Nike has always produced soccer balls of the highest order. This is why the world's top leagues use Nike's balls: The Barclay's Premiership, La Liga, Serie A, and more all use Nike's latest T90 Strike edition.

The Nike T90 Strike EPL soccer ball is the finest quality you will find, the latest edition in Nike's T90 series, it is an exact replica of what the champions in the English Premiership use.

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For the second episode of my international radio broadcast Eat Soccer!, I had the wonderful opportunity to introduce the listeners to one of the most courageous, motivated athletes I know. Brandon Culpepper is an American football player, and he took time out of his busy NFL schedule to give soccer players tips on how they can develop the courage to pursue their dreams to play soccer. Click to continue reading...

For the love of football!

This looks like too much fun. Â What footballer wouldn't want to have a go at a game like this?

Play Guitar Hero by kicking soccer balls against a warehouse wall? Â The scale of this takes video gaming to another level, and looks silly fun. Â It would take a handful of good footballers and some practice to manage a decent score, but wouldn't it be a blast to try?

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Lack is a powerful motivator. Can you recall the last time you were missing the ingredient for a recipe or without a goal or short on cash and had to improvise? Well, I have. One time, while living in Los Angeles, I used a metal bowl and cable cord to clear the static in my television so I could clearly see the Oscar's Red Carpet coverage! Click to continue reading...

http://www.soccerpro.com/Calle-Primero-Street-Ball-p8906/

If you don't live near a soccer field and you don't have a yard big enough to practice your footie skills, then you should consider the Calle Primero Street Soccer Ball. It's perfect for practicing your juggling skills or playing a pick up game of soccer in the street or in a parking lot.

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 The Champions League group fixtures were decided earlier this week and Inter was handed the cruelest draw of anyone in the lottery by ending up in the same group as defending champs Barca. In fact when the announcement was made at the ceremony, groans quickly filled the room as club officials from all around the world whispered their fears of ending up in Group F.

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Ahh yes, it is time to announce the Worst Club in all of La Liga. Like every year in the most competitive football league in the world their were fantastic clubs and dreadful ones as well. But being chosen to be the worst is a very demoralizing thing. It must be how Daniel Baldwin feels on a daily basis, being that he is the least talented Baldwin in the bunch.

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Here's a team chant some young boys use before their game... a little bit sexist, but fitting for boys who are at an age where they still (officially) think girls have "cooties"

No Barbie Dolls

We don't wear mini skirts
All we wear soccer shirts!
We don't drink lemonade
All we drink gatorade
We don't play with barbie dolls!

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Welcome back students. It's time to learn about the 2nd Law of Soccer, The Law of the Balls. Sounds dirty, I know, but let's try and keep giggling to a minumum please. So, as I was saying, there are many laws one must abide by when it comes to balls. They must be the right shape and size, they must be leathery to the touch, and most importantly - they must feel right when they are being cradled in the ref's hands.

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Sixty seven thousand fans will watch Chelsea play Seattle Sounders today at Qwest Field. Approximately 700 tickets are still available from Ticketmaster, but if you don't live in the Seattle area, you can watch the game in the U.S. on ESPN2 at 3pm ET.

Yesterday, Chelsea played a practice at Qwest field in Seattle in front of 4,500 supporters.

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By NANCY ARMOUR
AP National Writer

Charlize Theron has big plans for the World Cup.

The Academy Award winner's Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project is teaming up with LAFC Chelsea Soccer Club in Los Angeles to build community soccer programs for underprivileged children in South Africa.

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Burrito get to it pronto pronto carnales! (Click over words you don't understand)
'Boob' Bradley's head needs to be chopped off! Why? Porque? How can a coach in a final of a championship let his pinche team lose a 2-0 lead? Especially knowing you play Brazil and their chingados players who are born with balls when they born! Click to continue reading...

My soccer season's over but I've noticed that whenever I dive for a ball I miss a lot. Sounds bad... cause it is. got any drills that could help me? We played power and finesse. 3 people game. One person stands to the side and has 2 soccer balls. Another person is running [...] Click to continue reading...

Hola South Florida Futbol Fans and peoples of the worlds! (Especialy all the hot mamacitas!) Burrito bring you mucho informations so put on seatbelts cause here we go:
Miami FC win game on Sunday vs los Aztex from Austin by 2-0. Burritos idol Diego Serna hit post on shot then miss penalty but later score when Austin Goalie make boo boo and give ball straight to Serna. Click to continue reading...

Thanks to the boys and girls at Metrofanatic for pointing this in my direction.

Shep Messing joined the fledgling podcast Four in the Back to share his thoughts on the Red Bulls. And boy, did he ever.

Here are some of his more memorable quotes:

- "This is like trying to turn around the titanic.

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We've reached the tail end of the 2009 Development Academy Spring Showcase, and we figured you'd be interested to find out the details of what goes into a weekend like this.
So, for your consideration:
-Over 23,000 bottles of Gatorade were given to players through the Gatorade Bar
-20,000 pounds of ice were used
-8,100 gallons of fluids (water and Gatorade) consumed by teams on the fields
-Approximately 4,000 spectators total for all four Showcase games this weekend
-2,200 Academy Players
-342 goals scored in the U17/18 division
-300 goals scored in the U15/16 division
-218 games played, 222 counting the YNT Showcase Matches
-162 soccer balls used
-150 officials
-23 balls retrieved from a canal that bordered one field
-4 games by Youth National Teams
-1 impromptu coaching lecture given by U-20 MNT head coach Thomas Rongen
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NY Red Bulls face off against the Navy's USS Roosevelt to help kick-off Fleet Week

A celebration of the U.S. Armed Forces held around Memorial Day in New York, Fleet Week offered up one of the best PR events Red Bull has ever held and a precious photo opportunity. Under blazing sun cut by the riverside breeze, the teams played two small-sided games on the flight deck of the former USS Intrepid, (now a museum) which sits docked along the Hudson River on the west side of midtown Manhattan.

