Finisce a Leicester il sogno dello Swindon Town Di Renato Cignoni LEICESTER CITY 2 (4'-52' Beckford)SWINDON TOWN 0 Swindon Town:Wes Foderingham; Paul Caddis (cap), Joe Devera, Alan McCormack, Alessandro Cibocchi; Matt Ritchie, Oliver Risser, Simon Ferry (Thompson L '81), Raffaele De Vita (Gabilondo '54), Paul Benson, Alan Connell (Murray '60)Sostituti: Phil Smith , Jonathan Smith, Lukas Magera,

As much as I still cannot conceive the fact we conceded three goals to a team down a man for 7000 minutes, turns out the same happened to St. Mirren on the weekend!

But they conceded five!

Here's the scoring sheet:

Hearts 5-2 St Mirren

• Zaliukas 1
• Skacel 23
• Skacel 64
• Skacel 68
• Sutton 90

• McGowan (pen) 13
• Thompson 19

So, yes, Saturday sucked for us.

Georgia Thompson's very last Sky Sport News show yesterday where she Sported a Posh hair-do with a very sexy red number.

The newspapers are reporting Harry was brilliant, brilliant, - or his Coach Mem thought he was.
Guess what the text I received from a football mate straight after the game said, "Kewell ordinary."
And I might be "just a blogger" but I know brilliance when I see it.
Lionel Messi Sunday morning - absolutely brilliant.

UW-Milwaukee and Marquette each won conference titles, each advanced to the second round of the NCAA tournament and each had four players named to National Soccer Coaches Association of America women's all-region teams.

The Panthers' trio of senior forward Sarah Hagen (Appleton North), senior midfielder Keara Thompson and junior goalkeeper Jamie Forbes were all first-team selections on the All-Great Lakes Region team, while junior midfielder Helen Steinhauser made the second team.

Hampton and Richmond striker Dan Thompson's proposed move to Portsmouth has fallen through, with a host of Premier League clubs circling, according to The Daily Star.
The non-league forward has been heavily linked with a move to the south coast, however Stoke City have also reportedly lodged a bid.

So, whats the excuse this week? There were no red cards, no forced changes due to injury, no dodgy refereeing decisions.....oh wait. How could I forget the now mandatory shocking decision? Can we not go one week in the A-League without a referee getting a call completely wrong? Archie Thompson, through on goal, clearly brought down

One thing right after another today. With the sad news of Kevin Goldthwaite's retirement -- due to, I suspect, injuries -- comes more roster news with a couple re-signings and some other, sadly enough, players dropped.

The first bit of news is very welcome to me, personally, as both our star goalkeeper Troy Perkins and up and coming center back defender David Horst were re-signed to new contracts of which we're not quite sure about the details.

I have yet to track down exactly who it might be but here are a couple of things I have found out:

• 1 Portland Timber is Retiring possibly more
• 2 or more Portland Timbers did not have their contracts renewed
• 1 DP Signing could be announced in the next two weeks as Wilkinson is in talks with an international player
• 2 or more Timbers will be getting their Green Cards and therefore will not be using an international slot

The 1 retiring player is not Adin Brown but I believe he is one "possibly more".

Pompey close on starlet

Portsmouth are understood to be closing in on non-league starlet Dan Thompson, skysports.com can reveal.

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Sporting KC took a big first step in the playoffs on Sunday night in Colorado as they took out the Rapids 2-0 in the first leg of their home and home series. With the second leg at home at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park, KC is firmly in the driver's seat in the series.

After a first half completely bereft of ideas by either team (I commented at half that the best hope for either team to score was an own goal) the second half perked up and resulted in the Rapids clinching a home playoff game.
The half started on a bad note though as Vancouver scored 4 minutes in.

Colorado was the better team and controlled play for most of the game, but for the first time in Rocky Mountain Cup history there were no goals to be had in the game and both teams got a point. With it FSL maintains control of the Cup for a 5th straight year.
It was really a tale of two halves.

