Qwest Field in Seattle will be rompin' and stompin' Sunday. Could it be this way at MLS Cup more often ...?

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How would everybody feel about a championship match at the site of the highest seeded team involved?

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Hugo Borst's column in the AD People ask me often - while the WC is still seven months away: "Do you think Holland will win the cup in South Africa?" Does God exist? Is there life on Mars? Does Oranje Angel have a Brazilian wax? There's a good chance, but how do we Click to continue reading...

If you are a U.S. national team fan who has been eagerly anticipating the details on how to apply for 2010 World Cup tickets, your wait is over.

U.S. Soccer has announced the process for American fans to apply for match tickets. Here are the details:

Priority status for applying for tickets to the U.

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If you are a U.S. national team fan who has been eagerly anticipating the details on how to apply for 2010 World Cup tickets, your wait is over.

U.S. Soccer has announced the process for American fans to apply for match tickets. Here are the details:

Priority status for applying for tickets to the U.

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For not including Jeremiah White in the roster for the Denmark friendly:

This, my friends, is a bush league maneuver.
Now, nobody is suggesting White should be thrust into the World Cup frame suddenly - but to not even call the guy into camp for a game at his club's home park is an overt slap in the face.

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The United States national team is in Bratislava set to take on Slovakia for the first of two European friendlies.

The game marks the first ever meeting between the United States and Slovakia, and will give head coach Bob Bradley an opportunity to fine tune the U.S. team seven months away from the World Cup.

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The United States national team is in Bratislava set to take on Slovakia for the first of two European friendlies.

The game marks the first ever meeting between the United States and Slovakia, and will give head coach Bob Bradley an opportunity to fine tune the U.S. team seven months away from the World Cup in South Africa.

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By Clemente Lisi - NEW YORK, NY (Nov 2, 2009) USSoccerPlayers -- With World Cup qualification in the books, the US National Team has the next seven months to prepare for South Africa. Achieving success at the World Cup comes through a combination of hard work and luck. In other words, things have to fall into place at exactly the right time to make the difference between getting bounced in the first round or making. Click to continue reading...

Gabriel Obertan has made a bright start to his Manchester United career, putting in a good performance against Barnsley in the week and impressing during his half hour run against Blackburn yesterday.

With ten minutes left to play and the game still at 1-0, Obertan had the opportunity to make it a dream start when Valencia presented him with a chance to score from five yards out.

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Robbie Findley - MLS Player of the Week

Conference Semifinals Begin

Finally, after seven months of play the real contest for Major League Soccer bragging rights begins on Thursday night in Seattle. Who would have thought that Seattle, the newest team in the league, would be playing post-season?

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Nice soccer team ya got there.
Be a shame if something happened to it. Like, God forbid, your playoff hopes go for an evening cruise on the Stugots with a couple of fat guys in see-through socks.
Or soaking wet young Senegalese guys
Toronto FC showed up at the Meadowlands last night pretty confident. Click to continue reading...

Alberto Aquilani is itching to make his first-team debut after making his Liverpool bow for the reserves.
The £20million summer signing came on for the final 15 minutes of the second string's 2-0 win over Sunderland at Tranmere's Prenton Park last night and was delighted to pull on finally a Liverpool shirt. Click to continue reading...

Four consecutive losses have left Liverpool seemingly at the risk of implosion. After defeat by Lyons in the Champions League on Tuesday, their next opponents are Manchester United and Rafael Benítez's side will take to the pitch at Anfield on Sunday in the knowledge that another loss would all but end their Barclays Premier League title hopes with seven months of the campaign remaining. Click to continue reading...

Four consecutive losses have left Liverpool seemingly at the risk of implosion. After defeat by Lyons in the Champions League on Tuesday, their next opponents are Manchester United and Rafael Benítez's side will take to the pitch at Anfield on Sunday in the knowledge that another loss would all but end their Barclays Premier League title hopes with seven months of the campaign remaining.

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Now that the U.S.have qualified for South Africa the question arises: should you attend in person?

I will not pretty much for the reasons spelled out by excellent Sports Illustrated writer Grant Wahl, who just spent seven months in the country while writing the book "The Beckham Experiment," in this article: crime, bad weather (it's winter down there), a lack of transportation options and expensive, hard to come by accommodation.

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There isn't exactly a definitive conclusion with stats like these. Liverpool improved in six seasons (marginally in two of those), worsened in three, and stayed the same exactly once. Unsurprisingly, eight games don't make a season. We're less than a quarter of the way through the league. Click to continue reading...

Only a couple issues left of this weekly feature. Man, every Wednesday for seven months. Time season has flown by.
Anyways, the Sounders FC take a bit of a tumble. If Seattle doesn't make the playoffs after this year they've had, there are gonna be a lot of unhappy people up here in the Pacific Northwest. Click to continue reading...

Unfortunately due to imaging rights I can not post a picture of our new signing Ivan Klasnić. A brief biography for those who don't know: Klasnić gained fame at FC Pauli in his hometown of Hamburg. In 2001 he transferred to Werder Bremen, gaining quite a fan following and the nickname the Killer (which can't be a bad thing).

