The FA Cup has always had an easier time of it. Like the traditional North American pro sports leagues, it's been around forever, basking in the tradition and resonance that comes with heritage. It's not so easy for the League Cup. Depending on what sponsor has attached a name to it, it gets the kind of treatment associated with Major League Soccer in the United States.

The Philadelphia Union will host the 2012 Major League Soccer All-Star Game, MLS announced in a ceremony at Philadelphia City Hall. The game will be played at PPL Park on July 25th at 8pm ET on ESPN2. An opponent has yet to be named, but it will be an international club as in previous years. "Philadelphia has a deep tradition of playing and supporting soccer, and the huge, enthusiastic fan base of the Philadelphia Union.

By J Hutcherson - WASHINGTON, DC (Jan 24, 2012) US Soccer Players -- The National Team is one game into a two-game series that caps another January camp. This annual tradition gives a coach the opportunity to audition players over several weeks, a rarity in most countries. US coach Jurgen Klinsmann has already shown a willingness to experiment, using a different formation from what we've seen with his first choice roster.

There's likely little to emerge in terms of highlights from yesterday's match on the Liverpool end of things, the only action worth recounting in any way is the play of Craig Bellamy, who was involved in nearly everything positive that Liverpool did, with Daniel Agger the only other squad member worth mentioning for a few forward runs and a thirty-yard bullet that clipped the top of the bar.

I appealed because I obviously completely disagreed with the interpretation of the officials on the day but that happens in football and we move on. I wonder though if we are now going to see an unprecedented wave of red cards on match days because we sanction "if's" and "maybe's"? Are we going to look back at video evidence for every single challenge that goes unnoticed by the officials, look at different scenarios and potential outcomes of what could have been considered a good tackle and then sanction it?

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Benoit Assou Ekotto's spectacular 30 yard strike continued a tradition of Spurs long range bombs in recent times - Danny Rose, Rafael Van Der Vaart, Tom Huddlestone, Kyle Walker, come to mind. The first goal came from Aaron Lennon, cutting past Leighton Baines, after the left back completely missed clearing a long diagonal ball from Ekotto, and then shooting past the diving Tim Howard.

Mail: Liverpool forward Craig Bellamy targets Carling Cup final

Craig Bellamy believes Liverpool's cup tradition can help them overcome big-spending Manchester City and reach Wembley in the Carling Cup.

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Mail: Liverpool forward Craig Bellamy targets Wembley final

Craig Bellamy believes Liverpool's cup tradition can help them overcome big-spending Manchester City and reach Wembley in the Carling Cup.

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Taking only a point in their last league match forced Manchester City to lose their gap in the top of the table with Manchester United, as Sir Alex Ferguson's team have now equaled Mancini's sided points, only to lose out on goal difference.

Revealing the causes of Man City's recent slip, the club's goalie, Joe Hart, admitted that they're beginning to feel the pressure in becoming the league leader and also team to beat in England.

Hi All Gooners and an very Merry Christmas from us all at www.arsenalinsider.com. As per tradition please leave your Christmas message to all Gooners around the World.

Hi All Gooners and an very Merry Christmas from us all at www.arsenalinsider.com. As per tradition please leave your Christmas message to all Gooners around the World.

I've just got in from celebrating Christmas with a friend, on the night of the 24th December as is tradition in Argentina. And as usual, I'd like to wish HEGS readers old and new a very Merry Christmas, if you celebrate ... Continue reading →

The Friday Crackovia Club

Welcome to the Friday Crackovia Club... a Futbolita tradition, where we feature one of the best comedy football shows out of Barcelona! In this week's episode, watch as the Barcelona first team attends a Christmas dinner with the B-squad, and meanly banishes them to the 'smaller table', complete with a children's menu!

By Chris Wright

Real Madrid's reserve string spanked third tier side SD Ponferradina 5-1 in the Copa del Rey last night, with Callejon (2), Sahin, Varane and Joselu sealing a fairly comprehensive 7-1 aggregate win for the La Liga leaders but that didn't dampen the spirits of Ponferradina right-back Dani Carril who, forgoing the tradition of swapping shirts with your opposite number, went straight to the top and asked Jose Mourinho for his gillet after the final whistle.

Italian Serie A club Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio, commonly known as just Atalanta, has launched a special edition Errea Christmas 2011 jersey. The new kit continues a tradition started by the club in 2010 in which a one-off Christmas themed jersey is used what Atalanta deems to be its "Christmas Match" for season.

U.S. MNT fans watch the USA take on Spain in June.
This month, American Outlaws is hosting a chant contest for fans of the U.S. National Teams.
In an effort linked to the AO Act Above Campaign and U.S. Soccer's Respect Campaign, the goal of the contest is to unite and strengthen U.

'Let's continue our tradition'

FA Youth Cup hopes, Swansea City and keeping up tradition all this and more in our latest column from U18 coach Mike Marsh.

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Happy Thanksgiving to you from all of us at Chelsea Offside. As has become tradition around these parts, we have foregone helpings of thinly sliced turkey in favor of a cooked Guus.

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We hope that each of you manages to enjoy the holiday festivities with family, friends or otherwise on this day of many thanks.

AC Milan have a tradition of employing a 'Mini Selecao' within their team, which means their players feel at 'home' more due to the large number of Rossoneri Brazilian players stationed there. Obviously, it's churrascaria at Robinho's porch every Sunday... there's no working your way around that, Thiago Silva and family!

