Score-lines from the weekend's football included a 2-2 draw between West Ham and Arsenal at Upton Park, ahead of Arsenal's rather more bitter London derby this weekend against Tottenham Hotspur. Chelsea trounced Blackburn Rovers 5-0 after a defeat against Aston Villa the week before which keeps them out in front, though in a rather less spectacular points lead. Click to continue reading...

Not seen out of frame, the past laurels Kevin Payne is resting on.
Kevin Payne decided to blow off some steam in an interview with the Washington Post's Steven Goff last night. Payne sounds a little bit flustered and more than a little bit defensive.
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Sporting Gijon-Real Madrid

Sporting has been one of the hottest clubs of late with consecutive wins over Athletic Bilbao and Mallorca. Miguel de las Cuevas has scored four goals in the last two games, so he looks to continue his streak against one of Spain's toughest defenses in Madrid.

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Stuff to read while you watch the latest and greatest in Nike ads with Sir Cesc...... Once again: Martin Caceres is an idiot. (Dirty Tackle) Finding a star who would flop Sheva-style in the Prem. (EPL Offside) The worrisome increasing influence of Sir Alex. (Studs Up) The proposed Atlantic League really, really gaining steam. Click to continue reading...

Malawi 1 - 1 Ivory Coast
Elephants book ticket
Cameroon 3 - 0 Togo
Lions too much for Togo
Republic of Ireland 2 - 2 Italy
Trap rues ability to hold lead as playoffs loom
Russia 0 - 1 Germany
Klose strikes to send Germans through
Serbia 5 - 0 Romania
Rout clinches spot in South Africa
France 5 - 0 Faroe Islands
Les Blues seal play-off spot
Denmark 1 - 0 Sweden
Late goal sends Danes through
Mexico 4 - 1 El Salvador
El Tri cruise through
Bolivia 2 - 1 Brazil
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Saturday afternoon was traditionally an escape for most male football fans. A chance to meet up with the lads, have a few drinks, and let off steam by vociferously informing the manager or referee exactly how to do his job. This was male territory away from wives and girlfriends, a chance to have a good [. Click to continue reading...

FC Dallas' slim playoff hopes gained more steam on Wednesday night after a Jeff Cunningham goal helped give Dallas a 1-0 victory against New England at Dallas Cowboys Stadium.

Cunningham headed home a Jair Benitez cross in the 71st minute to give FC Dallas its third win in four matches and move the Texas club closer to the playoff pack with three matches remaining.

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FC Dallas' slim playoff hopes gained more steam on Wednesday night after a Jeff Cunningham goal helped give Dallas a 1-0 victory against New England at the Cotton Bowl.

Cunningham headed home a Jair Benitez cross in the 71st minute to give FC Dallas its third win in four matches and move the Texas club closer to the playoff pack with three matches remaining.

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What are you waiting for?

After a typical blood and thunder derby at Old Trafford there will have been many frayed nerves and more than a few swearwords in evidence as Manchester United won by the odd goal in seven against Manchester City in a truly memorable match. Now it's your chance to tell your arch rivals what you think of them.

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After some mid week Champions League action and Atletico's poor showing, they're in for a complicated match against champions Barcelona. Our sources over at Heads or Tails suggest it'll be a Barca white wash as they attempt to let off some steam following their frustrating draw to Inter mid week. Click to continue reading...

Graham Roberts is one of the players featuring in Spurs' Cult Heroes, having sweated blood for the club in a Cup Final and dumped Charlie Nicholas into the Highbury stands. Please go full steam ahead and share your favourite memories of the man – episodes such as these, first impressions, memorable incidents or personal meetings you may have had.

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The Arjen Robben story continues to gather steam, especially now that Wesley Sneijder has reportedly agreed a five year deal with Inter.

Robben, best known for being a crock aside from being among the few creative outlets in a Chelsea team also shone during his spell in Real Madrid. He is on the right side of 26, in keeping with our policy to sign 'younger players'.

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This blog neglected for too long the Brazilian second division. And this is a shame. The second division in 2009 has a giant (Vasco), former Brazilian champions (Guarani and Bahia), former Brasileiro runner's up (Sao Caetano, Bragantino and Portuguesa) and many other traditional sides that played the first division for many years (Figueirense, Parana, Fortaleza, Juventude, Ponte Preta).

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Given - Marvellous save in the first-half to keep it at 1-0. Grows in my estimation with each game. 7
Richards - Another steady game and useful forays forward. A positive start to the season and appears to be regaining form. 7
Toure - A solid day at the office, comfortable on the ball and links in well with the front men. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal won't score a pair of luckier goals this season, but they deserved their luck. The Premier League side outclassed Celtic -Â Tony Mowbray's team didn't play that badly but ran out of steam - and will surely now finish...

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The A-League: where martial arts assaults go unpunished Robbie Fowler let off a little steam during a 5-0 defeat for new side North Queensland Fury with a crazed ninja attack on an opponent. Having watched Gold Coast United run five goal past his hapless team-mates, Fowler was a little frustrated to say the least. Click to continue reading...

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By CHRISTA MANN

The First Round of the WPS playoffs were in full effect Saturday as the favored Washington Freedom fell to the underdog Sky Blue FC (NJ).

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By CHRISTA MANN

The First Round of the WPS playoffs were in full effect Saturday as the favored Washington Freedom fell to the underdog Sky Blue FC (NJ).

