Jon Levy and Neil W. Blackmon So Mexico are Olympic Soccer Gold Medalists U-23 World Champions.
They won the Gold Medal match this afternoon 2-1 on two goals by Oribe Peralta. Sure, they received
a "that'll never happen again" reprieve by Oscar, who missed a free header from six yards late in
the match that [.
This contribution by Rory McLean. He is a historian and soccer writer based in "middle
America." He is the co-writer of Steven Cohen's Not Blowing Smoke, a collection of biographical
short-stories available for the Amazon Kindle.
Processing the Stars & Stripes in 1934...
The taste of a sour Gold Cup finale is still puckers the lips of the US soccer fan.
When Wayne Rooney was banned for three games for a straight red against Montenegro in
qualifying, England manager at the time, Fabio Capello, claimed it was his fault.
Following England's failure at Euro 2012, Roy Hodgson seemed to put some of the blame of
Rooney's shoulders, despite his winning goal against the Ukraine.
Welcome to the Roy Hodgson Era. A defensive set-up, limited ambition, a set play goal, and two
solid lines of four retreating deeper and deeper as the match went on. England's full-backs mostly
stayed in their own half, England's wide players rarely got ahead of the two out-and-out attackers,
and Gerrard charged forward from deep to join the attack maybe twice.
Germany cruised to a comfortable 4-1 win over Greece to book their sport in the Euro 2012
semifinals. The result was not a surprise as Germany were heavy favorites and very few gave Greece
a realistic chance to advance.
It was a decent start both sides as Germany dominated possession and chances while Greece were
able to keep it scoreless.
Fresh off a last-minute come-from-ahead loss to FC Dallas last week, Sporting Kansas City
desperately needed some good news in Sunday night's match-up against the Los Angele Galaxy.
Some good news came late in the form of a Frankie Hejduk handball.
Hejduk handled a cross in the penalty area to set up an Omar Bravo stoppage time penalty kick
that helped Sporting KC salvage a 2-2 draw at Livestrong Sporting Park on Sunday.
szólj hozzá: Greece vs Russia 1:0 MATCH HIGHLIGHTS
This was a day talent took a backseat and words like "heart", "courage", "bottle" were used as
descriptives. In the end Russia flattered to deceive having won the statistical battle in every
department except in the one that really matters as one's mouth runs dry saying it.
When 'super duper set-piece' penalties go wrong, you tend to end up looking like a bit of a
massive great sopping tit as Uzbekistan U23 striker Aleksandr Geynrikh found out to his cost
during a friendly game against Zenit St Petersburg last night.
Yesterday's defeat against Wigan confirmed that the 1995 Premier League champions have once
again been relegated to the second tier of English football, after 11 years back in the top
flight.
So where did it all go wrong for Rovers? I think it is fair to say that neither the owners
Venky's nor manager Steve Kean have been fans' favourites since they took over at the end of 2010
and the plight has been clear for all to see.
7 Spectacular Non-Football Chokes - originally posted on Soccerlens.com
It isn't often that you'll see a team throw away a three-goal lead in the second half as Chelsea
did earlier this season in their 3-3 draw with Manchester United. But as wild as this English
Premier League season has been, from 8-2, 1-6, 3-5, and beyond.
"Who will be next in line?" is the question every Chelsea supporter will be asking after their
club's Chairman and owner, Roman Abramovic, brought an end to the tenure of Andre Villas-Boas (AVB)
as Chelsea manager.
The sacking hardly came as a surprise, AVB had been made a clear short priced favourite in the
Premier League's Sack Race betting for some weeks and the continued wretched form of his team
finally cost him his job, with the 1-0 defeat at the hands of West Brom seemingly the final
straw.
We're still trudging through Mordor aren't we? Gary Cahill takes over as Frodo on this day, as
he welcomes his former employer to Stamford Bridge on Saturday.
We kind of need a win here. Yeah, we definitely need a win here.
What to say? We've been shit for some time now, and it really doesn't look like getting better
soon.
By all accounts he's a decent guy, is Mick McCarthy. Unfortunately for him, such personality
traits are seldom considered to be of great importance when deciding whether to keep the manager of
a football club in his position, and his departure from Molineux after one of Wolverhampton
Wanderers' most embarrasssing results of recent years comes as little surprise.
Image: Blic Online. Cheers to @IvaNedic for the tip.
It's never a good time for a wife and girlfriend jealously break, per say, but take a reprieve
from our usual raucous raciness we shall anyway.