Wilshere calls on FIFA to relent on poppy ban

"England team should wear poppies on saturday. Its the nations tradition and it would be disrespectful not to!" he said on Twitter

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BEM-VINDO aaao Selecao Bootcamp, a tradition we have on the Brazilian National Team. There are only two ways to get by the next few days soldier on and take it like a man (boring) or spice it up and go crazy, David Luiz style! Of course, everybody prefers the second one, especially when they'd rather be at home doing gloriously fun things like barbecuing on Anderson's front porch in a sarong (here's looking at you, Fabio!

The Golden ball has released their shortlist of players of which one will be chosen as the undisputed best player for this past year. Yet, as it's been the case for a couple of years now, the shortlist raised more questions than provided answers.

The list, which is chosen by France Football Magazine, has always had its critics although as of late, it has attracted more widespread criticism than ever before.

Over at FOF people are wondering if Fulham have the worst badge in the league. I'll save the cheap shots no mentions of swastikas or of the design being created by a six year old here! and instead cut to the chase: since so many people like the old Fulham badge, what exactly did we gain by updating it?

Over at FOF people are wondering if Fulham have the worst badge in the league. I'll save the cheap shots no mentions of swastikas or of the design being created by a six year old here! and instead cut to the chase: since so many people like the old Fulham badge, what exactly did we gain by updating it?

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Jurgen Klinsmann's stable of youth coaches continues to evolve.

Richie Williams was hired by U.S. Soccer as the coach of the Under-18 national team on Monday, joining Caleb Porter (U-23) and Tab Ramos (U-20) as recent youth coaching hires under Klinsmann who will look to discover and develop the next generation of U.

Richie Williams is in the D.C. United Hall of Tradition but hasn't been offered an MLS head coaching job. Discuss.

Carthage Tigers, 2010 Class 3 Sectional winners

Nice story about the Tigers who reached the Quarterfinals last year, losing to Rock Bridge at Columbia. Click on the link to be taken to the video.

Head Coach Jacob Osborne deserves a lot of credit for creating the environment the Tigers needed to re-establish the winning tradition at Carthage, with District titles the past three years.

Wayne Rooney has been absolutely superb this season for Manchester United, he is the Premier League's top goalscorer with nine goals. However, he was sent-off while playing for England last night in a Euro 2012 qualifier. It is the second time Rooney has been sent-off while playing for his country. In the wake of that early bath and in time honoured tradition, predictably, the press have savaged

Dear readers,

Due to the Jewish High Holy day of Yom Kippur, I must inform you that the Brotherly Game will be without content or live updating like it normally operates. The staff of the Brotherly Game is predominately Jewish and will be at services, or with family and friends, for the most part of the day.

Bem-vindo a Selecao Bootcamp, a Fútbolita tradition! And yes, the Brazilians have been very flashy as of late especially with Dani Alves channeling his inner Usher above as he arrived from Barcelona with Thiago Silva (they usually put players from the same area onto the same flight to South America, Real Madrid's Marcelo included).

Reports Would Mean First Kick Won't Be At CenturyLink Field

Assuming reports out of Toronto are true, the MLS season will start the weekend of March 10. With the Sounders already scheduled to be playing CONCACAF Champions League that week, this would mean an end to the three-year tradition of First Kick being held in Seattle.

Hello there. I celebrated my birthday in fine style last night by spilling a whole pint right over the Mugsmasher's pants. I think I might make that some kind of tradition. Thank you to everyone for their kind wishes via Twitter etc, much appreciated.

We'll start this morning with the news that Jack Wilshere did indeed have his surgery yesterday.

Greg's back to wish Mickey and Wayne Rooney 'Happy Birthday; to welcome the return of Sandro, the return to scoring form of Defoe and Luka and the revival of the ancient Spurs tradition of passing in triangles. Prodigal Croatians; Elephants in Togo; train crashes in Manchester; bananas in Wigan. It's all here folks: read and enjoy.

By Chris Wright

Photo- and video-bombing the bejesus each other is a tradition that is taken very seriously down Chelsea way (see here and here for details) and with the cameras knocking around at Cobham for the club's official team photo shoot, serial offenders David Luiz, Paulo Ferreira and Branoslav Ivanovic just couldn't help themselves.

We're not sure if this shot was taken before or after his 'Strictly' makeover, but it's all the same really. Image via bbc.co.uk.

If his prediliction towards frightening personal grooming is anything to go by, Robbie Savage has been preparing for his latest adventure throughout his career.

by Tony Attwood I wrote over the weekend about Everton a club with a long history and tradition, and a huge support, but who are struggling on the very edge of financial survival. Continuing the analysis, I want to look at Rangers, but before I do let's consider the analysis in England as a [...]

It's gonna be a short one today, I can guarantee you that. There's so little going on it could well be one of those where you might do something to fill the gap. Like, take an extract from the blog on this day in a year gone by. Like this from 2008:

So here we are Arsechums.

Liverpool look set to seal their sixth signing of the summer by completing a deal for Uruguayan defender Sebastian Coates.
The imposing centre-back who, according to BBC Sport, is valued at around £12 million, currently plies his trade with Nacional, while he was one of Uruguay's star turns in their victorious Copa America campaign.

Nacional's Sebastian Coates: Liverpool's tradition and Luis Suarez make the club my top choice

The youngster revealed he has two Premiership suitors as he prepares to leave his home country, but the presence of his Celeste team-mate tips the balance in favour of the Reds

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Extended match highlights. In what seems to be somwthing of a tradition now, Newcastle United faced their usual stiff test against one of the 'top four' clubs in their first game of the Premiership season. Those who might have been expecting a repeat of the last fixture against the Gunners were to be disappointed.