-Team Brazil warms up at a stadium in Beijing, China.- National football (soccer) teams Brazil and Belgium, will play for the Bronze medal during the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China. The match will be held at the Shanghai Stadium @ 7pm August 22, 2008. Also, don't forget about the match between Argentina and [. Click to continue reading...

-Team Brazil warms up at a stadium in Beijing, China.- National football (soccer) teams Brazil and Belgium, will play for the Bronze medal during the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China. The match will be held at the Shanghai Stadium @ 7pm August 22, 2008. Also, don't forget about the match between Argentina and [. Click to continue reading...

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In soccer teams, you know that have certain players that you just love to hate. Everything they do on the field drives you crazy. Click to continue reading...

Today the USA and Japan men's soccer teams will open up their Olympic campaign in a tough group which includes Nigeria and the Netherlands. In contrast to the USA which features three top over-23 players led by striker Brian McBride, Japan is essentially bringing its U-23 team with no overage players. Click to continue reading...

Readers have picked Everton as the team they'd most like to follow in the Netminder blog this season. We'll assume last night's preseason loss to Chicago didn't deter anyone.

The final vote:

Everton 35%
Aston Villa 17%
Fulham 17%
Nottingham Forest 10%
Other 10%
Hull 9%
Plymouth Argyle 2%
Reading 1%

But we'll aim to please as many voters as possible.

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I'd be curious to know more about this. ACL injuries happen but are they is 1500 women a large enough of a group for this sort of a study? After all, ACL's don't happen all that often, do they? And why didn't they have a picture of Heather Mitts?

US News And World Report:

The ACL is an important knee ligament.

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On July 26 and 27, 144 women's soccer teams will flock to Pleasanton to compete in the 5th Annual RAGE... Click to continue reading...

We talked about juju, the art of African witchcraft about a year ago on this blog.

Back then, we stated that

it has long been common for soccer teams to turn to witchcraft, or juju, to gain a competitive edge. Teams might, for example, summon witch doctors to cast spells on opposing teams.

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PRESS RELEASE

The Missouri State men's and women's soccer teams will host seven and eight matches, respectively, at Plaster Sports Complex during the upcoming 2008 season.

The men's team opens the home schedule the second weekend of the season with its annual home tournament Sept. 5 and 6.

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Here are a few notes of interest as the month of June comes to a close:

* FC Indiana and the United States women's soccer teams are both Number 3 in the world. According to womensworldfootball.com, only Frankfurt and the Washington Freedom are better women's soccer teams than the Chicago Red Stars' W-League affiliate and only Germany and Brazil are better than the USWNT. Click to continue reading...

First of all, I'm really sorry that I haven't been posting this past week. My internet in my apartment isn't working at the moment, and I can't access the Offside's admin page from my lab. It's unfortunate about the timing because so many things have been going on that I haven't covered.

Because of that, and also because of the increasing time I have to spend in lab, I can't update this blog as often as before.

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"I don't know how much of what's on my brain should come off my tongue." My man Kenny Stern, 4/15/07 Completely random thoughts: Do we think the Bears would have released Cedric Benson for his second alcohol arrest in five weeks if he'd been, say, a 1,200-yard rusher every season? Why don't soccer teams do things like this anymore? Click to continue reading...

Missouri Ozarks F.C. will be holding Board member elections on Tuesday, June 10 at 7:00 P.m. The meeting will be held at the Neosho Middle School soccer field. This meeting is for all parents, coaches, and volunteers interesting in the Missouri Ozarks F.C. competitive soccer teams. We will be certifying the leagues constitution, by-laws, mission statement, and other details for the organization.

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Missouri Ozarks F.C. will be holding Board member elections on Tuesday, June 10 at 7:00 P.m. The meeting will be held at the Neosho Middle School soccer field. This meeting is for all parents, coaches, and volunteers interesting in the Missouri Ozarks F.C. competitive soccer teams. We will be certifying the leagues constitution, by-laws, mission statement, and other details for the organization.

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This is a post that's LONG overdue, but I honestly couldn't bring myself to write it when I should have in July 2007. So bear with my procrastination as I take a small trip down memory lane about a U10 Rec team I had the honor of coaching and that I will always remember. This [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The Storm Dissipates", url: "http://onthepitch. Click to continue reading...