the first ever female edition of the Libertadores Cup on October 4th.

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It is quite difficult to compare the career path of Fabio Capello and Marcello Lippi. Both have been successful coaches and both hail from the Italian peninsula. They both coached Juventus of Turin during their glittering managerial career, yet the similarities end there.

While Capello's playing career far surpasses that of Lippi's, the gap in accolades between the two greatly diminishes once we begin to analyze their coaching resumes.

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How does one go about measuring greatness in football? I mean real, obvious, blatant greatness; that rarest of qualities. Today "greatness" is such a woolly, over-used term that sometimes we lose its meaning and start labeling all sorts of mundane, workaday things as "great". The evolution of language has distilled its meaning, reduced its potency, but we still know greatness when we see it.

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Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo has been compared to the Argentinian legend 'El Diego' throughout their career. Messi has been brought up as the natural heir to Maradona's throne, while Ronaldo has always maintained the view that he is above all in the world. As far as I am concerned these comparisions are futile and I have stated the same many times earlier. Click to continue reading...

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This World Cup Stars post features possibly the greatest player of all time, Diego Maradona. To help you understand a little better there is a vocabulary list containing the words in bold at the foot of this post

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Pele may have won more World Cup titles, Ronaldo may have scored more goals, Lothar Matthäus played more games but no one has dominated the World Cup as much as Diego Maradona.

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Maybe you had too much too fast. Maybe you had too much too fast.
Or just over played your part.
Nothin shakin on shakedown street. Used to be the heart of town.
Dont tell me this town aint got no heart. You just gotta poke around.

Freddy Adu was once pure potentiality.

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Barney Ronay will be a future guest on the EPL Talk Podcast.

Best known to readers as a writer for The Guardian as well as a regular guest on The Guardian's Football Weekly Podcast, Ronay has written a new book entitled "The Manager." The book� takes the reader beyond the well-worn anecdotes, deeper into the stories of football's top men and the world they inhabit.

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Freddy Adu and Pele may get an even closer connection as he heads to the legend's former club.
As Freddy Adu mentioned on his twitter today:
"ok for those who dont know i just completed a 1 year loan move to Belenenses. And im excited to join the team tomorrow for training. Click to continue reading...

Maradona vs Pelé
Originally uploaded by rodhrigu Esta fotografia o lilustración sirve para demostrar que los ingleses odian a Diego Maradona y que ademas, el Peluza volvio hablar de mas.
El partido y clasico Sudamericano entre Brasil y Argentina tiene sabor una vez mas por la bocaza de Diego:
"Yo jugué diez años en el fútbol europeo y Pelé jugó en el fútbol sudamericano. Click to continue reading...