Not too good news this morning, the SPANISH FOOTBALL U-20 NATIONAL TEAM say good-bye to the FIFA
World Championships being held in Colombia after losing to BRAZIL in the penalty-shoot out 2 (2) -
2 (4). The Spanish youngsters pack their bags & fly off home with certain disappointment knowing
that they had the potential of going further in the competition.
Not too good news this morning, the SPANISH FOOTBALL U-20 NATIONAL TEAM say good-bye to the FIFA
World Championships being held in Colombia after losing to BRAZIL in the penalty-shoot out 2 (2) -
2 (4). The Spanish youngsters pack their bags & fly off home with certain disappointment knowing
that they had the potential of going further in the competition.
Was out of town yesterday & couldn´t post the last two ( A-team & U-20) SPANISH FOOTBALL NATIONAL
TEAM encounters, which ended with a draw, that is, a loss & a win. Although the news is now old,
SPAIN lost 2 -1 at Bari to home team ITALY, & the U-20 youngsters won 7-6Â SOUTH KOREA in the
penalty shoot out after their match finished 0 - 0 at the U-20 FIFA World Championships.
SPANISH FOOTBALL U-20 NATIONAL TEAM defeated AUSTRALIA 1 - 5 in their last Group match
corresponding to the FIFA U-20 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS being held in Colombia. Spain finish Top of
Group C & now know await their next rival South Korea. Spain - u 20 vs Australia The highlightÂ
was the HAT - TRICK from Spaniard ALVARO VAZQUEZ with his three goals in the 6th , 14th & 18th min,
along with a goal
The SPANISH FOOTBALL U- 20 NATIONAL TEAM kicked off its participation in the FIFA U - 20 WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIPS being held in Colombia with 1 - 4 victory over COSTA RICA in their Group C match.
Good start as a win is vital to release the nerves & be able to meet your other Group opponents
with some relative "ease" in the pressure.
The U-20 SPANISH FOOTBALL NATIONAL TEAM list was handed in yesterday for the upcoming FIFA U-20
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS to be held between the 29th of July & the 20th of August in Colombia. Up to
seven players from FC Barcelona are in the list of 21 players which include the U-21 Euro Champ
Montoya & Real Madrid player Canales, just to mention two known names.
Proud day for SPANISH SPORT & SPANISH HANDBALL with SPAIN winning the home team Sweden 23 - 24 in
the Handball World Championships 3rd place game to take the Bronze Medal. Spain have had a
wonderful tournament only being defeated by the mighty Danish team by 4 points in their semi -
final clash. An excellent match with an extraordinary defensive effort that kept out Sweden &
allowed the Spanish
The semifinals of the U-17 FIFA World Championships will take place tonight. First, Brazil and
Uruguay meet at Estadio Guadalajara. Secondly, Germany takes on the hosts Mexico at Nuevo Estadio
Corona in Torreon. My picks for the finals are Brazil and Germany, but don't count out the home
team. Both Brazil and Germany have been vulnerable in the previous matches, and can be beaten, but
my opinion
Arsenal seem to pick up more injuries than a team at the Geriatric Twister World Championships.
Currently tucked up in their sick-beds are Thomas Vermaelen, Jack Wilshere, Abou Diaby and Bacary
Sagna amongst others. However, in order to make more room for the Gunners' sick and infirm, the
club have extended their medical facilities.
Arsene Wenger is said to be on the verge of recruiting Spanish prospect after setting up a deal
with Real Madrid. This morning's Mirror claims midfielder Jose Rodriguez, 16, is ready to move to
the Emirates following a tip-off from Arsenal's Spanish scout Francis Cagigao.
The paper says AW will offer Rodriguez a five-year contract starting next season after the
player impressed in the Under-17s World Championships, with Arsenal now negotiating with Real
Madrid over compensation.
It has been revealed tonight that Arsenal have poached yet another young Spanish international, but
this time it is not from their arch-rivals Barcelona, but from Real Madrid. The 16 year-old
midfielder Jose Rodriguez impressed scouts from all over Europe at the Under-17s World
Championships, but Arsenal's Spanish scout Francis Cagigao has persuaded the youngster [.
All media outlets appear to be suggesting that Juan Mata should sign sometime in the next 48
hours, which is great news. Also confirmed by our Chairman and this is a rarity, Arsenal never
comment on transfer news and every time Hill-Wood speaks it is to say something against the
existing players, Arsenal have made an offer for Jagielka.
Arsene Wenger must be on the look out for a striker this summer.
We know van Persie can score goals, but we are also aware that he is unlikely to go through the
season without a major injury keeping him out of action for 3 months. So long as RvP is fit he
will bang in goals for fun, but with an international break coming early September, this is the
call sign for an injury whilst playing for Holland.
Hello all, the transfer season is well upon us when we get rumors of Emmanuel Eboue leaving the
club. To be quite honest, the Nasri situation (which Homey very eloquently talked about in
yesterday's post), along with the now annual Cesc Fabregas Summer Transfer To Barcelona Media
Extravaganza (Now available in Qatar!
Jasper Wilson gives us an introduction to a US national team you might not know about - the US
Paralympic Team. In the first of a series of entries on the team and their qualification for the
2012 Paralympic Games in London, Jasper lays out the facts of the sport also known as CP Soccer.
Jasper himself is pool player for the US team.
