As part of The Football World Series, the New York Red Bulls will host international teams at Red Bull Arena this summer.
In recent years, the Football World Series has featured Liverpool, Porto, Arsenal, Ajax, A.C. Milan, Manchester United, Boca Juniors, Lazio, Atletico Madrid and others. Click to continue reading...

Jeter is breaking down the left flank, and he sends a beautiful cross to Johnny Damon.
Damon dribbles passed the defender and finds a wide open A-Rod!
A-Rod with a chipper to Matsui . . .
Matsui lines it up and hits a glancing head . . .
GOOOOOLLLLL MATSUI!

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Segundo o DN, Mark Teixeira, luso-americano, jogador de basebol, é o desportista de ascendência portuguesa mais caro de sempre ao ter assinado um contrato, em Janeiro, com os New York Yankees, no valor de 120 milhões de euros. Mark é uma das figuras da equipa que venceu as "World Series" da MLB pela 27ª vez. Click to continue reading...

51 responses to Jeff Plush's letter to fans on the Rapids' blog as of 10am November 5. It shows there are some passionate fans out there. Not that I ever had any doubt about that. What I do have doubts over are the very future of this club and here's why.
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My apologies to one and all for the lateness of the post. The combination of the deciding game of the World Series last night (the bad guys won) and all-day meetings today have left me scrambling a bit for this column. Now, by scrambling, I don't mean that I'm scrambling for things to write - anyone who has been reading for any length of time will realize that I'm rarely at a loss for words - Click to continue reading...

(clears throat)

Two-thousand seven!

(clap-clap, clap-clap-clap)

Two-thousand seven!

(clap-clap, clap-clap-clap)

That's all I got to say right now. Deal with it, Simmons and Shaughnessy. You both lied to us by not dying in peace like you said you would.

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With J Hutcherson -- For those of you that spent last night in the company of the World Series, that was a pretty good lesson on the why for the best out of seven games. Aside from the extra revenue courtesy of extended playoffs, baseball, hockey, and basketball set it up so it takes more than just one dominant night or a fluke win. Click to continue reading...

World Series? Hey, you pre-empt "Glee," you're dead to me.
AND NOW...THE MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER 2009 REGULAR SEASON - A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW
Well, that happened.
THIS HAS BEEN THE COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF THE 2009 MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER REGULAR SEASON
AND NOW, THE COMPREHENSIVE 2009 MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER PLAYOFFS PREVIEW
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... it's gonna be the Yankees that the Phillies have to put in their place to take the World Series again. Be there, starting Wednesday night ... as two ex-Cleveland aces go up against each other in their new(er) uniforms. That's CC vs. Cliff Lee. Let's go, Phillies, you can do it!

And I love hearing that George Will has gone after Dick for his "dithering" comment noting that a little "dithering" by the Bushies might have been helpful before invading Iraq.

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With all apologies to the footie-mad world, I have to say I'm a bit distracted by more provincial sporting pursuits this week. As I write my hometown Philadelphia Phillies (that's Major League Baseball if you aren't into the American sports scene) are in a best-of-seven series with the Los Angeles Dodgers for the right to go to the World Series (to presumably face the New York Yankees). Click to continue reading...

Oh man, do we have a barn burner on our hands tonight or what?!? It's going to be incendiary, a real slobber knocker. People of Earth, it's the Dynamo versus Isidro Metapan!

Approximately 10 hours from now, just 10 short hours, we can relive the glory, the passion, the edge-of-your-seat, non-stop heart-pounding action that once captivated the heavens above and the world below.

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"Who pays the players when they're on international duty?" asks Doug.

Here in the football wilderness that is the states, I find more and more of my friends, neighbors and coworkers growing curious about the beautiful game. The "football-curious" we'll call them. And since they know me as somebody who's fanatical about the sport, they inevitably come to me when they have questions.

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Teddy Sheringham shows that footballers can do more than just play the game as he pocketed a cool £40,481 from the World Series of Poker Europe tournament in London last weekend.

It's not been long since Sheringham retired from the game but he's shown here that he's already found another job that pays well.

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Real Madrid spent the summer spending their money. Â REALLY spending their money. Â After forking over 136 Million Euros on Ronaldo and Kaka' the boys in Madrid didn't stop. Â They also acquired Karim Benzema in a move that could only compete with the New York Yankees.

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ESPN's SportsNation has spoken in regards to what the average american sports fan thinks about soccer, and it certainly seems like this past summer has increased the interest level of our game-
Which is more likely in the next 10 years?
Cubs win the World Series - 40%
Danica wins the Indy 500 - 37%
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Brazil have qualified, despite their early drama. Argentina can end their drama tonight in Ascunion. Chile and Paraguay are expected to qualify, though a close look at their remaining fixtures suggests their drama may be about to begin. The other usual suspects, Colombia, Ecuador and Uruguay are drifting, clinging to the hope the current with take them to Costa Rica.

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So, as a native of the Philadelphia area here in the US I'm confronted with something of a dilemma. Growing up in Philadelphia you are generally brought up with a healthy (and some would say unhealthy) bit of mania for the local professional sports teams across all major American sports. As a kid who played just about every sport available growing up and growing up in an era (late 70s and early 80s) when all of the local teams were challenging for championships I formed life-long attachments to my teams - the Phillies in baseball (that's the defending World Series champion Phillies I might add); the 76ers in basketball; the Flyers in hockey; and the Eagles in football (our version). Click to continue reading...

