Time to revisit my projections for the last time. Who will be available for the Philadelphia Union
to select? The rules were announced recently, and they're exactly the same as the past few
drafts.
The following players should graduate from Generation Adidas status: Alston, Beltran, Frei,
Gonzalez, Hall, Nyarko, Wallace, Zakuani, and Zayner.
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goalpost.tv 20 November @ 07:15 AM EST
Image via Wikipedia A board meeting this afternoon called by Ireland's FAI has been called to
discuss request for replace of the Playoff with France. However it has been announced recently that
FIFA have rejected their earlier request. In a response to a request made by the FAI yesterday, the
world governing body have ruled that [.
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goalpost.tv 20 November @ 04:48 AM EST
Image via Wikipedia The Irish Justice Minister had already asked Football's Highest Governing Body,
FIFA for a replay match for the World Cup qualification after the controversial incident of Thierry
Henry handling the ball in the Irish penalty zone before passing the ball to teammate William
Gallas who headed home.
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goalpost.tv 19 November @ 08:40 AM EST
Image via Wikipedia With Ireland reeling from "Le Hand of God" bookie Paddy Power have issued a
whole host of special bets on the man who will forever be known as "cheating Thierry."
Unfortunately for Irish fans and Justice Minister Dermot Ahern, the likelihood of justice
prevailing look slim with odds of 33/1 the match gets [.
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goalpost.tv 19 November @ 08:33 AM EST
Image via Wikipedia It's a shock and disbelief for many of the supporters and Irish fans where
Ireland's hopes were dashed after the equalizer by William Gallas. Before crossing the ball Thierry
Henry was seen to handle the ball twice which was not observed by the sideline officials and
resulted in the equalizer.
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goalpost.tv 19 November @ 06:35 AM EST
Image via Wikipedia The Russians would be kicking themselves for not completing the match on
Saturday as a shocker allowed Slovenia to qualify for South Africa at Russia's expense. The Russian
team had a one goal advantage but squandered, missed and ultimately lost everything at the hands of
the lesser favoured opponents.
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goalpost.tv 19 November @ 06:28 AM EST
Image via Wikipedia The presence of Giovanni Trapattoni continued to grow even at the Stadio de
France and things were turning to be dramatic during the first half as Ireland scored in about the
32nd minute to show that they were in the groove and it reflected the score line predicted by
Trapattoni the earlier [.
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So what did I spend today doing? Bringing the rest of you up to snuff. First I had to correct Wilt
on when Columbus Crew Stadium was built and how much it cost in his "Top 20 MLS Stadia" post (it
was completed in 1999 at a reported cost of around $27 million [Ed. Although Wikipedia says $28.5
mil]).
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The venue of the return leg - Rajamangala Stadium (picture credit: Wikipedia)
However, I will be very appreciative if some of you guys, who might be watching the game via some
alternative sources, could post your thoughts, comments after watching this match.
Thank you...get your instant update of this Blog!
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The Aztexan 13 November @ 10:16 PM EST
The Wikimedia Foundation has kicked off their annual fundraising campaign:
Lots of people love Wikipedia, but surprisingly few know it's run by a non-profit, the
Wikimedia Foundation. The Wikimedia Foundation has just one purpose: to support the free and open
sharing of knowledge. We don't sell information and we don't accept advertising.
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Is that Knight wearing a ship as a hat? Suffolk must be a magical place.
This
week's winner: Daniel PuntTeam Name: Suffolk'n Good
THIS IS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE. Fantastic. My job is really quite easy when you give me some
creative, punny names to select. Daniel probably has a ton of friends, because that is one sweet
name (also, his team name is pretty fantastic too).
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En breve se estará dando inicio a la Copa Libertadores 2010, aun esta en veremos, como quedará la
participación de Chivas y San Luis, quienes en la pasada Copa Libertadores 2009 fueron sacado por
cuestiones de la influenza.
La forma y como irán saliendo los participantes de la Copa, via la Wikipedia, son de la siguiente
forma.
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It is believed that
Man United manager
Sir Alex Ferguson is ready to add to his
attacking options this January. One of the players being linked with a move to Old Trafford is
21-year old
Angel Fabian di Maria.
The Argentine currently plays for Portuguese side Benfica.
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goalpost.tv 05 November @ 07:53 AM EST
Image via Wikipedia Although many have called it unfair, the seeding system adopted for the play
off matches to decide the final four European teams that will make it to the 2010 World Cup Finals
in South Africa, has produced four potentially exciting match ups. The two leg matches will be
played on November 14th [.
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Jogaram pela Cosafa Cup 2009 no Barbourfields Stadium, em Bulawao_ZIm, pelo grupo B, as seleções
de Seychelles (180º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção das Ilhas Comoros (199º no ranking da
FIFA).
Esse foi o primeiro jogo entre essas 2 seleções na história de qualquer competição oficial.
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It's in "Midnight Blue" says the club.
And here's Danny Murphy wearing the new kit at Craven Cottage, at midnight, to prove it.
Captain Marvel.
Did you know that 'Round Midnight, the jazz standard, appears on over 1,000 albums?
Wikipedia says so, citing allmusic.
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One of the podcasts I subscribe to is The Interface at Spinner.com, which gives a 20-minute
performance of an up-and-coming band every week, with high-quality audio and video. If I don't know
the act, I'll usually listen while preparing dinner. This way, if I can't stand it, at least I'm
doing something productive and listen to it all the way through unless it really sucks.
