There were no surprises on Saturday while watching the U.S. men's team struggle in Bratislavia. No Landon Donovan and no Charlie Davies removes the two fastest, most dangerous attacking players. Watching Clint Dempsey lumber up and down the pitch, hoping for something a bit extra, wasn't enough.

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The Galaxy are one victory from reaching MLS Cup 2009 thanks to 2009 Coach of the Year Bruce Arena

The Los Angeles Galaxy began the 2009 season at best as a team in transition, at worst as a team in turmoil. Despite initial problems, the Galaxy now stands only one game from winning the Western Conference.

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Forgive my prolonged absence. It is absolutely unpardonable, though fact is that the average arsefan has had so much more than just my small space to keep them entertained over the past couple of weeks which have been fantastic. The Arsenal has posted its Q1 results and they have been emphatic.

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Cesc Fabregas is remaining cautious in refusing to get carried away by Arsenal's current free-scoring form.
The Gunners moved into second spot in the Barclays Premier League with a clinical 4-1 win over Wolves on Saturday to take their league tally to 36 goals in 11 games.
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Chicago defeated the Revolution 2-0 to advance to the Eastern Conference Final of the MLS Cup Playoffs where they will have the privilege of hosting RSL (A.K.A. The team no one wants right now) on Saturday.

Chicago and RSL are walking two completely different paths to get to this point.

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Southend United will today (Wed) learn whether they will enter administration and be deducted 10-points from their League One tally.
Yesterday (3rd), at around 8pm, a bid to take over the club by a consortium of local businesses was turned down by the board of SUFC. The un-named 10-strong party had wanted to buy the club for a nominal fee, rid it of its debts and - according to its spokesman - push the business forward. Click to continue reading...

It always feels good to see Spurs lose, especially if we're the one that beat them

If Arsenal were to win anything this season, Robin Van Persie's contribution to it would be very very vital. If Fabregas is the fulcrum of the side and the player others look for the ammunition, then RVP will the one looking to be at the end of those supplies.

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It's Halloween, and I'm scared.

Not of the hordes of ghosts and goblins floating around as I type this, but rather that the MLS season of my beloved Columbus Crew will come to an end on Thursday night.

Tonight, as they took on Real Salt Lake in the first leg of the home-and-home playoff series, The Massive looked anemic.

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TORONTO - Age appears nothing but a number for the beloved Captain of Pistolas FC Charles Eppich, as he continues to score goals in limited games, and remains the All-Time Goalscorer.
In fact he scored 2 goals in the finals to bring his 2009 tally to 6 and his all-time tally to 12.
But his absence from the roster during the Toronto Cup - an absence not brought on by availability - left many teammates and fans wondering about the status of our fearless leader. Click to continue reading...

All of a sudden, it seems no-one wants to win Ligue 1 this season. Every time a team rises to the top of the pile, they quickly lose their next game and fall from grace again.
Such is the case for Lyon who recently replaced long-standing leaders Bordeaux at the top end of Ligue 1. Their trip to Nice seemed barely troublesome after beating Liverpool in the Champions League last week, but they hadn't accounted for the home side's desperate need for points. Click to continue reading...

Rafa Benitez has banished thoughts of revenge as he bids to take a step closer to fulfilling one of his ambitions as Liverpool manager.
The Reds face Arsenal in the Carling Cup fourth round and Benitez has no wish to experience a scoreline similar to when the sides last met in this competition. Click to continue reading...

Hertha Berlin general manager Michael Preetz has refused to deny speculation linking them with a move for Andriy Voronin.
Reports in the German press have suggested that Hertha are eyeing a winter move for the Liverpool striker, who spent a spell on loan at the club last season, as well as Wolfsburg attacker Ashkan Dejagah. Click to continue reading...

Rogério Ceni scores then gets sent off against Santos

Three losses in a row has suddenly left Palmeiras' championship chances in grave doubt. The latest defeat came away at strugglers Santo André on Wednesday. The result provided another opportunity for Palmeiras' rivals to make ground on the leaders.

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FC Barcelona extended their lead at the top of the league to three points with a marvelous 6-1 thrashing of Zaragoza. It was quite a night with Keita scoring a hat-trick. Not many times you will see Keita outscoring the likes of Messi and Ibrahmovic. There were serious doubts about Barca's form, but the players put them into rest with a sensational display. Click to continue reading...

On a cold and rainy night at the swamps of the Meadowlands, this was the final performance on the soccer side at Giants Stadium. Yes the season has been lost since the middle of June, but that doesn't mean the club can't try to play for pride and knock off Toronto FC from the playoffs.

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------------------ "Sing when you're winning" - RSL = 40pts
After having to swallow a 5-0 debacle in New York, one thing was clear - any team other than Toronto FC had to make the playoffs tonight. There was that brief moment where it was still possible that the Reds, that unbalanced, built-on-the cheap by Mo Johnston squad could still make the playoffs despite the club's horrifying display and completely mediocre season. Click to continue reading...

Joint top scorer with 15 goals in the Campeonato Brasileiro (national league, which has 8 rounds remaining), 16 goals in the Campeonato Mineiro (local State championship), 4 goals in the Copa do Brasil (Brazilian cup) not a bad tally for Atlético Mineiro's Diego Tardelli. Add to this his recent call up to Brazil and it's not much of a surprise that the player is being linked with a possible move to Manchester City (though who isn't these days?

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Missouri State Bears, Jessica Smits

Seniors Samantha Aguilar and Jenna Dobkins tally two goals to defeat the Drake Bulldogs 2-0 on Missouri State Senior Day. The Bears are now 7-5-2 overall and 3-1-0 in Missouri Valley play.

