The U.S. Under-20 Women's National Team and Germany meet in the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
Final in a clash of two-time champions on Saturday, Sept. 8, at Tokyo National Stadium in Japan.
Live coverage of the match starts at 5:10 a.m. CT on ESPNU and ESPN3. The USA
advanced past Nigeria 2-0 in Tuesday's semifinal while Germany posted a 3-0 shutout against host
Japan.
Sydney Leroux, U20 US WNT 2010 (UCLA) by ISI Photos
The U.S. Under-20 Women's National Team kicks off the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup on Aug. 20
against Ghana at the Hiroshima Big Arch Stadium. The match can be watched live on ESPNU and ESPN3
with coverage starting at 1:50 a.m. CT early Monday morning while kickoff is set for 2 a.
Spain's remarkable run of success recently might carry over into another tournament with Julen
Lopetegui's side looking like a serious contender to capture the FIFA U-20 World Cup after blitzing
through the group stage in dominating fashion.
Liverpool defender Daniel Agger has warned nobody at the club can afford to lose faith as they seek
to turn around a worst start to the season in half a century.
Defeats to West Bromwich Albion and Arsenal have sandwiched a draw against Manchester City to leave
the 18-time champions of England with just one point in the Premier League.
Two time champions Muang Thong United sit in 3rd place in the Thai Premier League, a whopping 25
points behind champions Buriram PEA. The gap is so large I needed a calculator to work it out. Of
course they were never gonna make it three TPLs in three years, not once Buriram PEA decided they
wanted to win it this year.
Perhaps I'm showing my age but Robbie Fowler most definitely ain't of my era. I was getting
ensconced in Bangkok as he started making ripples in the Premier League and I remember him scoring
a quick fire hat trick for Liverpool against Arsenal in one of his early games.
Now I've moved on from Bangkok and he has moved there.
Perhaps I'm showing my age but Robbie Fowler most definitely ain't of my era. I was getting
ensconced in Bangkok as he started making ripples in the Premier League and I remember him scoring
a quick fire hat trick for Liverpool against Arsenal in one of his early games.
Now I've moved on from Bangkok and he has moved there.
Are Manchester United Good Enough For The 20th League Title? - originally posted on
Soccerlens.com
The 19-time champions of England, Manchester United will now be looking to avenge their defeat
of the UEFA Champions League final twice in three years against Barcelona. Alex Ferguson's eyes
will be set at the coveted trophy as rumors of his retirement and his possible replacement are
renewed every season.
Sporting Kansas City played to their home field advantage on Wednesday, drawing 1-1 with three-time
champions Seattle in regulation and winning the US Open Cup 3-2 on penalties. Kei Kamara opened the
scoring for Sporting KC in the 84th minute and Zach Scott equalized for Seattle two minutes later.
With the game in overtime, Seattle's Patrick Ianni was sent off in the 118th minute after picking
up a second yellow card.
Happy Friday to you! This past week saw some interesting happenings in Major League Soccer, not the
least of which was New York actually winning a game... against the LA Galaxy no less. We also saw
Real Salt Lake fall to the Vancouver Whitecaps and Seattle became three time champions of the US
Open Cup.
Paris Saint-Germain boss Carlo Ancelotti has confirmed his interest in signing Liverpool striker
Luis Suarez.
It was reported in February that the Ligue 1 giants were open to offering the Uruguay international
a route out of England following his eight-game ban for racially abusing Manchester United defender
Patrice Evra.
The brain acts in parallel to improve speed of planning and execution, so does Barcelona
Today, four time Champions League winners and present holder, Barca play AC Milan, one of the
most stories clubs themselves in international competition with seven CL titles.
A mouthwatering feast that will pit Zlatan Ibrahimovic against his former club and Thiago, who
might be wearing the colours of the Blaugrana next season.
After embarrassingly exiting the Champions League last December, Manchester United have now set
their eyes on winning the Europa League after concerns arose on whether his team was committed to
Europe's second tier club competition.
After a little spat with UEFA president Michel Platini over comments he made after his side's
shocking defeat to FC Basel in the Group Stage of the Champions League last December, Ferguson has
maintained that he will field a strong side for United's clash with Ajax in the round of 32.
Remind me again why Henry left Arsenal? I am starting to think that were a match made in heaven.
The former Arsenal captain scored a late winner to help the Gunners secure a win that propelled
them into a top four spot.
It's only a shame that he won't be staying any longer than this week as his loan deal ends this
Wednesday.
Former Chelsea Coach Carlo Ancelotti believes that English sides Arsenal and Chelsea will
struggle against Italian opponents AC Milan and Napoli. The 52 year old further went on to say that
state of the game in England is 'unwell'.
These are very interesting remarks coming from a coach who helped led the Blues to the Premier
League title in 2009/2010.
AC Milan's Ghanaian midfielder Kevin Prince Boateng scored his first European goal for the club
in their 2-0 home win over BATE Borisov last night to make the Italian giants top leaders in Group
H alongside defending champions Barcelona.
Boateng needed this all important goal to clear any doubts about his commitment to Milan.
