"Hurry, give me the ball. Don't you know people are dying here?"
We're going back a couple of days here, but a 26-year old man from the Hunan province region of
China has died after pulling 11, count 'em, eleven all-nighters on the trot in a bid to
watch every single match at Euro 2012.
Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart has hailed the England fans for truly making an impact at
Euro 2012, particularly when the Three Lions needed it most against co-hosts Ukraine on Tuesday
evening.
England had to secure at least a draw against a spirited Ukraine side at Donetsk's Donbass
Arena, which was packed with over 50,000 home fans.
Ukraine scored against England on Tuesday evening, but the goal didn't count because the officials
ruled that the ball didn't cross the line. Except that it did. Slow-motion replays (and
photographs) reveal that Ukraine's shot, which hit England...
One of the largest crowds of the season on City Island, Tuesday evening, witnessed another MLS
upset win by the Harrisburg City Islanders.
The atmosphere and the game itself was fierce from the beginning, as the Viking Army and the
Empire State Supporters, New York Red Bulls' supporter groups, brought about a hundred
supporters.
Last Tuesday evening the New York Red Bulls defeated the Charleston Battery (USL-D3) 3-0 in a US
Open Cup 3rd round match. Included in the Red Bull line up was Tyler Ruthven. The problem was
Ruthven should have been serving a one game USOC suspension according the 2012 Handbook. The Red
Bulls defender had received [.
The USSF released a press statement late Tuesday evening, May 22nd and after the 2nd round US Open
Cup games. In that press release they announced that both Atlanta and the Minnesota Stars FC sold
their 3rd round home venues to MLS sides, Seattle Sounders and Real Salt Lake respectively. Atlanta
fans seemed to have [.
IMS contacted the Silverbacks on Thursday and requested an interview with Silverbacks owner Boris
Jerkunica in regard to the sale of the teams 3rd round US Open Cup match. In a press release late
Tuesday evening and after the 2nd round games, the USSF announced that both Atlanta and the
Minnesota Stars sold their 3rd [.
The Minnesota Stars of the NASL (D2) defeated the Des Moines Menace USL PDL team (D4) on Tuesday
evening by a score of 2-0 at Valley Stadium in West Des Moines, Iowa. Absent on the bench for
Minnesota was head coach Manny Lagos who was serving the last of a 3-game suspension from an
incident [...]
First published on The Cup.US For the first time ever and after a year's absence of the USSF 2nd
Division from US Open Cup competition, the North American Soccer League (NASL) will enter into Cup
play on Tuesday evening. "We were disappointed we didn't get in it last year but we also understood
with the [.
Reading United won its first US Open Cup match in five tries on Tuesday night, defeating New
York Greek American Atlas, 2–1.
A rebounding shot from Ryan Finley found Pedro Ribeiro to put Reading on the board in the 37th
minute. Finley would give Reading the 2–0 in the 55th minute when a foul from former Philadelphia
Union defender Christian Arrieta resulted in a free kick delivery from Steven Neumann.
The first round of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup was completed on Tuesday evening. Sixteen games
were played across the nation in the 99th year of the tournament. Here is the 2nd round USOC
opponents laid out By NASL and USL PRO teams who enter into the competition this next (2nd) round.
All but [...]
A beautiful Tuesday evening in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania was perfect for the USL Pennsylvania
Derby match between the Harrisburg City Islanders (1-1-2) and the Pittsburgh Riverhounds
(2-5-0).
Harrisburg opened the attack in the 14th minute, and had their foot on the pedal the entire
match. Andrew Welker pushed the Islanders' attack forward, slicing a through-ball to Sainey Touray,
who was running down the right side of the field.
Cam Weaver scored a late winner in Frisco on Tuesday evening to give the Houston Dynamo reserves
a 1-0 victory over FC Dallas. The victory moves the reserve side to 3-0 in 2012 and earned them
their third consecutive shutout.
Here's the official match report from the Dynamo:
Houston Dynamo Reserves earn 1-0 road win over FC Dallas Reserves
*With contributions from FC Dallas Communications
FRISCO, Texas (Tuesday, April 10, 2011) – The Houston Dynamo Reserves remained perfect in the
MLS Reserve League with a 1-0 win over the FC Dallas Reserves on Tuesday night.
Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish says that silverware and a return to Europe make this season a
success for the Anfield club.
The Reds completed their home fixtures with a 4-1 thrashing of Champions league finalists
Chelsea on Tuesday evening, taking some revenge for a 2-1 FA Cup final loss to the Blues at Wembley
on Saturday.
(Rich's report was eaten by the internet, so here's the next best thing: HatterDon's View
From South Texas)
Historic Victory for Fulham At Uninspired Liverpool
Ho-hum, yet another double by the Mighty Whites.
There's a point to be made that Liverpool purposely fielded a weakened XI against Fulham Tuesday
evening, since they have the FA Cup Final on Saturday.
(Rich's report was eaten by the internet, so here's the next best thing: HatterDon's View
From South Texas)
Historic Victory for Fulham At Uninspired Liverpool
Ho-hum, yet another double by the Mighty Whites.
There's a point to be made that Liverpool purposely fielded a weakened XI against Fulham Tuesday
evening, since they have the FA Cup Final on Saturday.
