I'm sleepy, so let's not dillydally... #1 - The weekend Americans Abroad goal roundup won't take long this time around, but at least somebody broke the drought. For the second straight Danish Cup match, Randers FC attacker Lee Nguyen lit the lamp. Check out his opportunistic marker here. A pair of homies in Norway's second fight picked up assists: Nybergsund's Joe Lapira and Haugesund's Cameron Click to continue reading...

Liverpool gaffer Rafa Benitez has heaped praised on his dynamic attacking duo of Torres and Keane following their impressive 0-2 win at Everton.

Both Fernando Torres and Robbie Keane went into the game at Goodison Park under heavy pressure and criticism for their lack of goals in recent outings. Click to continue reading...

I stare at my medal collection and there's a gaping, lingering hole.

It's a void I fear will never be filled before that dreaded moment when I wear the red shirt for the last time.

Since I turned 30, the pain of having no title medal seems to have intensified. I can't even really argue we've come close to ending our Premier League drought. Click to continue reading...

TORONTO - Team leading goal scorer Charles, has been in an 'Epic' goalscoring drought since he first broke mesh way back in May.

Leading the team with 5 goals on the season, Charles scored in the opening game back on May 11th, before tearing it up in June scoring 4 goals - a goal a game - in 4 straight weeks starting on June 8th.

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Stuart Holden ended the United States' three-game scoring drought with a goal in the second half, giving the Americans a 1-0 victory over Japan on Thursday in the Olympic opener for both.



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Robin van Persie insists Arsenal will be title contenders once again this season. The Gunners striker has impressed so far in pre-season, having recovered from the injuries which blighted his season last year. And the Dutchman believes the time has come to put an end to the club's three-year trophy drought. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez insists that he is glad to not have cashed in on Xabi Alonso during the summer.

Prior to Euro 2008 it seemed a foregone conclusion that Alonso would end his four-year spell on Merseyside to join Juventus, but the knock on effect of the Italians opting for the cheaper Christian Poulsen instead, and Aston Villa knocking back bid after bid for Gareth Barry has resulted in the Spaniard remaining rooted in Anfield. Click to continue reading...

After steering Spain to glory at EURO 2008, Fernando Torres hopes to guide Liverpool back to winning ways this season.

Torres capped off a remarkable 2007-08 campaign by scoring the only goal in the final as la Furia Roja downed Germany last month to claim their first title since 1964. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool's Spanish sensation Fernando Torres has vowed not to become complacent after he managed to top his record-smashing debut season in England by scoring the goal which ended his country's 44 year trophy drought.

The 24-year old moved to Anfield from Atletico Madrid in a £22 million deal last summer, and despite doubts from several leading pundits, went on to score 33 times for The Reds in his debut campaign. Click to continue reading...

Recap of this weekend's games in Major League Soccer which saw two MLS shown red cards. Earthquakes 1, Colorado 1 Ryan Johnson's second-half goal broke a long scoring drought for the last place San Jose Earthquakes, but Conor Casey scored minutes later to lift the Colorado Rapids into a 1-1 tie Saturday. Click to continue reading...

Rafael Benitez has made ending Liverpool's championship drought his priority for the forthcoming campaign.

The Anfield outfit last won the title back in 1990 and finished last season in fourth place, 11 points adrift of champions Manchester United.

Since taking charge four years ago, Benitez has led Liverpool to glory in the European Cup and Uefa

Super Cup in 2005 and the FA Cup the following year. Click to continue reading...

Crew 2, Fire 2. Chicago:Rolfe (unassisted) 8, Carr (Segares, Rolfe) 25 Columbus:Ekpo (Schelotto) 36, Lenhart (Schelotto) 87 I've had a hard time processing this one. Chicago remains without a win, but they ended their scoring drought after 7 minutes in Columbus. It's so different follwing the Crew this year compared to last year. Click to continue reading...

The Phillies and Chase Utley pulled out of their slump last night with a 4-0 win over the Oakland A's. Kyle Kendrick pitched 8 strong innings and Utley went 4 for 5 after a long drought. Let's hope the Phillies continue their winning ways now. In the soccer world, US Soccer has posted an [...]SHARETHIS. Click to continue reading...

The Carolina RailHawks continue their long roadtrip with games Friday night in Rochester and Sunday afternoon in Montreal. The RailHawks are in the midst of a 3 game league losing streak -- and a 3 league match goal scoring drought as well. History is not on the RailHawks side tonight, as they take an 0-2-2 streak against the Rhinos, who are riding a 4 game league unbeaten streak themselves, into PAETEC Park. Click to continue reading...

Zlatan Ibrahimović - Sweden's & Inter Milan's international star delivered the first goal in today's 2-0 victory over Greece, the champions of UEFA Euro 2004.
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Ibrahimović's second-half blast left the defensive-minded Greeks as spectators, helpless against the world-class strike. Click to continue reading...

Sometimes you have to wonder why rain always seems to come when you have lots of soccer matches scheduled. Click to continue reading...

Dozens of people responsible for youth soccer schedules across North Carolina starting screaming in unison. Why you ask? Because we just had another weekend of soccer rained out - the third weekend this season... so far. Travel teams are looking at 1-2 weeks before the end of season tournaments/seedings begin and many still have 3-4 [. Click to continue reading...

but what if your field looks like a swimming pool? ­ Yay for rain to ease our drought, but the fields are soaked. - Things don't look much better for this weekend, but we can't complain too much. More rain = less drought! Thankfully we only had rain and some wind, unlike Elon University which saw their football [. Click to continue reading...