KICKETTE 19 November @ 11:40 AM EST
Victoria Beckham, her short trousers and fabu shoes, go for a stroll in London.
Cristophe Metzelder, his (ex) Julia Goteke and their daughter spotted at the airport.
Sacha Kljestan (of USMNT and Chivas fame) has a girlfriend in the semi-finals for the Victoria's
Secret angel's competition.
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KICKETTE 19 November @ 11:40 AM EST
Victoria Beckham, her short trousers and fabu shoes, go for a stroll in London.
Cristophe Metzelder, his (ex) Julia Godicke and their daughter spotted at the airport.
Sacha Kljestan (of USMNT and Chivas fame) has a girlfriend in the semi-finals for the Victoria's
Secret angel's competition.
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So we approach the end of another Asian Cup qualifying round and how much closer are South ast
Asian nations to qualifying? In 2007 thanks to some political compromise there were four countries
in Asia's flagship national team competition; Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. For 2011
in Qatar they may be just one.
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It requires some planning, quite a lot of peering of timetables and unintelligible weather
forecasts, but we decided to go in the end. The bus chunters up through Kemptown and Hanover,
eventually depositing us in the centre of Whitehawk, which feels like the very top of the world.
The wind is gusting at sixty to seventy miles per hour and as we walk down to The Enclosed Ground
the heavens open and rains falls horizontally, a lacerating experience made all the worse for the
creeping suspicion that Whitehawk FC is hiding from us.
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Sodium 15 November @ 10:03 AM EST
It's time for a little payback lady warriors.
In the Semi Finals we play ESUFC Arsenal. The last time we played them they beat us 2-1. Remember
that? Remember how it felt to be beat by them? A team we hadn't lost to in what, 2+ years? A team
we beat with 11 players in the Oswego Cup?
Remember that today as you take the field Sodium and know that if you give 100%, play as a team, be
patient and play your game, you won't have to feel that feeling again.
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WVHooligan 12 November @ 02:14 PM EST
GBS helped lead the Crew to a second straight Supporter's Shield trophy. (Getty Images)
We all expected big things in 2009 for the Columbus Crew. Anytime you win a MLS Cup and retain
the bulk of a lineup that got you that title you expect to repeat or come extremely close to do so.
As we saw last week the Crew fell short of that this year as they lost to Real Salt Lake at home in
the semi-finals of the eastern conference.
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The
FIFA World Cup 2010 welcomes
Chile to South Africa after they qualified in an
impressive second place. This will be the first time they have qualified for the finals since 1998
(they were banned from qualifying for 1990 and 1994 after their 'keeper feigned injury during a
qualification match against Brazil).
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So Australia move through to the semis of the AFC under-16 women's championships as the only team
not to drop a game after beating Japan 3-1 in Thailand tonight. The two Korean teams, DPR Korea and
Korea Republic drew in their round game, so they both finished on seven points in Group A while
Australia topped Group B with a perfect nine points, three wins from three games.
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Australia's second game of the 2009 under-16 AFC championships has just wrapped up and it's another
win for the Aussie team. Which means, barring any huge upsets, they have made it through to the
semi-finals of the titles. To make it to next year's under-17 FIFA women's World Cup, they need to
finish in the top-three so it means they are halfway there.
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Anfield Talk 06 November @ 12:42 PM EST
Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe Reina has said that he does not believe an early European exit for the
club would be a complete disaster.
Reina knows that his side must win their two remaining games and hope already-qualified Lyon can do
them a favour against Italian side Fiorentina, but maintains that the Reds' rich European history
makes up for this season's woes.
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Just as the Second World War had started at the beginning of the football season, it ended in
Britain, at least at what would have been the end of it. It took, however, many years for the
country to recover from the end of the fighting, so perhaps it is unsurprising that the Football
League was unable to resume fixtures for the start of the 1945/46 season.
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The first round of MLS playoffs (aka MLS Conference Semi-finals)Â always spurs heated discussion
about its playoff format as well as the League's two conference structure.
