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Monthly Archives: October 2009

Speaking your mind about the MLS can cost you

The Seattle Sounders vs Houston Dynamo playoffs got the MLS playoffs to a raucous start with their edge of...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Business, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Politics, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club

Video: Higuain comes to Pellegrini’s rescue

Two goals by Gonzalo “El Pipita ” Higuain had Manuel Pellegrini pumping his hands Wenger style. It was a...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Videos

Welcome to my nightmare: Arsenal beat Spurs

“Welcome to my nightmare, welcome to my breakdown.” Alice Cooper’s 1975 campy anthem sums up the last five minutes...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club

Liverpool lose again..

Beleagured Benitez still has no solutions.Liverpool down to nine men were a shambles.Degen was sent off for a reckless...
World Cup 2014

Tottenham lose to Arsenal again..

Tottenham have not won a game against Arsenal in the premier league for the last 10 years and history...
World Cup 2014

The media makes up its mind: Pellegrini out

The Spanish media really want Manuel Pellegrini gone. They are playing up a war of words that Guti appears...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Politics, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club

Lampard the Lionheart stars in Adidas FIFA 10 ad

Apart from being the lionheart that every team needs a lesser known fact about Lampard is that he has...
Soccer Advertising

Wenger brushes of Ade’s comments

Wenger responds to Adebayor’s insinuations and rumour mongering by dismissing them.
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Politics, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club

Zidane shows off Adidas Predator- the 10th generation…

…and remembers some of it’s predecessors fondly… The technical side:A new PowerSpine technology is supposed to give the Predator...
Soccer Advertising

10 notable football felons: Some lovable, some otherwise

Marlon King: King has vaulted to the top of the rogues gallery with his second conviction. The first one...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Culture, Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club

Messi heads FIFA honours

Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club

Wenger might start Almunia

Against Spurs. Lukasz Fabianski has re-injured himself and is out for three weeks. Vito Mannone looked far from reassuring...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club

Juande Ramos CSKA departure has tones of his Spurs exit

Juande Ramos would be forgiven if he suffers panic attacks close to the fourth week of October every year...
Soccer Business, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Politics, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club

MLS playoffs: Houston come away with a draw against Seattle

Pulsating atmosphere. A sea of green with a few flecks of orange. Deflected passes. Lots of opportunities. Awful finishing....
Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Teams - National

Marlon King in jail and out of a job

Put behind bars for 18 months for groping a woman, and after she spurned his advances; breaking her nose....
Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club

Henrik Larsson retires

“Henrik Larsson always scores.” The clip shows Celtic fighting back through Larsson against Porto in a pulsating 2003 UEFA...
Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Teams - National, Soccer Videos

MLS playoffs: Seattle vs Houston: Global brand vs homegrown

Will Fredy Montero deliver? Seattle Sounders vs Houston Dynamo, Thursday, 29th October (10 p.m. ET; ESPN2, Deportes) Who is...
Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club

Real Madrid crisis: Pellegrini gets two more matches

Manuel Pellegrini’s coaching career at Real is in danger. The shocking defeat at the hands of lowly Alcorcon has...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Business, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Politics, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club

Spit and Swine!

Becks shows his expertise with “spit pieces” The Health Protection Agency has determined that spitting could lead to the...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Culture, Soccer Players

Lotthar Matthaus rejects Racing Santander job

Matthaus last minute rejection of the Racing Santander job has the club gnashing their teeth. He was supposed to...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Politics, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club

Will Adam Pearson’s arrival hasten Phil Brown’s exit?

Phil Brown, ex manager and current suntan oil salesman? The Independent says that Adam Pearson’s shock arrival from Derby...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Business, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Politics, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club

A tale of two clubs: Newcastle settled, Pompey unsettled

In Family Guy: Chris Griffin: Dad, was there ever a real city of New Orleans?” Peter Griffin: “No one...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Business, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club

Robbo launches the first shot

Let the trash talking begin ahead of the Arsenal vs Spurs derby. Robbie Keane bites the bullet as he...
Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Videos

Video: Arsenal ends Liverpool’s Carling Cup run, 2-1

Fran Merida scored with a stinging left footed shot in the 19th minute after Voronin gives it away to...
Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Politics, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Videos

Twittering fools: Altidore joins the list

Twitter gives an outlet for players to get all “emo”. Altidore joins a list of players who have done...
Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club

Man Utd fans arrested over vandalism

This season is bringing back memories of some of the more undesirable aspects of the 70s and 80s. The...
Soccer Business, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club

Video: Third division Alcorcon shock Real Madrid, 4-0

In a Copa Del Rey match, Jerzy Dudek was the goalie under siege as Francisco Borja scored the first...
Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Videos