C'mon and join us. It'll be fun.
Nemanja & Ana Vidic
Following in the steps of his Manchester United team-mate, Rio Ferdinand, and his wife, Rebecca,
Nemanja and Ana Vidic were asked to join Wythenshawe Hospital in South Manchester's staff re-open
their newly renovated maternity ward last Friday.
1. The real winners this weekend were the Football Pools coupons: not a single home win in the
Premier League. 2. All those Spanish pundits were right: David De Gea is always susceptible to
those 10-yard wonderstrikes. 3. You can always trust Joey Barton to keep his head down after an
unexpected reprieve from his [.
Carlos Tevez is set to be given a reprieve after Manchester City failed to endorse coach Roberto
Mancini's claims that he refused to come on as a substitute. Tevez seemingly refused to come on as
a substitute with City trailing 2-0 to Bayern Munich last month sparking a furious backlash from
boss Roberto Mancini who [.
Carlos Tevez is set to be given a reprieve after Manchester City failed to endorse coach Roberto
Mancini's claims that he refused to come on as a substitute. Tevez seemingly refused to come on as
a substitute with Manchester City trailing 2-0 to Bayern Munich in their crucial Group A UEFA
Champions League clash in [.
Back to the future Andre Villas Boas would have had a nasty shock when he saw the teamsheet for
Chelsea's midweek Carling Cup clash against Fulham and discovered that he wasn't the manager. In
what was presumably an admin error by someone using an old template, Carlo Ancelotti was given a
one-night reprieve and reinstated [.
Back to the future Andre Villas Boas would have had a nasty shock when he saw the teamsheet for
Chelsea's midweek Carling Cup clash against Fulham and discovered that he wasn't the manager. In
what was presumably an admin error by someone using an old template, Carlo Ancelotti was given a
one-night reprieve and reinstated [.
With the Euros currently lording over our minds, it's a nice reprieve to know that not
everything is super glam, super serious, and needs be paired with pomp and/or circumstance.
This is a wonderful look on The Homes of Football collection, documenting...you guessed
it.
The Winter and his discontentMake no mistake, Wednesday evening's victory over
Montreal was a much needed breathe of fresh air for Toronto FC and their long-suffering supporters.
Beyond the win and progression to the Canadian Championship finals, simply being entertained and
having a bit of the old "BMO Field atmosphere" return was nice.
By Jason Davis - WASHINGTON, DC (Jan 12, 2011) US Soccer Players -- After a grueling
invitation-only three-day combine in Florida, young players with professional dreams will be chosen
by needy teams anxious to find the next Taylor Twellman, Steve Zakuani, or Geoff Cameron. It's
Major League Soccer's SuperDraft, a reprieve for those that can't abide a couple of months without
MLS soccer.
I know I'm probably in the overwhelming minority but, for what it's worth, I quite like Steve
Kean. There, I said it.
It's not that I believe he's a perfectly competent coach being made a scapegoat and it's not
that I really have any faith in his managerial fortitude what-so-ever.
The WPS received a reprieve from U.S. Soccer on Monday evening. In a special meeting held by the
U.S. Soccer's Professional League Task Force, which consists of Secretary General and CEO Dan Flynn
and board members Mike Edwards and Carlos Cordeiro, they committee came to an agreement with the
five remaining WPS teams.
One of the most frustrating aspects of yesterday's draw with Norwich was the substitution of Craig
Bellamy, who scored Liverpool's goal and was a consistent attacking threat. After the game,
Liverpool legend David Fairclough echoed the thoughts of many fans and expressed his disappointment
at Kenny Dalglish's decision.
Every so often events conspire to make us question whether there is indeed some footballing god
directing proceedings from, somewhere. After UEFA's initial decision to remove Swiss club FC Sion
from the Europa League, the club they had previously beaten on aggregate in the final playoff round
that club being Celtic FC were awarded their place in Group I in their stead.
For the managers of Ireland and England, all problems are relative. After England secured a place
in the European Championships with a draw away to Montenegro, one might have expected a reprieve
for Fabio Capello and his men. An undefeated ...
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The opening round of group matches in the UEFA Champions League were completed on Wednesday with
a shock in Milan, predicted wins for the likes of FC Bayern and Real Madrid proving true whereas
the Manchester duo of City and United had to be content with a point in two difficult matches.
Ondřej Čelůstka proved to be the hero in the San Siro stadium as his 76th minute goal proved
to be the winner in a 1-0 victory over 2009-10 Champions League winners Internazionale.
