Image via Wikipedia It's a shock and disbelief for many of the supporters and Irish fans where Ireland's hopes were dashed after the equalizer by William Gallas. Before crossing the ball Thierry Henry was seen to handle the ball twice which was not observed by the sideline officials and resulted in the equalizer. Click to continue reading...

ESUFC gave Sodium all they could handle for 60 minutes of regulation in the OPL Semi-Final match. Back and forth all game the play went. Each keeper being called upon keep their team in the game. Play was physical as free kicks were awarded to both teams throughout the game.
In the end it was Jill Farley from her midfield position that brought the ball deep down the left side and ripped what we thought was going to be an awesome cross, INTO THE NET! Click to continue reading...

Liverpool are bracing themselves for yet more devastating news as Fernando Torres yesterday began his bid to avoid surgery on his abdominal injury.
The Anfield striker is faced with a three week stint of treatment and therapy to overcome the pain and restriction of the 'sportsman's hernia', which he has endured for the past month. Click to continue reading...

Bayern Munich forward Miroslav Klose is being told to stay home.
His kids have swine flu, so the team is putting the 31 year old on quarantine.
Is that virus still around? Glad I missed it (knocks on wood).
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• Sir Alex gets two-game sideline ban.

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Well it has debated by millions of writers all over the world. Was Fergie's comments regarding an apparently out-of-shape referee worth punishment from the FA? And wherever you stand on the topic no longer matters because the debate has ended with a rather surprising ruling.

Sir Alex Ferguson will not be on the sideline for the next two Manchester United matches.

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Arsenal dance with Wolves.

An own goal by Ronald Zubar gets things rolling. A fine steal by Song puts Aaron Ramsey through as he and Eduardo race ahead. Ramsey passes to Eduardo as they cut off Josh Craddock and then waits for the return because of his clear look at goal. Instead, Eduardo chips the ball over and it deflects of Craddock and loops over Wayne Henessey for the second goal.

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I may young but you boys can still learn from me

Good Friday to you. Sorry for the late post as I was doing a bit of traveling today.

Most would've expected Fabianski to keep the keeper's jersey for this tomorrow's North London Derby but unfortunately for the Polish custodian, he is again crocked by injury.

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What's the over and under on the dog getting it right tonight? Tell you what, if Seattle takes the series I say he get's a seat at the desk on Fox Soccer Report. At the very least he should get sideline reporting segment during the next round of the playoffs; people love "cute"...just ask Heather Mitts. Click to continue reading...

Arseblog as usual gives an well balanced summation and my two cents is that the "killer instinct" message should be obvious by now. It cannot be emphasized enough but now it needs to be internalized. I also think it comes from a leadership vacuum on the pitch.

This season, most matches need at least two goals for padding.

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Atletico Madrid presented little in the way of resistance during Chelsea's 4-0 Champions League shellacking of young Kun's temporary home in midweek. Saturday's contest against Sam Allardyce's Blackburn Rovers should prove a different prospect all together.

As Wigan, Stoke and Villa have shown, the Blues are lightweight aerially at the moment.

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One thing you have to love about sporting matches is when a coach over-analyzes a situation and then it completely backfires on them. It usually isn't as obvious as say when a player makes a mental error, but the beauty to coaching mistakes is that they were often well thought out which is often the problem with them in the first place.

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Chicago Red Stars forward and University of Illinois All-American Ella Masar is headed to Augsburg, Germany, as she joins the U.S. Women's National Team for the squad's Oct. 29 match against defending FIFA World Cup champion Germany. However, the U.S. WNT loses another Red Star with midfielder Megan Rapinoe undergoing knee surgery Friday. Click to continue reading...

USAÂ 2-2Â Costa Rica

It took 95 minuets but the US Mens Soccer team seemed to will themselves into finishing atop their CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying group.

Bryan Ruiz scored a brace within minutes of each other for Costa Rica. Those goals in the 21st and 24th minute of play capitalized on the few chances the Ticos had been allowed up until that point.