The U.S. WNT would like to send its congratulations to the U.S. Paralympic Team, which qualified
for the 2012 Paralympic Games in London today after a 3-2 win against Ireland in the third and
final Group D match at the 2011 CPISRA Football 7-a-Side World Championships which are being held
in Hoogeveen, Netherlands.
P ORTLAND, Or -The Portland Timbers have traded a third-round pick in the 2011 MLS SuperDraft to
the New York Red Bulls for defender/midfielder Jeremy Hall. Hall, 22, was drafted by the Red Bulls
in the first round (11th overall) in 2009 out of the University of Maryland. He played 37
regular-season games and made [.
P ORTLAND, Or -The Portland Timbers have traded a third-round pick in the 2011 MLS SuperDraft to
the New York Red Bulls for defender/midfielder Jeremy Hall. Hall, 22, was drafted by the Red Bulls
in the first round (11th overall) in 2009 out of the University of Maryland. He played 37
regular-season games and made [.
New England Revolution striker Taylor Twellman, the club's all time leading scorer, announced
his retirement from the pro game today as expected, more than two years after his brutal collision
with Steve Cronin in a 2-2 tie with the Galaxy in August 2008.
Twellman, 30, scored the game's first goal and Cronin broke a finger, but Twellman was never the
same player because of lingering medical issues.
For many years, the U.S. Women's National Teams playing in world championships have painted
their nails in various patriotic colors and designs and this year's U-20s are keeping up the
tradition.
Fortunately, midfielder Mandy Laddish is a talented nail painting artist and she has turned her
hotel room into a de facto Salon, with teammates making appointments to come by and get their nails
done.
Mariya Savinova and Caster SemenyaWhen Caster Semenya raced from last to second in the final
stretch of the women's 800 meters, some wondered is she aimed for silver. She has a turbo drive of
a kick - if she'd engaged it sooner she might have taken gold. Maybe.
Second guessing someone who comes in second is a strange thing.
Their Words "We have to be aware of everything, we can expect everything,." Toronto coach Aron
Winter. Other Sources TFC seeks win against all odds - from Fox Soccer's Ives Galarcep: History
isn't exactly on TFC's side either. Toronto FC in tough to advance against heavily favoured Santos
- from The Toronto Star's Daniel Girard: "We want to go to the club world championships and there's
no doing that without beating Toronto.
The Sounders Women announced today that they have signed Stephanie Cox for this season. If
you're keeping score, that's five current USWNT players. Four other players have
National Team experience with the U20 and U23 teams, and we have one current Mexican National
player in Veronica Perez.
World number four Gary Anderson has admitted he was far from at his best in his scrappy win over
the relative unknown German Jyhan Artut in the first round of the Ladbrokes PDC World Darts
Championship.
Last year's runner-up was made to fight all the way to make it into the second round after
eventually winning the closely-fought clash at Alexandra Palace on a final-leg shoot-out.
"It's been great. Just seeing Sally Pearson win her Gold Medal race at the World Championships has
really inspired everyone involved in Primary School Soccer this week," said young Athletics Coach
Tiny Passmore.
The Primary School Soccer Tournament is on in Canberra all week and despite all the talk of FFA's
revolution of Small Sided Games the girls are playing on the biggest pitch at the recently and more
appropriately renamed Hawker Junior Athletics Centre.
The SLeague is back after lengthy breaks for the fasting month, the Singapore Cup, World Cup
Qualifiers plus of course the Conker World Championships which were hosted in Simei.
Last night saw Hougang United defeat Etoile 2-1 and to celebrate this the SLeague website is down!
Jamaican superstar Usain Bolt gained compensation for last weeks
disqualification in the 100m World Championship Finals by taking gold in yesterday's 200m
equivalent, recording the fourth quickest time ever in the process with a time of
19.40, only the great Michael Johnson has run faster 19.
The U.S. WNT left Austria this morning after an excellent eight-day training camp and arrived in
Dresden, Germany around 1 p.m. in the afternoon to a very nice welcome from the organizers for this
WWC venue. We'll have some video and pics of the USA's travel to Germany up soon, but first one
last look back at one of the most beautiful places (mountain category) many of the U.
Brent Latham blogs of the role that US Soccer president Sunil Gulati plays in our player
development philosophy.
"There are many complexities to our situation," Gulati said in a recent phone interview. "That
might or might not be a disadvantage, but you've also got many advantages. Obviously you've got
hundreds of millions people in the U.
The Ottawa Senators landed Stephane Da Costa on Thursday. The Senators signed the sought-after
NCAA free agent forward to a two-year entry level contract.
Da Costa spent two seasons at Merrimack College. He scored 14 goals and 31 assists in 33 games
this season, and was a second-team Hockey East All-Star.
Paul Kennedy of Soccer America reports on the United States Under-20 national team's 4-0 victory
over Suriname in the opening match of the CONCACAF qualification.
The team scored 4 times, and hit the wood work on 3 other occasions in their debut match of the
tournament for qualification for the FIFA Under-20 World Championships.
Tottenham and AEG's joint proposal to take over the Olympic Park Stadium as and when the Olympic
bandwagon rolls out of town in the Autumn of 2012 has suffered a potentially devastating setback
after being branded as 'completely unacceptable' by UK Athletics (UKA) chairman Ed
Warner.
