It has been a year filled with unfortunate events so far this football season and I am sad to report that La Liga has lost another former player. Robert Enke who was currently with German squad Hannover 96 has died from an apparent suicide. Enke, well known for his role as Germany's starting keeper as of January 2009, played for two different La Liga squads over the course of his career and was considered by many football critics one of the most dependable keepers not only in Germany, but in the entire world.

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If the Copa del Rey is played, but hardly anyone cares about it, did it really happen? To say that some of the La Liga teams think of the cup as a nuisance would be quite an understatement. With the overloaded fixture list consisting of European and domestic matches, the Copa del Rey is near the bottom of the top teams' priorities.

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Real Madrid coach Manuel Pellegrini was left "very embarrassed" after seeing the most expensive team in world football lose 4-0 to a third tier village side Alcorcon in the Spanish King's Cup. Real fielded a strong team but were 3-0 down to the Segunda Division B club by half-time in the round of 32 first leg.

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Alcorcon ply their trade in the third tier of the Spanish league and when they came up against big spending La Liga giants Real Madrid in the first leg of this Copa Del Rey (the Spanish equivalent of the FA Cup) they were probably just dreaming of the much needed cash the tie would generate, however the Alcorcon players had other ideas.

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Well it must be time for the holidays with all the firings that are beginning to occur around the world of football. Plenty of dismal managers have already been kicked to the curb in other leagues and now La Liga has its first prominent replacement happening this week. Atletico Madrid's skipper Abel Resino is the first coach to go from any powerhouse squad in Spain and the coach could not last an entire year in total length with his new squad.

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#16: Osasuna

Osasuna is the worst remaining La Liga club when it comes to goals scored last season. In fact since 2005 the club has never scored more then 51 goals in a top tier season. But to the club's credit they do play excellent defense and that alone should help the club fight off relegation.

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#20: Gijon

Gijon needed to get much tougher on defense this off-season and to the club's credit they brought in some young transfers from strong organizations reserve benches. Alberto Botia and Joni Lopez join the squad. Botia was on transfer with Barca's reserve team and Lopez is on transfer from the same club.

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League's Biggest Baby

It is the least coveted award in all of the LLTO Award Ceremony, the League's Biggest Baby. Who will win it in 2009/2010? With all the new additions to Real Madrid it is quite possible that one addition will be the odd man out, but who will this player be?

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In order to truly predict the winner of next season's Segunda Division I would need Christopher Lloyd's character, Doc Brown, from the hit movie Back to the Future to fly his Delorean into the future to discover who would be the league's best, but such a trip would likely cost a lot of money or involve stealing plutonium from Libyan terrorist.

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Alex lora visito Tijuana en vísperas de su concierto en el estadio caliente, obviamente todo mundo se fotografió con el (no es para menos, hasta yo tengo mi foto) , pero eso es lo de la foto nada mas, la nota del día se la llevan los villamelones que le sacaron toda la sopa a un revendedor, nada que no sabemos ya de antemano, el club les pasa directamente los boletos, hay mochada para todos etc.

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Well their is the lucky clubs and the unlucky ones too. Unfortunately, sometimes the gap is so small between these clubs that it is hard to say where exactly it all went wrong. They say football is a game of inches, but sometimes it much more precise then that. These were the teams that let it slip in between their fingers.

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Keeper of the Year

David Cobeno of Rayo Vallecano is our Segunda Division Goalie of the Year. The keeper was more then reliable for his squad starting an impressive 40 matches and only allowing 35 goals for the entire season. It would be the most impressive save percentage in the league and the keeper would be one of the only to start 40 games for the entire season.

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Briefly we hear at SATO would like to take you through the Segunda Division of La Liga. We are aware that the second tier is not always as exciting as the moves that clubs like Real Madrid and Barcelona are making, but keep in mind that many of the stars of tomorrow are possibly playing in the secondary league today.

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Here in the U.S., it is the annual Madden time of the year, where kids all over America (both young or grown up) buy the popular sports video game franchise and look up the roster updates and marvel at the newly designed motion graphics. And for the first time in years, I haven't even really thought about the game's release date.

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Once again it seems like the easiest way to win a Most Disappointing Award is when you are coming off of a unusually spectacular season. And that was the case for Villareal Club de Futbol during the 2008/2009 season. The Yellow Submarines were so strong in 2007/2008 that any performance that was not among the league's best would be considered a mild disappointment at the least.

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Malaga Club de Futbol is the proud winners of this years LLTO trophy for the Best New Club in Spanish football. And let me tell you, it wasn't even close this year. Malaga was not only the best new club added to the Primera Division, they were the 8th best club overall in La Liga.Â

Malaga was able to out due Sporting Gijon this season who was also new to Primera Division competition.

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Team Overview: Founded in 1947, Xerez Club Deportivo will play their first season in the Primera Division next year. The club was the best in the Segunda Division this season and earned the title of Segunda League Champions for the first time in their history during the 2008/2009 season.

