Con un gol en la última jugada del partido, el "Toro" Vuosso marca el gol definitivo, donde Leobardo López fué la figura marcando un gol y con asistencia para gol. Sven se dió el lujo inutil de probar un zaga... Click to continue reading...

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High-ranking officials of Pachuca, Mexico's oldest professional soccer club, might announce today whether they picked the Valley as the home of their first expansion team in the United States.

Pachuca's officials are meeting with the mayors of Mesa and Tolleson and probably Gov.

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It's become one of those personality defining questions: Beatles or Stones? Tea or coffee? Blonde or brunette? And now mariconada_phoenix has gone and asked it on Forums Offside: FIFA or Pro Evo? The latest versions of both games will be released in the next couple of months: FIFA '09- October 3rd in Europe October 14th in North America Pro Evolution [. Click to continue reading...

Canberra FC have put a proposal to Capital Football to fully fund a Canberra/Goulburn/Cooma/Yass inclusive Youth team to play ALL the Youth teams in the A-League. But it appears to have been rejected.

Canberra FC informed me they offered to open the team to all players and clubs in the Canberra region providing a pathway, immediately, for all our junior players. Click to continue reading...

Another child has died from a falling soccer goal in Arizona, less than 4 months after another child died in Phoenix: YUMA, Ariz. A fourth-grader at a San Luis elementary school is dead after a soccer goal fell on him and another student early Thursday, San Luis police said. An ambulance rushed both students [. Click to continue reading...

David Beckham and his LA Galaxy will return to New Zealand in December for an exhibition match against an Oceania All Stars team captained by New Caledonian and French player Christian Karembeu, former Real Madrid player and better known for having married to Slovak model Adriana Sklenaříková. Click to continue reading...

A-League season IV so far ONE-SEVENTH of the way into what is shaping as a much-improved season and, while it's too early to draw any major conclusions, here's a quick snapshot of the good and bad from every A-League team, and an area or two that could do with some tinkering given there's a break in the calendar next week. Click to continue reading...

Apparently Ricky Herbert is furious with his sides display last night!

I'm more furious. I had to turn it off at half-time. Yes I lasted that long.

The difference between me and Uber Coach Ricky was I knew what was coming.

Some of the Fox Sports guys have talked the Phoenix up since they started in the league. Click to continue reading...

The Melbourne Victory managed to put 4 past the Wellington Phoenix yesterday afternoon, giving it the top position in the ladder after two rounds. It wasn't the prettiest football match ever, with heavy rain soaking the pitch and players. But for Melbourne fans, there was plenty to enjoy. Danny Allsopp had a fine match, netting Melbourne's first [. Click to continue reading...

A-League Australia Football League: Wellington Phoenix are meeting Melbourne Victory Sunday August 24th. Watch the highlights and LIVESTREAM here.     Pre-register at the NEW football site 11×2 today Click to continue reading...

Nick Ward and Archie Thompson will both miss another round, while Michael Theoklitos has also picked up an injury and won't make an appearance against the Wellington Phoenix. The big story this week, though, is the return of Grant Brebner. Brebner hasn't played since December 2007 and looks ready to make his reappearance after a long time [. Click to continue reading...

As expected, the Galaxy today dealt the rights to former striker and noted head case Clint Mathis to Real Salt Lake.

In return, they got a conditional fourth round pick in the 2010 draft.

From the (edited) Galaxy press release:

Mathis, who began his career with the Galaxy in 1998, was re-acquired by the club in November 2007.

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The Melbourne Victory beat the Wellington Phoenix last night, securing their first ever Pre-Season Cup. After neither side failed to churn out a goal in regular playing time, it was left up to a penalty shoot-out to determine the victor. After both Shane Smeltz and Nick Ward lobbed their penalties over the bar, it wasn't until [. Click to continue reading...

Pre-Season Cup final analysis, WP 0 v MV 0 (MV 8-7 on pens) OVERALL, on a pretty bumpy pitch, which tested the first touch and distribution, tonight's pre-season cup final, won by the Victory after a marathon 18 penalties, wasn't the greatest spectacle, but there were some solid signs for both sides as they build towards the season proper. Click to continue reading...

Sky NZ is considering televising the Pre-Season Cup Final between the Wellington Phoenix and Melbourne Victory on Wednesday night. It's the biggest game in the history of the Phoenix, who finished bottom of the table last year. Wellington officials are expecting a strong home crowd of up to 10,000. Not bad for a Wednesday night football [. Click to continue reading...

By Andrew K In Leo Bertos, Andrew Durante, Jon McKain, Leilei Gao, Troy Hearfield, Ben Sigmund, Adam Kwasnik and David Mulligan Ricky Herbert has acquired some terrific additions to his squad for the 2008/09 season. Leo Bertos has returned home after 2 seasons with Perth Glory, Troy Hearfield comes across from the Newcastle Jets, and Leilei Gao returns [. Click to continue reading...

Here's a link to an interesting survey on the Sideline Views Blog. I would encourage all who are interested to respond and please post your responses here to and maybe we can get some dialogue going. My answers are listed below.

# Is U.S. Soccer on the right track in attracting potential fans? Click to continue reading...

Someone is working on a U.S. Soccer project (it's not the federation, it's a scholarly venture), focusing on the men's team and sent me a list of questions, wanting my perspective. I know what I think, and usually people don't have to ask twice for my opinion, but I'm well aware that there's a world of different thoughts out there. Click to continue reading...

Lawrie McKinna and Amy Chapman on Nearpost Radio this week.

The Mariners are in Canberra this week for a couple of games, plenty of training and media/community work. See list of engagement and games below.

Coach Lawrie McKinna will join us on Nearpost Radio from 6:30pm 98. Click to continue reading...

The endless talk of MLS expansion is a fun game, but it is not the only one it town. The USL-First Division is also looking at increasing their numbers, which brings us to Edmond (just north of Oklahoma City), Oklahoma.

The league recently sent a letter to the mayor concerning their interesting in placing a team in the city for 2009, they just need to find some interested investors. Click to continue reading...

I picked a bad time to be away, didn't I? Events in the past week have been strangely reminiscent of the 04-05 season: great play, great sense of team spirit, tons of injuries. Perhaps it's a good omen, as Barca won the title that time, but I hope the squad remember that they did it by sticking together and working hard through the bad patches.

Here's an amazing statistic: it's been 10 months since we last won 4 in a row. Click to continue reading...

The Las Vegas Sun offers up their odds for the 13 cities often mentioned in MLS expansion talks. They are looking at things in a 'how does Vegas' fit in kind of way, but they don't seem to let the homer symptom overly influence their thought process. Anyway, here are their odds:

Atlanta: 100-1
Cleveland: 60-1
Las Vegas: 10-1
Miami: 35-1
Milwaukee: 75-1
New York: 8-1
Philadelphia: 6-1
Phoenix: 20-1
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Well, technically it's Australia, since the newly formed Wellington Phoenix (brilliant crest, by the way) play in the Australian A-League, which kicked off this weekend. The team took the place of league laughing stock New Zealand Knights, who were destroyed by the perfect storm of 1) being incompetent on the pitch, 2) low attendances, and 3) financial problems. Click to continue reading...

Had the opportunity of covering the Final of the Copa PanAmericana, which pitted Cruz Azul against Boca Juniors. The match was at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, AZ and probably had a few thousand people in the stands. I would have to say even though there weren't that many people there - their energy could have filled two stadiums.

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