La Spanish Liga continued today with Round 11 & its six scheduledgames.(photo: efe)MALLORCA
continues proving its home ground is a stronghold withanother good win other ALMERIA 3-1. The man
of the match wasCASTRO for Mallorca who put in two goals (48th & 94th min), with his team-mate
VICTOR scoring the other goal in the 89th min.
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Bolivar Liberators, State Championship game
I'm working on editing and uploading the over 1000 photos I took this weekend, as well as the many
videos that I've already posted. This website is a labor of love, in equal parts labor and love,
with 9 hour days on site Friday and Saturday followed by as many hours editing, writing and
uploading.
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Futbolita 21 November @ 08:06 PM EST
So Werder Bremen thrashed Freiburg 6-0 last night in the Bundesliga (See, they don't even need
Diego aka Survivor Contestant No. 91255 these days). As for Hugo
Almeida, we've not heard from him for a while so it was finally nice to see the Portuguese
striker helping himself to a double.
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ATLETICO DE MADRID went to DEPORTIVO & fell again in their owntrap. The Madrid team lost the match
in the 95th min to a penaltythat leaves them dangling at the bottom of the table. The Club has
enter a worrying spiral that fans hope they can pull themselves outoff.(photo: Aguero end of
game)SERGIO AGUERO put Atletico ahead with a brilliant individual goalin the 3rd min, but slowly
Deportivo
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Futbolita 21 November @ 10:28 AM EST
We need to get this bloody image of Daniel Agger from our minds, pronto! Quick, Pippo
Inzaghi... do something! Anything....
Anyway, all you ferosh futbolitas have probably heard of the epic show from Italy called
Chiambretti Night. Well, their exotic dancers have been known to serenade the likes of
Mourinho and Ancelotti 'live' on Botox Berlusconi's TV network as
music plays in the background.
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The voting for the 2010 National Soccer Hall of Fame closed on Thursday evening, and while I was
able to squeeze my ballot in just under the deadline, it was far from an easy decision to make.
There were 24 names on the ballot.
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Futbolita 20 November @ 02:16 AM EST
You know that baby wanted a photo with Martin Palermo... but his family stopped
Veron's sleek black ride instead as it drove up to Estudiantes' training ground
last week. The baby's got the "Papa, you lied. We were supposed to go to Boca's training
ground, dammmit!
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How is this guy one of the best regarded soccer writers in America? He's sure as hell not a good
interviewer:
SI.com: Without being too self-conscious about it, I wanted to ask you what you thought
of my book, The Beckham Experiment?
I mean, honestly. And check out the picture Wahl posted on twitter:
Does Wahl not look creepy as fuck, and does Don Garber not look as though he's contemplating
calling the police?
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Futbolita 19 November @ 09:40 AM EST
Thanks Alexia for the photo!
So he's not exactly the world's favourite man right now, but Titipo Henry has
officially joined The Dona's recreational volleyball club after his handball
against Ireland. Ok, instead of calling him a hypocrite like everyone, let's sit down and have a
drink.
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Thierry Henry helped France into the World Cup with a handball that won't soon be forgotten in
Ireland (or anywhere for that matter).
Here's Henry's Diego Maradona impression:
We'll take part of the blame for jinxing Henry by running the above photo with the Wednesday
Commentary post, but in the end, the French star cheated and won't live it down any time soon.
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Thierry Henry helped France into the World Cup with a handball that won't soon be forgotten in
Ireland (or anywhere for that matter).
Here's Henry's Diego Maradona impression:
We'll take part of the blame for jinxing Henry by running the above photo with the Wednesday
Commentary post, but in the end, the French star cheated and won't live it down any time soon.
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KICKETTE 18 November @ 12:00 PM EST
Once we've stopped tittering, we'll try to write a caption for this photo of Michael Owen and
Anderson waiting to board the Manchester United team bus on November 7th. It may be some time
before we're capable.
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KICKETTE 18 November @ 12:00 PM EST
Once we've stopped tittering, we'll try to write a caption for this photo of Michael Owen and
Anderson waiting to board the Manchester United team bus on November 7th. It may be some time
before we're capable.
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Dirty Tackle 17 November @ 05:53 PM EST
On an international break Tuesday, this qualifies as noteworthy all Austria's Paul Scharner has
to do now is suffer disfiguring burns on one side of his face and he'll be a Batman villain.
[Photo: Reuters]
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Well after Worky posting that wonderful photo of one of my all time favourite players, I felt we
couldn't leave it at that. So, being a little indulgent, I wanted to share with you my
reminiscences of a great Newcastle United footballer (and gorgeous guy), one of the best exports to
make it out of [.
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Two of the U.S. Under-17 national team's top prospects are inching closer to European moves,
while a third is edging closer to an MLS deal.
Manchester City and Real Madrid have stepped up their bids for U.
