The Logan-Rogersville Wildcats team, 2008 September 18th, after the programs 1st ever win

Rogersville Wildcats - 1 (1st OT)
Webb City Cardinals - 0
In a tightly fought match that both teams will have a hard time forgetting, it was the Wildcats who came out on top this evening, earning the programs first ever win.

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Under Bob Bradley the USMNT has become reliant on set pieces for scoring and quite possibly more dependent on its center backs than any top 50 national team/photo from US Soccer

For all the criticisms of Bob Bradley's tactics by commentators including myself, the continued success rate the United States enjoys on set pieces is remarkable.

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Redemption for goalkeeper Hope Solo, revenge for the Americans and a delay in declaring a Brazilian women's soccer dynasty as the U.S. tenaciously hung on to win 1-0 today in China over Brazil to win the gold medal.

Game story.

The box score tells the story - including 14 corner kicks for Brazil - of the Brazilian dominance.

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From the US Soccer website

The U.S. team will play Japan in the semifinal at Beijing Workers Stadium on Monday, August 18th. The match kicks off at 8:00 am CT and will be broadcast live on MSNBC, Universal HD and the NBC Olympic Soccer Channel.

The Americans have made the semifinal round in all nine world championships FIFA has held for women?

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From the US Soccer website

The U.S. team will play Japan in the semifinal at Beijing Workers Stadium on Monday, August 18th. The match kicks off at 8:00 am CT and will be broadcast live on MSNBC, Universal HD and the NBC Olympic Soccer Channel.

The Americans have made the semifinal round in all nine world championships FIFA has held for women's soccer, including the last four Olympic Games.

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MARKHAM - PFC has been blessed with great keepers. Last year they had Mark R. This year they have Mark C. And in an unofficial backup role this year at keeper, Ronaldo has played well every game he's played culminating with a man of the match performance this past Sunday.

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Technically, Monday's RSL-Toronto match was in Week 19 of the MLS schedule, but that doesn't really make sense. Playing a Monday night match doesn't make sense either but that's what went down in Utah last night.

Anyway, that caused a minor ripple effect out here as we waited for the fifth of five matches in a two-day span to be played out before handing out or weekly kudos. Click to continue reading...

I get a kick out of people calling the MLS All-Star Game the All-Star Break. Where exactly was the break? Moving games from Saturday to Sunday?

Anyway, here are my latest rankings which came a day later than normal because of the RSL-Toronto match on Monday.

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Welcome to the beautiful Titan Stadium for tonight's SuperLiga (and I use the word beautiful loosely). I tried to get pictures of both teams before the match but only New England gathered for a team shot. Perhaps Chivas players were too focused on the game...

Here are the starting lineups:

Chivas: Dan Kennedy; Carey Talley, Claudio Suarez, Bobby Burling, Francisco Mendoza; Sacha Kljestan, Daniel Paladini, Jesse Marsch, Jonathan Bornstein; Ante Razov, Roberto Nurse. Click to continue reading...

The Revs' Brandon Manzonelli tallied two assists off two corner kicks in the first half, as the US U-20s beat Mexico 3-0 yesterday. The match was Manzonelli's debut for the U-20s.

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Chivas USA ran through a spirited training session on Tuesday. The club played a intra-squad scrimmage for maybe 30, 45 minutes or so, and among the things the club worked on were corner kicks.

I managed to snap a few pictures of the players as they tried to sort out their positions on these particular corners. Click to continue reading...

Last night my family and I went to take in the Ogden Outlaws BYU Cougars game, and watch the fireworks afterward. It was a hard fought game, though the Cougars (who have come to expect to beat the Outlaws) have to be disappointed with their play and the result. With the fireworks show after the game, and then yardwork that needed to be done this morning, I haven't been able to get to my write-up until now.

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Steve's Stats: Analysis of Goalkeeper Performance at the Quarterfinal Round for 25 June 2008: Germany x Turkey
by Steve Amoia for Keeper Skool

Germany face Turkey in the first semi-final. The Germans are overwhelming favorites to eliminate this very entertaining and tenacious Turkish side that had only 15 players, due to injuries and suspensions, available for this game. Click to continue reading...

According to Frank Dell'Apa over at his blog Corner Kicks at Boston.com, Shalrie Joseph was at training yesterday with the Revolution and should play tonight against the Red Bulls. Joseph played for Grenada on Saturday and is expected to return to play for them again this weekend. Click to continue reading...

Reader Doumé has come up with the ultimate solution to all of France's problems in this tournament. "Just one thing: for corner kicks, get somebody else than Malou to cover the likely target. Instead, let's put big Pat Vieira on him, and if he's not available, oh, heck......Chabal !!!" I'm not so Click to continue reading...

