With just over 24 hours to go until the Galaxy-Chivas USA Western Conference semifinal second
leg (4:30 p.m. Sunday ESPN2) and the teams deadlocked at 2-2 halfway through what is essentially a
180 minute game (although, of course, it could go longer) here's press box colleague Luis Bueno on
the pressure on Chivas USA.
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Arsenal traveled to face Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday, November 7, 2009 in the English
Premier League. The Gunners were 3rd in the league table and could move into 2nd with a win. Here's
a recap of the match along with video highlights.
Arsenal beats Wolverhampton 4-1 Video Highlights
Arsenal cruised to victory over Wolves on Saturday in the EPL.
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Apparently Del Amitri did the theme song for Scotland's 1998 World Cup team. YouTube embedding
has been disabled by their label (yeah, because you wouldn't want to let their millions of fans
talk about it, right?), but you can watch it here (with a special guest appearance by Colin
Hendry's mullet!
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They say that girls can be a lot crueler then boys and it's no lie if you saw the highlights on
ESPN of the college women's soccer match between New Mexico and BYU yesterday. Defender
Elizabeth Lambert of New Mexico seemed to be playing the wrong sport as she tackled, punched,
kicked, slapped, elbowed, and hair pulled opposing players throughout the match.
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The Back Post 07 November @ 12:59 AM EST
Chet North of the Kansas City Wizards was named the MLS Head Athletic Trainer of the Year. I was
finally able to get Chet to sit still for an interview. He discusses a little bit of everything:
including what it takes to earn the award, the ownership, the MLS Cup team and players. Chet is the
only person that has been with the Wizards organization since the first year.
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The Back Post 07 November @ 12:36 AM EST
Kansas City Wizards defender Jimmy Conrad received his second honor of the year for his
off-the-field contributions to the Kansas City community. MLS W.O.R.K.S., Major League Soccer's
community outreach initiative, and the U.S. Soccer Foundation, the Major Charitable Arm of Soccer
in the United States, announced Friday that Conrad and Chicago Fire midfielder Logan Pause were
selected to receive
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Zinedine Zidane is big in Japan. Already retired from soccer, he is having no trouble in keeping
himself occupied. Zizou was in Japan to help launch the new Adidas Predator boot. He was greeted by
thousands of adoring Japanese fans everywhere he go
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The AFC Region (Asia) wraps up its 2009 season of the Champions League on Saturday, November 7,
2009. The final has Saudi Arabian side Al Ittihad facing South Korean side Pohang Steelers. Live
coverage of the match will be provided at Free Live Sports TV. The link is below and the match is
set to start at 05:00 EST, 10:00 GMT, or 19:00 JST.
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The UEFA Europa League had another full set of matches on Thursday, November 5, 2009. There were
a few Americans involved including Clint Dempsey for EPL club Fulham and Tim Howard with EPL club
Everton. Both loss as the teams struggled. Here's a recap of Americans Abroad in the Europa League
in the Europa League.
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Dear JP Dellacamera,
It is impossible to wear a red shirt with a black suit and not look like a vampire.
All the best
SF
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Two days until the Galaxy-Chivas USA Western Conference semifinal from Carson's Home Depot
Center (4:30 p.m. ESPN2) and the Galaxy blog reports tickets are going fast and the club is
considering opening up the grass berm.
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Suggested reading/listening/viewing:
*Reporter Phil Collin has more on the game here.
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Check this superb goal from VALENCIA CF player MADURO. Ithappened yesterday in the Slavia Prague
vs. Valencia CF Groupclash in the Europa League.Watch the ball control...a real cracker!
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I have to say I'm quite liking Arsenal's current situation; the team is playign really well
and everyone off the bench also fits in exceptionally, which is great and the first time I
believe this in a while! To add to this the media are not rating us this may be a bit downÂ
heartening for the players but there is currently no pressure on them, unlike Chelsea Man Utd
and Liverpool.
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His Ginger Majesty, Stoner and J Fo preview this weekend's MLS playoff matches from the ESPN
mothership in Bristol, CT. Now that Columbus has been knocked off it really seems likes it's
anyone's game and anything can happen at this point. I for one have already had to rip up my
bracket and we haven't even reached the Conference Finals yet.
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There will be a new MLS Cup champion in 2009 following Real Salt Lake's upset win over defending
champions Columbus Crew at Crew Stadium last night. Real Salt Lake scored the final three goals of
the game after falling behind 2-0 to defeat the Crew 3-2 in the match and 4-2 on aggregate. RSL
will now advance [.
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As if we need an excuse...
"VIDEO: Reliving Our Favourite Chelsea Moment" was originally published at
The Republik of Mancunia. Click to continue reading...