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From the records of the US Trademark and Patent Office:
Word MarkUNION JUNGITE AUT PERITETranslationsThe English translation of Jungite Aut Perite in the mark is Join or Die.Goods and ServicesIC 009. US 021 023 026 036 038. G & S: Cellular phone covers; computer and video game software; magnets; computer video game programs; pre-recorded DVDs and pre-recorded video tapes in the field of soccer; portable radios; downloadable pre-recorded film clips from soccer games via mobile communication devices

IC 016.

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I am currently coaching my sons U16A team as well as a Premier League Men's team. One of the frustrations I have experienced over many years of soccer coaching is feeling like I was a ‘pack horse'. In other words, I felt like I did not have enough arms to carry everything that was required for training sessions and match days.

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BAGHDAD – Dust clouds form as American and Iraqi footballers compete under a cloudy sky in the community of Salman Pak, here, May 10. However, this is not a national rivalry grudge-match; both teams are made up of Americans and Iraqis.

The game is a preliminary round of the Combined Forces Football Tournament, according to Maj.

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I havent had much to write about lately. And my fellow bloggers in Houston did make it known that the Houstank was going to kick our butts. Gee that makes me ask the question. How come if you guys are so good how come you could only manage one goal? How come your power player Mr. Chang couldnt hit the broad side of a barn?

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A couple guys came to me with questions, insight and advice. I liked the work, so I'm referring you to them.
First off, the guys over at FC Earth have a cool project going on. You buy some t-shirts and they donate $5 from every t-shirt purchase to providing soccer balls and instructional DVDs to school's P. Click to continue reading...

David over at Sawol recently did an interview on me discussing the best advice I have ever been given, my Online Soccer Academy, and asked for some little known facts about me! Sawol is a Vermont based soccer company. At the moment they are only selling shirts and soccer balls but I am sure there will be more to come soon.

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The history of soccer balls starting from 1963 when Adidas first thought it would be a good idea to make them and came up with something that looked like this... It was the first ball used in the World Cup that had 32 black and white panels.It was called "The TELSTAR " and was more visible on black and white televisions - (possibly because more people had black and white TV's than colour TV's in those days).

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Here at Premiership Talk we received three soccer balls to test out from SoccerPro. The first soccer ball that we tested out was the ever popular Nike T90 Strike. Right from the second I pumped the ball up I could tell it is a quality ball. The material on the outside of the ball is extremely durable, and very padded. Click to continue reading...

During the winter I get to play more soccer than I get to watch MLS. Who doesn't - unless you are watching old matches. Anyway - this past Christmas I was lucky enough to get an Adidas Teamgeist II MLS Finals Match Ball. This ball is amazing!

The Teamgeist balls were developed by Adidas for the 2006 World Cup.

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http://www.soccerpro.com/Adidas-Teamgeist-II-MLS-Replique-p4912

Product Review: Adidas Teamgeist II MLS Replique
If you're looking for an economical soccer ball to practice with, then I recommend the Adidas Teamgeist II MLS Replique. It is a replica ball of the 2008 Major League Soccer season.

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We love the single table format. That said, we also love rumors that MLS may be headed in that direction. With everyone from Sean Wheelock to Greg Lalas, to Shep Messing commenting on it as of late there must be something to the rumors. So we decided to look for any fact based evidence rather than seek out a New York bartender who keeps Don Garber's tab. Click to continue reading...

The coming weeks are going to be very active for the Wizards and their supporters, the Cauldron, in regards to their work in the community. The first event will take place this coming Saturday, as the Cauldron will be participating in the Alzheimer's Memory Walk, in Corporate Woods in Overland Park. Click to continue reading...

Written by Guest Author Roue Yecpot There are so many people who love to play soccer. These games can be street soccer, soccer that is played in schools, recreational soccer, in the local park, on the beach and the more formal soccer game. Regardless of where soccer is played there is one constant in the game [. Click to continue reading...

We all remember the damn commercial, now they think that they can have soccer balls and make partnerships with the FIFA World Cup on some phone thing.
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OPERATION: Andy's Gift is a project the Stewart family of the Triangle Area is organizing to provide children in Afghanistan with new soccer balls and equipment. This project started out of a simple request from USAF Captain Andrew Stewart who is serving his third tour in the Middle East. This mission was derived out of Andy's love of sports and the fact that he is a father to two young children. Click to continue reading...

From United for D.C.'s Executive Director, Sara Peterson:

On Thursday, September 11, six members of D.C. United assisted 30 youth from United for D.C.'s United Soccer Club in the "Shop with a Player" experience at Dick's Sporting Goods. Marc Burch, Quavas Kirk, Bryan Namoff, Clyde Simms, Zack Wells and Mike Zaher accompanied a group of five kids on a $100 shopping spree throughout the sporting goods store in Bailey's Crossroads.

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If you're heading to the Revs match versus the Goats tommorrow night I'd encourage you to bring a deflated soccer ball. Strange request I know but hear me out. The Revs are collecting deflated soccer balls on Thursday at match to ship to Iraqi children. The initiative, dubbed Operation Soccer Ball, is a humanitarian effort to spread universal goodwill, camaraderie and friendship between nations and provide hope to the people of Iraq through the "universal language" of soccer. Click to continue reading...

Venezuela hands out soccer balls to children who hand in their toy guns. In an effort to curb inner city violence in Venezuela, the Government has decided to open an exchange program. The police will exchange every toy gun for a soccer ball. The new, more socialist government under Chavez has been interesting. Click to continue reading...