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Is Harry playing it cool on the 'Cole' issue?

Recent quotes from Harry Redknapp in relation to the protracted speculation about a move for Chelsea man Joe Cole can be read in a number of ways, and perhaps that is just how Harry Redknapp would like it?

Here's what the White Hart Lane boss was quoted as saying.

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by GIANFRANCO PANIZO

Jozy Altidore had not stepped on the field at the club level in over seven months, but that did not stop him from making an immediate impact in his Hull City debut.

Against Bolton Wanderers on Saturday, Altidore entered the match in the 60th minute, and one minute later he delivered the game-winning assist in the 1-0 victory.

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by GIANFRANCO PANIZO

Jozy Altidore had not stepped on the field at the club level in over seven months, but that did not stop him from making an immediate impact in his Hull City debut.

Against Bolton Wanderers on Saturday, Altidore entered the match in the 60th minute, and one minute later he delivered the game-winning assist in the 1-0 victory.

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This time last year The Guardian writers predicted that after winning the Premiership and European Cup double, Manchester United would give up their title to Chelsea. The reasons were obvious, apparently, but I disagreed with every single one.

First they argued that if Chelsea came within a few points of us that season, with a World Cup winning manager in charge they were certain to improve.

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Some interesting comments about Tampa's quest to host a World Cup match or two in 2018 or 2022 can be found in the St Petersburg Times.
Much of the article talks about how much better Raymond James is than the old Tampa Stadium, which was the facility that the Bay area tried to secure a 1994 host slot. Click to continue reading...

Reuters

Former Argentina skipper Sorin to retire

Former Argentina captain Juan Pablo Sorin announced his retirement from soccer at the age of 33 on Tuesday.

The left back, who led Argentina to the quarter-finals of the 2006 World Cup in Germany, had been plagued by injuries during his third spell with Brazilian side Cruzeiro, playing only six matches in the last seven months.

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It was reported yesterday that Spurs underachiever David Bentley was sucker-punched in the face while dining at a restaurant called Nolita with his seven-months pregnant wife, leaving him with a cut and a black eye. According to the report, waiters at the restaurant called the police, but the attacker had already left the scene in a waiting taxi.

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He doesn't like the March to November deal.
The president of FIFA wants the U.S. to fit in with the rest of the soccer world:

"The result is, you will not attract star players from Europe to play six or seven months," Blatter said. He continued: "This is not the right solution for M.

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Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis has hit out at Argentine striker Ezequiel Lavezzi and his agents, who are trying to get the player a pay rise, on the account of alleged Liverpool's interest in Lavezzi. The player has been linked with a move to Anfield even though Rafa Benitez has denied that he was interested in signing the striker, while Napoli sporting director Pierpaolo Marino stated that the club hadn't received any offers for Lavezzi.

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Red Bulls fans want blood, and you can't really blame them.

Sunday's 4-0 loss to New England, the team's fourth straight (fifth counting the U.

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Red Bulls fans want blood, and you can't really blame them.

Sunday's 4-0 loss to New England, the team's fourth straight (fifth counting the U.

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I was so tempted to ape the feel of the misleading headline that first brought this story to my attention: "John Barnes set for Rovers Role". He's taking over Blackburn? I thought. Ah... (after clicking on the link) ...Tranmere Rovers.

So when it came time for my own sensationalist slant on things, how about: John Barnes To Return To Liverpool!

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In case you didn't know it, John Barnes has today left his post as head coach of the Jamaican national team after just seven months in charge. To celebrate this momentous occasion we have decided to take a look back at one of the more humorous moments in Barnes' career when he performed the rap which no man or women in England will ever forget. Click to continue reading...

With plenty of big name players set to arrive at the Bernabeu this summer, Ruud Van Nistelrooy looks like he could be one man who will be leaving Real Madrid in the coming months. unbelievable
The Dutch striker has been out of action for the past seven months after suffering a serious knee injury back in November. Click to continue reading...

Peace out.

The newly-renamed Chris Sutton-Winston Bogarde Award for wack transfer of the season goes to ... Luiz Felipe Scolari
The fat, loveable World Cup winner traded national team football with Portugal for the sunny side of London and Stamford Bridge.

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According to a report in the British tabloid The Daily Mirror, Liverpool' striker Fernando Torres has married his childhood sweetheart, Olalla Dominguez.
Apparently, the 24-year-old Spain international and 23-year-old Olalla, who is seven months pregnant, travelled to a small town called El Escorial north of Madrid last Wednesday where the low-key wedding was played out. Click to continue reading...

Hold on a second here.

Did Fernando Torres take himself off the market and marry long term girlfriend Olalla whilst the rest of us were busy in Champions League final anticipation?

That wiley boy. It would appear that he did.

Here's what we know so far, as it is being reported in the Spanish media:

- The seven-months-pregnant bride wore - wait for it - a RED dress.

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