1. Now Manchester City know what it's like to be on the receiving end of an epic 3-2 comeback. At least no trophies were on the line this time. 2. Roberto Mancini is presumably wishing that all parties had taken his advice about Cristiano Ronaldo taking a six-month sabbatical seriously. 3. Somebody at Channel 5 [.
The madness started when Roman Abramovich bought Chelsea in the summer of 2003, and he has spent
£1B since then in trying to make Chelsea into a top team and yes he has done that and they finally
won the Champions League last season, and they have won the Premier League three times [...]
The madness started when Roman Abramovich bought Chelsea in the summer of 2003, and he has spent
£1B since then in trying to make Chelsea into a top team and yes he has done that and they finally
won the Champions League last season, and they have won the Premier League three times [...]
According to the German newspaper Bild, Bayern Munich have signed Javi Martinez from Spanish
club Athletic Bilbao. The transfer was triggered after Bayern activated a €40m buy-out clause in
Martinez's contract. The size of the deal is a record for a German club.
"I am very happy and looking forward to playing for a club with such a history," Martinez told
Bayern Munich's official TV channel.
According to the German newspaper Bild, Bayern Munich have signed Javi Martinez from Spanish
club Athletic Bilbao. The transfer was triggered after Bayern activated a €40m buy-out clause in
Martinez's contract. The size of the deal is a record for a German club.
The 23-year-old Martinez signed for Bilbao from fellow La Liga side CA Osasuna for €6 million
in the summer of 2006.
I again thinking of Roberto Di Matteo's press conference the other day when he spoke of the
expectations of Chelsea this season and it got me thinking about what would be an "acceptable"
season for many of you the Chelsea fans out there looking ahead to the new season.
Di Matteo said:
"Having won the European title might bring some expectations, yes, but I think it's a
club that has always had expectations.
Montreal midfielder Patrice Bernier is Major League Soccer's Player of the Month for August, MLS
announced on Tuesday. Montreal was a perfect 4-0-0 over the month with Bernier scoring three times
with three assists. Bernier got eight of the 19 votes, tying Seattle's Fredy Montero. Bernier got
the nod with five 2nd-choice votes to Montero's four.
By Tony Edwards - San Jose, CA (Sep 4, 2012) US Soccer Players -- For your post-holiday reading,
Tony looks at Major League Soccer clubs going in different directions and if there is hope for the
teams on the slide. Tell me something good about Saturday night's New England – Philadelphia
game? Philadelphia completed a lot of passes and had lots of possession.
Every week the New England Soccer Today crew will look beyond the standings to rank each of
the 19 Major League Soccer (MLS) teams. This week Sean Donahue and Julian Cardillo contributed
rankings. Comments are followed by the ranker's name and the rank they gave that team. *Note:
Games played on July 11th were not included in these rankings.
Two days after having its three-game winning streak snapped, the University of Wisconsin women's
soccer team ended another team's winning run Sunday afternoon.
Freshman midfielders McKenna Meuer (Madison Memorial) and Kinley
McNicoll each had a goal and an assist as the No.
Corinthians, Brazil's second most popular club, finished off Boca Juniors with a 2-0 win in the
second leg of the Copa Libertadores final to claim their first ever title in the competition (3-1
aggregate score). Brazilian-born, attempted Qatar international Emerson Sheik scored both goals for
Corinthians within 20 minutes of each other in the second half.
Nuri Sahin has hit out at suggestions he joined Liverpool for the money by outlining the reasons
for his switch to Anfield.
Turkish midfielder Sahin has come to the Reds on a season-long loan deal from Real Madrid and is in
contention to make his debut against Arsenal on Sunday.
He says he had offers from elsewhere but decided to make the move to Merseyside because he has
faith in Brendan Rodgers and wants to play regularly.
Liverpool owner John W Henry says he would still have sacked Kenny Dalglish even if the manager had
led the Reds to FA Cup success.
Anfield legend Dalglish was shown the door by the club four days after the Reds came in eighth in
the Premier League - their worst finish since 1994.
Suggestions have been raised that the manager might have survived the axe had he followed up
Liverpool's Carling Cup success with another Wembley triumph in the FA Cup, where they lost out to
Chelsea in the final.
Apologies if this is redundant, but I wanted to share some visuals to back up Rich's previous
post.
Dembele's dashboard is below:
For those wondering, the 'X' is a tackle, the hexagons are take-ons. Orange is successful,
purple is unsuccessful. And as we can see, he had many successful tackles and take-ons all over the
pitch; all while posting a 96% passing completion rate.
Apologies if this is redundant, but I wanted to share some visuals to back up Rich's previous
post.
Dembele's dashboard is below:
For those wondering, the 'X' is a tackle, the hexagons are take-ons. Orange is successful,
purple is unsuccessful. And as we can see, he had many successful tackles and take-ons all over the
pitch; all while posting a 96% passing completion rate.
