Birmingham City-Fulham

Birmingham has picked up the pace over the last three weeks and have not lost a match over the stretch. Â Fulham, on the other hand, have not lost in their last five matches so both squads go into this one playing about the best soccer they have played all season.

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From Soccer America The final six teams in the 32-team World Cup 2010 field will be determined today four in Europe, one in South America/Concacaf and one in Africa necessitated by the tie between Egypt and Algeria in their qualifying group. For a look at all six games, with television information and predictions .

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by TRAVIS CLARK

One game, everything to play for. When tonight's World Cup playoff between Bahrain and New Zealand (2am, FSC) kicks off, the winner claims a spot in South Africa, while the loser faces the prospect of missing the tournament once again.

Neither side is a prominent soccer nation, yet the underlying feeling is that the winning nation's program would receive a much-needed shot in the arm.

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Rafa Benitez is refusing to look any further ahead than Liverpool's next game as he hopes his side experience a change in fortunes.
The Reds drew 2-2 with Birmingham at Anfield on Monday night to leave them 11 points adrift of Premier League leaders Chelsea.
Benitez's men had already been ruled out of the title race by some critics, but the Spaniard has always remained adamant that his side were contenders. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has explained that his side will take things one game at a time as they look to overcome a miserable run of results - the latest being a 2-2 draw against Birmingham City at Anfield.
The Reds are enduring their worst spell in decades, as they have only one victory from nine outings in all competitions. Click to continue reading...

Six games played tonight in "La Liga" as part of Round 10. Here is abrief summary of the results & scorers.REAL SPORTING DE GIJÓN continue surprising with a valient &deserved 1-0 win over RCD ESPANYOL. Sporting scored early inthe 3rd min thanks to BILIC & that was enough as Gijon controlledthe game & cancelled out the efforts of the visiting team. Click to continue reading...

For the second straight season, the Columbus Crew's Chad Marshall was selected as the league's best defender. Marshall was named as the MLS 2009 Defender of the Year Thursday, joining Carlos Bocanegra and Robin Fraser as the award's only two-time winners.

2009 has been a tremendous success for Marshall, named in July as an All-Star, and earning five caps with the U.

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For the second straight season, the Columbus Crew's Chad Marshall was selected as the league's best defender. Marshall was named as the MLS 2009 Defender of the Year Thursday, joining Carlos Bocanegra and Robin Fraser as the award's only two-time winners.

2009 has been a tremendous success for Marshall, named in July as an All-Star, and earning five caps with the U.

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Stockport County striker Peter Thompson has urged his team mates to keep their heads high and believe that they can avoid relegation as County are firm favorites to go down in the League this season.

With a poor run of just one win in six games County find themselves lying two points outside the relegation Zone however Thompson believes the Squad and Boss Gary Ablett can turn things around.

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Things are looking up for Milan. Six games without a loss, with in touching distance of Inter and qualification for the knockout stages seemingly just around the corner. It seems that there may be life without Kaka afterall. A fortnight ago and things were very different. Milan had just beaten Roma by two goals to [. Click to continue reading...

So, as is typical with AEK, we blow an early 1-0 lead and end up with a draw (today, the match against PAS, the Cup Final, the match with BATE).

My stream today was poor quality, so I can't comment as much as I could have. But basically what we saw throughout the match was that we had many chances, yet we only scored one of them.

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SO it's matchday. Welcome to the preview blog, boys and gals.
Melbourne have won five of the last six games, though they haven't won in four games at ME Bank Stadium against Perth.
This week, Glory have fallen over themselves to give respect to their opponents, while Victory coach Ernie Merrick admitted that Perth are their bogey team. Click to continue reading...

Even though Sheffield United have not won in six games, they still have one or two very good players. Chris Hughton - tough game on Monday And speaking today about our game on Monday evening at Bramall Lane, Chris Hughton said: "They've got Chris Morgan and Matthew Kilgallon who are two tough and experienced players. Click to continue reading...

