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USA will play a friendly against Canada on Sun Jun 3 at BMO Field in Toronto. 6pm CT on the new NBC Sports.
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RUMOR: Sat May 26 USA v Scotland - Friendly - EverBank Field, Jacksonville FL - all other info TBD
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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.

By Alan Duffy

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 [.

"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.

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 7-6 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 highlight 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.

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.

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 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
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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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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