A little respite before the storm I suppose. But, not really.
The U10 lads have their final regular season game before play-offs - if they win tomorrow morning
they'll be seeded 6th going into the post season.
Sunday morning at 9 is the final training session with the Thanksgiving Tournament Team, and then
at 12:00 noon is the start of the Dinamo Recruitment Session at Griffith Park - and the launch of
the Women's Team.
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Arseblog 20 November @ 03:10 AM EST
Morning all, good to see the Thierry Henry stuff has blown over. Erm ... I wouldn't normally
bother but I think it's only fair that someone tries to counter the lies and the hysteria. He's not
one of ours now but he was and he was one of our best. Plus it's kinda quiet.
The Mirror:
Liam Brady last night branded Thierry Henry "shameful" after launching a bitter attack on FIFA
for fixing the outcome.
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Congratulations FIFA, they've got the World Cup they wanted now haven't they, and I hope their
proud of how they got it. It was a ridiculous decision to seed the World Cup play-offs in the first
place, and ultimately prevent the the hard-work in qualifying of teams like Ukraine, Bosnia and of
course the Republic of Ireland.
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The Hand of the Frog
Thanks to the 50 + of you who participated in our World Cup
Playoff Prediction Contest sponsored by Soccer Pro, and I'm pleased to announce our winners...
1st Place: Jon (wins a team jacket of his choice from Soccer Pro!)2nd Place: Daniel (wins an
official World Cup replica ball!
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Dave Kitson of Stoke City has become the second striker to join Middlesbrough on loan since the
appointment of Gordon Strachan. It is hoped that Kitson will provide additional competition for
places up front, following the recent arrival of Marcus Bent on loan, and will be reunited at the
Riverside with his former Reading strike partner Leroy Lita.
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Young Oranje made a huge step towards the play offs for the Youth EC in 2011. Cor Pot's team won
2-1 against Spain at the Sparta Castle in Rotterdam. There's seven tickets for the Denmark EC 2011
for grabs in the play offs. The confrontation with Spain was the first serious
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On Saturday night, Russia defeated Slovenia 2-1 in the first leg of their World Cup Playoff, in
Russia. Russia had gone 2-0 up, thanks to a double from Diniyar Bilyaletdinov, however Slovenia
scored in the 88th minute with a goal from Nejc Pecnik, that has kept the Slovenians alive in the
tie, especially with a crucial away goal.
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Burley's assistants, Terry Butcher and Paul Hegarty, were also released, 48 hours after Scotland
succumbed to a 3-0 friendly defeat by Wales. The SFA had decided against dismissing Burley last
month following a review of the national squad's failure to reach the World Cup qualifying
play-offs. But Saturday's humiliation in Cardiff proved .
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Europe
With four places left to be filled, the eight best runners-up from the group stage took to the
field on Saturday to kick-off the first leg of the European play-offs.
In Dublin, Ireland battled tenaciously against the visiting French team but somewhat frustrating
played true to form, i.
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The Scottish Football Association tonight confirmed George Burley's sacking as Scotland
manager.
The SFA acted quickly after Scotland fans turned on Burley during Saturday's 3-0 friendly defeat
by Wales.
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The four European World Cup Play-offs games are delicately posed heading into the second leg on
Wednesday. Here is a look at each game, plus the big winner take all game in Africa.
Republic of Ireland 0-1 France
France were the one European team to win away from home on Saturday, putting them in the strongest
position of all the teams playing on Wednesday.
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In the olden days, local aldermen and dignitaries would be the people that kept football clubs
going. These butchers, bakers and candlestick makers were far from perfect they were often
autocratic, completely insular and frequently treated the supporters of their clubs like dirt but,
for the most part, they partly ran their clubs for the honour of their local communities.
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Friday night and we're on our second LAPL game in 5 days, back at Crossroads we're 2-0 down to
Penmar at half-time. We're really not concentrating, or working anything like as hard as we need
to, and though we're a couple of first-choicers light (Nick, Jeff, Mike, David, Theo all out)
credit to Penmar - they capitalize.
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The first legs of the European World Cup play-offs took place yesterday (Saturday) and Russia,
Portugal and France all take slender advantages into their second legs.
Portugal managed to beat Bosnia-Herzegovina 1-0 in Lisbon in their first leg. With Cristiano
Ronaldo ruled out of the tie through injury the Portuguese had to rely on the likes of Simao
Sabrosa, Liedson and Deco for their creative spark but all three were guilt of below-par
performances.
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On this week's podcast Internationals take centre stage. There are crucial World Cup play-offs
and matches taking place around the world, but we focus on the Ireland v France match-up. We also
review the football stories of the past week and make our predictions on the big games. Come along
to the site at languagecaster.
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It has taken twenty-eight years, but New Zealand are back on the global stage in world football.
Their 1-0 win against Bahrain this morning saw them through to the World Cup finals next summer. A
record crowd for a football match in the country of over 35,000 packed out The Westpac Stadium in
Wellington.
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World cup play-offs take place this weekend and fans around the world will be crossing their
fingers hoping for the result to go their way. On this week's show we listen to an Irish fan give
his opinion on what might happen when Ireland play France over two legs. You can also:
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SoccerLens 12 November @ 10:15 AM EST
Don't miss Adrian Clarke and Iain Spragg debate the beautiful game on Episode 28 of the world
famous Soccerlens podcast.Â
This week's sprightly show features lively chat on possible Premier League expansion, the next
destination for Man City rebel Robinho and a cheeky new way of ridding football of its diving
cheats.
