In probably the most unexpected development of the domestic league's fourteenth round, River Plate played with spirit and intelligence to overturn a deficit and actually win a football match on Sunday afternoon. 1-0 down after only two-and-a-half minutes at home to Atlético Tucumán, it looked like the same old story for River. Click to continue reading...

Jamil Fearrington will patrol Roskilde's central defense as they seek to head into the winter break on a winning note when the team hosts 12th-place FC Fyn on Sunday afternoon. Click to continue reading...

Rennes hosted Valenciennes on Sunday afternoon and the visitors made the most of their visit thanks to three goals in the second half, while Sochaux was on the losing end of a game against Paris Saint-Germain. Click to continue reading...

Always expect the unexpected when it comes to the Superclasico. Only two goals were scored in the three regular season meetings between Chivas USA and the Los Angeles Galaxy (both by the Galaxy), but in the first leg of the first round playoff matchup between the two Home Depot Center tenants, both teams found the back of the net twice on Sunday afternoon, albeit it on strange circumstances. Click to continue reading...

As always, highlights are below and are also archived on the right sidebar. Don't forget to click on "see all videos" at the bottom of the widget for the rest of the highlights from this season and preseason.

Last week, following our last-minute capitulation to AZ Alkmaar, I wrote a post entitled, "Déjà Vu," which talked about how the result was reminiscent of all those draws, many nil-nil, from last season.

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Pink Panthers U14, Missouri Mule's 2009 Tournament Champions

This weekend we played the Missouri Mule tournament hosted by the Summitt Soccer Club in Blue Springs, MO (outside of KC). The Panthers played incredible soccer resulting in three consecutive shut-out matches in the Black Molly Division. Click to continue reading...

Pink Panthers U14, Missouri Mule's 2009 Tournament Champions

This weekend we played the Missouri Mule tournament hosted by the Summitt Soccer Club in Blue Springs, MO (outside of KC). The Panthers played incredible soccer resulting in three consecutive shut-out matches in the Black Molly Division. Click to continue reading...

No Moore. No Malcolm. No Tiatto. No Miller. It was always going to be a stringent test of Brisbane's resources.
And yet they acquitted themselves not too badly, on the whole. Although they were plainly outclassed in midfield for much of the game, and had every reason to let their heads drop after the injury to Reinaldo, they made a real fight of the game in the final twenty minutes, and perhaps deserved to equalise. Click to continue reading...

It's gearing up to be a very interesting Sunday afternoon of football, with Liverpool and United meeting before we take a trip east to face West Ham, opponents we haven't exactly thrived against in recent years. In fact, some of the games have become infamous, the 1-0 defeat that saw Wenger and Pardew nearly come to blows, and a 3-2 reverse where Sol Campbell jumped ship at half time.

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Next up it's a trip to the Boleyn Ground on Sunday afternoon in the League against the ‘Appy ‘Ammers. We need three points there if we're to keep up our challenge for the title. We need to put Tuesday night's disappointing draw in the Netherlands firmly behind us, EXCEPT to learn the lessons of conceding another silly goal.

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I just thought the sun coming through the beams at Sky Harbor this morning looked cool. Don't think this photo does it justice, but, whatever.

So, I just flew in from Indianapolis, and boy are my arms tired. Got to see some old friends and called Michigan State's 1-0, double-overtime victory over Indiana on the Big Ten Network Sunday afternoon.

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In a game with few chances on either side, LA Galaxy keeper Donovan Ricketts made enough big plays to deny the Houston Dynamo in a scoreless draw Sunday afternoon at Robertson Stadium. For the fifth straight MLS game, Houston finished with 10 men, as Brian Ching was sent off in the 84th minute.
David Beckham's celebrity probably helped account for the season-high crowd of 29,470 that nearly filled Robertson today. Click to continue reading...

Jay Needham and Alta's dreams of promotion all but ended Sunday afternoon with a defeat at Tromsdalen while Connor Tobin did not see time in Nybergsund's victory over Stavanger. Click to continue reading...

It says something when Black Black Blackburn have more than twice as many shots on target (7) as Liverpool (3) on a sunday afternoon. Arsenal were of course miles ahead on total number of shots 24 the other top clubs playing on sunday afternoon had under half that number and also committed more fouls [. Click to continue reading...

The small quiet town of Siroki Brijeg, Bosnia/Herzegovina was the scene of a horrific act of violence yesterday Sunday afternoon October 4th, 2009 when a trainload of soccer fans from Sarajevo arrived to watch the match.

Siroki Brijeg - Bosnia/Herzegovina

The game played between the two teams was friendly, but what was going on in the streets was anything but.

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This was a high scoring weekend of excitement and upsets at the ABSA Premiership around South Africa seven goals were scored on Sunday.

Sunday Matches in the ABSA Premiership

Ajax Cape Town 0 – Kaizer Chiefs 3

Kaizer Chiefs showed their class once again at Newlands Stadium on Sunday afternoon when they beat Ajax Cape Town 3-0.