Liverpool is the latest Barclays Premier League club to be linked with a move for non-league striker Dan Thompson.
TalkSPORT reports that the non-league 'prodigy' has emerged on Kenny Dalglish's radar in recent weeks, with the Reds looking to add the player to their impressive youth ranks at Anfield.

Lo Swindon Town di coppa regala un sorriso a Paolo Di Canio Di Renato Cignoni EXETER CITY 1 (Nardiello '71)SWINDON TOWN 2 (Jervis '18, '35) Swindon Town: Mattia Lanzano; Paul Caddis (cap), Joe Devera, Alan McCormack, Alessandro Cibocchi (Thompson '72); Matt Ritchie, Ahmed Abdulla, Jonathan Smith (Risser '69), Lander Gabilondo; Alan Connell (Kerrouche '65), Jake JervisSostituti: Leigh Bedwell ,

Hoddle, Neville, Thompson and Smith: The top 10 biased football pundits as chosen by you!

What TV stars can't hide their love?

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So, yeah, about that whole post where I said the Rapids will be beat by Metapan and the roster selection was not great. Well Colorado proved me an idiot with a 3-1 win last night. The reserve squad, lead by Steve Guppy and augmented by Wells Thompson and Tyrone Marshall, pulled together in a tough environment and dominated the scoreboard.

At only 16-years old, Lexi Thompson has just carved her name into the history books, becoming the youngest ever winner of a LPGA tournament. Thompson closed with a final round of 2-under Sunday to win the Navistar LPGA Classic, beating Tiffany Joh by five strokes to finish at 17-under 271.

Chicago Fire Setup: Frank Klopas' side continued to show how much they have upgraded in this dominating victory over the Defending MLS Champion Colorado Rapids. The speed in the partnership of Oduro and Nyarko up top was too much for the Colorado back line to handle. Without Marvel Wynne's speed to cover for the rest of the 3 defenders, Colorado would have conceded quite a few more goals.

In the midst of this week's chaos and rioting around England, one good samaritan on Twitter is urging people to stop the violence and help out.

Twitter account @Riotcleanup was started by Dan Thompson, who used the medium to encourage "proud Londoners" to get out and help "reclaim their streets.

The Rapids continued their dominance over the East with another win over the current Eastern leaders. The Rapids are 5-10-1 against the East, with the only loss being in Columbus and 3 of the 5 wins being over teams who were leading the East at the time of the game. That seems appropriate for the defending Eastern Conference Champions.

The Rapids used two of the prettiest goals you'll see all season to get an ugly win in Philly. The heat and humidity gave the home team an advantage and they took full advantage, controlling play and out-shooting Colorado.
Despite that, it was the Rapids who went up first, from an unlikely source.

Another great episode of this, the newest RBNY-themed podcast. This week, Matt and Ben discuss last weekend's 0-0 @Chivas USA, the embarrassing 4-1 loss @Colorado, roster & lineup decisions, the coming Supporters protest and preview tomorrow's massive, massive home fixture against FC Dallas.

Apparently Sanna Nyassi saw an opportunity with Casey's injury to claim a starting spot and he took full advantage. He was a couple of inches short of a first-half hat-trick, but got his hat-trick and staked the Rapids to a 4-0 lead right after half. After that it was smooth sailing the rest of the way.

It's amazing what happens when you have a midfielder like Sanna Nyassi who barely gets anything in sixteen games, yet when a certain side comes to visit Dick's Sporting Goods Park it looks like that they would make you look like a world class player. That's what the Gambian did to the New York Red Bulls as he put on a clinic and showed his speed.

At last we have played some football and wonder of wonders a new wind of optimism seems to be blowing through the blogs after the most excruciating month of self-flagellation I can remember in 60 odd years following the Arsenal. From learning to read the match reports of Desmond Hackett : he of the Brown Bowler hat: on the back page of my fathers Daily Express, to watching Nubile young ladies sensationalise each and every action on Sky Sports News.

As I predicted, the Rapids lost in Seattle by a goal. As I didn't predict it was a 4-3 goal-fest instead of the expected defensive battle. The Rapids got off to a good start, with a Wells Thompson goal off a lazy Seattle clearance in the first 5 minutes. Not surprisingly Colorado gave the lead right back within 5 minutes as the back line was beaten again, for at least the 3rd time in the first 10 minutes.

