Dirty Tackle 11 November @ 03:53 AM EST
In a match from Argentina's Liga Regional de San Francisco between Sociedad Sportiva Devoto and
Rivadavia de Rio Primero, the referee showed a red card to a Rio Primero defender for his
goal-saving handball in a way that was either very nice or very creepy, depending on how you look
at it.
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EPL Talk 25 August @ 04:27 PM EST
In the build up to, and during, the West Ham/Millwall match violence took hold in and around
Upton Park.
One man was stabbed in the chest, and a BBC reporter has heard that a second stabbing has
occured. Another fan said that his father had to receive medical attention after having a dart
thrown at his head.
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EPL Talk 24 August @ 06:52 AM EST
How many times have you been on the BBC Sport or ITV Football website and you've been intrigued
by a video that the publisher is promoting only to find out that a rights restriction message pops
up when you try to play it? It's frustrating especially given that BBC Sport began preventing
international visitors from even watching post-match football manager videos.
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San Francisco -- In the opening act of the "Night of Champions" double header (FC Barcelona -
UEFA Champions League winners - vs. Chivas Guadalajara followed) soccer night at Candlestick Park
in San Francisco, reigning MLS Cup winner Columbus Crew was able to oust the San Jose Earthquakes
on the effort of three second-half goals, 3-0.
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The Black and Gold will travel to San Jose this weekend for what is called the Night of
Champions. The Crew and San Jose Earthquakes will play the first MLS game ever at San Francisco's
Candlestick Park. Following that match FC Barcelona and Mexico's Chivas de Guadalajara will face
off. Once again the Crew will be missing their leading scorer Guillermo Barros Schelotto as well as
defender Frankie Hejduk.
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Below are collated results for the preliminary round of the 2009-10 CONCACAF Champions League. Ties
are a two-match, home-and-away series, higher aggregate score wins, and away goals count. If
aggregate and away goals are level, a 30-minute extra time period is played with penalties if
necessary. First leg home team score is listed first for both legs.
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I'm home way too late to give commentary on the early matches, but I should be able to comment on
the late game. Here we go: San Juan Jabloteh 1-0 San Francisco (1-2 agg.) Árabe Unido 1-0 Olimpia
(2-2 agg.) Real España - Liberia Mía 1900 Commentary after the jump. 1848: Here I am. Looking
around for updates, but the matches have to be close to finished by now.
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The Offside 03 August @ 08:45 PM EST
Something to read while you enjoy Mikel Arteta's Tweet dissing P-Nev... (assuming it's really him
of course) Top 10 Premier League strike partnerships (In the Stands) Steve Thompson loves those PDX
microbrews (OregonLive) Predicting the future (Three Match Ban) The return of the transfer window
shaman (Studs up) Don't mess with York City players (Unprofessional Foul) San Francisco takes the
2009 Street [.
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Barcaloco 03 August @ 12:19 AM EST
Pep Guardiola gave his team an easy morning today as they prepared to leave Los Angeles after a
successful 4 days. The team did not have to practice and instead made a trip to the Beverly Center
for a little shopping before heading to the airport for the flight to Seattle.
Upon arrival the team went directly to their hotel where they rested before a light team
training session to stretch out after the short flight.
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Dieciseisavos de Final de Concachampions 2009-2010
Martes 28 de julio, 2009
1 D.C. United vs. Luis Ángel Firpo 1
3 Pachuca vs. Deportivo Jalapa 0
Miercoles 29 de julio, 2009
0 Toronto F.C. vs. PR Islanders 1
2 San Francisco F.C. vs. San Juan Jabloteh 0
2 Libería vs.
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Below are collated results for the preliminary round of the 2009-10 CONCACAF Champions League. Ties
are a two-match, home-and-away series, higher aggregate score wins, and away goals count. If
aggregate and away goals are level, a 30-minute extra time period is played with penalties if
necessary. First leg home team score is listed first for both legs.
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Via prensa.com - Alexander Da SilvaFoto: www.dim.com.co
El atacante panameño Brunet Hay Pino debutó ayer con el Independiente de Medellín en el empate 1
a 1 ante el Once Caldas por la Copa Colombia.
Hay entró de cambio al minuto 72, en lo que fue su primera acción con el DIM desde que llegó a
préstamo al club la semana pasada.
