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Soccer America: U.S. women face Finland in World Cup sendoff

MVNsoccer posted 8/24/2007 from publications.socceramerica.com

THE USA PLAYS ITS LAST home game before departing for the Women's World Cup in China when it hosts Finland in a friendly Saturday at the Home Depot Center (ESPN2, live, 9:30 pm ET).

Video: Who Ate all the Pies Goal of the Week

MVNsoccer posted 8/24/2007 from www.whoateallthepies.tv

Christian Pander's game-winner for GERMANY v ENGLAND --- Not a bad way to mark your international debut. Pander clearly has a foot like a traction engine…

Blog: Vote For CaughtOffside, We’ll Be Your Friend

MVNsoccer posted 8/24/2007 from www.caughtoffside.com

Hot on the heels of our win at the Ask.com & Metro UK Best of British Blog Awards, CaughtOffside has been nominated for Best Sports Blog (and a few other lesser categories) at the Blogger’s Choice Awards.

This Is American Soccer: The World Cup We Might Actually Win

MVNsoccer posted 8/24/2007 from www.thisisamericansoccer.com

Move Over, Mia: I know, it’s blasphemy, or maybe it now goes without saying, but Abby Wambach might be better than Mia Hamm. Who’ve heard the phrase ‘a man among boys,’ well, Abby is a woman among girls. She towers over most opponents, outweighs most opponents, out-muscles most opponents, and out-skills them. At 5-foot-11-inches, there is no avoiding her physicality...

Rugby News, Results, and Action, including the Rugby World Cup, from Scrum, the best Rugby Football site in the World : Homepage

Sports Scope found this 8/24/2007 on www.scrum.com

"Looking ahead to the World Cup I'm struggling to see where the good games will be. I think too many matches will be in the style of strangling the life out of an opponent before risking to play any rugby. NZ and SA will just batter people, France are ...