Thompson 1´(0-1), FERNANDEZ 7´(1 -1), Larentowicz 42´(1-2), LEVESQUE 48´(2-2), MONTERO 82´ (3-2), ROSALES 84´(4-2), Folan 89´(4-3). Los Sounders FC alcanzaron esta tarde la cúspide de la temporada al mantener viva la racha de nueve partidos invictos en la MLS y 11 en todas las competencias desde el 28 de Mayo.

Four of the six games on Major League Soccer's Saturday schedule ended tied, with three of those scoreless. For those preferring offense with their soccer, seven of the 10 Saturday goals came from one game. Seattle 4 – Colorado 3 Wells Thompson gave an early indication of how this game was going to play out, scoring for the visiting Rapids in the first minute.

Every year the Rapids (and most teams) play a game or two where the videotape should be burned, the game forgotten, and the team moved on. Last night was one of those games. So we're moving on to the big event of the week, the Colorado's visit to the White House. The Rapids started the day getting their championship rings:
(Photo from Anthony Wallace)
Then it was off to the White House!

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Playing the worst team in MLS Colorado continued their lack-luster play, and they got burned by it. What should have been an easy won resulted in the Rapids 5th draw in a row and 6th draw in 7 games.
This game was much like last week's home game against Toronto. Lots of possession by the Rapids in the defensive third but no ability to capitalize on it.

So my original prediction of the team needing 10 points on this road trip can now no longer happen. But at least KC ended their long term losing streak in league play as they came from behind to draw with the Colorado Rapids, 1-1 out in Colorado. KC came out strong from the start and put good pressure on the Rapids.

The Rapids started the game with only 2 offensive players hoping just to battle to a low-scoring draw. That worked for about 25 minutes. Between minute 27 and 33 all hell broke loose, then they went back to the plan for the remaining 57 minutes of the game. In the end they got the draw they wanted, but it was a much higher scoring 2-2 draw than what they expected.

Toronto came to town with 4 former Rapids on their roster, 2 of them from the Clavijo era. As part of their return to Denver they returned Clavijo-era ball to the Rapids. An ugly 0-0 game then played out.
The closest the Rapids got to a goal was right before halftime when Quincy Amarikwa was tripped up in the corner of the box, but didn't get the PK call.

Colorado controlled everything but the scoreboard on Sunday, dominating play for minutes at a time throughout the game, but couldn't crack Toronto FC's defense.

Although the game goes into the books as a 0-0 tie, it was a win for the Reds. The Rapids gave away points at home, despite owning the ball everywhere outside of the Toronto 18.

Who: Schalke 04 vs. Manchester United
When: 2:45pm EDT
Where: Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen, Germany
U.S. TV: Fox Soccer Channel
Preview I
Preview II
Kevin McCarra: United can expose Schalke
Phil Thompson: United must be wary
John Duerden: Karimi could rise to the top
Duncan White: Raul enjoying Indian summer
Raphael Honigstein: Five reasons why Schalke may shock Manchester United
Dan Roan: The key to Schalke's success
Schalke 04 Player Guide

The season is now at its business end, tension is building amongst the squad as well as the fans. Inside United reporter Gemma Thompson has sat down with Wayne Rooney, Michael Carrick and Wes Brown...
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Manchester United
vs. Marseille (agg. 0 - 0)
Preview I
Preview II
Louise Taylor:
United wary of away goal
Phil Thompson:
United will go through
Kevin McCarra:
United can still fight on three fronts
Bayern Munich vs.

Barcelona
vs.
Arsenal
(agg. 1 - 2)
Preview I
Preview II
van Persie decision to come prior to kick-off
Team News
Alan Smith's Three Key Clashes
Phil Thompson's Preview
Paul Hayward: Arsenal's Ultimate Test
Martin Samuel: Jack Can Make Pep Pay
Nasri Primed For Ultimate Test
Key Battles
Camp Nou: The Vatican of Football
Four Managers: How Arsenal Can Win
Shakhtar Donetsk vs.