Brazil and England was going to be a reserve festival, as injuries took away many players from the match. So if in theory this is a match with no favorites, in reality, Brazil got that title as it had less players in the ER. Brazil had the responsibility to play better and add another match to the unbeaten streak against England that is 19 years-old.

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Clint Dempsey and Fulham will look to ride their unbeaten streak into a result in Rome while Tim Howard and the Toffees are looking for a bit of revenge when Benfica come to Goodison Park. Click to continue reading...

Sometimes you just have to win ugly. Do whatever it takes and just get the job done. In what was our worst performance of the regular season we ran out 2-0 winners away from home to qualify for Play Offs with 2 games remaining.

This was a tough game for us. We were playing on the worst field in the league, rock hard, bumpy, bone dry, uneven.

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Fresh news coming out of Stadio San Paolo in Naples suggests that the AC Milan dressing room was left stunned following a disappointing 2-2 draw against Napoli. While the result ensured that the Rossoneri extended their vital unbeaten streak, the manner in which Milan lost control of the game is making all the headlines in Italy.

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The University of Wisconsin women's soccer team extended its unbeaten streak to six matches on...
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Liverpool-Manchester United

The Reds have been among the most disappointing squads in all of the league so far this season and their beach ball disaster from last weekend sums up the frustrating start to the season they have endured.� With two losses in a row and middle-of-the-pack results so far Liverpool might head down the group table even further now that they are matched up against the new number one squad in the league.

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Up until last week, the Brasileirao seemed the tournament no one wanted to win. The favorites kept losing points with pale football. But the 30th round shows signs of change by two sides. Flamengo and Atletico-MG want to take the title home after a long time.

While Palmeiras, Sao Paulo, Inter and Goias gave another display of loss of steam, the two sides pocketed the three points in very important matches.

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In the opening minutes of Saturday's Ukraine v England match, England keeper Robert Green was forced to scurry out of his goal as the Ukrainian fans hurled flares onto the pitch. Once the threat of being pegged with a fireball and burning alive subsided, the unnerved goalkeeper promptly went on to earn the first red card for England since Wayne Rooney in the last World Cup.

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Between the U.S.-Honduras WCQ and fighting female soccer players I haven't been paying a whole lot of attention to this game.

That's unfair because it's a big game for Chivas USA and their playoff aspirations, while a win would also likely kill off the Wizards' post-season hopes for good. But I'm also assuming that's exactly what will happen.

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Katie Bethke

Park Ridge, Ill. University of Minnesota Soccer junior forward Katie Bethke was named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week today (Oct. 5), announced by the league office.

The Eau Claire, Wis. native posted numbers unseen in the Big Ten this season. All told, by week's end Bethke had racked up 12 points, five goals, and had a hand each of the Golden Gophers' game-winners as she led them to an unblemished 2-0 mark for the week.

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Katie Bethke

Park Ridge, Ill. University of Minnesota Soccer junior forward Katie Bethke was named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week today (Oct. 5), announced by the league office.

The Eau Claire, Wis. native posted numbers unseen in the Big Ten this season. All told, by week's end Bethke had racked up 12 points, five goals, and had a hand each of the Golden Gophers' game-winners as she led them to an unblemished 2-0 mark for the week.

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The Akron Zips continue to be unstoppable. At this stage of the season, the Zips have begun their important conference schedule and look to roll through their opponents. This time around it was a 3-0 defeat of Florida Atlantic, proving that Akron can win on the road as well as at home. They'll have to back that up over the next two weeks, with three straight games away from home.

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The Akron Zips continue to be unstoppable. At this stage of the season, the Zips have begun their important conference schedule and look to roll through their opponents. This time around it was a 3-0 defeat of Florida Atlantic, proving that Akron can win on the road as well as at home. They'll have to back that up over the next two weeks, with three straight games away from home.

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After watching the Palos Verdes Peninsula's Kevin Hartman, the former Galaxy goalkeeper, and Lawndale's Kei Kamara, who was playing against former club Houston, help Kansas City to a 1-1 draw today against the Dynamo, I'd be remiss in not acknowledging the exploits of another South Bay boy this weekend.

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On a stormy Saturday night in Columbus, 21,000 fans packed into Crew Stadium hoping to see one of two things: 1) A Massive win extending an unbeaten streak to 24 games, or 2) David Beckham. I'm not going to say who was in the majority, but I will tell you that only one of those groups got what they come for.

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1) The Columbus Crew's home unbeaten streak in all competitions is over with the CONCACAF Champions League loss to Cruz Azul. You may have heard that they broke the record for the regular season with 19 straight games back in July. However, they also managed to just do enough to break the overall streak as well. Click to continue reading...

The twenty-second ranked University of West Florida (4-1-1) was unable to upset the Spartans, but they were able to slow them up. UT (4-0-1) drew 1-1 with the Argos in Pensacola. West Florida's leading scorer, Jay Mainville, scored his fifth goal of the season to give the Argos a first half lead. Click to continue reading...

Chelsea 1-0 Porto French striker Nicolas Anelka's second-half goal maintained Carlo Ancelotti's unbeaten streak as Chelsea manager. A through-ball from Salomon Kalou gave Anelka a clean run for a one-on-one with goalkeeper Helton who saved the striker's first effort but the follow-up shot gave the Londoners the lead and a winning start in the Champions League. Click to continue reading...