Big big big upset in the Open Cup last night as Hollywood United went to Portland and knocked out the Timbers 2-3. Yes that is the team started by the LA pretty boys, but the team is much more serious these days and only bring out the glamor for the charity games.

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Chicago & Columbus fans joined together last night at their teams Open Cup qualifier to unveil a new campaign and banner "Fans Against Racism"! Click to continue reading...

Here's my theory on why MLS admins were so lenient with the streamer-covered corner kicks in the first place, though Garber is trying to clamp down now. It's hard to put the water back if it has breached the dam already.

So far, Garber's new edict doesn't seem to have had much effect, at least in Columbus - which means that of course, MLS has to then consider the consequences. Click to continue reading...

On a 22nd minute goal by Levi Coleman from a cross by JD Warman, the KC Brass earned their third win over the Demize in the first month of the season. The Demize, while outshot by the Brass 7-3, had several opportunities to tie the game Friday night. A ball that fell near the 10-yard line in the box, following fine work by Eishun Yoshida on a free kick a few minutes after the Brass scored, as well as a shot on goal in stoppage time at the end of the first were the best early chances.

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After 180 some odd corners, 35 MLS games, 39 in all competitions, the Wizards end their drought on corners. In the second half of the KC-Colorado game today, Jimmy Conrad met a Carlos Marinelli corner and powered it past Bouna Coundoul to give the Wizards a 2-0 lead in their 3-2 win today. Full report coming tomorrow. Click to continue reading...

The lastest edition of the Weekend XI is now at Soccer City FC's Corner Kicks. Follow the link below to see which players were selected from last weekend's matches.

• The Weekend XI: March 1-2

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Some news and notes from around the globe.

• Esteban Solari scores two for Pumas against Tecos
• Singapore S.League's Armed Forces FC wins
• Cheltenham Town FC ties at home versus Southend United
• Libertad Asuncion scores four
• CD Colo-Colo wins Group 3 match in Copa Libertadores

Also in case you missed February 23-24's Weekend XI.

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Over at Soccer City FC's Corner Kicks, I give you five points to ponder after the conclusion of the inaugural Pan Pacific Championship.

• Hawaii Five-Oh!

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While looking over today's final scores. I noticed Universidad San Martin's 4 - 3 win over Sporting Cristal. It peaked my interest and I found out some interesting information. The link to the write up is below.

• Sporting Cristal v Universidad San Martin

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Below is the newest edition of the Weekend XI. The big news is that Jimmy Hoffer has been found and added to this week's team. Also, we highlighted two players from Barnsley's shock victory over Liverpool. Enjoy.

• The Weekend XI: February 16-17

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SoccerCityFC begins its mission of featuring leagues from ever corner of the globe. If you are a supporter of one of the clubs mentioned today, please send us an email or leave a comment.

Hopefully, you'll see players from these and other leagues featured here at SoccerCityFC.

• Welsh Premier League: 2/15 Recap

• Malaysia Premier League: 2/15 Recap

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SoccerCityFC will monitor Alex the Duck's development both with club and country. As Pato's fame, fortune, and individual milestones rise and fall, we will rank his world soccer importance on the Pato Index. Version 4 is now online at SoccerCityFC's Corner Kicks.

• Pato Index V.1.4

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We are once again back to profiling club soccer after last week's inaugural World Cup Qualifier Edition.

And guess who is back? USA's Michael Bradley continues his run at Heerenveen. Real Madrid has two players in this week's edition also. It happens.

The newest edition is found below at SoccerCityFC's Corner Kicks. Click to continue reading...

Week 3 Update found below:

• Pato Index V.1.2
  

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The Weekend XI will highlight the top eleven players from around the globe as judged by SoccerCityFC. 3-4-3 format will be used. Alexandre Pato and Michael Bradley highlight this edition's list. Follow the link below to find out who else is in:

• The Weekend XI: January 26-27

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The Weekend XI will highlight the top eleven players from around the globe as judged by SoccerCityFC. 4-3-3 format will be used this week. Follow the link below:

• The Weekend XI: January 19-20

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Week 2 now updated:

• The Alexandre Pato Index V.1.1.

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SoccerCityFC's Corner Kicks website has now uploaded two new columns:

• The Alexandre Pato Index V.1.0

SoccerCityFC will monitor Alex the Duck's development both with club and country. As Pato's fame, fortune, and individual milestones rise and fall, we will rank his world soccer importance on the Pato Index.

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What were you doing on September 9, 2006? For the Wizards, this was the last time that the team scored on a corner kick. Davy Arnaud volleyed home a Jose Burciaga Jr. corner to put the Wizards up 3-1 against the Colorado Rapids, in a game they won 4-1.

Since then, the Wizards have had a total of 182 corners, 161 this past season. Click to continue reading...