Stewart Downing; Ventriloquist extraordinaire...Liverpool welcome
Fulham to Anfield on Tuesday evening for their last league game before the massive FA Cup final at
the weekend. The Reds recorded a confident win over Norwich on Saturday thanks to a glorious Luis
Suarez hat-trick and here's hoping that sort of result is repeated.
As you probably weren't aware, Witton Albion downed Farsley in the play-off semi-final of the
Evo-Stik NPL Division One North on Tuesday evening winning 3-0 to put themselves within one game
of returning to the Northern Premier League's top tier for the first time in three years.
Over in the 2. Bundesliga on Tuesday evening, promotion-chasing St Pauli (they of 'toaster'
fame) found themselves 2-1 up over Union Berlin in the 80th minute when Marius Ebbers appeared to
nudge a looping cross into an open goal with his head.
It then came to light that Ebbers had in fact used an outstretched arm to guide the ball over
the line and, consumed by guilt, the St Pauli striker implored the referee to chalk off his illegal
goal.
The Daily Mail have busied themselves by totting up the total amount of time Didier Drogba spent
screaming in anguish with his face mashed into the spittle-infused turf at Stamford Bridge against
Barcelona on Tuesday evening.
Successfully maintaining their four points gap with Barcelona in La Liga after beating Sporting
Gijon on the weekend, Real Madrid are set to really test their strength against Bayern Munich this
Tuesday evening.
Jose Mourinho' side will try to step aside their poor record meeting against Bayern in Germany,
as Mourinho claims that history won't be a determining factor for Los Blancos in that clasch,
considering their ambition in getting through the semifinal is bigger.
While Jamaica's win over the United States garnered much of the headlines on Friday, there were
plenty of other intriguing World Cup qualifying match-ups that took place in CONCACAF.
The most signifcant was Canada's win over Panama at BMO Field in Toronto.
There were reports in Holland on Tuesday evening, that Newcastle are close to completing the deal
for Ajax' Dutch International midfielder come full-back Vurnon Anita. Vurnon Anita - signing
for Newcastle by Friday? This may even be consistent with what we know about Anit'a current
situation, since there were many reports that Newcastle were going back for [.
The claims and counter-claims coming from São Paulo FC and from Lucas Moura's agent, Wagner
Ribeiro, have created a tangled web surrounding the possible transfer of the player to Manchester
United.
Both club and agent have said that Moura is happy at São Paulo. But on Tuesday evening, Ribeiro
told Rádio Globo that the player had instructed him to keep talking to United.
On Tuesday evening, after a good few months of tortuous legal faffing, Kuwaiti businessblokes
Fawaz, Abdulaziz and Omar Al-Hasawi finalised their takeover of Nottingham Forest after agreeing
terms to buy late chairman Nigel Doughty's controlling stake in the club.
The Harrisburg City Islanders, a USL-Pro side in the third division of the US pyramid, had
previously shown that they could overcome a 3 goal deficit against an MLS squad. On Tuesday
evening, a repeat of their 3rd Round heroics ...
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By Tony Edwards - San Jose, CA (June 26, 2012) US Soccer Players -- In Tuesday's edition, Tony
looks at forwards finding form and teams losing it. Which player has scored the most goals as
substitute this season? No surprise, Alan Gordon of San Jose with five. Playing the middle of a
three-game stretch in a week (Wednesday in Colorado, Saturday in 95-degree Salt Lake, Tuesday
evening against Seattle in the Open Cup), Earthquakes coach.
BORO FANS HAVE SEVEN PRE SEASON FIXTURES TO LOOK FORWARD TO DURING THE MONTH OF JULY. THE FIRST GAME IS THE USUAL PRE SEASON OPENER AGAINST LOCAL SIDE EASTFIELD, LAST SEASON WE WERE
4-0 WINNERS AND THE PREVIOUS SEASON SAW THE BORO DEMOLISH EASTFIELD BY 9 GOALS TO NIL. IT WILL BE A GOOD OPENER AND NO DOUBT THERE WILL BE LOCAL PLAYERS ON THE DAY TRYING TO CATCH THE
APPROVING EYE OF BORO' BOSS RUDY FUNK.
The new-look U.S. Open Cup saw most of the American-based Major League Soccer clubs in action on
Tuesday evening. At PPL Park, the Philadelphia Union rode two goals from Freddy Adu to outmatch the
visiting USL-Pro side Rochester Rhinos, 3-0. ...
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On Tuesday evening FC Jax Destroyers, the USL Premier Development League team from Jacksonville,
drove down to Orlando to scrimmage the U.S. Men's National Team. It was a great opportunity for the
U.S. to get a run against another opponent and for the Destroyers to face the top talent in the
country.
Aston Villa players James Collins, Chris Herd and Fabian Delph have all been fined by the club over
an incident that happened in the early hours of Tuesday morning. The fine relates to a nightclub
fracas that followed the club's annual awards ceremony on Tuesday evening (though the nomination
lists must have been pretty short).
Chelsea recorded a historic victory Tuesday evening, beating Barcelona 3-2 on aggregate to qualify
for the 2012 UEFA Champions League Final. The European media were quick to jump on the story with
Marca, the Catalan newspaper, summing up the mood...