Even though the nation was transfixed on Brazil's big win versus Argentina, the Campeonato Brasileiro still pressed on. 1st place Palmeiras extended its unbeaten streak to 3 games with a 2-1 win at home against Gremio Barueri. Vagner Love returned to his original club on loan from CSKA Moscow and scored the game winning goal from a PK in the 73rd minute. Click to continue reading...

It had been over 12 years since Anthony D'Avila last scored a goal in Colombian football. His goal against Pereira on February 2, 1997 was thought by many to be the last one of his career at least in his native Colombia. With seconds remaining between América and Santa Fe, the former Colombian international did what came instinctively during his career. Click to continue reading...

Although the weekend was marred by fan violence once again, the Colombian league did have some quality matchups to showcase this past weekend. The marquee matchup of the week was a battle between the top two teams in the current standings. Independiente Medellín went into Huila and were the first team to beat Los Bambuqueros at the Guillermo Plazas Alcid in seven matches. Click to continue reading...

I just had to post this picture.
Just had to.
So funny.
Links me:

• Fans fight police. 150 arrested. [The Offside]
  
• Peru soccer avoids a boycott. [Living in Peru]
  
• USMNT coaching salaries. [Goff]
  
• Epic Kaka video. Epic. [The Offside Rules]
  
• Greek wildfire (wtf?

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Last night a handful more than 19,000 people crammed into Crew Stadium to watch the hometown side extend it's home unbeaten streak to 20 games and it's overall winning streak to five against FC Dallas.

There really isn't much to say about this game, The Crew played like champs (again) and dominated a Dallas team that many people thought was making a late-season playoff run.

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The Portland Timbers extended their unbeaten streak to 21 games last night in Montreal, getting a 1 to 0 win in Saputo Stadium over the Montreal Impact. It was a hard fought, physical game that both teams wanted to win... Click to continue reading...

Tuesday, August 11
Cleveland City Stars 1:4 Charleston Battery
Cleveland Rocked Charleston Post and Courier
Wednesday, August 12
Portland Timbers 1:0 Montreal Impact
Streaking Timbers fall on Impact Ottawa Citizen
Timbers' unbeaten streak at 21 games The Oregonian
Real Maryland Monarchs 0 - 2 Wilmington Hammerheads
Victory means finale at Richmond for first place StarNewsOnline. Click to continue reading...

Columbus and Colorado had multi-goal shutouts on Saturday, in a short-schedule week where the offense was the story. That ended up being unfortunate for Chivas USA, returning to League play with a lopsided loss. Meanwhile, Real Madrid were the competition for two MLS clubs. Los Angeles 2 - New England 1 The Galaxy are still winning, running their unbeaten streak to six games and taking second-place in the Western Conference. Click to continue reading...

Atlético Huila padded their lead atop the standings in the Colombian Finalización tournament beating Envigado 3-2 at the Guillermo Plazas Alcid in the city of Neiva. Click to continue reading...

After last Saturday's match in Minnesota, I had hoped that Timbers coach Gavin Wilkinson was going to try something different to inspire his charges. Even with the team keeping their unbeaten streak alive, the Timbers have really struggled on the... Click to continue reading...

Ouch. That's probably the best way to describe Saturday night's match between the Portland Timbers and the Minnesota Thunder on the road. The Timbers have been riding a long unbeaten streak, and hoping to gain some points on the road,... Click to continue reading...

It was bound to happen eventually, but not like this.

The U.S. men's national team's unbeaten streak against Mexico on� American soil� began modestly enough back in 2000, when Mexico fielded a patchwork team consisting of the players from just two Mexican league teams. Nobody seemed to care though as the American rattled off a 3-0 victory.

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The World Football Challenge ended Sunday with Chelsea taking on Club America. The two teams were playing to decide the winner of the preseason tournament in the United States.

Chelsea defeats Club America 2-0 Video Highlights Both teams had chances throughout the match but Chelsea was able to score 2 second half goals as they won the World Football Challenge with a 2-0 victory over Club America.

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When: Today 4pm
Where: Hellwig Memorial Field, Manassas VA
With Saturday's 4-0 victory over Richmond Kickers Destiny, Tampa Bay Hellenic (8-1-2) has assured itself of a playoff spot. The match featured four second-half goals from Hellenic including a brace from Rachel Fell, Stacy Bishop's second goal in as many games, and a score from Jasmine Johnson. Click to continue reading...

With the discussion of the USA's unbeaten record in Gold Cup group play (23-0-1), the unbeaten streak against CONCACAF opponents at home (45-0-10), and the unbeaten record at Gillette Stadium in Gold Cup play (6-0-1), we got to thinking:
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Washington was unable to stop LA's unbeaten streak on Sunday, with the Sol pushing that number to eleven. Meanwhile, their Wednesday guest at the Home Depot Center also got a 1-0 win. Los Angeles 1 - Washington 0 In a battle of big name players at the Maryland SoccerPlex, Marta once again showed why she's the class of Women's Professional Soccer. Click to continue reading...

A second half stoppage time equalizer extended Real Salt Lake's unbeaten streak to five games in a rough match with the San Jose Earthquakes at Rio Tinto Stadium on Friday night. Fabian Espindola, who served a one-game suspension for a red card earlier in the season was sent off after retaliating against Brandon McDonald. Click to continue reading...