We may have a much strengthened side out on Monday night at Bramall Lane with the possibility of Smith, Taylor, Coloccini and Simpson all returning to the starting line up. Steven Taylor with physio Dave Henderson both look happy enough Sheffield have not won in their last six games, and with possibly 4 players returning to [. Click to continue reading...

by CARL ELDRIDGE What is it with Arsenal and our keepers? If Arsene Wenger has one weakness (and he probably doesn't other than choice of shirt-tie combo) it must be choosing the incumbent for the No.1 slot. He was blessed to inherit David Seaman and even then he gave Alex Manninger a chance ahead of the pony-tailed one.

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The season is over and, after a wild weekend, we have our playoff teams. The first round of playoffs looks like this:

West

LA Galaxy vs Chivas USA

Houston Dynamo vs Seattle Sounders

East

Columbus Crew vs Real Salt Lake

New England Revolution vs Chicago Fire

Before we start previewing this first round of the playoffs, let's spend a moment looking back at how we got here:

For the last month, the MLS essentially had a single table, and it was great!

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Nottingham Forest made it six games unbeaten as they came from a goal behind to get a point at Selhurst Park.

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With two playoff spots remaining and six teams in the hunt, things could get a little dicey in MLS this weekend.

Colorado (40 points) is the only team that controls its own destiny and if they get a win at Real Salt Lake tonight (9 p.m. on FSC) they will clinch the 3rd or 4th seed in the Eastern Conference.

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You can watch Inter Milan v Catania Live online here.

Inter Milan v Catania
Serie A
Saturday 24 October 2009
Kick-off: 19:45 BST

Inter Milan Preview

Inter didn't impress in Europe this week (what's new) as they were held to a 2-2 draw against Dinamo Kiev - but Jose Mourinho knows that his team are in a class of their own when it comes to the domestic league and they'll be looking to extend their lead at the top of the table and building on the whopping 5-0 win against Genoa from last weekend.

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That week was a tough week as I only got 6 out of 10, which keep me around 66% for the season. If you think you can do better than I can then go to http://scorefive.com/index.php/Register.html and register as a player (its free). After you login, it will ask you for the password to join a league.

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That week was a tough week as I only got 6 out of 10, which keep me around 66% for the season. If you think you can do better than I can then go to http://scorefive.com/index.php/Register.html and register as a player (its free). After you login, it will ask you for the password to join a league.

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by FRANCO PANIZO

Seattle Sounders FC goalkeeper Kasey Keller has enjoyed a strong first year in MLS, and the 39-year-old is planning to stick around for a few more seasons.

Keller told reporters Tuesday he would be surprised if he was not around for the start of the 2011 season, when a Pacific Northwest rivalry is expected to begin as expansion teams Portland and Vancouver join MLS.

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by FRANCO PANIZO

Seattle Sounders FC goalkeeper Kasey Keller has enjoyed a strong first year in MLS, and the 39-year-old is planning to stick around for a few more seasons.

Keller told reporters Tuesday he would be surprised if he was not around for the start of the 2011 season, when a Pacific Northwest rivalry is expected to begin as expansion teams Portland and Vancouver join MLS.

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"There are some good teams in the Premier League this year," the Manchester City boss said. "There is a focus on ourselves because we have the ambition to have a good season.

"But the fact there is a threat to the teams who have had those top four places is adding extra pressure.

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Game story.

Highlights

Notable: Chivas USA are undefeated in their last six games.

But they also haven't scored more than two goals in a game all season long.

MLS standings

Quotable:

"I tried to warn the group (that) there is no easy games.

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There is a glint in Fabio Aurelio's eye as he recalls the game that could have finished a reign but ended up sparking a dream.
While Istanbul and Cardiff are the places that Liverpudlians will forever associate with stirring comebacks masterminded by Rafa Benitez, Aurelio's own memory of winning against the odds came in a small corner of Barcelona. Click to continue reading...

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1. The governing bodies have finally succeeded in stacking the deck so firmly in favour of the major footballing nations that it is almost impossible for them not to qualify. Portugal won just two of their first seven games, but still managed to reach the playoffs simply because over the course of such a long group, they had time to recover.