Kroenke sweeps up more loose shares

Ten more shares bought for £8,500 per share as Stan Kroenke creeps up to 28.9%, a mere 1.09% away...
Soccer Business, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Teams - Club

Sir Alex admits to wrongdoing

Alan Wiley’s new “slimming” photo-angle Sir Alex has admitted to improper conduct regarding Alan Wiley. Alan Leighton of the...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Business, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club

Wenger: ” We have to kill teams off’

Arseblog as usual gives a well balanced summation and my two cents is that the “killer instinct” message should...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club

10 most memorable games at Giants Stadium

Jack Bell creates a list of 10 most memorable games at Giants Stadium. Some of the highlights. Last summer’s...
Concacaf Gold Cup, Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer History, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Teams - National, Soccer Videos, Women's Soccer, World Cup History

Video:Seydou Keita gets a hat trick for Barcelona

Barcelona have stormed back to the top of the La Liga charts with a 6 – 1 over Zaragoza.Ibrahimovic...
Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club

Did Platini see two red cards and one red faced referee ?

Kelly committed the foul. Hangeland got the red card Platini’s wonderful system of having extra referees behind each goal...
Soccer Humor

Arsenal: Enough talk of a “major trophy”

Talk of a bunch of self entitled players. This team will not get a “major trophy”, or even a...
Soccer Advertising, Soccer Books & Magazines, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club

Brilliant Benayoun sets up splendid Torres goal

By now, it must be obvious. The best player in the Premiership on this day was Yossi Benayoun. No...
Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club

The Reason Why Arsenal Will Not Win The Premier League

Coming from a long-time Arsenal fan, this article is not easy to write; but at the same time, if...
Copa America

Video:Liverpool end their losing streak

A terrific goal from Fernando Torres off a superb through pass from Benayoun.Torres had Rio Ferdinand hanging on to...
World Cup 2014

Atletico Madrid drain the dregs…

New coach Quique Sanchez Flores would have looked at this with wild eyed disbelief .Or is it the team...
Soccer Teams - Club

Donovan should give it up for the Galaxy defense

Gregg Berhalter is all business! While Landon Donovan and David Beckham bask in the aftermath of the Galaxy making...
Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club

Video: LA Galaxy secure top spot in the West

Landon Donovan sparked a 2-0 defeat of San Jose completing a turnaround for the LA Galaxy after missing the...
Soccer Business, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Videos

Ahead of the biggest Premiership match this season

Sheesh! Every match Sir Alex gets 5 minutes of extra time? While each fan will be watching his club...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Business, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club

Red Bulls last game at Giants stadium is a rare win

The Red Bulls ended Toronto FC’s playoff hopes by shellacking them 5-0. The worst MLS team reserved its best...
Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club

Rafa channels his inner ” wild thing”

“I say, Arsene, I’ve got to get this guy off my back. Any ideas on how to beat him?...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Humor, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club

Chelsea pulverise Blackburn 5 – 0

Chelsea go back to the top of the table with a 5 – 0 hammering of Blackburn. Watch Chelsea...
World Cup 2014

Video: Spurs fall to Stoke, 0-1

Spurs plied on the pressure but an excellent Steve Simonsen and a dour Stoke defense kept them at bay....
Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Videos

Coach gets red card for scoring goal

Grampus Eight manager Dragan Stojkovic scored this goal from his technical area and got a red card for his...
Soccer Coaches & Coaching

How about basketball, Capello?

Capello should tap this man for ideas Capello on how other sports can influence football and how he is...
Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - National, World Cup 2010, World Cup History

Wenger sees Arsenal lift a trophy this season

It was his birthday and the AGM was conducted in a very different atmosphere from the last meeting. So...
Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club

Video: Benfica embarrass Everton, 5- 0

Link: A shambolic display with inept defending. Crosses, corners, and long balls and and out of position Tim Howard...
Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Videos

Police probe for Maurice Edu’s abusers

Strathclyde Police are reviewing CCTV footage to determine which Rangers fans racially abused Maurice Edu after the Unirea Urizceni...
Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club

Davies and Gooch injury updates

Charlie Davies seems to be recovering well after undergoing additional surgeries to repair a broken left elbow and stabilize...
Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - National

Xavi feels the pressure

By Barca’s high standards this year’s CL performance has been shocking. A bare four points and tied with Dynamo...
Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club

Abel Resino sacked; Quique is Atletico’s new coach

The 4-0 thrashing at the hands of Chelsea in the CL group stage was the last straw. With Atletico...
Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club

The Alex Ferguson walkout video

Coaching tips:What to do when asked a question you don’t want to answer ? You say “Silly question and...
Soccer Coaches & Coaching
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