By THOMAS FLOYD
With Thursday's acquisition of Albanian striker Hamdi Salihi as their second Designated Player,
D.C. United is making one thing abundantly clear: After spending the past few seasons breaking down
and rebuilding an aging roster, this team is once again ready to win now.
D.C. United has signed its fourth-ever Designated Player, acquiring forward Hamdi Salihi on
Thursday.
Salihi, 28, joins United after scoring 11 goals in 15 matches in all competitions with Rapid
Vienna in its current season in Austria's top division. Born in Shkoder, Albania, Salihi is also a
member of his country's national team.
Official D.C. United Press Release:
D.C. United acquires forward Hamdi Salihi as Designated Player
28-year old Albanian international has scored 163 goals in 289 professional matches
Washington, D.C. (February 2, 2012) – D.C. United announced today the club has signed 28-year old
forward Hamdi Salihi as a Designated Player.
Rangers striker Nikica Jelavic is refusing to be distracted by reports that Liverpool are
considering a bid for him.
Jelavic, who joined the Glasgow side from Rapid Vienna in 2010, has been linked with a big money
move in January - with QPR just one Premier League club to have been credited with an interest.
Jozy Altidore got the start for AZ in a 1-1 draw with Metalist. Both goals were scored in the 37th
minute, advancing both teams to the next round. Adam Maher scored AZ's quick equalizer, with the
club finishing ahead of Rapid Vienna on goal differential. Jonathan Spector and Birmingham City's
1-0 win over Maribor left them a point short of advancing to the next stage.
Nikica Jelavic insists he's happy at Rangers despite being flattered by reported interest from
Liverpool.
The striker has bagged 28 league goals in just 40 appearances since joining from Rapid Vienna in
2010.
The Croatian international was the subject of a big-money bid from Leicester City in the summer and
Gers boss Ally McCoist is braced for further interest in the January transfer window.
The YouTube is full of audacious shows of individual talent and athleticism and scammers
promising links to game highlights but redirecting you to some blogspot site where you may or may
not enjoy binding matrimonial contract with an Eastern European female simply by clicking on the
link.
This free kick routine from Rapid Vienna is much simpler, requiring far less top-drawer talent,
and just as aesthetic.
The YouTube is full of audacious shows of individual talent and athleticism and scammers
promising links to game highlights but redirecting you to some blogspot site where you may or may
not enjoy binding matrimonial contract with an Eastern European female simply by clicking on the
link.
This free kick routine from Rapid Vienna is much simpler, requiring far less top-drawer talent,
and just as aesthetic.
Este año he abierto en este espacio una seccion llamada El peor portero del
mundo es que hay tantos errores tan absurdos y locos que ya no se puede calificar de peor
porque de repente sale alguien que supera al anterior, este arquero de tan malo parece que hasta se
tira a proposito, muy sospechoso, de cualquier forma que feo jugar con el honor de uno mismo.
Starting from this week, I will embed only few videos of my picks, and post links to other great
goals. First, to allow the page to load faster, second, to give more focus to the best goals:
I have three videos to embed: the first is from Egypt. The goal was wonderful, but it becomes to
special when you know it was scored in the 95th minute, with one second left to the 5 minutes given
of injury time, to give his team a 1-0 victory.
Besiktas JK 2-2 Fenerbahce Highlights Video Goals Simao Almeida is a post from Soccer Blogger.
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2-2 Fenerbahce ( Simao, Hugo Almeida/ Alex, Cristian Baroni) Inonu Stadium- 27 October, 2011
Cristian Baroni's late equaliser allows Fenerbahce to draw 2-2 with Besiktas, [.
Rapid Vienna's sweet corner routine set's up Christopher Drazan for a superb volley against SV
Ried, unfortunately Rapid were beaten 2-1 in th tie, but what a super goal!
According to a report in The Sun this morning, Liverpool aimed a speculative offer for Rangers
hitman Nikica Jelavic as the transfer deadline approached on Wednesday night.
Reds manager Kenny Dalglish allegedly aimed a £9 million offer at the Glasgow side after seeing
David Ngog, Raul Meireles and Joe Cole leave Merseyside on various deals.
Liverpool are through to the semi-finals of the Swiss U16 Cup after clinching first place in Group
B on Saturday.
The Reds recorded an emphatic 5-0 victory over St Gallen in their opening game of the day in
Ruggell to ensure they'd finish top, meaning their 2-1 defeat to Rapid Vienna had no impact on the
final standings.
The final friendly, and, at least on paper, Liverpool's most difficult opponent. It's no doubt been
a challenging preseason for Kenny Dalglish and company, and if earlier results in the preseason are
any indication, Saturday's match poses a hefty challenge of its own. Valencia have won four of
their five friendlies thus far, getting past opponents like PSV Eindhoven, Sporting CP, and Hamburg
SV, dropping only an away match to perennial Austrian powers Rapid Vienna.
Kickoff from Anfield at 5:30PM BST/12:30PM EST
Ways to Watch:
Live in the U.S. on Fox Soccer Channel, in the U.K. on ESPN, and online on LFCtv for e-Season
subscribers.
MyP2P.eu
StopStream.tv
ATDHEnet.tv
FromSport.com
Liverpool:
Team sheet when it's available.
By Chris Wright
Nothing more, nothing less just ten brilliant photos pulled from the PA's bulging
goldmine/archive at random...
