On a night when AZ starter Charlison Benschop bagged a hat trick, late sub Jozy Altidore has come on to hit a brace of his own, capping a 6-0 win at ADO Den Haag. They were both simple finishes, coming less than two minutes apart on assists by Brett Holman and Maarten Martens.Jozy had been without a goal since December 4th, but now his league total stands at seven and his haul across all

1. At the start of the day I'd have taken a point at Stamford Bridge. We never win there, regardless of which team goes in to the game in better form, so a draw is a decent enough result. Don't forget that City lost there a few weeks ago, so despite some of their drag performances this season, Chelsea are still the 4th best team in the country.

A goal from Sergio Ramos was enough to gave Real Madrid a slender 1-0 win against city rivals Getafe to maintain their seven-point lead over title rivals Barcelona at the top of the Spanish Liga.

The visitors dominated possession but created few clear-cut opportunities and the match was eventually settled by Ramos's 18th-minute goal, the Spanish international defender meeting Mesut Özil's corner with a flying header that powered into the top right coner.

One of the least edifying spectacles in modern football is that of managers attempting to deflect criticism for a defeat by making spurious attacks on the opponents who beat them.

I like to think of myself as a connoisseur of this phenomenon, having watched our own otherwise distinguished coach, a certain Mr Arsène Wenger, pull the very same trick on numerous occasions.

One of the least edifying spectacles in modern football is that of managers attempting to deflect criticism for a defeat by making spurious attacks on the opponents who beat them.

I like to think of myself as a connoisseur of this phenomenon, having watched our own otherwise distinguished coach, a certain Mr Arsène Wenger, pull the very same trick on numerous occasions.

Dirk Kuyt scored two minutes from time to knock United out of the FA Cup and send Liverpool through to the first round for the first time since 2008. A makeshift United side was two minutes away from forcing a replay when the Dutchman pounced on Andy Carroll's flick and made the most of some [...]

By Joel Greenwaldt
Baltimore Blast (12-4) vs. Rochester Lancers (7-9)
Game Time: 1/28/2012 7:35 PM
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Keys to victory for the Blast:

• Patience and communication: Baltimore will likely come out and try to establish the tempo of the game from the start.

Dirk Kuyt's 88 minute strike put Liverpool into the fifth round of the FA Cup as they beat bitter rivals Manchester United 2-1 at Anfield earlier today.
Daniel Agger gave the Reds the lead as United keeper David De Gea was again found wanting midway through the first half before Park Ji Sung scored a deserved equaliser as United came out on top in the possesion stakes, however possesion doesn't always win games and Dirk Kuyt's winner with just two minutes of normal time on the clock proved that as the Kop went wild.

Gabriel Gomez was signed by the Philadelphia Union in late December. Last night was the first chance Philly fans have had to examine the versatile Panamanian.

In a 1-0 friendly loss to the United States, Gomez played as a calming link between Panama's back four and skittish front five.

The good news: He was fantastic.

It's been a week for finding positives in things and Spurs' Tim Sherwood has joined the bandwagon after he presided over a 3-2 defeat at the hands of Leyton Orient at the Lodge.

For Spurs fans, the most striking thing to come from the game was another goal for centre forward Souleymayne Coulibaly who fired in a 74th minute equaliser before the away side snatched a winner just two minutes later.

The US Women's National Team knocked off Mexico 4-0 in their final match of the group stage of Olympic qualifying to win Group B. Carli Lloyd had a hat trick and Heather O'Reilly added a goal as the USWNT rolled to an easy victory. They will face Costa Rica for a chance to qualify on Friday (8pm, concacaf.

The club website sprang into action again yesterday afternoon and highlighted a double strike for our forgotten man John Bostock as a strong Spurs XI demolished a weaker Celtic side by four goals to one at the Lodge.

Perhaps it was more telling that John had started the game on the subs' bench and only came into action after an injury to Cameron Lancaster, who had opened the scoring in the 18th minute.