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Fans of a bit of blue will be happy with the news that Argentina has now finally booked their place at South Africa 2010.
It's not just on their famous striped shirts however that the blue will be found but also coming from the mouth of Diego Maradona if his latest press conference is anything to go by. Click to continue reading...

Meetings since 2000 27/01/2009 Tranmere 2 1 Stockport 28/10/2008 Stockport 0 0 Tranmere 14/08/2007 Stockport 1 0 Tranmere 08/04/2005 Tranmere 1 0 Stockport 30/08/2004 Stockport 1 1 Tranmere 27/01/2004 Tranmere 3 2 Stockport 25/08/2003 Stockport 1 1 Tranmere 03/05/2003 Stockport 2 3 Tranmere 28/09/2002 Tranmere 1 0 Stockport 03/02/2001 Stockport County 1 1 Tranmere Rovers 01/09/2000 Tranmere Rovers 2 1 Stockport C

Tranmere Rovers Last Six Games 06/10/2009 Bury 2 1 Tranmere 03/10/2009 Millwall 5 0 Tranmere 29/09/2009 Wycombe 0 1 Tranmere 26/09/2009 Tranmere 1 1 Colchester 19/09/2009 Exeter 2 1 Tranmere 12/09/2009 Tranmere 2 3

Stockport County Last Six Games 06/10/2009 Port Vale 3 1 Stockport 03/10/2009 Stockport 0 2 Southend 29/09/2009 Stockport 2 2 Hartlepool 26/09/2009 Huddersfield 0 0 Stockport 19/09/2009 Stockport 2 1 Leyton Orient 12/09/2009 Yeovil 2 2 Stockport

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Update: Reader Dr. Chuck Pearson left a comment pointing me to the missing game. The Crew lost 2-0 to Saprissa in the one and only edition of the CONCACAF Giants Cup in 2001.
Last night the Columbus Crew became the first MLS team to beat CD Saprissa in Costa Rica. Soccer By Ives is reporting that it's the first time in seven tries for an MLS club, but I can only find six games at Estadio Ricardo Saprissa:
9/16/09 Saprissa 0, Crew 1
10/9/08 Saprissa 2, DC United 2
3/12/08 Saprissa 3, Houston 0
3/8/06 Saprissa 3, LA Galaxy 2
3/16/05 Saprissa 2, KC Wizards 1
4/14/04 Saprissa 2, Chicago 0
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Steven Gerrard admits Liverpool will have to dig deep as they aim to resurrect their championship challenge.
The 2-0 loss at Chelsea on Sunday was already a third defeat of the Premier League season for Rafael Benitez's side, compared to two during the entire previous campaign.
It has left Liverpool six points adrift of the Londoners and outside the Champions League qualification places, and came just days after the dismal 2-0 reverse at Fiorentina. Click to continue reading...

Katie Bethke

Park Ridge, Ill. University of Minnesota Soccer junior forward Katie Bethke was named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week today (Oct. 5), announced by the league office.

The Eau Claire, Wis. native posted numbers unseen in the Big Ten this season. All told, by week's end Bethke had racked up 12 points, five goals, and had a hand each of the Golden Gophers' game-winners as she led them to an unblemished 2-0 mark for the week.

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Katie Bethke

Park Ridge, Ill. University of Minnesota Soccer junior forward Katie Bethke was named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week today (Oct. 5), announced by the league office.

The Eau Claire, Wis. native posted numbers unseen in the Big Ten this season. All told, by week's end Bethke had racked up 12 points, five goals, and had a hand each of the Golden Gophers' game-winners as she led them to an unblemished 2-0 mark for the week.

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Our boys came back from a 1-0 deficit to tie Houston today at Robertson Stadium, but three points were really needed to put us back into the picture for the MLS Cup Playoffs. We're six points behind New England with three games remaining, but there are four teams between us and the Revs. Zoltan scored a beautiful goal for his first in a KC uniform, and Lopez recorded his 8th assist of the season on the play. Click to continue reading...