Graffitied on a Manchester wall; the Tottenham Hotspur line-up, 1968
Chelsea captain Ron 'Chopper' Harris leads his team out (followed by goalkeeper Peter 'The
Cat' Bonetti) ahead of the Blues' FA Cup fourth-round replay against Preston North End,
1969
Manchester United's Denis Law is beaten to the ball in an airbourne duel with Rapid Vienna
goalkeeper Fuchsbicher during the first-leg of the European Cup Quarter Final at Old Trafford,
1969
Accompanied in shot by Jimmy Greaves, Stanley Matthews quite literally hangs up his boots
after making his final appearance for Stoke City at his star-studded testimonial game,
1965
The three recipients of the Golden Shoe Award for the 1982/83 season pose with a huge Adidas
boot, from left: Steve Cammack (Div.
A complete 360 took place in the 1996 rankings from 1995. In 1995, Ajax won the European Champions
Cup only to finish second to Juventus in the rankings because of the lower ranking of the
Eredivisie. In 1996, Juventus defeated Ajax on penalty kicks in the final of the European Champions
Cup, but still finished behind Ajax in the rankings because AC Milan was able to take the Serie A
title away from Juventus.
Though it's merely a friendly, Pablo Hernandez has an early submission for the best goal in the
general vicinity of the 2011-2012 football season.
Very classy of him not to do the running-knee-slide-to-the-empty-stands as well, as anyone would
understand after such brilliance.
[101gg]
By Chris Wright
As you may have gathered, there's not really an awful lot going on today save Kun's imminent
move to City, so we're hoping that this round-up of decent goals from various friendly games around
the world will go someway to filling your daily quota of football goodness.
Pablo Hernandez scored a goal to remember for the rest of his life against Rapid Vienna
Pablo is a very skillful player who didn't make it much to the national team, but got very nice
skills and memories to remember with his club, something like this goal vs. Almeria, however, I
prefer a goal that he didn't score against Barcelona with the same style:
and my favorites come with this type of "Dennis Bergkamp" skills:
Sportklub Rapid Wien (also called Rapid Vienna) is an Austrian football club from the country's
capital city of Vienna. SK Rapid Wien is the most successful club in Austria with 32 national
championships, 14 Austrian Cups and 2 UEFA Cup Winners Cups to its credit. The club finished the
2010/11 Austrian Football Bundesliga in 5th [.
I heard a whisper a day or two ago that Carlos Cuellar was in London for a knee operation and
the Express & Star and OS have confirmed the news with some interesting details today. Apparently,
Carlos was having a torn meniscus in his right knee fixed and will now be out for up to three
months, probably causing him to miss the start of next season.
I heard a whisper a day or two ago that Carlos Cuellar was in London for a knee operation and
the Express & Star and OS have confirmed the news with some interesting details today. Apparently,
Carlos was having a torn meniscus in his right knee fixed and will now be out for up to three
months, probably causing him to miss the start of next season.
The last time the Austrian Bundesliga was of true mainstream relevance...
...Googling...
...still don't know. It's isn't the creme, that's for sure, and the smaller leagues are often
made more inconspicuous when there is a dominant power, even if that dominant powder can be found
in your local grocer's.
By Chris Wright
In which Sunday's 297th derby clash between Rapid Vienna and Austria Vienna was bought to a
premature end after just 26 minutes when Rapid thugs invaded the pitch after seeing their side fall
2-0 behind...
Unsurprisingly, the match was abandoned after the moronic scenes continued inside the Hanappi
Stadium for over half-an-hour.
Rapid Vienna's derby at home to Austria Vienna was abandoned after Rapid Ultra's stormed
the pitch mid-way through the first-half with their team 2-0 down
szólj hozzá: rapid fans attack
Brad Guzan wouldn't have been a name known to many outside of the United States when Martin
O'Neill first tried to acquire the keeper's services from Chivas USA in January 2008. That attempt
failed because of work permit rules, but the fact that MON went back for him (successfully) the
following summer suggested Guzan was someone worth getting to know.
Brad Guzan wouldn't have been a name known to many outside of the United States when Martin
O'Neill first tried to acquire the keeper's services from Chivas USA in January 2008. That attempt
failed because of work permit rules, but the fact that MON went back for him (successfully) the
following summer suggested Guzan was someone worth getting to know.
Villarreal CF vs FC Porto (FCP) 2011 Final score:- Villarreal vs Porto 3-2 ( Cani, Capdevila,
Rossi/ Hulk, Falcao) Europa League Semifinal- Second Leg- El Madrigal- 5 May 2011 Villarreal win
3-2, but it is not enough to prevent Porto from winning the Europa League semifinal tie 7-4 on
aggregate and booking their spot in [.
Porto vs Villarreal Final score:- Porto 5-1 Villarreal ( Falcao*4, Freddy Guarin/ Cani) Europa
League Semifinal First Leg- 28/4/11- Porto at home- Estadio do Dragao Porto produce an excellent
second half performance to thrash Villarreal 5-1, with Radamel Falcao scoring four goals. Porto 0-1
Villarreal ( Cani) Porto 1-1 Villarreal ( Falcao) Porto 2-1 Villarreal [.
Part 2 of the series focuses on Norwegian striker, Jan Åge Fjørtoft...
Jan Åge Fjørtoft became a bit of a cult hero during his time in the Premier League playing for
Swindon Town in the 93/94 season. His fly by celebration became infamous throughout the league.
Part 2 of the series focuses on Norwegian striker, Jan Åge Fjørtoft...
Jan Åge Fjørtoft became a bit of a cult hero during his time in the Premier League playing for
Swindon Town in the 93/94 season. His fly by celebration became infamous throughout the league.