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USAÂ 2-2Â Costa Rica

It took 95 minutes but the US Men's Soccer team seemed to will themselves into finishing atop their CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying group.

Bryan Ruiz scored a brace within minutes of each other for Costa Rica. Those goals in the 21st and 24th minute of play capitalized on the few chances the Ticos had been allowed up until that point.

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Well the first serious blow to Real Madrid came, frustratingly, in a World Cup Qualifier over last weekend. And I'm sure by now you have heard that Cristiano Ronaldo will be out for some significant time thanks to Portugal using the injured player due to their desperate position regarding a World Cup birth.

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A couple of days ago we heard about the tragic one car accident involving Charlie Davies and his two friends, sadly one of them died. You think to yourself how could these men go out on the field and try to play a match that honestly didn't mean anything, since they already qualified in Honduras for the World Cup.

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Last season Sporting Club de Braga's manager Jorge Jesus stated that the only way they would ever win the league would be on a Playstation. They had just been beaten by Benfica in Estadio da Luz 1-0 to an offside goal and had been denied two clear penalties.

It was a bodyblow that Braga would not recover from and they ended up finishing 5th but  gaining their sixth consecutive appearance in Europe, a feat few clubs in Portugal have equalled.

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Jermaine Jones' injuries woes have gone from bad to worse.

After feeling pain in his surgically-repaired leg, and sitting for three more weeks with the hope of having the pain subside, Jones has now undergone another surgery. This time he had the metal plate in his leg removed, a procedure that will sideline him for at least six more weeks, German newspaper Bild reported on Wednesday.

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Jermaine Jones' injuries woes have gone from bad to worse.

After feeling pain in his surgically-repaired leg, and sitting for three more weeks with the hope of having the pain subside, Jones has now undergone another surgery. This time he had the metal plate in his leg removed, a procedure that will sideline him for at least six more weeks, German newspaper Bild reported on Wednesday.

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ABOVE: UNC's Marcie Johnson shields the ball from Wyoming defender Jerrica DiVincenzo and shoots. (photos by George Tanner/ColoradoSoccerNow.com) BELOW: Goal scorer Emily Layton, wearing a dark headband, is congratulated by her Wyoming teammates. (photo by George Tanner/ColoradoSoccerNow.

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by CARL ELDRIDGE Arsene Wenger won't have a say in who will replace him when he finally calls it a day as the boss of the Gunners.
Yesterday it seemed that AW was endorsing a move for Thierry Henry to take up the hotseat but not according to an interview in this morning's News of the World, in which he says: "I will not nominate my successor.

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'In Arsene, We Trust'
Arsene Wenger has completed 13 years as the manager of Arsenal, and with that, he has also surpassed George Allison's record of the longest serving manager of the club. 1st of October, 1996 was Wenger's first day in charge of the Gunners, and 13 years later he has overtaken George Allison's record by completng 4749 days in charge. Click to continue reading...

GREELEY — It took a 2-0 UNC lead to wake Creighton's sleeping giant; but by that time, it was too late. Brittani Knott and Danielle Birdsall scored second-half goals as the University of Northern Colorado held off a late charge by the Bluejays in a 2-1 victory on Sunday afternoon at Jackson Stadium.

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Jamison Olave played his heart out on a beautiful Saturday night in Sandy Utah and although a win would have been better, at least Real walked away with a tie and a point. A win and full points would have placed RSL into a three-way tie with Chivas and Colorado for fourth place in the West, but it is what it is.

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Starting this Sunday, NFL teams will begin their grueling five month battle to see who will win the Lombardi Trophy, which got us here at STO thinking...Â

Out of all the legendary coaches to ever coach an NFL game, John Madden and Mike Ditka have to be considered two legends at the top of the list.