Let's take an overview of various playoff format options and League structures for Major League
Soccer. There should be three objectives to a playoff format and League Structure:
1) Crown a worthy champion
2) Entertain the fans
3) Maximize revenue for the teams and League
No matter what playoff format is used or what tweaks are made to improve it, a percentage of
fans will criticize it and offer other imperfect solutions.
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I'm sure you're all like me out there in the Gooner Nation. Still luxuriating in the warm glow
of the derby win last Saturday over the Forces of Darkness. The cod DVD cover doing the email
rounds with Spurs releasing a highlights video of the first forty-two minutes of the game is
absolutely delicious.
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We finished the regular conference games this weekend extending our unbeaten run to 11 games. We
have only conceded 6 goals in the last 10 games, so our defense deserves a lot of credit.
When I say our defense, I should really say our defensive play. We have to defend from all
positions all over the pitch and the hardwork our forwards put in pressurising the opponents in our
attacking third deserves as much credit as the defenders working hard in and around our penalty
box.
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It's the FA Cup First Round this weekend so, in the first of five pieces about the Oldest
Cup Competition In The World (and there's a phrase that is probably copyrighted by The FA), we take
a look back at Wycombe Wanderers' run to the semi-finals of the competition in 2001.
The FA Cup is a competition that throws up surprise results every season, but some records
remain and one that may never be broken is that no-one from the bottom two divisions of the
Football League has made The FA Cup final.
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WVHooligan 02 November @ 10:13 AM EST
The playoff version of the SuperClasico got off to a bang with a 2-2 draw. (Getty Images)
Some could say the results we saw in the first week of the playoffs were fairly expected. The
SuperClasico ended in a draw that I think most folks expected to get; Real Salt Lake found a way to
get a win over the Crew at home; Seattle and Houston battled it out to a scoreless draw; and maybe
the only real shocker of the weekend was the Revs beating Chicago 2-1.
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Longpier 01 November @ 02:02 PM EST
Local band The Jons have been named the winners of Southend's Battle of the Bands.
In a musical spectacular, The Jons saw off competition from Lazarus Rose, Vacant Touch and The
Peppermint Apes to win the seven-week competition, organised by Southend Radio 105.1.
The Jons, whose music is described as an infectious blend of bouncy ska, punk and indie, wowed
the crowds at Southend's Marine Parade on Saturday night (31 October), with hundreds of fans
enjoying their energy-charged performance, and then taking part in a text vote to make them the
winners.
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Well here we go again.
Having lost the past two semi-finals, or conference finals, or whatever you're calling them, the
Fire are entering the post season yet again with the taste of a lot of post season success, turned
disappointment in their mouths.
Two years ago, we rocked DC United's world after they won the Supporter's Shield, and we snuck
in -thanks to Thorny's 90′-, by dropping them first round only to be taken out by a Taylor
Twellman bicycle kick from hell.
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Saturday October 31st
1:00 pm – Greenwood (2) vs Thomas Jefferson (7)
3:00 pm – Richland (3) vs Laquey (6)
5:00 pm – New Covenant (4) vs College Heights (5)
Catholic has a bye as the #1 seed
All games will be played at Springfield Catholic on Saturday 10/31. The Semi Finals on Monday,
11/2 are scheduled for Cooper #3 at Lake Country Soccer.
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Saturday October 31st
Greenwood (2) 9
Thomas Jefferson (7) 1
Richland (3) 1
Laquey (6) 6
New Covenant (4)
College Heights (5) -
Catholic has a bye as the #1 seed
All games will be played at Springfield Catholic on Saturday 10/31. The Semi Finals on Monday,
11/2 are scheduled for Cooper #3 at Lake Country Soccer.
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A Michael Stewart goal sent Hearts through to the semi finals as they put paid to Celtic's CIS
Insurance Cup hopes.
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Arsenal face Liverpool tonight in the Carling Cup, a competition that Wenger has religiously
used to give reserves, youth players and first team squad players a run-out. Â We have had some
success over the years, reaching one final and three semi-finals, so the policy has its merits. Â I
would like Wenger to take the competition a little more seriously and start to use more experienced
players the closer got to the final.