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Kenny Cooper has been struggling for playing time with TSV 1860 Munich lately, and now it
appears he will have to wait even longer to get on the field.
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Kenny Cooper has been struggling for playing time with TSV 1860 Munich lately, and now it
appears he will have to wait even longer to get on the field.
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Are you a Chelsea fan through and through like me and I don't mean a glory hunter, but a real
life-long, die-hard fan? Well I am looking for you this week. I am looking for a Chelsea fan out
there to be featured on the site as my new Fan Focus. All you have to do is head over to this page
and answer the questions along with a photo of you and email them to me chelseadaftmail (at) gmail
(dot) com and you will be featured.
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MLS Commissioner Don Garber gave his annual State of the League Address on Monday and covered a
wide range of topics, from expansion to the Collective Bargaining Agreement to the Designated
Player rule.
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MLS Commissioner Don Garber gave his annual State of the League Address on Monday and covered a
wide range of topics, from expansion to the Collective Bargaining Agreement to the Designated
Player rule.
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U.S. men's national team midfielder Jose Francisco Torres will not play in Wednesday's friendly
against Demmark after has been excused from the U.S. team's camp.
Torres was one of four new players called in to the U.
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U.S. men's national team midfielder Jose Francisco Torres will not play in Wednesday's friendly
against Demmark after he was excused from the U.S. team's camp for personal reasons.
Torres was one of four new players called in to the U.
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The U.S. men's national team played without several star players and still managed a respectable
performance in a 1-0 loss to an underwhelming Slovakia.
Marek Hamsik's penalty kick provided the difference, and also changed the tone of the match as
Slovakia played like a team content with a 1-0 victory.
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The U.S. men's national team played without several star players and still managed a respectable
performance in a 1-0 loss to an underwhelming Slovakia.
Marek Hamsik's penalty kick provided the difference, and also changed the tone of the match as
Slovakia played like a team content with a 1-0 victory.
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The Philadelphia Union unveiled the uniform it will wear in 2010. Here it is:
Don't like the photo? Here's a graphic of the jersey:
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What do you think of the jersey? Like it? Hate it?
Share your thoughts below.
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Dirty Tackle 13 November @ 05:19 PM EST
This is the jam Deco is using to get his adrenaline pumping for Portugal's World Cup
qualification playoff match against Bosnia tomorrow. I think.
[Photo: AP]
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According the Sports daily "AS", REAL MADRID General Director JorgeValdano has given clear
instructions to Coach Pellegrini; stop rotatingthe team & begin establishing a "prototype" 11
team.This has two implications:1. the below photo is the team we should be seeing from now on,
withthe only difference that Cristiano Ronaldo will take the place of Marcelowhen he returns from
his ankle injury.
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Dirty Tackle 12 November @ 04:15 PM EST
Noted world leaders Fat Ronaldo and Israeli President Shimon Peres meet at a hotel in Sao Paulo.
Fat Ronaldo discusses how he forgot to wash his upper lip. And how he ate his necktie on the way
over.
[Photo: Getty]
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Los Angeles Galaxy defender Omar Gonzalez was named the winner of the 2009 Rookie of the Year
Award on Thursday, beating out Toronto FC goalkeeper Stefan Frei and D.C. United forward Chris
Pontius for the honors.
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Welcome to the latest installment of Your October Questions Answered, where we take your
reader-submitted questions and try to offer up our best responses and opinions to those
questions.
This batch of questions covers everything from Brian McBride's potential return to the U.
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I just read this bit in the Boston Herald about how our Taylor and his brother (who knew there were
two of 'em?) where in this crazy near-death experience in Chicago this week; the driver of a cab
they were in had a heart attack as they approached an intersection and hit a wall. And just to make
it all weirdski's, this isn't the first time the Twellman Brothers --which sounds like a C&W band--
have been in a crash & bang situation.
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Anfield Red 11 November @ 12:16 PM EST
If ever there was a photo to sum up the way this season has gone for Liverpool, it would most
certainly be the one inserted in this article: a photo of David Ngog diving through the air with
the greatest of ease in a moment that I now consider to be comedy gold. I'm through [...]
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Futbolita 10 November @ 11:59 PM EST
In the spirit of the World Cup season, allow Ballackwurst and co' to present to
you with the new German national team kits. It seems to set in well on the shoulders, don't you
think? Lieblich! Bastian Schweinsteiger is all "meh" in this
photo below, but they all secretly love the extra space on the left to show off the arm
muscles, so do not fear!
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U.S. national team forward Charlie Davies has been released from the National Rehabilitation
Hospital in Washington some four weeks after being involved in a deadly car crash.
"I would like to take the time to thank everyone who has dealt with me in the Hospital Center
and NRH for really putting in the time to help me get better as a person and as an athlete," Davies
said in a statement released on his behalf.
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