Four trialists have joined the New England Revolution's preseason camp, according to the Revolution's latest preseason roster released today. Defender Théophile "Junior" N'Tame, midfielders Jeremiah White and David Foley, and striker Saër Sène, join the Revs four MLS Supplemental Draft picks as non-contracted players in camp.

Headlines with question marks are always funny, but in this case due to the nature of automated translation and the global nature of football there is little certainty. Indications are that forward Prince Tagoe is no longer with his club. We're talking about a Ghana national team player played in Germany and Serbia during the last season, was heavily connected to the Seattle Sounders at the summer window in 2011, eventually moved to Bursaspor in Turkey.

Last week witnessed two amazing goals from Saudi clubs. The first was from Al-Ittifaq vs. Al-Ahli in what we can say as an Olympic league (under 23 years old)
The second goal was from Emad Al-Hosani from Al-Ahli vs. Al-Ansaar
Emad is Oman national team star, and he is famous by his bicycle kicks, watch these ones when he was playing at Al-Rayyan from Qatar:
and this one with Omani national team vs.

Last week witnessed two amazing goals from Saudi clubs. The first was from Al-Ittifaq vs. Al-Ahli in what we can say as an Olympic league (under 23 years old)
The second goal was from Emad Al-Hosani from Al-Ahli vs. Al-Ansaar
Emad is Oman national team star, and he is famous by his bicycle kicks, watch these ones when he was playing at Al-Rayyan from Qatar:
and this one with Omani national team vs.

I always stated that the decline of the Saudi football was never because of lack of talents but because those talents don't get enough attention to develop and polish their skills. Also, because of lack of the team plays and discipline in general.
Here is one new promising star named Salem Al-Dosari from Hilal, he is 19 years old only, and just up to last January he was not playing for any team, he was a player in "Hawari", that is district teams.

Now I know Australia won last night but Fox Sports continue to suggest this was Thailand's last chance.
They must win - or get a draw to stay alive was the verdict from Australia's best football commentator, Simon Hill. Simon is always on the ball, pretty much always correct on this stuff so I was surprised when he went down this line again and again.

We are one week into the SEA Games football competition and the games have been marked by pitifully low attendances so far. While Timor Leste attracted plenty of supporters for their games at Lebak Bulus Cambodia have been followed by a few embassy staff and teams like Thailand and Singapore have seen their support swallowed up by the cavernous Bung Karno Stadium.

Yesterday Saudi Arabia managed to beat Thailand 3-0 after very weak referee performance from Hong Kong. The referee gave two yellow cards to a Thai player #16
what I liked most is the way the Thai player was acting too polite in front of the ref at the second yellow card. Other players, go directly outside the pitch when they see the second yellow, but this player was smarter :)
The ref also didn't award a Saudi player for a deserved red card,
The whole refereeing performance showed its results at the end when he lost control of the game
Saudi players were also to be blamed for the loss of control, and today the Saudi Football Federation decided to punish those players by deducting their winning compensations.

Yesterday Saudi Arabia managed to beat Thailand 3-0 after very weak referee performance from Hong Kong. The referee gave two yellow cards to a Thai player #16
what I liked most is the way the Thai player was acting too polite in front of the ref at the second yellow card. Other players, go directly outside the pitch when they see the second yellow, but this player was smarter :)
The ref also didn't award a Saudi player for a deserved red card,
The whole refereeing performance showed its results at the end when he lost control of the game
Saudi players were also to be blamed for the loss of control, and today the Saudi Football Federation decided to punish those players by deducting their winning compensations.

Chuck Blazer could throw a massive monkey wrench into the New York expansion fun. (Getty Images)

The writing was possibly too much on the wall for this not to happen. We heard the whispers for a little while that something could be going wrong in the New York Cosmos to MLS expansion camp. With the news the other day that Cosmos chairman and CEO Paul Kemsley resigned, you just knew something else was going on.

Kicking and passing with the 'outside of the foot' is a very elegant and advanced skill that is mastered by only small number of players. I will cover in this series some of these players.
This year the Saudi league started with a storming media and legal debate of the Cameroonian player at Al-Hilal Achille Emana, did he give a finger or he didn't?