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The CONCACAF 2009 Champions League Qualifying continued on Wednesday with several matches.
Here's a full recap of all the matches.
Puerto Rico Islanders top Toronto FC 1-0 Video Highlights
Toronto FC lost their first match in the CONCACAF Champions League as Puerto Rico Islanders won
1-0.
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Futbolita 29 July @ 10:22 PM EST
via AFP
Oooh, we're jelizz of all you Americans. All we got were English teams coming to our
side of the world (hey, we can't complain though) and you pessoas get the sexy Spaniards!
Even Bobojan is going on tour. Well, at least they love their fans there they
travelled to USA four times in the last six years.
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Time for Wednesday's matches in the Champions League: Toronto FC 0-1 Puerto Rico Islanders 90'+ San
Francisco - San Juan Jabloteh 1900 Liberia - Real España 1900 Commentary after the jump. 1856:
Free kick to Puerto Rico in midfield. Into the second minute of stoppage time. But why a long ball
to no one in particular?
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Via DIAaDIA - Vielka Cádiz Franco
Todo tiene su final... nada dura para siempre, así lo expresa la letra del desaparecido cantautor
puertorriqueño Héctor Lavoe, y así la aplicará dentro de poco el conocido mediocampo de la
selección de fútbol de Panamá, Alberto Blanco.
Ayer, el jugador, quien se encuentra en Estados Unidos jugando la Copa Oro, anunció que después
de la cita "dorada" se retirará porque considera que ya cumplió su ciclo.
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En el partido de ayer de la Copa Oro entre nuestra selección mexicana contra
Nicaragua, apenas en el minuto 5 Carlos Vela sale del partido por una lesión. De
hecho en el medio tiempo, sale cargado por dos asistentes técnicos de Javier Aguirre.
Había un rumor que el mexicano había sufrido una fractura de peroné, pero en el Sitio oficial
de la Femexfut aclaran cual es su lesión:
Carlos Vela, delantero de la Selección Mexicana quien tuvo que dejar el encuentro ante
Nicaragua durante los primeros minutos del partido por una lesión, fue valorado en un hospital de
San Francisco, donde, los primeros reportes señalan que se trata de una lesión muscular.
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Victoria and David Beckham have stripped down to their underwear in their latest campaign for the
Italian designer, Giorgio Armani. Last Summer DavidBeckhamNet had the chance of watching David in
San Francisco unveiling the huge pictures that covered Macy´s walls.
The Beckhams are promoting the autumn/winter '09/10 collections of Emporio Armani underwear by
Giorgio Armani.
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FIRST LEG Tuesday, July 28 DC United - Chalatenango (SLV), 8pm Pachuca - Jalapa (GUA), 10pm
Wednesday, July 29 Toronto FC - Puerto Rico Islanders, 8pm San Francisco (PAN) - San Juan Jabloteh
(TRI), 8pm Liberia (CRC) - Real Espana (HON), 10pm Thursday, July 30 W Connection (TRI) - Red Bull
NY, 8pm Herediano (CRC) - Cruz Azul, 10pm Olimpia (HON) vs.
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Barcelona and Chivas will be the second half of a double bill on August 8th, when the Earthquakes
host Columbus at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. "We are excited to host the ‘Night of
Champions' with the two-time MLS Cup Champion Earthquakes, the reigning MLS Cup Champion Crew, FC
Barcelona, who won the Champions League this year, and Chivas, who have 11 Mexican league titles,"
said Earthquakes Executive Vice President David Alioto.
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Following up on my post from Friday: San Francisco FC won the Apertura championship in Panama after
defeating Chorrillo 5-4 on penalties after a 0-0 draw in the final last night. The hero was San
Francisco 'keeper William Negrete, who was substituted into the match by manager Rúben Guevara a
minute before the end of the extra time period because of his expertise in saving penalties.
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Albion Road 09 June @ 06:26 PM EST
The 96th edition of the US Open Cup formally kicks off today June 9th with a host of first round
games. To commemorate the occasion Bill Turianski and I have put together a map of the 32 teams
entering at the first round stage and will be updating it as we go along. Bill has done the map
work and the the emblems and the layouts and I've put together many of the profiles that run along
the right-hand side of the map.