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On days like this, it is perhaps advisable to avoid talking about football. You know what's coming following Liverpool's insipid display at Tottenham yesterday: complaints and whingeing at best, stupidity at worst.
It is also a given that there will be a lot of finger pointing going on. Already I see that Jamie Carragher (in particular) and Martin Skrtel have taken something of a lashing for what was, admittedly, horrendous defending whilst Xabi Alonso's absence has also been widely blamed for the defeat. Click to continue reading...

With the first of the Big Three kicking open the starting gate, we're that much closer to European football at its fullest. The Premiership opens up tomorrow, and while there will surely be some stutter steps, it's nice to see the end of summer in sight as we steam towards 12 months of football, culminating [. Click to continue reading...

Nicklas Bendtner is quickly becoming an Arsenal icon.
He keeps doing everything right.
After getting booed by his own fans for large portions of last season, he first responded by acting like he couldn't care less. Then he improved markedly and became a fan favorite, making the difference in some games late in the season, like the FA Cup match against Hull City. Click to continue reading...

The word of the day is...persistence.

Manchester City haven't given up in their pursuit of Everton defender Joleon Lescott, despite there not being any indication from Everton that they want to let Lescott go without a serious scrap.

While their persistence might not be paying off (yet, at least), it's paying off for Hull City.

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U.S. national team midfielder Ricardo Clark looks to be the latest American to parlay Confederations Cup success into a transfer move, with Italian side Livorno reportedly ready to complete a deal for the Houston Dynamo midfielder.

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Chicago's Patrick Nyarko and Seattle's Osvaldo Alonso battle again this weekend. (Getty Images)

We steam roll into another weekend of soccer here starting with one game tonight along with a full slate of games tomorrow. Week 19 is the final week before the league's All-Star break next week.

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I understand the desire for fans of a team to all dress the same, and convey the notion that by doing so they will obscure, rob or wipe out the other team's powers of playing soccer. I even understand branding such an effort, with blackout and whiteout being popular for such a purpose. But Kansas City fans having a Blueout? Click to continue reading...

It's been a rough week around here with technical difficulties, but now we're back up and running at full steam. Hopefully you won't have any more problems getting hold of us. How about some link city? But not City Link as the picture above might suggest:
-Watch Thad's video interview with Adam Cristman, who scored a goal today at training. Click to continue reading...

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Victor Valdes is going to become a dad this summer. No one knows exactly who the mother of the baby is, but at least we know the estimated due date: August 20th. Victor says the baby will be named Dylan and that he is seriously pumped about fatherhood.
David Seaman's wife Debbie is devastated that he left her for another woman.

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Cruzeiro with goalie Fabio kept Los Pincharratas at bay and earned a crucial away draw at the Ciudad de La Plata. Juan Sebastian Veron came out strong in the first half but in a noticeable pattern ran out of steam in the second half. A Raposa came up with some very good chances in the second half to win the match through Leonardo Silva, Kleber, and Wellington but in the end they could not pull of an upset.

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I guess it started up this weekend.
Who had any idea?
Not me, that's for sure.
Let's get to the links:

• Not sure this site has any more steam. [FireBobBradleyNow.com]
  
• Kaka's new Wikipedia page (not for kids). [Dirty Tackle]
  
• Japanese trash talk.

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The movement to ban vuvuzelas continues to gain supporters and steam. Dutch head coach Bert Van Marwijk spoke out against the annoying horns.
"At home watching TV it really was annoying, but in the stadiums you get used to it but it is still unpleasant," Van Marwikj, who is on a fact-finding tour before next year's World Cup finals, told reporters at the hotel his team will use next year. Click to continue reading...

Today's match against Brazil doesn't feel different that any other game in terms of our approach. We go out trying to win every time we step on the field. Clearly it's an important game for us. Realistically, we need a win to stay alive.
The Italy game is behind us. We were frustrated not to get a result, especially since we felt like we were playing very well prior to the red card. Click to continue reading...

Italy came from behind to defeat the United States 3-1 in their opening Confederations Cup match in Pretoria, with American born Giuseppe Rossi scoring twice to beat a gallant 10 man U.S. team.

The U.S. had been reduced to 10 men when Ricardo Clark was sent off on 33 minutes for an ill-timed lunge on Gennaro Gattuso.

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If US fans are looking for a powder puff piece from notes given by USSF to it's only credentialed writer in San Jose, you've come to the wrong place. If you're a US fan who expects me to treat this game like the US is now a big shot footballing power, read on and be prepared to be severely angered. If you're a US fan looking for a place to blow off some steam, you've come to exactly the right Click to continue reading...

A ton of tension but not an iota of incident -the dullest final day of the EPL I can remember only goes to prove the league does not lie.Middlesbrough and Newcastle both ran out of steam long ago and Man U's B-team's victory at Hull leaves them with no-one to blame but themselves, apart from Mike Ashley, whom Toon fans also hold responsible for Darfur, the global recession and the weather. Click to continue reading...

Manchester United may have levelled Liverpool's record of 18 top-flight titles, but Reds legend Kenny Dalglish believes that the Merseyside men will soon steam ahead against under Rafael Benitez.
Benitez's troops launched a strong assault on the Red Devils this season, despite coming up short in the end. Click to continue reading...