By Alan Duffy

Tat's entertainment...

Colombian Juan Pablo Pino obviously didn't invest in a copy of The A-Z Of Saudi Etiquette when he moved on loan from Galatasaray to Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr in the summer.

The winger was arrested by Saudi "moral police" in a shopping mall in Riyadh after fellow shoppers complained about the Colombian's tattoos on his arms, which were exposed by his sleeveless top.

Indonesia v Qatar 2-3 (Christian Gonzales 2) 28,000Singapore v Jordan 0-3 3,799Thailand v Saudi Arabia 0-0 42,000
OK so Indonesia and Singapore can forget about a trip to Brazil in 2014 following defeates to Middle Eastern nations while the Thais sit second in their group two points ahead of the Saudis but face two away games to complete the group.

Australia v Malaysia 5-0 Match ReportIndonesia v Saudi Arabia 0-0 Match ReportSingapore v The Philippines 2-0 (Shaiful Esah, Aleksander Duric)Thailand v Jordan 0-0 (Match Comments)

SINGAPORE, 7th October 2011: Singapore beat Philippines 2-0 in an International friendly that was played at Jalan Besar Stadium on 7 October 2011.

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This Road Runner player is a Kuwaiti new star who is playing in the Saudi team Ittihad, the game was in the Saudi league.

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In this week's review section, we look at stories from the Asian Champions League, pressure at Sunderland and Carlos Tevez embroiled in more controversy. You can listen to these and other stories on our weekly podcast and can find explanations of key vocabulary in bold below, or highlighted in blue.

OK, so I understand the format for the next Indonesian season will be 24 clubs. The season will begin on 14 October and will end in October 2012. That's a year later. The 2011/2012 will run for a couple of weeks I guess before the SEA Games will halt everything for a while. And once the season does end next October the best players will be rewarded with a call up for their national teams to compete in the ASEAN Football Federation Cup.

This is a part2 and last of these two posts where I am sharing some of the great old goals, mostly not that famous, or over consumed by media or clips. Don't expect to watch a typical Maradona or Pele goal, but something really rare that you might never seen. Non WC goals are here. All goals are historical, meaning they are at least 20 years old (1991 season or before).

This is a part2 and last of these two posts where I am sharing some of the great old goals, mostly not that famous, or over consumed by media or clips. Don't expect to watch a typical Maradona or Pele goal, but something really rare that you might never seen. Non WC goals are here. All goals are historical, meaning they are at least 20 years old (1991 season or before).

This report suggests Indonesia will play a friendly against Saudi Arabia in Malaysia on 7th October. What's that all about then? Why can't the Saudis come to Jakarta eh? Anything to do with the fact that Saudi women have been saying less than complimentary things about Indonesian women, comparing them less favourably to Moroccan women (as maids and domestics you understand).

Kathmandu, 12 Sept 2011
The young Nepalese boys took the field against Syrian team but lost the match 2-0. Nepal entered the match with confidence as home supporters were behind them. But unfortunately Nepal went down early in the 2nd minute of the match. Ahmad Ashqar scored for Syria amid misunderstanding between Nepalese goalie and defenders.

Kathmandu, Nepal
The young Nepalese boys took the field against Syrian team but lost the match 2-0. Nepal entered the match with confidence as home supporters were behind them. But unfortunately Nepal went down early in the 2nd minute of the match. Ahmad Ashqar scored for Syria amid misunderstanding between Nepalese goalie and defenders.

Saudi Arabia's domestic championship began this weekend with record champions Al-Hilal showing their mettle as they came from behind to defeat Hajer Club by two goals to one whilst Al-Ittihad warmed up for their forthcoming AFC Champions League clash with South Korean outfit FC Seoul with an exciting 5-3 triumph over Al Tawwun.

Football fans label Coaches crap or brilliant.
Jose Mourinho used to be brilliant, now he's second he's well...less so.
Alex Ferguson is always brilliant - he always wins, whereas Neil Lennon is crap - he comes second - add in Vitaslev Lavicka - season 1 brilliant, season 2 crap.
Ange Postecoglou is now brilliant and despite losing heaps of players in Season 1 and beginning of Season 2 if he's not top of the league after three games he'll be.