Wigan midfielder Maynor Figueroa sent Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini's blood boiling after he inexplicably handled the ball thus denying Sergio Aguero and clear run on goal. City were leading 1-0 at the time with just two minutes left on the clock before a hopeful punt up field by Nigel De Jong was about to [.

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Vincent Kompany should never have been sent off. It wasn't a blind lunging two foot tackle which could have harmed Nani. He actually goes low to corral the ball with his right instep and gets it very cleanly. There was little contact.

Chris Foy really made a royal mess.

It hasn't been the best of starts for Arema in the Indonesia Super League. Yesterday's 2-2 with bottom club Persiram was their first point from their opening four games and apparently after the game the Arema fans vented their displeasure at the team.
The club have responded by sacking coach Wolfgang Pikal.

Gareth Barry deserved red card Graham Poll

Referee Mike Jones was absolutely correct to dismiss City midfielder Gareth Barry in the 72nd minute for a second bookable offence. Barry cautioned in the first half was warned by Jones just two minutes earlier.

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Goals:
Agüero 10'
Yaya Toure 33'
Milner 75' (pen)
Mistakes punished by cruel, efficient competency combined with continued Liverpool impotence in front of goal. An added bonus of a referee error, a game-ending penalty given for Yaya Toure's dive, mere moments after fleeting good fortune when Barry saw red for two soft yellows.

Oguchi Onyewu has come to Sporting CP's rescue, burying the 1-1 equalizer two minutes from time in their Taça da Liga third round group opener at Rio Ave.Clip to come soon...- Greg Seltzer

Two days after the Comets fought back to defeat the Wichita Wings in a close game at the Independence Events Center, the Comets found themselves having to do it again against the Wings, this time in Wichita. Unfortunately the result wasn't the same as the Wings pulled off a 12-10 win over the Comets to get their first win in the series.

Clint Dempsey got the goal for Fulham in a surprising 1-1 draw with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. Juan Mata opened the scoring two minutes into the second-half, and it was Dempsey with the equalizer in the 56th. Chelsea put a dozen shots on goal to Fulham's five. "We've had good results against Arsenal, Liverpool and Bolton recently and the only thing that's been disappointing was the Manchester United game last week," Fulham manager Martin Jol.

Clint Dempsey is closing out 2011 in style, as he scored his fourth goal in six matches to help Fulham salvage a 1-1 draw in their West London Derby clash against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.

Dempsey made a near-post run to convert a Bryan Ruiz cross, cancelling out a beautiful Juan Mata goal just two minutes into the second half.

Jordi Gomez claims Wigan will welcome Liverpool to the DW Stadium on Wednesday confident in their ability to pull off another shock result.
The Latics impressed many observers on Saturday evening as they stunned Chelsea with a dramatic late show on home soil.
Gomez's goal two minutes from the end of that contest saw Wigan take what could be a priceless point from the title-chasing Blues.

Fulham has won four English Premier League games this season, and each time Clint Dempsey has scored. Dempsey added to his American career record with his 38th EPL goal and an assist for Fulham in its 2-0 win over Bolton Wanderers on Saturday.
Paul Kennedy of Soccer America reports on the American record-setting goal scorer.

Deportivo Quito are the new champions of Ecuador following their 2-0 aggregate victory over Emelec in the final of the domestic championship.

In order to qualify for the play-offs Deportivo won the second stage of the league, which was played from July to December, topping the table after 22 games with a four point margin over Barcelona de Guayaquil.

Barcelona have set up a dream FIFA Club World Cup final against Santos by defeating Al-Sadd 4-0 today. The Barca victory though was dampered by the broken leg to striker David Villa, that will keep the Barca striker out of action for around six months.

The Villa's injury aside, this was more like a training exercise for Barcelona as Al-Sadd is not in the same class.

Barcelona have set up a dream FIFA Club World Cup final against Santos by defeating Al-Sadd 4-0 today. The Barca victory though was dampered by the broken leg to striker David Villa, that will keep the Barca striker out of action for around six months.

