Sharks in the water, RBNY.

DC United have just announced the formal resignation of head coach Tom Soehn from the organization. Soehn accumulated a respectable 36-30-24 MLS record, with a total of 55-48-31 in all competitions. So what cost him? Disappointing results in the face of high expectations.

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So TFC's mlsnet site features an interview with starting keeper Stefan Frei. We learn important tidbits of information like how Frei doesn't "...like spiders at all. Spiders, snakes and sharks." Right. Opposing clubs take note. Oh, there's also some stuff in there about how moving away from home made him homesick. Click to continue reading...

TOR CHITTINAND
Chonburi FC have been ordered to play their final home game of the season at a neutral ground after crowd trouble in the Thai Premier League this week.
Second-placed Chonburi drew 2-2 with relegation strugglers Chula United at Sirindhorn stadium on Wednesday.
Their fans were furious that referee Chaovalit Sananwai disallowed a goal for off-side, a move that dented Chonburi's chance of winning the title. Click to continue reading...

UT spotted Nova Southeastern University a two goal lead before trying to come back, but in the end, the Spartans (4-6-1) came up short. The 3-2 loss in Ft Lauderdale was UT's first Sunshine State Conference match of the season.
Nova (5-4-0) put Tampa in a hole right off the bat, with two goals in the first twenty minutes. Click to continue reading...

When: Tonight, 6pm
Where: NSU Soccer Complex, Fort Lauderdale
On Sunday, the Spartans got back into the win column with their first victory in four attempts against Georgia College. Tonight, UT (4-5-1) will try to parlay that bit of momentum into a winning streak against Nova (4-4-0). Click to continue reading...

With four games to play in the Thai Premier League things couldn't be tighter in an epic title race between newly promoted Muang Thong United and Chonburi.
1 - Muang Thong 26 16 7 3 41-18 55
2 - Chonburi 26 16 6 4 44-26 54
Just one point between them and they go head to head at the Thunderdome this weekend. Click to continue reading...

Expect the Kosin to Persib rumours to increase with current first choice keeper Tema out injured for the start of the season.
To play in the up coming ISL season Thai international Kosin would need to be registered in Indonesia by 25 September.
With his Thai side Chonburi involved in a neck and neck title race with Muang Thong United that won't reach a climax until the middle of October how likely is it that the Sharks, as Chonburi are known, will release one of their biggest assets? Click to continue reading...

The beautiful Moses Mabhida stadium nearing completion

Durban's ambitions don't stop at just the World Cup.

"City officials aim to turn Durban into Africa's capital for sports, entertainment and other events and make no secret of their ultimate target - to host the Olympics.

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Here in the U.S., followers of the mighty MLS have a marvelous option that negates the need to go fishing for illegal internet streams to watch games the league offers an affordable (only $20 for the season), high-quality (up to 800k) stream on their website.

Now, if we scoff and say MLS is small-time, consider that Major League Baseball has an even better internet broadcasting set-up which has proven to be enormously profitable for the league, with over 500,000 fans forking out $110 for the season, and even offering streaming to the iPhone.

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762 teams entered the 2008/09 FA Cup, but with the prize money going from £9.7m last season to £16.4m this season, it is perhaps unsurprising to see why.

The FA Cup is widely considered one of the most captivating competitions in British, if not world, football. All those that have experienced the competition either as a player or as a fan will undoubtedly agree that it has a certain intangible magic.

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I started the last post with a legendary quote by a coach (Bear Bryant), so why not do the same here as well. As Jim E. Mora once inquired (word for word): "What's that? Ah - Playoffs? Don't talk about - ah - Playoffs? You kidding me? Playoffs? I just hope we can win another game!

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If the residents of central Bangkok were troubled by a bad smell around late afternoon on Saturday, it must have been the stink created by the first half of this match. It was a shocker!!
Chula are a poor, poor team and, on this occasion, Chonburi were worse. The visitors started nervously, suggesting that the 5 goal battering they suffered last week had done more than just damage their goal difference. Click to continue reading...

Singapore League Cup
Super Reds v Gombak United 1-0
Home United v Sengkang Punggol 3-1
SAF v DPMM 0-3
Tampines Rovers v Geylang United 3-0
With both Gombak United and SAF going down the point may be argued that they are concentrating on the league itself while finally Tampines found some goals comfortably defeating Geylang in the Eastern Derby. Click to continue reading...

Photo : Globo Espana

Sorry, can't find a better phrase than "that is a fucking awesome picture" at this point of time. Those sharks around the divers at this Barcelona aquarium had better not be baby hammerheads or hombres will not survive to watch the finals. Click to continue reading...

As I have said to my lover on many occasions "Small is beautiful".
It will be interesting to see how these little sardines manage amongst the sharks, whales and dolphins that hunt in the Premiership.
They might want to think about warming up to this before each match in readiness. Click to continue reading...

Perth - The land of giant spiders. man eating sharks & the Fremantle Dockers! Click to continue reading...

The Xtreme Soccer League and Xtreme Soccer Experience will be formally announced Sept. 16. Few details until then, but the press release quotes management from four former MISL teams -- Chicago Storm, New Jersey Ironmen, Milwaukee Wave and Detroit Ignition.

The Stockton (formerly California) Cougars have already joined the PASL.

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The Sutherland Sharks prevailed 2-1 over Sydney FC in an upset result as the amateurs got one over the professionals. The game was played in front of a packed Seymour Shaw stadium (a crowd of around 4,000-5,000 while others had to be turned away) which really shows the kind of interest that the A-League is [. Click to continue reading...

You may have missed this because it came out in Saturday's paper. But that's why we're here for. A TSU regent has cautioned the school about dealing with the Dynamo and its main co-owner, AEG. "They're sharks," school regent Javier... Click to continue reading...

Well, there is not much more that needs to be said about last night that hasn't already been said, particularly by this man. While Spain were no Brazil 1970, their positive play, technical ability and creative attacking play were symbolic of the overall approach to the game exhibited by the more successful teams at Euro 2008. Click to continue reading...