All the so-called experts and many fans on football forums denigrated Australia for their recent World Cup Qualifier against Thailand.
Why?
Because we allowed Thailand to score first, we didn't pass with fluency, we launched the ball high into the box too many times, or maybe because we didn't win 6-0.

I think most people agree that as long as referees are humans not super robots, and as long as FIFA insists to keep football almost the only sport without technology assistance for referees, we will keep debating if the ball crossed the line or not, was it an offside or not, penalty or not, scored by hand or head .

I think most people agree that as long as referees are humans not super robots, and as long as FIFA insists to keep football almost the only sport without technology assistance for referees, we will keep debating if the ball crossed the line or not, was it an offside or not, penalty or not, scored by hand or head .

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Here are some collection of very old goals from the archive, mostly are non-famous goals or at least not over-consumed by media such like the WC goals. Okay, to say it is historical, i selected them to be at least 20 years old, so they are up to 1991, I will arrange them historically
1961, I start with this goal from the 1961 European Cup final, scored by, Czibor , a Hungarian player who used to play in Barcelona.

By DAVID MOSSE

It would be disrespectful to six-time champions Argentina to call the upcoming quarterfinal clash between Spain and Brazil the decisive match of the Under-20 World Cup, but the winner will have incredible momentum heading into the semifinals.

As we are approaching the QF of the U20 WC, and Nigeria is one of the qualified teams so far, it is good time to remember one of the most incredible things ever happened in the world of the game.
That was in the 1989 U20 WC QF, Nigeria vs. Soviet Union. The game was held in Dammam in Saudi Arabia, and I have attended the game in the stadium myself.

Brazil Under-20 coach Ney Franco

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Brazil take on Saudi Arabia in the Estádio Metropolitano in Barranquilla tonight with a place in the semi-finals of the Under-20 World Cup at stake.
Coach Ney Franco is expected to start with Flamengo youngster, Galhardo, at rightback as forward Willian Jose drops to the bench.

The United States plays Mexico on ESPN2 and Univision at 9pm. Germany - Brazil is on ESPN Deportes at 2:30pm. The England - Holland friendly has been postponed. Fox Soccer has Valerenga - Liverpool at 3pm. Under-20 World Cup on ESPNU: Spain - Korea at 6pm and Brazil - Saudi Arabia at 9pm. All Times Eastern

It is a quirky system that requires two-thirds of the matches to knock out one-third of the entrants. But the opportunity for a well-placed third-placed team in a group to qualify for the last-16 gave us what drama there was in the third series of matches at the Under-20s World Cup... and perhaps the most bizarre qualification in recent tournament football history.

Wonderful article from the Defensive Minded Blog about Barcelona defending system at corner kicks. What is interesting that it stated that according to a study, that Barcelona is on average, the team with shortest heights in Europe. Despite that shortfall, Barcelona was always a solid defense team that is very difficult to score goal against, especially from corner kicks.

Wonderful article from the Defensive Minded Blog about Barcelona defending system at corner kicks. What is interesting that it stated that according to a study, that Barcelona is on average, the team with shortest heights in Europe. Despite that shortfall, Barcelona was always a solid defense team that is very difficult to score goal against, especially from corner kicks.

The field at the FIFA Under-20 World Cup has been narrowed to 16 teams.

Spain, Nigeria and host Colombia were the only teams to win all of their matches in the group stage, with Nigeria boasting a tournament-best +10 goal differential.

On the other end of the spectrum, Guatemala managed to qualify for the group stage after a late goal lifted the first-time participants to a 1-0 victory over Croatia in their final group game.

Nathan Baker's Under-20 World Cup adventure will last for at least one more match after England qualified for the knockout stages in Colombia, but Andreas Weimann will be heading back to Europe as Austria finished bottom of their group.
England might consider themselves a little fortunate after squeezing into the knockout phase as one of the best third place finishers thanks to three goalless draws.