The Villa's injury aside, this was more like a training exercise for Barcelona as Al-Sadd is not in the same class.

Not too bad a game at the Bridge today. Good fare I say.

Bench? Please.

Yeah, that was fucking awesome. Anyone else in need of a new set of vocal chords after that final 30 or so minutes? I sound like Emma Stone right now, and that's not sweet. Not at all.

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Mario Balotelli gives Manchester City the lead after just two minutes at Stamford Bridge.

Uganda have won the CECAFA Cup for the twelfth time as they needed the drama of a penalty shoot-out to overcome the challenge of Rwanda in today's final.

Uganda became the cream of east and central African football again following a game in which all of the goal scoring action took place in the second half of normal time.

The YNT Blog isn't the type to poke fun at people's misery but man, this one was too good to pass up.
This great photo is courtesy of our photographer John Dorton who was down here during the Nike International Friendlies. He snapped this shot right after Rubio Rubin's goal last night in the 3-1 win against Brazil.

The Syracuse Silver Knights rode into Wichita with a 3-4 record on Friday night. The Knights started things off quickly scoring in the first twelve seconds of the game, but that would prove to be half of their team's points as the Wings came back with twelve unanswered points. After Syracuse finally got a break with their second goal, Jamar Beasley answered with back-to-back goals.

LAKEWOOD RANCH, Fla. (Dec. 4, 2011) - The U.S. Under-17 Men's National Team won the Nike International Friendlies for the first time, beating Brazil 3-1 in the final game of the tournament in front of a capacity crowd at the Premier Sports Campus.
The U.

News today in the Journal that the powers that be at Newcastle will be deciding whether to bring in two new center-backs in the January transfer window. James Perch -- becomes important player for Newcastle The big bad news on Saturday was with just two minutes left in the game Steven Taylor ruptured his Achilles, and he is in London today having an operation that [.

Sunday was a day to forget for the Revolution Youth Academy as the U-16s and U-18s were each handed 3-0 losses by the Chicago Fire during New England's second match of the Winter Showcase.

The 18s fell into a hole two minutes into their match when Andrew Conner's goal put the Fire in front early.

Even Gervinho can't miss this one

December is here but Arsenal continued where they left off. Four goals victory at the DW Stadium. Four different players added goals to their statistics for the season and we're now up to just one place behind fourth spot (until Liverpool's match against Fulham tonight at least).

By Cliff Fox
The Syracuse Silver Knights rode into Wichita with a 3-4 record on Friday night. The Knights started things off quickly scoring in the first twelve seconds of the game, but that would prove to be half of their teams points as the Wings answered with twelve unanswered points, and after Syracuse finally got a break with their second goal, Jamar Beasley answered with back to back goals.

The 3-0 scoreline hardly tells the story of this game, as Chelsea scored two goals in the last two minutes and Steven Taylor had to go off injured after 89 minutes with an injury, after Newcastle had already used all three substitutes. But the big talking point of this game is that Chelsea should have been reduced to 10 men after only 4 minutes, when [.

Kenny Dalglish believes the nature of Liverpool's performances against both Manchester clubs is an indicator of the headway being made on Merseyside.
Sunday's 1-1 draw against 10-man Manchester City may have been the fourth successive time they have been held at home but that does not really tell the full story.

Manchester City maintained their five point lead at the top of the Premier League after a 1-1 draw at Anfield.

But City owe a great debt of gratitude to goalkeeper for the point as he made several world class saves to deny Liverpool all three points.

City started the game well and bossed the opening 15-20 minutes with Samir Nasri and David Silva pulling the strings.

Goals:
Kompany 31'
Lescott (og) 33'
I guess a second consecutive late winner against more-fancied opposition is asking too much. Still, if not for Joe Hart, we'd be reveling in one.
Today's match was far more in line with what I expected last week against Chelsea.