AC Milan's Ghanaian midfielder Kevin Prince Boateng scored his first European goal for the club
in their 2-0 home win over BATE Borisov last night to make the Italian giants top leaders in Group
H alongside defending champions Barcelona.
Boateng needed this all important goal to clear any doubts about his commitment to Milan.
The draw for the 2011-12 UEFA Champions League has taken place amid some controversy in Monaco
this afternoon. Less than 24 hours after Turkish champions Fenerbahçe were forced to withdraw from
the competition by the Turkish Football Federation, the inclusion of Turkish League runners up
Trabzonspor in the draw raised some eyebrows.
Five goals for the first time ever in a Champions League game (beating his own jointly-held
record of four), seven goals off the top of the all-time Champions League scorers chart at the age
of 24, 48 goals in 42 games this season (with 20 assists), 53 goals in 49 games for club and
country, a total of 228 goals in 311 appearances for Barcelona (including 186 in his last 201
games), five Spanish league titles, three Champions League titles, an Olympic gold medal and
individual awards up to his armpits.
The bench is kind of the "Honorable Mention" category of the All-Time team. Players (and coaches)
that were in the running but didn't quite make the cut.
Marcus Hahnemann - GK (1997-1999): Hahnemann was the first player that developed at the
Rapids and moved on to better pastures. Marcus stepped in after a bad 1996 season and gave the team
a rock to build from.
UPDATED with new times for Saturday's games The District tournament will be held at Central
(Springfield) High School, with a pair of play-in games on Saturday October 29th. The semifinal
games are scheduled for November 1st followed by the Final on November 3rd. The Carthage Tigers are
the defending 3 time champions, having reached the State Quarterfinals in 2010 where they lost to
Rock Bridge.
The District tournament will be held at Dixon High School, with semifinal games scheduled for
October 31st and November 1st. The Final will be on November 3rd. The Crocker Lions are the
defending 2 time champions, losing to Catholic in the next round.
Seed School Record
1 Dixon (11-4)
2 Crocker (11-11)
3 Laquey (8-8)
4 Richland (7-9)
Monday October 31st at 4:30 pm
#1 Dixon Bulldogs -
#4 Richland Bears -
Tuesday November 1st at 4:30 pm
#2 Crocker Lions -
#3 Laquey Hornets -
The District tournament will be held at Central (Springfield) High School, with a pair of
play-in games on Saturday October 29th. The semifinal games are scheduled for November 1st followed
by the Final on November 3rd. The Carthage Tigers are the defending 3 time champions, having
reached the State Quarterfinals in 2010 where they lost to Rock Bridge.
The District tournament will be held at Central (Springfield) High School, with a pair of
play-in games on Saturday October 29th. The semifinal games are scheduled for November 1st followed
by the Final on November 3rd. The Carthage Tigers are the defending 3 time champions, having
reached the State Quarterfinals in 2010 where they lost to Rock Bridge.
The Latvian football championship looks set to have one of its more unpredictable seasons this
year as the four way battle for the title continued today. All of the top four teams were involved
in matches against each other and it has proven to be a great day for two-time champions Liepājas
Metalurgs.
The 2011-12 South African football championship kicked off this weekend with defending champions
Orlando Pirates celebrating an away win at Black Leopards while there were also wins for Kaizer
Chiefs, Moroka Swallows, Bloemfontein Celtic and Platinum Stars. Three matches out of eight were
drawn this weekend including the two Sunday fixtures.
Marca says Gracias, Gracias, Gracias. AS ran the headline. Spain: Three-time champions and
legends of modern football. In a nod to their overwhelming display Gazetta Dello Sport had Grandi
di Spagna.
When Tacony FC traveled to St. Louis in December of 1911 in one of the first tours pitting the
largely immigrant-based East Coast teams against the largely native-born teams from the West, they
had lost only three games in two years. The confidence they felt on departure proved to be
premature and they returned to Philadelphia with a 4–4 draw against St.
Liverpool travel to Bolton on Saturday evening well aware anything less than three points at the
Reebok Stadium will cast serious doubts over their already flagging top-four ambitions.
A seventh Premier League draw of the season at Anfield in last weekend's dire stalemate against
Stoke has left the 18-time champions of England five points adrift of fourth place.
As you walk into CenturyLink Field tonight take a moment to look around. No, there won't be
50,000 people there like many of us had hoped, but there should be at least 35,000. Another U.S.
Open Cup attendance record is guaranteed to fall and the Seattle Sounders will have once again
raised the bar.
It would be disrespectful to six-time champions Argentina to call the upcoming quarterfinal
clash between Spain and Brazil the decisive match of the Under-20 World Cup, but the winner will
have incredible momentum heading into the semifinals.
We may need one more update in a month, but let's just go ahead and do one now. Again, those marked
with asterisks seem (for various reasons) much less likely to actually suit up for the club listed
at this time.Champions LeagueThird qualifying round (in progress)Maurice Edu, (Alejandro Bedoya
joins in January) - RangersVillyan Bijev - Genk*Freddy Adu - BenficaGroup phaseDavid Yelldell -
Bayer