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Coming into Friday night's match, the South Florida had a problem: only one player on the squad, Noelle Pineiro, had made it onto the score sheet all season. Pineiro had a respectable three goals in four matches, but it just wasn't enough to get consistent results in the standings. Before Friday, the Bulls had just one win in four outings; that and their scoring drought changed against Austin Peay. Click to continue reading...

1. England. Damn.

2. Argentina. Damn.

3. In light of the wild reversals of fortune seemingly or I would actually think obviously brought about at their respective teams by Capello and Maradona it's a mystery to me how someone like Simon Kuper could argue with a straight face that a manager is a figure of little real importance who could be replaced by a Polish Lowland Sheepdog with no ill effects, since even Steve McClaren seemed to bring with him a whole parcel of ill effects, and regardless of your opinion of Steve McClaren he is presumably a few notches higher on the grand scale of being than even a very well-trained Polish Lowland Sheepdog, although for the sake of argument we have to consider the possibility that England would have been exactly where they are now under Steve McClaren, that all the team were waiting on was some mysterious gelling process and an improvement in Aaron Lennon's crossing, the end result of which would have seen them playing those little plinky through balls to devastating effect regardless of who was on the sideline, whether Steve McClaren or a Polish Lowland Sheepdog, or even Alan Shearer, but to me the whole point is that under Steve McClaren they never actually tried those little plinky through balls, but then what do I know, never having sat in on a single pitch meeting about how Freakonomics could be applied to soccer.

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Josi Heer's scored in the 58th minute and the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs' made the goal stand up as the Mountain Lions beat St. Cloud State 1-0 Friday evening in Colorado Springs. The UCCS defense of sweeper Lindsay Link, stopper Ashley Collins and marking backs Lauren Hall and Jessika Williams held St.

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Crocked Spurs star gets new sideline Remember we told you a while back about Luka Modric and Eduardo developing an uncanny resemblance to pop duo Hall and Oates for a new commercial? Well, the Luka Modric ad has finally surfaced and here it is. Roll on, Eduardo.

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Jose and Leonardo. The one-namers we know and love went head-to-head in a tense fash-clash over the weekend. Inter took home the points, but who won on the sidelines?

Let's pay homage to the Italian fashion capital currently under split ownership and reflect on what was good, what when wrong and why it may be time to pencil in a salon visit.

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Jose and Leonardo. The one-namers we know and love went head-to-head in a tense fash-clash over the weekend. Inter took home the points, but who won on the sidelines?

Let's pay homage to the Italian fashion capital currently under split ownership and reflect on what was good, what when wrong and why it may be time to pencil in a salon visit.

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Milan vs. Inter

Could the Derby della Madonnina, the first big derby of the 09-10 season in any European league, live up to the hype? Inter came into the game favorites to win the scudetto after mostly adding to the squad that has won the Serie A four years running. AC Milan did not add much in the offseason, and suffered the huge losses of Carlo Ancelotti, Paolo Maldini and Kaka.

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For AC Milan in Saturday's fabled Derby della Madonnina, Gennaro Gattuso's nightmare came true. If not for Inter's new-look, new-effect attack, poor Captain Rino would be carrying all responsibility for the unbalanced result (AC Milan 0:4 Inter).

Inter earned three (and perhaps all four) of their strikes, yet more could not have gone wrong in one half of play for the feisty AC Milan defensive midfielder as he returns from long-term injury to snatch back his position from the interloping Galaxy star, a certain D Beckham.

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After following the Twitter comments of Houston Dynamo supporters on Wednesday night and reading the various reactions of bloggers on Thursday, I was finally able to actually see the match that has stirred up so much controversy.
Houston's CONCACAF Champions League group stage match in Panama against Arabe Unido was at best a bad anomaly and at worst a shambolic example of what a complete joke CONCACAF is. Click to continue reading...

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The battle for defender Joleon Lescott has come to a close, and Manchester City is claimining victory.

Lescott is close to finalizing a deal from Everton to Manchester City, a deal worth a reported £24 million ($34.

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