It's a light day of soccer/football on Friday, November 6, 2009. The German Bundesliga has their
typical Friday match along with matches in the English Championship and English FA Cup. These three
matches will be covered live at Free Live Sports TV. The links for each match are below along with
match times.
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Everton should do a major rethinking if they want to progress any further in the Europa League.
They were outclassed again by Benefica and had lost 0-2 in Goodison Park. Saviola and Cardoza
contributed one goal each for the Portuguese team.
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Diomansy Kamara's early penalty for Fulham was not able to prevent a 2-1 defeat in Rome in the
hands of AS Roma.
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The English Premier League continues this weekend with another full set of matches. The biggest
match of the weekend is Chelsea v Manchester United. They are currently the top two teams in the
table and two of the favorites in the UEFA Champions League. Here's a list of predictions,
previews, and USA/UK TV listings.
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The Major League Soccer Playoffs continue on Thursday, November 5, 2009 with the second leg of
the Columbus Crew and Real Salt Lake. RSL had a 1-0 lead on aggregate heading into this match. So,
who won and advance to the Conference Finals? Here's a recap of the match along with video
highlights.
Real Salt Lake beats the Columbus Crew 3-2 (4-2 on aggregate) Video Highlights
(will be added later)
1st Half
Real Salt Lake nearly took the lead in the 10th minute as a through ball was sent for Andy
Williams.
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Was it just me or was there a veiled barb in there directed at the FO? You know, the part about
maybe the coach shouldn't shoulder the blame, maybe the players should, maybe the MANAGEMENT? But
Benny couched that by spewing the Payne party line...
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Briefly:
*Don't forget, the second MLS playoff game between the Columbus Crew and Real Salt Lake is
scheduled for 5 o'clock today on ESPN2.
*The Cal State Northridge men closed in on a post-season berth Wednesday with a 1-0 victory over
Cal State Fullerton with the goal coming in the sixth minute of OT and now hold the tiebreaker over
the Titans going into the final game of the regular season Saturday against UC Irvine.
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The UEFA Europa League continued on Thursday, November 5, 2009 with 16 group stage matches. A
few teams struggled including Celtic who have only 2 points in the group stage. Roma defeated
Fulham in one of the other matches and is now in good position to advance to the knockout stage.
Overall, there are two matches left with the top two from each group advancing.
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The UEFA Europa League had a full set of group stage matches on Thursday, November 5, 2009
including Everton v Benfica. Here's a recap along with video highlights of the match.
Benfica beats Everton 2-0 Video Highlights
Everton hosted Benfica looking to avenge a 5-0 defeat in the last matchday.
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The UEFA Europa League had a full set of group stage matches on Thursday, November 5, 2009
including Hamburg SV v Celtic. Here's a recap along with video highlights of the match.
Celtic draws with Hamburg 0-0 Video Highlights
Celtic had only one point heading into the match while Hamburg with second in the group with six
points.
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The UEFA Europa League had a full set of group stage matches on Thursday, November 5, 2009
including AS Roma v Fulham. Here's a recap along with video highlights of the match.
AS Roma beats Fulham 2-1 Video Highlights
Roma had the advantage of a home crowd but Fulham was the one to take the lead in the first
half.
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Andrey Arshavin is the man of the match against AZ Alkmaar in the Emirates Stadium yesterday. The
Russian playmaker exuded class whenever he pushed forward and had provide assists to three of
Arsenal's four goals. Arsenal beat AZ Alkmaar 4-1 in the Champions League game and are likely to
qualify for the 2nd round of the competition.
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Bad luck continues to follow Rafael Benitez. When the much-criticised Ryan Babel scored a brilliant
goal with just seven minutes of game time left, on most days in most seasons, the Pools probably
would have taken 3 points at Anfield against Lyon. However, with the Pools experiencing a long
streak of bad luck, it came as no surprise when Lisandro Lopez struck an equaliser in the final
seconds
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Today, our tifo series swings to Asia for the first time.
We check out Japanese fans at the Nabisco Cup (also known as the J-League Cup) final between
Kawasaki Frontale and FC Tokyo, held earlier this week.
This video is a little slow to get going, but there's some gorgeous colour, some impressive
banners, and generally well choreographed displays from supporters of both teams.
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Some pretty damned lucky Fire fans recently got their grubby little hands on the shirts right off
of the players backs (with autographs even). But we can't all be so lucky so you what they say: if
you can't win 'em, bid on 'em.
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The UEFA Champions League wrapped up match day four on Wednesday, November 4, 2009 with eight
matches. There were some key matches as teams are needing results with only the top two teams in
each group advancing to the knockout stage. Here's a recap of all the matches along with video
highlights.
UEFA Champions League Recap Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Liverpool failed to win and their chances of advancing out the group stage took a major hit.
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