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The UT women (5-6-1) overcame Lynn University (6-5-0) on Sunday afternoon at Pepin Stadium in front of about sixty spectators. The 2-1 win gave the Spartans their first Sunshine State Conference win of the season.
The match saw the return of sophomore Kendall Bourdon to the Spartans' net. Click to continue reading...

On Sunday afternoon, Mallori Lofton-Malachi [left] and the South Florida defense did what now other team this season has been able to do: Shutout Rutgers' potent attack. Coming into the match, the Scarlet Knights had not met a team that could keep them off the score sheet for ninety minutes, including two top twenty-five teams. Click to continue reading...

If the Wizards want to make the playoffs this year, they're likely going to have to win out. Sure they are only 6 points out at the moment, but with so many other teams between them and the 8th playoff spot, KC is going to likely need to grab all 12 available remaining points to get into the post season. Click to continue reading...

A record field of over 2,000 runners will take part in this Sunday's annual 10k road race in Southend.
It starts at 10.30am from Southchurch Park in Thorpe Bay. The current race records are 28m 49s (men) and 33m 18s (women). The course is virtually flat and is mostly run along the seafront. Click to continue reading...

There is a caveat to this post: we don't have it near as bad as Red Bull fans have it. True, they have a new stadium coming, but that team is a disaster from top to bottom, with little hope of immediate recovery. Now that I've cleared that up, this is a bad time to be a United fan.

The breadth of this experience was on display Sunday afternoon.

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USF's leading scorer, Noelle Pineiro [left], secured a big win for the Bulls on Sunday with an assist and then a goal to defeat West Virginia (4-3-4) in front of just 267 at the USF Soccer Stadium. Pineiro, a sophomore from Bradenton, has been USF's most consistent source of scoring this season, while the team has lacked the finishing touch at times. Click to continue reading...

When the dust settled after a wild second half Sunday afternoon at the McClimon Complex, the...
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A late goal from Moore heading across to Seri-goal Van Dijk saved this game.
I think Sydney were very lucky. Their defensive mid-field used the same studs-up neutraliser that got a Newcastle player sent off last week. That, that red card was turned over on appeal probably saved Sydney today from losing Gan and Byon on the field. Click to continue reading...

D.C. United has turned its focus back to League play with the San Jose Earthquakes visiting RFK Stadium on Sunday afternoon. Ben Olsen and Dejan Jakovic discuss the game, and the playoff race, below..

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My man Richard Broad and I are reunited Sunday afternoon for the start of another season broadcasting college soccer on the Big Ten Network. We'll be calling the men's game between the last two conference champs, Ohio State (4-3-0) and Michigan State (4-1-1), which starts at 2:30pm ET but won't air until 4pm ET (so you can bag all those plans you had to watch the NFL).

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So there was us on Sunday afternoon fearing the worst about Didier Drogba and a possible absence from the first team when it turns out it was just CRAMP for god sake! On a good note it means that he won't miss any games but you have to say at times on Sunday it wasn't good watching him dive around and go down. Click to continue reading...

So there was us on Sunday afternoon fearing the worst about Didier Drogba and a possible absence from the first team when it turns out it was just CRAMP for god sake! On a good note it means that he won't miss any games but you have to say at times on Sunday it wasn't good watching him dive around and go down. Click to continue reading...

1) Various records to watch for:

• Eric Avila has made 16 subs without a start. Needs four more in the final five games to break the record, or three to tie.

• The worst Supporters Shield winners in MLS history were the 2004 Columbus Crew at 1.633 PPG. Somebody will need to finish with 50 points to surpass them.

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Eastern Conference powerhouses Columbus Crew and Chicago Fire collided in Toyota Park Sunday afternoon in a battle for the top of the table. Chicago ... Click to continue reading...

The Fire had it all to fight for on Sunday afternoon against the Columbus Crew. First place in the East, a shot at the Supporter's Shield, home field advantage in the playoffs, you name it and the Fire had it in their grasp this afternoon at Toyota Park but in the end it all slipped away as the two sides played to a very controversial 2-2 draw.

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Controversial penalty call assists Columbus' fate down stretch
BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. - Soccer's dreaded 2-0 advantage doomed the Chicago Fire against the Colubmus Crew on Sunday afternoon at Toyota Park. The Fire's dwindling lead was partly due to one poor sequence to lead to one goal. The other was a highly debatable penalty kick call from referee Mark Geiger. Click to continue reading...

Here at our pick of the fixtures for the weekend coming...

Sheffield United vs Sheffield United Friday Night
The famous steel city derby is sure to be a tense and exciting affair. Wednesday did the double over United last year for the first time in ninety-something years and Kevin Blackwell's boys will be looking to avenge that.

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This weekend sees the first clásico of the season between members of the 'Big Five', with San Lorenzo hosting Racing Club on Sunday afternoon as Argentina finally bids farewell to winter. Saturday sees Tigre visit Gimnasia in a match which should see both sides hopeful of getting some points on the board, but Friday sees [. Click to continue reading...

I like making picks. It's the one time each week that I think I might know what I'm talking about. I don't of course and by Sunday afternoon I'm picking up the pieces of my shattered ego and trying to...

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