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Not that I am a fan of El Salavador by any stretch, but a group of people on an American street
corner --let alone out front of a Popeye's in San Francisco-- celebrating a Mexican defeat needs to
be shared.
Now if you'll excuse me I'm going out for a 2-piece with seasoned fries.
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U.S. WNT 21 May @ 10:05 PM EST
Just over a week ago, when the USA's two matches against Japan in Texas and Utah were changed to
one match against Canada in Toronto, U.S. goalkeeper Nicole Barnhart realized that her passport was
expired. Whoops! Yes, you need a passport to travel to Canada. In the words of Forrest Gump..."It's
this whole other country.
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Damn y'all. Dude couldn't get what he really wanted --a real estate development, not a soccer
team-- and has hit the road back to San Francisco. On one hand it could be a good thing to drop
some dead weight if the remaining partners are really committed. But on the other hand...well, the
other hand the stadium situation must be next to impossible for land shark like him to walk away.
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TRABAJO DE CANCHA REALIZO - EL TECNICO GARY STEMPEL
Por segundo día consecutivo entrenaron los jugadores llamados a entrenar por el técnico Gary
Stempel, realizando su sesión en la mañana del martes 14 de abril en la cancha de entrenamiento
de la Ciudad Deportiva.
La práctica que duró cerca de hora y media y a la que asistieron 20 jugadores, consistió
básicamente en trabajos tácticos y de definición.
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Via FEPAFUTLa selección sub-20 de PANAMÁ que deberá enfrentar en partido de ida y vuelta a
HONDURAS con miras al premundial en Trinidad y Tobago, viajará vía terrestre desde
Guatemala hacia la ciudad de Comayagua, Honduras, donde el jueves 2 de octubre se disputará el
partido de ida a la 6:30 p.
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The Dynamo escaped from Panama City with a tie Tuesday night that felt like it could have been a
win. The MLS champs played San Francisco FC to a 0-0 finish under difficult conditions, namely a
soggy, slippery pitch and...
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Islanders 3 vs Santos Laguna 1(Mexico) Dynamo 0 vs San Francisco FC 0 (Panama) Final
Thoughts: FMF apologists will complain about the condition of the pitch tonight in Bayoman, but the
bottom line is the Islanders coming off three points last week versus Tauro FC and winning the
Regular Season USL-1 title are in form and looked eager [.
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HexagonalBlog 23 September @ 08:18 PM EST
The second matchday of the Group Stage is underway, so let's go!San Francisco 0-0 Houston Dynamo
65'Puerto Rico Islanders 3-0 Santos Laguna 65'Cruz Azul - Saprissa 1900 (UTC -7) 1827: Watching the
San Francisco-Houston match...San Francisco is laying back and holding out for counterattacks.
Dynamo are seeing more of the ball but can't manage to hold it for very long.
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The Dynamo are set to take on San Francisco FC beginning at 7 p.m. today in Panama City in what
will mark the MLS champions' debut in the CONCACAF Champions League. You can catch the Group B
match live on...
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The CONCACAF Champions League continues tonight with three group stage matches. In United's
group, Saprissa travels to Mexico to take on Cruz Azul. The Costa Rican giant currently sits atop
Group A, while Cruz Azul lost their first game 0-2 against CD Marathon (Honduras). Galavision will
air this game live at 10 p.
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The Dynamo landed safe and sound in beautiful Panama City on Monday ahead of today's Champions
League match against San Francisco FC. The team practiced at Rod Carew Stadium, Panama's national
baseball stadium and site of the Group B showdown,...
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Contra Remate 17 September @ 02:12 PM EST
Los Pumas de la UNAM rescataron un punto de oro en su visista al San Francisco de Panamá, en
un partido que se vio bastante ensuciado por mal arbitraje. El "Tuca" Ferreti
presentó un cuadro lleno de jugadores de canteranos, salvo Francisco Palencia, Martín
Bravo y Carlos Humberto Gonzáles, esto por darle prioridad al torneo local [.
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Quick responses to the CONCACAF Champions League results from last night...
- Puerto Rico just keeps on keeping on, doing what Chivas USA couldn't do with a 2-1 home win
over Tauro of Panama. WHO WILL STOP THE ISLANDERS??? We'll see when they play Atlante...
- I knew DC was in trouble when I saw the starting lineup.
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