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ERIC SAMUEL
The Sultan Mohd IV Stadium in Kota Baru is a "football heaven" for Kelantan coach B.
Sathianathan.
The former national coach said that teams should look forward playing in Kota Baru and not be
intimidated by their partisan fans.
"The kind of atmosphere you get playing here is lacking in Malaysian football," said Sathianathan
after Kelantan, backed by a sell-out 25,000 crowd, defeated KL Plus 3-0 in a Malaysia Cup
quarter-final second-leg match on Saturday to advance 4-1 on aggregate.
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Springfield SC, U14 Champions at Fall Classic
The Springfield Soccer Club once again made its' presence known at a local tournament with several
convincing tournament championships this past weekend. The tournament started out on a brisk
Saturday morning with the familiar red and black uniforms active on many fields.
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Springfield Catholic, Justin Bowenschulte
The seedings for the district tournament for 2009 are available below. Springfield Catholic is the
host of this years playoff soccer, the 1st round and semifinal round will be played on their pitch
at the High School with the Final booked for Cooper #1 at Lake Country:
1.
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Springfield Catholic, Justin Bowenschulte
The seedings for the district tournament for 2009 are available below. Springfield Catholic is the
host of this years playoff soccer, the 1st round and semifinal round will be played on their pitch
at the High School with the Final booked for Cooper #1 at Lake Country:
1.
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A good result finally. The men from Stamford Bridge raised their game to pick up a handsome 4-0 win
against Athletico Madrid. Chelsea had proved their progress to the semi-finals of Champions League
last season was no fluke.
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Futbolita 22 October @ 03:49 AM EST
I never thought I would see the day but there are increasing calls from the Inter faithful for
Jose Mourinho to leave.
The self styled "special one" who won the Champions League in 2004, as well as league titles in
Portugal, England and Italy, is under intense pressure as Inter's alarming European form continues
to slide downwards.
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Arseblog 22 October @ 02:16 AM EST
I am touched by the hand of *boilk* this morning. Stupid delicious gin and tonics.
It's a big day at the club today. The AGM takes place this afternoon and, all things considered,
it should be a much calmer event than the last official meeting. Back in April things were stormier
at a special shareholders meeting, so much so that certain segments of it didn't make the official
broadcast and we know that Arsene took offence at somebody labelling Sylvester geriatric when we
all know that whatever else Sylvester still has the funk.
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Longpier 20 October @ 03:45 AM EST
The biggest live music competition in Essex returns to Southend seafront this Saturday (24th), as
local bands battle it out to be crowned Battle of the Band champions 2009.
It's the second set of semi-finals this weekend with The Peppermint Apes, Vanity Clause, The Summer
Regret and Lazarus Rose performing live on the Southend Radio SoundStage from 6-8pm.
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Krisztian Nemeth, Hungary Under-20s' number 9Hungary's progress to the Under-20s World Cup
semi-finals in Egypt has brought to the spotlight the country's close links with Liverpool
Football...
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Terim has managed Turkey since 2005 and took them to the semi-finals of Euro 2008, where they lost
narrowly to Germany.
Happier times...
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The Black Satellites dance their way to the U-20 World Cup semi-finals in Egypt (Getty)Just four
teams remain in the 2009 Under-20s World Cup as the competition reaches it's semi-final stage in...
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Arsereview 09 October @ 11:58 AM EST
Hark back to 2006. It was the first season at The Grove and despite many more tickets being on sale
on a match-by-match basis, many gooners couldn't get a ticket to watch their club in the plush new
stadium. It was nigh on impossible for Red members to get a ticket.
In those times, we couldn't buy a home draw in the Carling cup.
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Before Gary Neville got fined £5k for his celebration against Liverpool, what irked me the most
about Robbie Fowler's five digit salute a week before was that he had no claim to Liverpool's
European success.
Whilst wearing City's blue shirt, he had ten years at Liverpool, 330 appearances to his name,
and just five trophies.
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