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DC United Next Coach Cup: The Group Stage

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 19:30:00 +0000

Time to kick off the DC United Next Coach Cup with the group stages. In true, bloated, FIFA money-grubbing fashion, we're going straight for the 32-name jugular. Some of these are serious candidates, others are waaaaaay out of left field or half in...

fullback posted 34 hours ago from fullbackfiles.blogspot.com

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Report: Agbossoumonde to Sporting Braga

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 18:22:47 +0000

Photo by ISIphotos.com U.S. U-20 national team defender Gale Agbossoumonde could be the first member of the U.S. Under-20 World Cup team to score a move to Europe after the tournament. According to this report out of Portugal , Agbossoumonde, who currently plays for Miami FC in the ...

Soccer By Ives posted 35 hours ago from soccerbyives.net

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Brazil Bans Football

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 21:09:42 +0000

No World Cup for You... in 12-16 Years In what can only be thought as the most deliberate attempt to piss off a populace, the city of Rio is banning football on its beaches . This isn’t a joke. “Hundreds of police are being drafted in to enforce a ban on ball games by the edge ...

The Fan's Attic posted 32 hours ago from unprofessionalfoul.com

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I keep it now

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 21:02:28 +0000

Whenever a ball goes into the stands during a match, I always wonder what would happen if the person who grabs it decides that he’s keeping that sucker and that there’s nothing anyone can do about it. Well, that’s exactly what happened during the Switzerland v Germany ...

BrooksPeck posted 2 days ago from dirtytackle.net

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Ronaldo set to miss World Cup play-off

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 14:56:23 +0000

• Real Madrid winger has bony deposit in his ankle joint • Player told to have two weeks' rest and rehabilitation Cristiano Ronaldo looks set to miss Portugal's World Cup play-off matches with Bosnia on 14 and 18 November but retains faint hopes of being fit in time for Real Madrid's clash ...

Avoiding the Drop found this 39 hours ago on guardian.co.uk

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Wednesday Backpasses: Too cold to score

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 03:14:29 +0000

At least, I think that’s the given explanation. Lionel Messi is correct, no matter how bad the translation [ The Spoiler ] Why was this disallowed on Tuesday? [ 101 Great Goals ] USA U17s lost out at the World Cup today to Italy. You didn’t notice either [ SBI ] MLS brings ...

The Fan's Attic posted 3 days ago from unprofessionalfoul.com

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Random musings of footballers before they fall asleep…

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 11:24:28 +0000

Wayne Rooney This parenting stuff is already harder than I thought. … Meat. … The kid doesn’t like to play with fireworks nearly as much as I do and he doesn’t even know how to use a toilet. … Meat. … I think he might be broken. Can you fix a broken kid ...

BrooksPeck posted 2 days ago from dirtytackle.net

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Morning Ticker: Ronaldo remains sidelined, van der Sar bashed and more

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 13:00:00 +0000

by FRANCO PANIZO Cristiano Ronaldo is arguably the best player in the world, but his spot in next year's World Cup will be determined when Portugal and Bosnia square off in a two-legged playoff later this month. There is only one problem for Ronaldo: He may not have a say in if Portugal ...

Soccer By Ives posted 41 hours ago from soccerbyives.net

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Jack Warner returns FA gift after ‘facing indignities’

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 21:31:35 +0000

Let’s hope they kept the receipt… Weeks after The FA was embroiled in a row over appearing to buy off the FIFA’s executive committee (or at least their wives) with designer handbags, in the hope of securing some votes for England’s World Cup 2018 bid, FIFA vice-prez Jack ...

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Adidas Plans Huge Push Behind World Cup and New Zidane Boot

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 04:07:38 +0000

Athletic wear sales tend to run in cycles. Interest often peaks around major sporting events and companies assoicated with star athletes see their sales rise as the athletes medals move up the metal scale. With 2010 approaching, adidas sees its biggest marketing event of every four ...

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Ronaldo Gets All Up in Joe Jackson's Grill

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 17:54:14 +0000

Posted Nov 1st 2009 12:00PM by TMZ Staff It's the oddest pairing since Liza Minnelli and David Gest got married in 2002: Michael Jackson 's father Joe and soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo are now teaming up to sell grills. Ronaldo Gets All Up in Joe Jackson's Grill Joe Jackson tells TMZ he's ...

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Nigeria U17s captain is too old to play for the U21 team

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 20:33:36 +0000

Golden Eaglets skipper allegedly turned 18 about seven years ago The U-17 World Cup, currently taking place in Nigeria, has been rocked by allegations the host nation’s captain, Fortune Chukwudi, is actually somewhere closer to 25. Before the tournament, FIFA had made attempts to stamp ...

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How Serbia qualified for the 2010 World Cup

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 21:21:30 +0000

Fresh from many names changes in the last decade or two, Serbia entered their first qualification campaign as an independent nation. The team were formerly known as Yugoslavia before competing as Serbia and Montenegro. However, the split with Montenegro has ensured that the majority of star ...

kandevil posted 3 days ago from serbia.blogsfc.com

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Zimbabwe hit new low

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 23:03:00 +0000

Can there be a viable return to the full international arena for Zimbabwe? You have to say it is very doubtful that there can be. There will be a lot of people wishing Zimbabwe well given the problems and upheaval that the players have been through in recent years, but the recent defeat at the ...

dannypugsley posted 3 days ago from dannypugsley.blogspot.com

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WC 2010: Let the pessimism begin, part 2

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 20:52:10 +0000

You have already heard the news: some stadiums in South Africa will be blessed by means of animal sacrifice . This has agitated the animal rights activists, aroused the goth community, and inspired the cultural relativists debate. The complexity of the human rights/cultural norms ...

Futfanatico posted 3 days ago from futfanatico.com

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Pesch speaks

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 05:54:00 +0000

I haven't actually listed to this yet -- and will update this post after I do -- but EPL Talk had Paul Peschisolido on its podcast toda y. In their words the conversation touched on: his club’s upcoming FA Cup tie against non-league club Oxford City, how he ended up moving to England to ...

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Hosts strive for World Cup legacy

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 15:02:12 +0000

The 2010 World Cup hosts are seeking a good mix of locals and visitors in new stadiums and a new image for African football Yesterday afternoon we witnessed the finishing touches being put to the Soccer City stadium in Johannesburg where 87,000 fans in the ground and hundreds of millions more ...

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Match Recap: SPAIN v USA --- (FIFA u-17 World Cup)

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:58:43 +0000

October 26 ---- FIFA.com: In the opener for both teams, Spain staged a remarkable recovery to come back from a man and a goal down to defeat USA, 2-1. --- The match couldn't have commenced in a more harrowing fashion for the Spaniards, who were at a numerical disadvantage inside two minutes...

getin2thegame posted 12 days ago from fifa.com

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South Africa's World Cup preparations overshadowed by fear of failure | Owen Gibson and Jamie Jackson | Football

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 11:01:43 +0000

Moses Mabhida Stadium Construction workers put the final touches to the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban. Photograph: Rajesh Jantilal/AFP/Getty Images

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Handbag haunts England's World Cup bid

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 09:21:09 +0000

• Read Jack Warner's letter to Lord Triesman in full • Fifa vice-president Jack Warner returns handbag • Describes gift as 'symbol of derision and betrayal' England 2018's handbags have become "a symbol of derision, betrayal and embarrassment for me and my family", according to one of the men ...

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