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Team Overview: Founded in 1932, Real Zaragoza has played the majority of their seasons in the top tier of Spanish football. In fact the Blanquillos have played 54 seasons in La Liga, but are still searching for their first top level championship. The club has also won six Copa Del Rey trophies with the most recent coming in 2003/2004.

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Team Overview: Founded in 1922, Club Deportivo Tenerife will join La Liga's Primera Division next season as a promoted club. Tenrife has played 13 seasons on the top flight with their first ever coming in 1961. 1993/1994 was arguably the club's best result finishing the year in fifth place and earning a spot in the UEFA Cup.

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A number of Englishmen are off overseas following stints in England or, as in two cases, under the tutelage of Glenn Hoddle at his academy based in Spain. Ikechi Anya was last seen in England last season, playing for Northampton Town. Before that, he was at Wycombe Wanderers and then Hoddle's academy. Click to continue reading...

Team Overview: Osasuna, founded in 1920, has played the large majority of their history in the top two divisions of Spanish Football. Osasuna is still searching for their first La Liga title though. The club's best finish was fourth place two different times in their history with the most recent being in the 2005/2006 season.

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Team Overview: Valladolid is fairly new to La Liga achieving a promotion from the Segunda Division following the 2006/2007 season. Valladolid was Second Division champions that season putting up a record eighty-eight points and earning promotion a record thirty-four games into the season.

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Team Overview: Real Betis will sadly face relegation to the Segunda Division this upcoming season after the club was unable to secure a safe spot in the league rankings for next year. Real Betis is one of the only Spanish football clubs that has won a championship on all three division levels.

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With the 3 Rapids games last week plus trying to keep up with the National Team I didn't get the final Weekend Roundup posted, so here it is. Even though Colorado and Kildare County are still in season I'm going to retire the weekly update until the other European leagues start up again in late summer. Click to continue reading...

Colorado Rapids - The comeback draw in SLC allowed the Rapids to catch Seattle in the standings. They now share 3rd in the West and 5th overall, but 3 of the teams ahead of them have played 2 more games than Colorado, and Seattle has played 1 more. Chivas still has a 6 point lead on the rest of the field. Click to continue reading...

Last season it was Real Zaragoza, Murcia and Levante. The season before that it was Celta de Vigo, Real Sociedad and Gimnastic de Tarragona. Who will it be this season? Who will suffer the heartbreak of relegation to the Segunda division?

Here's the ladder as it stands before the kick-off of round 34:

11 Almería 33  -12  40 12 Athletic 33  -10  40 13 Racing 33   2 39 14 Betis 33 -6 37 15 Osasuna 33  -4 36 16 Espanyol 33 -12  35 17 Getafe 33  -9  34 18 Sporting 33 -33  33 19  Recreativo  33  -20  30 20  Numancia 33  -31  28

Racing Santander is six points clear of the drop zone on 39, whilst Almeria and Athletic Bilbao are both on 40.

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A unas semanas de que se de el clásico esta noticia conmociona a México, si bien todavía no se sabe bien que sucede(como siempre en estos casos) El simple hecho de vincular a un equipo de fútbol con el narcotrafico aunque este sea de tercera división, es algo reprobable, si a esto se le agrega que pudiera ser de un equipo filial de un grande de México, la cosa es mas preocupante. Click to continue reading...

Hay porteros que ayudan a su equipo de la mejor manera anotando goles, No son Jorge Campos, Higuita ni Chilavert, el primero es un gol fortuito que como dicen dio la vuelta España y no era Contador, era el portero del Fuerteventura de segunda división española.
Pero hay quienes a pesar de tener buenas intenciones no ayudan a su equipo en los peores momentos, como este portero brasileño. Click to continue reading...

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Originally uploaded by prismatico Hoy los Xoloitzcuintles de Tijuana en el estadio caliente y todos los aficionados salieron contentos.
Xolos los de Primera A dieron un gran partido ante académicos, generaron muchas llegadas a la portería contraria, pero solo anotaron un gol, aunque este haya sido de rebote cuenta para sumar puntos en casa. Click to continue reading...

Newcastle United have completed the signing of Spain under-21 striker Francisco "Xisco" Jimenez Tejada. The 22-year-old has penned a five-year deal at St.James' Park and joins from La Liga side Deportivo La Coruna.
Xisco, who will wear the No.19 shirt, joins former Depor team-mate Fabricio Coloccini on Tyneside after the Argentine became the most expensive defender in the club's history last month. Click to continue reading...

Here in Comares, a tiny village high in the Axarquia region of Andalucia (where I'm fortunate to be staying for the month), there is no official football team as far as I know. The closest professional team is Malaga CF, who currently play in the Segunda Division.
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Rayo Vallecano 1-0 Universidad de Las Palmas 23:03:08 (12pm)
Real Madrid 2-3 Valencia 23:03:08 (7pm)
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March is finally here and we're deep into the heart of the domestic season. Many of you will be happily supporting your team as they bumble along in the Premier League, La Liga, the Bundesliga and so on, but we'd bet the shirts on our backs that you've probably forgotten all about the teams that were relegated last Summer. Click to continue reading...