Don't give up hope just yet. Yes, we know. It got ugly last time around. Very, very ugly. Nevertheless, El Clásico is back and the expectations are bigger than Nicklas Bendtner's ego. It might be a little optimistic, but we want to see a good, clean game between two of the best football clubs in the world.

Don't say the Portland Timbers never won anything in their first year as it looks like they're taking home the trophy for "most polite."

Well, not really. In actuality, the award is for the team that committed the fewest fouls over the entire season. The Timbers came in a low 347 fouls with the Colorado Rapids coming in next at 374 fouls.

Zak Boggs and Darrius Barnes may provide a lone bright spot on 2011's gloomy MLS campaign as finalists for two MLS End-Of-Season Awards. The following is directly off the press release:

Two New England Revolution players are among the three finalists for year-end Major League Soccer awards, the league announced today.

By Eric Beard

Say what you will about Playoffs, but the road to the 2011 MLS Cup has created insurmountable drama. From Rafa Marquez starting a fight after LA won in New York to the Seattle Sounders nearly coming back from a 3-nil deficit, the Playoffs have ensured a level of entertainment any fan can embrace.

On Monday, the Revolution's Darrius Barnes and Zak Boggs were named as finalists for year-end MLS awards for their efforts on and off the field in 2011.

Barnes is a finalist for the XBOX 360 Fair Play Award, which is given to the MLS player who exemplifies the meaning of sportsmanship. In 2011, the versatile defender, who split time across the backline in 28 games, committed only 14 fouls on the season and was cautioned just once.

Pro Evolution Soccer had a triumphant reboot with its 2011 edition that took the series back to its mid-2000s heights. Its successor, Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 (now available at Amazon), has been out for consoles (PS3 and Xbox 360) for the past month in North America. We've spent the last couple of weeks playing PES [.

John Terry is facing consequences of a substantial nature as the FA begin their investigation into whether or not the England and Chelsea captain racially abused Anton Ferdinand during Chelsea's 1-0 loss to QPR last weekend. His captaincy is on the line. His reputation with Chelsea supporters such as myself is as well.

Never in my wildest nightmares, never ever did I expect this. And yet it happened. Last night I played a match between Manchester United and Manchester City with FIFA 12 on my XBOX 360 as a precursor to the real deal which would be happening just 12 hours later UK time. I like to play [...]

According to a recent Police report, Daniel Pacheco was arrested on Friday and is facing a burglary charge after allegedly relieving his neighbour of an X-Box 360.The news report states: "The neighbor reported earlier this month that his Southwest Albuquerque house had been burglarized and an Xbox 360 and other related equipment were missing.

Now that we've relaunched the FIFA 12 league for the Xbox 360, it's time to invite EPL Talk readers to join EPL Talk's FIFA 12 league for the PS3. The PS3 league has been strong for more than one year. ...
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Stick Football: Keeping Football Fans Busy At Work - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

FIFA 2012, PES 2012, and Football Manager 2012 are all sure to keep football fanatics occupied for the next several months, much to the chagrin of wives, girlfriends, parents, employers, and teachers around the world.

After spending hours in a darkened room, In The Stands' Rolly Pelovangu is now ready to bring his verdict on a game which is causing much furore in the gaming world: FIFA 2012. New year, new updates, better kits, newer stadiums and an overall revamp is what can be expected from the latest installment [.

14.09.2011 - Llegan Neymar y Cristiano Ronaldo para reemplazar a Lionel Messi (que no llegó a acuerdo económico con Konami) en la (nueva) tapa del PES 2012 que se presenta mañana (15.09.2011) en Argentina para PS3, XBox 360 y PC.
Tratando de recuperar terreno frente a su competidor (FIFA de EA Sports), Konami sale al mercado argentino con el PES 2012 (Pro Evolution Soccer, ex Winning Eleven) con mejoras de imagen y jugabilidad.

By FRANCO PANIZO

If all the trailers and screenshots have you itching to get your hands on FIFA12, Tuesday will provide some temporary relief.

The FIFA12 demo is set to release on both the Playstation 3 and Xbox360 consoles on Tuesday, giving gamers a glimpse of the latest installment of the top selling soccer video game on the market two weeks before it is released.

Konami has released the official PC demo for the highly-anticipated Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 video game. The firm states that it will release the PS3 and Xbox 360 demos via the Playstation Network (PSN) and Xbox Live Marketplace in early September. However, gamers have reported that it is available on PSN Europe and Japan for [.

While the FIFA franchise has reached an amazing amount of success in the past few years, the FIFA Street videogame series has slowly faded away. After FIFA Street 3, it didn't seem like EA was interested in developing the fourth instalment of the series. Yet now, an awesome Youtube trailer has been put out by the EA Sports France channel, showing off what could be the best FIFA Street game yet:
EA is obviously taking this seriously, and they're ditching the cartoony style which they used for FIFA Street 3.

The 7th Annual Umbro Galway Cup takes place this weekend and former Ireland and Liverpool player, Ronnie Whelan was on ‘foot' to kick off and officially launch this year's event.

The four day event takes place at Drom – the home of Salthill Devon in Galway City from tomorrow Wednesday 3rd August and runs right through to Saturday 6th August, where 49 teams from five countries will play 125 games and compete to be named winner of their category.

Tags: GameTrailers.com, Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 – FC Barcelona vs Manchester United Gameplay, PC Games, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 A new gameplay video has been released for Pro Evolution Soccer 2012, also known as PES 2012. The gameplay video...
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By Geoff Reid

First of all, apologies for being away a while. Busy time of year for all of us the last few weeks and life gets in the way. This time of year the game domestically really starts to get exciting with the MLS Combine, followed by the Superdraft and NSCAA Convention before clubs head into their respective pre-seasons.