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Enter Sasha McDonnell, the first professional woman player who caught my attention, somewhat by
accident a few years ago. One of the reasons I came across her was she's a Brisbane girl, so I was
mightily annoyed last year when she signed with Canberra.
Sasha (second from left) just after her goal
The way I discovered she had signed for Brisbane this season, believe it or not, was Wikipedia,
which also had the W-League table updated before the official A-League site.
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This morning I have already seen three stories on
Luis Nani's Man United career. The
22-year old made (according to wikipedia) only four appearances so far this season, but he has
scored two goals.
After being left on the bench again against Bolton yesterday, The News Of The World believe that
Nani could be on his way out of Old Trafford this January, being replaced by
Valencia's David
Silva.
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Vor langer Zeit haben wir mal eine etwas andere Regelkunde gemacht und einen Begriff aus dem
bayerischen Fussball-Latein vorgestellt. Damals ging es um das weltberühmte Thema „Abseits",
also einem Begriff, der auch in der hochdeutschen Sprache bei vielen Fans immer große Fragezeichen
aufwirft. Heute, amTag des entscheidenden WM-Qualifikationsspiel für unsere deutsche
Nationalmannschaft gegen den FC [.
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The first few comments I received when I kicked off this little experiment immediately went into
the relegation/promotion question. It goes without saying that structurally, R/P is a non-starter
for Major League Soccer; private investors spent a lot of time and money insuring the necessary
infrastructure had been put in place before securing their MLS club, with the agreement said club
would always play at the highest professional level.
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The Footie 05 October @ 01:39 AM EST
The small quiet town of Siroki Brijeg, Bosnia/Herzegovina was
the scene of a horrific act of violence yesterday Sunday afternoon October 4th, 2009 when a
trainload of soccer fans from Sarajevo arrived to watch the match.
Siroki Brijeg - Bosnia/Herzegovina
The game played between the two teams was friendly, but what was going on in the streets was
anything but.
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Hello people, hope your enjoying your weekend thus far, and are anticipating a good win over
Blackburn tomorrow. I think the team is performing well but we have to be consistent this season
which wasn't the case last season, to the point where we had so many 0-0 draws in a row it was
unbelievable.
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This was an interesting story I came across today. Apparently there is a "Little Italy" of sorts
in the Bulgarian First Division (official named the Bulgarian TBI A Professional Football Group,
which is ridiculous), as Bulgarian club PFC Botev Plovdiv is owned by an Italian owner, has an
Italian chairman, an Italian-Congolese sporting director, an Italian manager, and a roster that
contains 10 Italian players (soon to be 11).
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Click on the "envelope" for a bigger view
Scribed this on the back of an envelope.
Please don't be confused by those "arrows" and the hideous handwriting (it was a scribble-on
anyway), allow me to explain with some helps from the "wiki" pages on the subject.
As you can see for yourself on the top of the envelope, I scribbled "Top 8 (AFL)", while at the
lower half of it, you should noticed the words - "Super League (RL)".
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reportajes 28 September @ 04:01 AM EST
Por Johan Einstein (Desde Jerusalén) El nuevo fichaje del espanyol, Ben
Sahar está inmerso en el momento más importante del año. Comenzó ayer domingo al anochecer. No
me refiero a su partido contra el Xerez, sino al inicio del Día del Perdón (Yom Kipur), la
jornada más sagrada para el judaísmo.
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goalpost.tv 21 September @ 03:34 AM EST
. Image via Wikipedia A spirited display at home by Wolverhampton Wanderers gave them a 2-1 win
against Fulham. This marked a first win at home for the Premier League debutants. Irish striker
Kevin Doyle set the ball rolling as he scored in the first half to put the Wolves in front. Michael
Mancienne's foul allowed [.
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Sulaiman Al-Fahim is, of course, the new owner of Portsmouth Football Club, but his
accession there hasn't been without a degree of controversy. Mark Murphy wonders this emperor's new
clothes are already starting to look a bit ragged.
According to the Premier League, Sulaiman Al-Fahim is a fit and proper person to be running one
of its clubs.
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If ever I needed a demonstration of why being a non-league fan is so great, I think I've just had
it.
Earlier today it emerged that Bath City have signed a new player named Florin Pelecaci. He is a
mid-fielder from Romania and has played top-flight football in both his home country and recently
in Hungary.
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The gent behind Thai Football News was in touch yesterday asking about former West Ham midfielder
Peter Butler. He had heard that the one time SAF, Sabah, Persiba and Kelantan coach had upped
sticks and moved to Myanmar.
Wikipedia states he as been appointed Technical Director of Yangon United without citing a source.
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Gunners Today 15 September @ 02:46 PM EST
If you didn't like that pun I apologize. I thought it was pretty good. Then again, puns tend to
annoy a lot of people. Why? I don't know. It's not like it is the lowest form of humour. That would
be sarcasm. "Yeah, right!" (said Samuel Johnson)
Anyway, the title is in reference to tomorrow's Champions League opener game against Liege.
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goalpost.tv 13 September @ 03:12 PM EST
. Image via Wikipedia Aston Villa have won the Midlands derby 1-0 against Birmingham at St Andrews.
It turned out to be a quiet game with both sides looking like they didn't want to make a mistake.
The game lacked clear cut chances. Villa keeper Brad Friedel and opposite number Joe Hart were not
troubled until [.
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