The inaugural World Football Challenge begins tomorrow on American soil, in the Bay Area. Much like the "World Series of Football" in 2005, this event conflicts directly with our region's Continental Championship which also is contested on American soil. But unlike that tournament which was promoted by SUM and involved MLS teams, this event shuts out the American club game as if it does not exist.

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Remember the "World Series of Football"? Oh, come on. Of course you do. It was a four-team round-robin competition born in 1991, revived in 2005, where three international clubs would come to the US in their off-season and play each other and an MLS team. Last seen on US shores [...] Click to continue reading...

You win the SuperBowl and you go to Disney World. You win the World Series and you go to Disney World. Now add La Liga, El Copa del Rey and the UEFA Champions League to that list. Yesterday, Barcelona FC and Argentina superstar Lionel Messi was at Walt Disney World in Orlando, FL taking penalty shots against and [. Click to continue reading...

1. USA are not the Undisputed Global Soccerball World Series Super Champions just yet. 2. Wearing scarves needn't prevent you winning international tournaments. 3. Brazil never know when they are supposed to be beaten. 4. OTP expects to see some unusual candidates in the semi-finals of next year's World Cup. Click to continue reading...

"What an advertisement this has been for Major League Soccer here tonight". I heard Glenn Davis speak that line twice during the broadcast, once in the 68th minute on ESPN2, and once before the game was being shown on television (thanks atdhe.net). At first I was thinking that that was a terribly hypocritical thing to say. Click to continue reading...

U.S. Soccer announced this morning that the U.S.-Costa Rica World Cup qualifier has moved to ESPN2.

From the ESPN press release:

The broadcast will now include a 30 minute pregame show starting at 6:30 p.m. PT with kickoff slated for 7:06 p.m. PT (8:06 p.m. local).

The game will still be televised live by Galavision.

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ESPN has confirmed that tonight's broadcast has moved from ESPN to ESPN2 and will include a 30 minute pre-game show from Bristol that gets underway at 9:30 p.m. ET. Kickoff is set for 10:06 p.m. ET (8:06 p.m. local).
The change comes due to the Women's College (softball) World Series ending early (last night), and will prevent conflicts with Wednesday Night Baseball on ESPN from running into the time slot of the U. Click to continue reading...

Integrity, sportsmanship and pride. If there are three words that make up the foundation of the sporting world, these three would most certainly be at the top of the list. All sports are built on a drive to improve, the chance to compete against your peers, and the opportunity to build strong bonds with others.

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When we think of World Cup Soccer you probably don't think of Akon, But it was officially announced that Akon will record the official song of the biggest international soccer competition, the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.

Akon To Create 2010 World Cup Anthem

The organizers of the 2010 World Cup are negotiating with the hip-hop artist to create a song to go along with the event.

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This is DaddyCornblog back in 1980, rooting for the Ron Jaworski, Dick Vermeil, Wilbert Montgomery version of the Eagles.  We've got the photo by the TV, where Daddy C patiently waits for the game to get underway.  He was disappointed in 1980, sadly. He died on December 19, 1994 - the day after the Giants knocked [. Click to continue reading...

It's a warm, foggy Saturday morning here in post-election New Hampshire.  Most of the political signs are put away, and gunshots now ring through the hillsides. Rebellion against the new socialist state?  Post-election right wing despair?  Nah.  Hunting season.  It's more personal this year than some, as the doe and two fawns that we've been watching [. Click to continue reading...

Okay, I'm not quite letting go yet.  Here's a bit about the chaos in Philly, post World Series win!  We begin in an anonymous house, somewhere in Philly, as the Phils close it out and some college students watch ... then spill out into the street. From there we move along toward Broad Street ... [. Click to continue reading...

Nothing like a little mid-week action to brighten the daily grind...plenty of football going on as well, so worth a quick take...
Tuesday night saw a full slate of Championship fixtures and an opportunity for the Tractorboys to build on their win at Plymouth as we welcomed Charlton and former Town hero, Matt Holland. Click to continue reading...

Thanks, ChristopherCornblog! Voter suppression has always been an issue.  It's a threat to the fabric of our democracy ... and a core strategy of the GOP.  Nice! From the scary ... to the ridiculous ... read about how Governor Palin and the RNC are spending money while "real Americans'" wallets are in dire straits. Click to continue reading...

Amazing!  Unbelievable!  That's the Red Sox in October.  Coming back from a 7-0 deficit the Red Sox mounted a comeback for the ages and nipped the Rays in the 9th, 8-7.  Hang on to your hats, folks, and tune in on Sunday night.  It ain't over ... and a Sox-Phillies Series may still be in [...] Click to continue reading...

It really wasn't a contest at Dodger Stadium last night ... and wasn't one at Hofstra, either. The Phillies clinched their sixth-ever World Series berth in just five games, with a 5-1 win over the Dodgers, behind good offensive production and the strong arm of NLCS MVP Cole Hamels!  I'd love to see them face the [. Click to continue reading...

I, for one, can't wait for tonight's debate and Obama's response when McCain goes after him.   How Big Mac will work his fringe issues into the format should be interesting to see.  The GOP has been thrusting Ayers and Acorn at us for too long to let this last debate pass by without trying [...] Click to continue reading...

It wasn't looking good for Chase Utley and crew when yours truly hit the hay last night.  But 40 year old Matt Stairs' 2-run homer put the Phillies in the win column for the 3rd time in the NLCS - and on the brink of their first World Series since 1993. Speaking of 1993 made me [...] Click to continue reading...