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Soccer Pie 12 November @ 09:22 AM EST
The play-off draw was by no means easy on Republic of Ireland and they have
only FIFA officials to thank to for pitting them against underperforming but still very strong
France side. This is obviously going to be most interesting duel in the World Cup play-offs and
while we have no doubts both sets of players will be extremely motivated, it is the coaches that
have the power to win this game for their team.
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Using the squad that Raymond Domenech has picked for the World Cup play-offs, Goal.com's Robin
Bairner has picked his starting XI to send France to South Africa. In addition, he has selected a
wildcard player to keep an eye on...
The wildcard...
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This weekend will make and break the careers of some coaches and players. The European play-offs
which will begin on Saturday the 14th November and conclude on the following Wednesday, will
definitely be a must win for the likes of France, Portugal and Russia.
A world cup without the reigning world player of the year Cristiano Ronaldo is simply
unimaginable.
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World Cup play-offs dominate the week. It's squeaky bum time for several countries around the
world. We have the second leg in the Asia vs Oceania play off, the CONCACAF v South America
showdown, and the games that will decide which European sides will join those already qualified.
Our guest this week is Lilika, a Liverpool fan living in Japan.
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Artigo sobre Dzeko, ponta-de-lança da Bósnia no www.fifa.com, que
demonstra mais uma vez a vontade dos bósnios em vencer este play-off. É certo que nos atribuem o
favoritismo, mas como se diz popularmente"são palavras para boi adormecer".
With nine goals in the European Zone of FIFA World Cupâ„¢
qualifying, Bosnia-Herzegovina striker Edin Dzeko rates as one of the most prolific goal-getters on
the continent, second only to ten-goal Greece's Theofanis Gekas.
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The World Cup is almost set in terms of the teams that will qualify and once the play-offs are
completed it will be clear whether the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Thierry Henry and Franck Ribery
will be present or missing. In the meantime, Sweden's talented forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic will
certainly not be going to the World Cup after his country failed to qualify from the same group
which saw eventual winners Denmark earn automatic qualification and runners-up Portugal reach the
play-offs.
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Ireland play France in the World Cup play-offs this week with many commentators already writing
off their chances of making it to South Africa next summer. However, here are 5 reasons why
Republic of Ireland fans can still dream about World Cup 2010 despite being drawn against a team
that has already been seeded twice.
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Guus Hiddink's side are favourites to make it through the play-offs to South Africa, but his
selection problems give Matjaz Kek hope of masterminding an upset.
Slovenia hoping for another play-off miracle against the might of Russia.
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A decent win in the Black Country on Saturday, aided by some iffy Wolves defending and
goalkeeping. Still we weathered the early storm Wolves whipped up quite well, although a lack of
sharpness on their part in front of goal helped.Â
Now we head into an international break with a number of our European players featuring in
crucial World Cup play-offs, not least France v Ireland.
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From Super Metro Final Summer 2009
From Super Metro Final Summer 2009
In just 5 years, The Dinamo Football Club has gone from a scrimmage at this very field to the final
of the Super Metro Division - the highest expression of the beautiful game in the Los Angeles
Municipal Sport Program.
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The Republic of Ireland will take on France in the World Cup play-offs which commence next
weekend in what will be an intriguing clash between the shrewd Italian coach Giovanni Trapattoni
and the much-maligned French national team coach Raymond Domenech.
Trapattoni's record speaks for itself with successful spells almost everywhere he coached yet
his most notable job prior to taking over Ireland ended in miserable failure with the Azzurri.
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Portugal will most likely be missing Cristiano Ronaldo when it hosts Bosnia-Herzegovina on
11/14/09 as it looks to build some momentum prior to the return leg in Bosnia on the 18th of
November. Unfortunately for the Portuguese the latest report claims Ronaldo will be out for about a
month which means he will not feature in both matches for the national team.
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Of the European World Cup play-offs I would argue that the Republic of Ireland's fixture against
France is the pick of the ties. The Irish have shown a great battling spirit in their
qualification campaign so far, drawing twice with Italy and narrowly missing out on defeating the
Italians particular highlights.
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Surplus to requirements at White Hart Lane, Roman may have a future just down the road at Upton
Park?
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Tottenham striker Roman Pavlyuchenko wanted by West Ham
As West Ham prepare for the visit tomorrow of Aston Villa, Tottenham striker Roman Pavlyuchenko has
emerged as a surprise target.
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Soccerblog 02 November @ 10:31 PM EST
With his contribution key to the Galaxy making the playoffs, Beck's Milan departure raises fewer
eyebrows. He will play his first Serie game on January 6th and if all goes as planned, he will join
the Galaxy after the World Cup.
I am of the camp that the criticism which he received on his return was fully deserved.
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1974: The year of the Watergate scandal, West Germany hosting and winning a World Cup made
nervous by the hostage crisis of the Olympic Games held in the same country two years earlier, the
death of Juan Peron and two British general elections. It was also the last year in which Rochdale
AFC last played outside the bottom division of the Football League.
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