Lee Nguyen came on as a second half substitute to score the Revolution third goal of the game in
the 81st minute. (Photo: Kari Heistad/CapturedImages.biz)
It turns out that the best defense isn't a good offense, after all.
After mounting an early-two goal lead, the Revolution defense conceded a season-high four goals
en route to a frenzied 4-3 defeat to the Crew on Saturday.
What a treat! Six minutes of ranting over Van Persie from a guy who's not quite as angry over
the whole ordeal as he'd probably like to have you believe, before he sets about delivering the
ultimate hammer blow selling him on FIFA 12 not once, not twice, but THREE times.
Saturday's 7:30 PM match between the aspiring Seattle Sounders and struggling Goats features one
of the hottest teams in MLS and a team that is bewildering. Despite several name brand players on
offense Chivas USA has 9 fewer goals than the next worst in the league. If it wasn't for Dan
Kennedy and the strong defense there would be no chance for the other SoCal team to make the MLS
Cup Playoffs.
We lost to Chivas USA three times Will we lose to FC Dallas again? Trencito arrested Reserves
defeated Chivas USA 4-2 on Sunday behind 3 goals from Bright Dike and a goal from Sal Zizzo.
Fearsome foursome in the back: Chabala, Kawaolouk, Palmer, Wallace Timbers U-23s forward Mark
Sherrod named to PDL All-League team & K+S Film Fest set for Sept 13&14.
The Blackburn fans' 'Kean Out' campaign has been relentless over the last few months, including
flying the message over Ewood Park and displaying banners at the London 2012 Olympics. And yet the
under-fire manager has seemed untouchable as far as the club's owners were concerned... until now.
After more than a season of poor football [.
Former Reds striker Pedro Mendes scored a pair of goals over the weekend to help lead his
current team the Atlanta Silverbacks to a 4-2 win over Ft. Lauderdale. (Photo: Rhode Island Reds
FC)
Former Rhode Island Reds forward Paulo Mendes earned NASL Offensive Player of the Week honors
on Monday after scoring two goals for the Atlanta Silverbacks in a 4-2 win over Ft.
Lauren Sesselmann (Green Bay Notre Dame) and the Canadian women's national team
went toe-to-toe with the U.S. in a semifinal of the London Games on Monday night, taking the lead
on the world's top-ranked team three times.
But the Americans answered each time and got a last-gasp, game-winner from Alex
Morgan in the 123rd and final minute of extra time to post a 4-3 victory in a wild match
at Old Trafford in Manchester, England.
Three times the U.S. charwomen fell behind against Canada in Monday's semi. Three times they came
back and Alex Morgan scored the contest-victor in the 123rd Min, but these theatre are nothing
unexampled.
In what many are calling the most exciting 'team game' of the 2012 London Olympics, the US
Women's Soccer Team came from behind three times and eventually defeated our neighbor the to north,
Canada, in an exhilarating 4-3 win with the winning goal scored by Alex Morgan in the 123rd minute
of play.
The crowd at UW-Whitewater's Fiskum Field was treated to plenty of scoring in Saturday's 21st
annual Masonic Soccer All-Star Games.
UW-Milwaukee recruit Maria Stephans (Hartford) had a goal and assist as the
Blue team scored three times in the first half en route to a 4-1 victory over the Gold side in the
girls match for recent high school graduates.
Longtime Milwaukee Wave goalkeeper Nick Vorberg is getting further involved in
Milwaukee-area soccer.
Marquette men's coach Louis Bennett named Vorberg a volunteer assistant on
Thursday, with his primary duties to train and mentor the Golden Eagles' goalkeepers and instruct
at the program's camps.
SPANISH FOOTBALL action with Round 2 of LA LIGA scheduling four matches this Saturday. Here are the
final results & the goalscorers. Real Sociedad - Celta REAL SOCIEDAD made a comeback to win
CELTA DE VIGO 2 - 1. Deserved victory as Sociedad hit the post three times in the first half & were
unlucky.
Mario Balotelli is used to striking fear into the hearts of defenders around Europe but he got a
taste of his own medicine during his summer holidays. The Manchester City striker and his brother
decided to try out a bungee catapult during a holiday in Ibiza earlier this summer. A petrified
Balotelli was left [.
In more bad news for the few remaining fans of Singapore football officials have been so delighted
not just with the League Cup but the Plate as well, for those poor buggers knocked out at the group
stage, yep, gone are the days when an early exit from the unloved League Cup meant you could
concentrate in the league.
From scoring over 1000 goals, to advertising for Louis Vuitton and now delivering Pizzas!
Edson Arantes do Nascimento, globally known as Pele, has tried everything since hanging up his
boots. The latest campaign promoted by his beloved Santos FC involves the three times World Cup
champion delivering pizzas to fans.