The Bears played the game very aggressively, racking up eight shots and six fouls in the first half alone.

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Arsenal's hot goal scoring form continued as they added 3 more goals to their tally against Birmingham, making them the goal scoring leaders in the Premier League with a total of 27. Of the goals scored, Andrei Arshavin's was the pick of the bunch as he neatly stepped inside his ... Click to continue reading...

SAFFC's 1-0 victory last night against Sengkang Punggol meant they became SLeague champions for a record 4th time - something not even Manchester United have achieved as Aleksander Duric told me last week. The bean pole striker made his own personal tally 28 for the season as he looks to sew up the golden boot award. Click to continue reading...

Ever since I wrote a column Sept. 29 about the poor form this season of Chivas USA midfielder Sacha Kljestan he's been on something of a mini-tear.

His goal in a man of the match performance in Chivas USA's 2-0 win over the Wizards Saturday is up for MLS Goal of the Week honors (he also had four of the club's six shots on goal); his five goals on the year now equals last season's tally.

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With less than 250 days left to the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa, the qualifying rounds are coming to an end in exciting matches that are determining who will come to South Africa next year and take their place in the Top 32 soccer teams in the world. This week will see the last of the 2010 qualifying games before the play-offs take place.

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FC Dallas defeated the SJ Quakes 2-1 at Buck Shaw Stadium in the Quakes last home match of the season, a thriller that accelerated until the final whistle. FCD's Jeff Cunningham added a goal and assist to his tally atop the MLS Golden Boot leader board, and Quakes rookie Quincy Amarikwa netted his first regular season goal. Click to continue reading...

Okay, it wasn't quite that many... but if the game had gone long enough we might have gotten there eventually. And if we had, Cesc would have probably assisted on 3,990 of them. I would be a vain writer indeed to think that I could come up with some kind of superlative or plaudit that I haven't already read in the hours since the match.

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The Missouri State men's soccer team (5-3-2, 1-1-0) fell to the visiting Eastern Illinois Panthers (4-3-2, 1-1-0) in a 3-0 decision at Plaster Field today.

The Panthers jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the 39th minute off a free kick converted by Jerry Maddi. Eastern Illinois doubled its lead off another free kick in the 66th minute.

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The Missouri State men's soccer team (5-3-2, 1-1-0) fell to the visiting Eastern Illinois Panthers (4-3-2, 1-1-0) in a 3-0 decision at Plaster Field today.

The Panthers jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the 39th minute off a free kick converted by Jerry Maddi. Eastern Illinois doubled its lead off another free kick in the 66th minute.

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Fernando Torres admits it would be a "massive blow" if Liverpool finished this season with no silverware.
The Spain striker, who scored the winning goal in the Euro 2008 final to secure his country's first major trophy for 44 years, arrived at Anfield two years ago from Atletico Madrid but has yet to claim any honours with the Reds. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has warned his team that they must cope with Chelsea striker Didier Drogba if they are to emerge from Stamford Bridge with a win in Sunday's big game clash.
The Spaniard renews his rivalry with Carlo Ancelotti in Sunday's hotly anticipated showdown but Benitez has already pinpointed where the Blues' main threat will come from. Click to continue reading...

I'm just going to throw it out there: this might be the worst goals of the week post of all time. Nothing spectacular at all this weekend, most goals were very plain and ordinary. Of the 18 goals scored this weekend, about 3 are top goal worthy. But let's see this week's goals of the week (hoping that Giornata 7 brings us better ones):

Massimo Maccarone vs.

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Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez has described Fernando Torres as priceless following his demolition of Hull City at the weekend.
Torres terrorised the Hull defence during Liverpool's thumping 6-1 win at Anfield helping himself to a clinical hat-trick.
It brought Torres' tally to eight goals in seven Premier League games this season and it was fourth treble in his Reds career since his arrival from Atletico Madrid. Click to continue reading...

Josh Wolff, in the middle of an excellent month of September, is up for MLS Goal of the Week for his game-tying goal Saturday night in our clutch 3-2 win over FC Dallas. Wolff now has four goals in the month of September (in four games). He also created an own goal and had a deflected pass turn into a goal in the first game of the month, our 4-2 win at New England. Click to continue reading...

Fernandão celebrates against Corinthians

On Saturday, just two points separated the top three sides in the Brasileiro. But even though Palmeiras were not in action, they stayed top after Internacional lost away at Vitória and São Paulo were held away at strugglers Santo André. Now just three points separate the top five.

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Former USF star, Jeff Cunningham continues his climb up the various MLS scoring charts. FC Dallas' Cunningham scored his thirteenth goal of the 2009 season in the fifty-fourth minute of Saturday's away loss to the Kansas City Wizards. The goal put Dallas up 2-1, but the Wizards scored twice in the last quarter hour to hand Dallas its twelfth loss of the season. Click to continue reading...

South Florida's offensive difficulties continued tonight in Wisconsin against Marquette (6-2-1). The Bulls (2-4-1) dropped the curtain raiser for their 2009 Big East Conference schedule 2-1 to the Golden Eagles. USF has only had one multiple goal performance this season and has been shutout twice. Click to continue reading...

Well if you missed yesterdays game.

Boooooo on you.

You missed a fine display of what our attack can do when it is on.

It was quick.

It was accurate and ultimately it was Lethal.

Villa scores twice.. and should have had a hat trick had it not been for bad reffing.

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